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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
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Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus
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
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
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
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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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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
£25.00
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
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
Melodies of English Verse (Signed first edition)
This copy signed by Lewis Kennedy Morse to Jose Castillejo
Lewis Kennedy Morse
Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Boston, 1916
£12.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies
Sixpenny Songs (Signed first edition)
1953, signed and dedicated by John Pudney in 1953
John Pudney
The Bodley Head, London, 1953
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Disciple and Other Poems
1874, an early printing of a collection of George MacDonald's verse
George MacDonald
Daldy, Isbister & Co, London, 1874
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Violin Songs and Other Poems
1874, an early edition of George MacDonald's poetry
George MacDonald
Daldy, Isbister & Co, London, 1874
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
A Tribute to President Kennedy (1963)
Poet John Alfriston's verse in honour of JFK
John Alfriston, as A Humble English Poet
John Alfriston, London, 1963
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
Masks of Time, A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative
1925, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's verse, including some war poetry
Edmund Blunden, decorations and initial letters by Randolph Schwabe, typography and binding by Cyril William Beaumont
The Beaumont Press, London, 1925
£32.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions
Les Orientales, Les Feuilles D'Automne
1890, a pocket edition of Victor Hugo's poems in a full leather binding
Victor Hugo
G Charpentier, Paris, 1906
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Ballades, Les Rayons et les Ombres
1890, a pocket edition of Victor Hugo's poems in a fine leather binding
Victor Hugo
G Charpentier, Paris, 1890
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Les Villes Tentaculaires precedes des Campagnes Hallucinees
1908, 5th edition. Emile Verhaeren's Symbolist poetry, limited to 19 copies on Holland paper.
Emile Verhaeren
Societe du Mercure de France, Paris, 1908
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound
Loss of the Magyar and other poems
1959, poet Patricia Beer's first book, this copy signed by Jungian analyst Irene Claremont de Castillejo
Patricia Beer
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1959
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
