Search Results: Poetry from Cornish Books

London: William Collins, Sons & Co Ltd. Imitation Leather. Good. Anthology of Poems arranged by centuries. Red cloth imitation leather binding with gilt lettering and fountain design to front and spine. Page edges red. 655 Pages.Red sewn in bookmark. Slight wear to cover.Ffront hinge cracked. Gift inscription dated 1942 on endpaper. Pages in nice, clean condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Hutchinson, 1988. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Highly individual Anthology of Amis's favourite Poems, from the 15th century to present day. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. 8 3/4" tall, 360 pages, 600g. No inscriptions. Fine specks of browning on top page edges. Unclipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Picador, 2008. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. Witty, Passionate and Provocative Poetry. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 8 3/4" Tall. No insciptions. Jacket has a very small closed tear (1/8" long) at top. Not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

48 Pall Mall, London: W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1930. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Delightful and comprehensive Anthology Selected and with a Preface by E. B. Osborn. Includes Hunting, Cricket, Golf, Angling, Shooting, Rugger & more. Poets include John Masefield, Andrew Lang, Charles Kingsley, Walter Scott, John Bunyan, and many more. Green cloth cover with faded lettering to spine. Fore and bottom page edges rough cut. 288 Pages, 410g, 7 3/4" Tall. Very slight edge wear. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Some browning to endpaper. Text pages generally in very nice, clean condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

C H Delegrave. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Morceaux Choisis, accompagnnes de notices bio- et bibliographiques et de nombreux autographes. 558 Pages, in very good condition. Very Slight wear at spine, Gilt Lettering bright. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Jonathan Cape, 2000. Soft cover. As New. Burnside'as haunting Poetry comes in a it's attractive original case from the Whitbread Poetry Award 2,000. Blue case with Gilt Lettering on spine. Book seems unread. Book 7/3" Tall, Case, 8 1/2" Tall. 440g. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

Includes "Mandalay and Gunga Din".Red cloth cover with bright gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges gilt, other edges untrimmed.XIX (19) preliminary pages, main text 208 p.pages + 39 pages Methuen's adverts. 7 3/4" tall, 350g.Some fading to cloth. Spine tanned. No inscriptions.

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Quarter Leather. Very Good. Nicely bound in Red Quarter Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt Lettering in 2nd & 4th compartments. Red cloth-covered boards. Top page edges Gilt. Frontis illustrated in Colour, B&W vignette on title page. 702 pages, 880g, 8 3/4" Tall. Spine slightly faded. Some edge wear and a very fine crack in leather at top right corner of spine. No inscriptions. Hinges sound & text block firm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: The Nonesuch Press. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. Edited and with an Introduction by Harry Levin, of Harvard University. Undated Edition, inscription on ffep dated 1958. Yellow Buckram cover with Gilt lettering withing wavy linear border to spine. Beveled edges. 1010 Pages, 780g, 7 3/4" Tall. Some fading around spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Includes "Son of Man" and "To a Candle". Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. 106 p.pages, 270g, 8 3/4" tall. No inscriptions except pencile price on ffep. Jacket slightly tanned at spine. unclipped.

London and Glasgow: Gowans and Gray Ltd, 1926. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. First edition reprinted with corrections. Very interesting selection of poems in the Scot's Tongue. All the poems were first published after the 20th Century began and none of them are in English. Arranged in Chronological Order. Includes Index of Authors and a Glossary at the back. 7 1/4" Tall. Blue cloth cover with Gilt Lettering & lines to spine. Some edge wear to cloth. Previous owner's inscription of ffep, dated 1928. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Aberdeen: John Avery and Company Limited, 1943. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 10th Edition, completing 74,000. "Fifty Pages of Burns Songs, Poems, Epistles, Letters. Twenty Four Illustrations." Foreword by Professor J. Y. Simpson. Red cloth cover with Gilt lettering to front. Oval Portrait of Burns pasted down on front, also gilt lettering "Souvenir Frae Poosie Nansie's Hostelry Mauchline". Half Title Page Illustrated with portrait of Burns, some paper from the endpaper has stuck to it. Taped Handwritten note by a Cornish Bard under. Portrait of Esslemont on back of Title Page. Pages in nice condition. Some odour of tobacco. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Papermac / Macmillan, 1983. Fine Poems selected by the Author. Includes "The Seasons in North Cornwall", "St. Martha and the Dragon" and "H.M.S. Glory". 289 Pages including Index of first lines. 450g, 8 1/2" Tall. Spine faded & creased (some fading visible on front and back, see photo). No inscriptions. Pages in very good clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. Book.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1923. Cloth. Near Very Good. Frontis illustrated with a portrait pencil drawing of the poet. 111 Poems, from "Thunderstorms" to "The Child and the Mariner". Grey cloth cover with Gilt Lettering, in handwritten style, on front & spine. Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. 160 Pages, 310g, 7 3/4" Tall. Handwritten poem on the rear free endpaper. No other inscriptions except penciled prices on ffep. Slight edge wear. Top fore corner a little bumped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

William Blackwood and Sons, 1928. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 18th Edition, "with many revisions the author has long desired to make. A few early poems, either unpublished or, like Robin Hood published out of their order, are now retored to their right place". Green cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to front & spine. Top page edges Olivine, froe and bottom edges untrimmed. 7 3/4" Tall. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Ffep removed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

Wm. Sommerville & Son Ltd in Association with South West Arts, 1979. Limited. Original Wraps. Good+. Booklet of Poetry. Limited Edition of 650. Printed by Moore & Matthes Ltd. with Brown Type on cream paper. Cream wraps with Brown title on front. 7 1/2" Tall, 30g. Small specks of brown foxing on cover. Staples rusted. No inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition, just a little darkening in top fore corner.

London: Cassell and Company, 1897. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. From the Cassell's National Library Series. 192 Pages + Publisher's adverts. Dark green cloth cover with blind stamped lettering & Lines to front and gilt lettering to spine. No inscriptions Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1916. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Frontis is a Sepia Photograph of Alison Cunningham. 155 Pages of delightful Poetry for Children. Green cloth cover with dulled gilt lettering and Ship design to spine and blind stamped ship design on front. Pages in very nice condition. Slight bow to front board. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1930. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Frontispiece has portrait photo of Brooke, protected by Tissue Guard. 158 Page memoir precedes the Poems. Profile Portrait of Brook, 1913, followed by 161 pages of Poetry.Black cloth cover with original Paper title label to spine. 580g, 8" Tall. Original owner's inscription on endpaper, dated 1931. A little loss of colour on front board (see photo). Hinges sound & Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1925. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Attractive Brown Full-Leather Binding with tooled picture of an 18th C. Ship, in Red and White, on the front. Embossed lettering and some decoration on front & spine. 784 Pages, 650g, 7 1/2" Tall. Top page edges Gilt. Some fading and wear to spine. Small spots of browning on fore page edges. Only occasional spots on a few pages. Previous owner's inscription blacked out on blank preliminary page. No other inscriptions except penciled ref. on back of ffep. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall