Search Results: POETRY from Fortuna Books

London: Anthroposophical Publishing Company, 1959 papered boards titled, to cover, light foxing to endppers, reproduced from typescript, sewn, 48pp anthroposophical (500 grams) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Anthroposophical Publishing Company, 1959 papered boards titled, to cover, light foxing to endppers, reproduced from typescript, sewn, 48pp anthroposophical (500 grams) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1922 owner copperplate inscription to fep, gilt cameo to upper board, 278pp slipped in photograph ( of former owner?) Greek classical poetry in English verse translation, first edition of 1881 mainly destroyed in a warehouse sale before distribution as mentioned in the foreword, xxi 278pp Greek original faces translation . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

Oxford: Carcanet Press , 1975 pale blue printed wrappers with flaps drawn over sewn sheets, owner name to reverse of fep, 35pp edition limited to 600 copies, poetry, a few stanzas have pencil bracketing. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. limited edition.

London: Ernest Benn (letter rate shipping, request quote via email) sheets folded once and stapled at spine, staples rusted, paper wrappers rubbed to spine, some foxing and soiling, stain to rear wrapper, 31pp of Irish poems from pagan times to the present. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Booklet.

London: Ernest Benn (200 gram rate) sheets folded once and stapled at spine, staples rusted, paper wrappers rubbed through at spine and detached, name to half title, some foxing and soiling, stain to rear wrapper, 31pp of Irish poems from pagan times to the present. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Booklet.

London: Ernest Benn stapled sheets, exterior sheet being front and rear covers detached into two peices and chipped along the spine edge, light foxing to these sheets and first and last few pages, (32)pp incl covers, undated probably 1926 and assumed first edition, the bibliography only includes his first three works (upto 1925 Selected Poems) ALSO INCLUDES a copy of the 1935 7th impression; (200 gram rate) sheets folded once and sewn at spine, paper wrappers rubbed to spine with splitting and chipping, some foxing and soiling, name to first page, 31pp includes inside of rear wrapper, email for a cheaper international postage rate. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855 1855 first edition, full leather rubbed to joints, spine ends and corners, all edges gilt, gilt border to both boards, marbled endpapers, some light foxing mainly to prelims, viii 159pp, collated as complete, original wrappers are not present. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Edward Arnold, 1916 quarter papered in white with boards in blue, gilt stamped device of The Navy League Otago Branch on the upper board, Boards a bit soiled and with a few slight red ink stains, corners rubbed, End paper has a prize plate dated 1926 Naval History Examination awarded to Adeline P Lethwaite of Waitaki Girls School, 128pp+4pp advts. This popular edition makes the 3rd edn. Four ballads on warriors of the sea; Greenaway / The Story of Sir Francis Drake / The Ballad of Richard Peake / The First of June. untrimmed edges, one page has a short tear in the margin, generally VG but with some detracting soiling to the boards. Popular. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Ellis and White, 1881 dark green cloth with extra gilt floral trellis designs to both boards and spine, small puncture at head of spine shows as a short tear in the cloth ( closed and no loss) , closed edges slightly foxed, pictorial endpapers, xii 335+ imprint +1pp advert, some minor foxing to prelims ( contents) and advert, some foxing encroaching to margins, slight rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, " A Smither" in pencil to title, this copy shows some atmospheric aging but little handling wear, first issue. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Dunedin: Caveman Press, 1971 (200 gram rate) 10 leaves folded once and stapled at spine to make 40pp unpaginated, card wrappers with a DW illustrated by Peter Olds. small circular adhesive residue to top corner, ex-library with two stamps to title page, handset limited edition of 300 copies this #178. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Peter Olds. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1976 (200 gram rate) red leatherette with some handling soiling, internally clean, 80pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Thomas Tegg, 1832 small 16mo with printed papered boards with title etc as well as adverts to lower board, part VI of the Howard's Beauties of Literature series, boards slightly stained or browned, light edge bumping or rubbing, backstrip darkened, spine price at 2/6', undated but has a small copperplate inscription to fep [Francis Simpkinson 1832], the engraved frontis. port. is foxed, tissue guard loosening, vii 184pp, undated, a little dust soiling to hinges, tidy collection from Byron's works, a pocket edition, (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Ernest Benn, 1927 black cloth over boards, paper title label to upper board and spine but the spine label is missing part and has no legible text, lightly soiled and rubbed with small patch frayed back to board on top edge of lower board, second impression 32pp, final leaf offset toned, internally VG+ (200 gram rate) . reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Sydney: Current Book Distributors, 1946 (200 grams) stapled wrappers with title in red and black and illustration of a miner's head with helmet and headlamp, name at head of title otherwise tidy copy with lightly soiled wrappers, line illustrations by H McLintock, 31pp, an Australian Communist coal miner's poetry, includes tributes to the defenders of Stalingrad, Lenin etc. trade unionism, socialism etc. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H McLintock . 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Dublin: The Gallery Press, 1983 (200 gram rate) plain wrappers with printed DW, presentation inscription from author, dated 1985, 54pp, poetry. Signed by Author. reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Muller, 1968 first UK edition, DW unclipped, small tear top edge of front panel, chipped head of spine, light soiling to wrapper. Illustrated papered boards with green cloth spine. some bumping to board edges, minimal foxing to top edge lower board, 80pp, illustrated in line and with four colour plates to head each season. Author's anthology of verse to accompany her images arranged by the seasons. Tidy copy.. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Eve Garnett. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1980 tidy copy but has had a long inscription to the front paste down blacked out with marker, signed "Leonard Gasparini" to fep, half title reads BREAKING AND ENTERING and under this he has written " a metaphor for the work", book and dust jacket VG+, 96pp, dust jacket design by Susan Mellor with photo by Lisa di Michele, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: W W Norton, 1971 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW light rubbing to edges and joints, Bollingen poetry Prize winner label to DW, book very clean, faint foxing to closed fore edge, xii 105pp, the hardbound edition was a print run of 1,000 copies only (unstated), poetry, DW by Ursula Suess . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ursula Suess. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. limited edition.

London: Bohn, 1840 cloth with blind borders and dulled gilt to spine, corners bumped, some bumping indentations to boards sine ends chipped or split, some punctures to backstrip, binding is weakening, some collations partly detached but all collations are still attached by at least one cord or thread, some page edges are worn where they sit proud, top corner of title clipped, xxxvi 467pp, re-issue of the 1835 John Murray edition, with cancel title bearing Bohn imprint and date, dedication dated 1835, serviceable as is but would benefit from rebinding. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.