Browse by Subject Category—Poetry
Poems by Four Authors (1923, first edition)
J R Ackerley's first book
J R Ackerley, with A Y Campbell, E L Davison, and F H Kendon
Bowes and Bowes, Cambridge, 1923
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Oxford Book of French Verse, XIIIth century—XIIXth century
1920, first edition bound in full leather
St John Lucas
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Biography for Beginners (1930)
E C Bentley's clerihews and G K Chesterton's sketches
E C Bentley, illustrated by G K Chesterton
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1930
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
In Defence of the Earth (1959, first edition)
A book of verse from Kenneth Rexroth from the San Francisco Renaissance
Kenneth Rexroth
Hutchinson, London, 1959
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Contemporary Chinese Poetry (1947, first edition)
A selection from nine modern Chinese poets
Robert Payne, editor and introduction
Routledge, London, 1947
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose
1925, limited edition of Baudelaire's prose poems, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Enseigne du Pot Cassé, Paris, 1925
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
The Week-End Book (1928, in the original dustwrapper)
Illustrated with full page colour decorations by Albert Rutherston
Nonesuch Press, illustrated by Albert Rutherston
The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Cesare Pavese, Selected Poems (Signed copy)
This copy signed and dedicated by translator and editor, Margaret Crosland
Cesare Pavese, edited and translated with a foreword by Margaret Crosland
Penguin Books, London, 1971
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus
Interludes and Incantations, A Set of Poems (1927, limited edition)
Poems from minor Modernist poet B G Brooks, printed in Dijon by Maurice Darentierre
Benjamin Gilbert Brooks
Privately printed, Dijon, 1927
£25.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions
The House of Life (1898, The Siddal Edition)
An attractive silk-bound copy of D G Rossetti's sonnet sequence
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, frontispiece by Arthur Ellis
Ellis and Elvey, London, 1898
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and other poems
1913, a pocket hardback edition of Christina Rossetti's verse
Christina G Rossetti
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1913
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus
Poesies 1864–1869
A nice quarter leather binding of François Coppée's poetry, c1880
François Coppée
Alphonse Lemerre, Paris, 1880
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Oeuvres Choisies; Poesies et Drames en Vers
c1920, a good selection of Victor Hugo's poetry
Victor Hugo, illustrated by Leopold-Lacour, preface by Gustave Simon
Bibliotheque Larousse, Paris, 1920
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated
Oeuvres de Maistre François Villon
1969, full leather, with illustrations by Émile Bernard. Printed with ink mixed with gold powder.
Francois Villon, illustrated by Émile Bernard
Jean de Bonnot, Paris, 1969
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated
Nabi (signed by Elizabeth Gili)
2001, Joan Gili's translation of Josep Carner's classic Catalan poem
Josep Carner, translated from Catalan by J L Gili, Catalan text edited by Jaume Coll, preface by Jonathan Gili, introduction by Arthur Terry, acknowledgements by Elizabeth Gili.
Anvil Press Poetry, London, 2001
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
The Candle, Vol 1, No 1. January, 1938 (Signed by R C Trevelyan)
Oliver W F Lodge's poetry pamphlet, this copy signed by Trevelyan to Gordon Bottomley
Oliver W F Lodge, writing as William Foster
Oliver W F Lodge, Holmbury St Mary, 1938
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Deucalion, No 1, Marzo / March 1951
The rare first issue of Angel Crespo's short-lived but important Spanish poetry journal
Angel Crespo, editor, illustrated by Gregorio Pietro et al
Departamento Provincial de Seminarios, Ciudad Real, 1951
£200.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Cities, Plains and People (Signed by Robert Liddell in Cairo, 1946)
An early Lawrence Durrell collection of poetry, owned by his friend and fellow Cairo poet
Lawrence Durrell
Faber & Faber, London, 1946
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Songs of the Wayside, Lyrics and Sonnets (1916, first edition)
An early collection of verse from Samuel J Looker
Samuel J Looker
The National Labour Press Ltd, Manchester, 1916
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Song for a Birth or a Death (Signed copy)
1961, Elizabeth Jennings' fourth collection of verse, this copy signed by Jungian analyst Irene de Castillejo
Elizabeth Jennings
Andre Deutsch, London, 1961
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Peace is Our Answer (First edition, 1950)
12 linocuts by Noel Counihan and poems by Jack Lindsay, Paul Eluard, Pablo Neruda, and Louis Aragon
Noel Counihan, illustrator, poems by Jack Lindsay, with further prefatory poems by Paul Eluard, Pablo Neruda, Louis Aragon, and a foreword by J G Crowther
Collets Holdings Ltd, London, 1950
£40.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
An Exaltation of Skylarks in Prose and Poetry (Signed first edition)
Signed by the compiler, Stewart Beer
Stewart Beer, compiler. Preface by Richard Mabey
SMH Press, Pulborough, 1995
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Love's Progress, or The Education of Araminta (Signed first edition)
This copy signed by poet Humbert Wolfe
James Laver
The Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, 1929
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Association Copy
A Scots Anthology (Signed first edition)
Poems in the Scottish dialect. Signed by Eric Linklater and Allan C Fraser
John W Oliver, and J C Smith (editors), title page design by Joan Hassall.
Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1949
£12.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Corona Benignitatis Anni Dei
1920. Paul Claudel's French poetry in an attractive leather binding from Hachette
Paul Claudel
Nouvelle Revue Francaise, Paris, 1920
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
