Poesia

The Chastening. Poems.

BLAKELOCK, DENYS. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Dublin: Assisi Press, 1957. 0. Ex college library. Pp.29, inkstamps to front endpapers, scuffing to front free endpaper. White boards, gilt title to spine. G+.

The Mirror Of The Sinful Soul : A prose translation from the French of a poem by Queen Margaret of Navarre, made in 1554 by the Princess (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth, then eleven years of age...

AMES, PERCY W. (EDITOR) . / MARGUERITE, QUEEN, CONSORT OF HENRY II, KING OF NAVARRE, 1492-1549. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London : Asher and Co, 1897. 0. First edition. "Reproduced in facsimile, with portrait, for the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, and edited, with an introduction and notes by Percy W. Ames." Excerpt from the Introduction: "This translation, made by Queen Eliz...

At The Sign Of The Lyre.

DOBSON, AUSTIN. · 1885 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1885. 0. Poetry. 16cms x 10cms. Pp.x/233, engraved frontispiece, foxing to endpapers. Green bevelled cloth, gilt title to front and spine, spine a bit darkened. G+.

Enoch Arden and In Memoriam.

TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD. (POET LAUREATE). · 1891 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Macmillan and Co, 1891. 0. "Enoch Arden (1864) was based on a true story of a sailor, thought to be drowned at sea but who returned home after several years only to find that his wife had remarried. In the poem Enoch Arden, Philip Ray and Annie Lee grow up together. En...

Sir Thomas Wyatt. Selected Poems.

SCOTT, HARDIMAN.(EDITOR). · 1996 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Manchester: Fyfield Books, 1996. 1857542290. 1st edition. "Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542), 'the first great English lyric poet', remains one of the most popular writers of Henry VIII's court, and the most romantic, given his entanglement with Anne Boleyn, which resulted - legend...

The Lord's Brother and Other Verses.

PENSTONE, M.M. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1898. 0. 1st edition. Religious poetry. Pp.58/6(ads), endpapers dusty. White card covers with gilt title to front, covers grubby. G.

Salute to Port De Grave and other Poems.

PARSONS, RICHARD AUGUSTUS. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ontario: The Ontario Publishing Company Ltd, 1975. 1st edition. "In this little volume Dr Parsons has distilled the essence of his keen insight into the everyday world around us..Adrift as we seem to be in an apparently irreversible tide of North American "culture", we are gra...

Poems.

BERESFORD, GILBERT. · 1891 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1891. 0. 1st edition. Victorian Poetry by the author of "Rizpah and Early Poems". Pp.viii/104. Green cloth with gilt illustrated title to front, publisher's label to front board. VG.

The Song of the Cold.

SITWELL, EDITH. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

New York: Vanguard Press, 1948. 0. 1st edition. Poetry. Pp.113, signed gift inscription from the author to Maria-Eugenia Huneeus to front free endpaper, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, sunning to spine. G+. **"HUNEEUS Maria Eugenia. Passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2...

Haileybury Verses.

VARIOUS. · 1882 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons, 1882. 0. Verses from Haileybury College written under a variety of 'noms de plume'. Pp.64, owner's name to front free endpaper, foxing to rear endpaper and title page. Purple cloth, gilt college crest to front board, spine dulled. G+.

Four Miles From Any Town and other Verses.

GOW, DAVID. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: Cecil Palmer,1929. 0. 1st edition. "Mr David Gow is the editor of 'Light', the psychic journal, and is well-known in psychical research circles. As a poet he has been represented in such anthologies as 'Modern Scottish Poet' and the 'Book of Highland Verse'. But the pr...

Magnificat Now! Carols for Christmas today and other occasional verse.

VIGEON, OWEN. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Privately published, 1993. Religious poetry and verse. Pp.39, signed by the author to first page. Red card covers. VG.

Carols Of An Old Codger.

SERVICE, ROBERT. · 1954 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1954. 0. 1st British edition. "Readers of 'Carols of an Old Codger' will find the same infectious virility, humour and pathos that have made the poems of this 'balladeer of the Yukon' beloved throughout the English-speaking world." Pp.199, occasional l...

Having an Osprey About the House.

SYKES, CHRIS. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Leamington Spa: Magpie Press, 2001. 0952344955. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp.55, inscribed by the author to title page. Pbk. VG.

Songs Of England By Alfred Austin. Poet Laureate .

AUSTIN, ALFRED . · 1898 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Macmillan And Co, Limited, 1898 . 0. 8vo. [11pp.]/p.12-p.66/[2pp.] . A very good full leather binding. Red morocco over card covers. Gilt title to front board and spine. Light rubbing to edges and spine. All page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Clean English text thro...

The World before the Flood, a poem, in Ten Cantos: With Other Occasional Pieces. By James Montgomery. Seventh Edition.

MONTGOMERY, JAMES . · 1826 · Chilton Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster-Row. 1826 . 0. 12mo. pp.18/pp.294 . 16.8cm x 10.5cm x 2.5cm. A very good full leather binding. Polished dark brown calf, bords with a few chips and scuffs. Spine carefully repaired, preserving original black l...

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. [ With Preface by John Newton ] .

COWPER, WILLIAM . · 1806 · Chilton Books

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,721)

London: Printed For J. Johnson, In St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1806 . 0. 2 volumes. 8vo. 16.5cm x 10.5cm x 2.9cm. Very good original full leather bindings. Polished speckled calf. Smooth spines with gilt banding, black leather title labels: "Cowper's Poems." and small red leather ...

Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984.

MOTION, ANDREW. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985. 0140073523. A King Penguin. "contains selections from Andrew Motion's three volumes to date, some new poems, and his autobiographical prose piece, Skating." Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize for 1984. Pp.112, signed by the author to ...

Poems.

SISTER CATHERINE T.O.S.D. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London; Workshop Press, 1974. 0902705318. "Sister Catherine is a member of the Third, or Lay, order of St Dominic. Her poems have appeared on the BBC Third Programme and also in The Tablet." Pp.20. Grey card wraps. VG.

El Nuevo Mundo: A Poem.

BLOCK, LOUIS JAMES. · 1893 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co, 1893. 0. 1st edition. Louis James Block: Author of Dramatic Sketches and Poems. Pp.95, pages toned. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front, spine dulled, edges rubbed. G+.