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cecil palmer London. 1924 VG no dj spine is sunned with paper label. 1st edition ffeps are browned. 1 inscription. book of poetry

Akros Publications Preston 1970 VG/G (yellowing to dj edges, torn and curled at top edge of front cover and light wear to other edges, clean grey marbled paper-covered boards with gilt title on spine very lightly rubbed base of spine, internally a fine copy, clean tight and bright) octavo 89pp plus 7pp publisher's adverts. First edition. SIGNED by the editor "To Eric with best wishes from Duncan". Collection of the work of 29 poets.

Patrick Bright 1995 Fine/Vg (clean white dj has grubby mark from price sticker on front cover and light creasing bottom edge of back cover,clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, contents very clean and bright throughout) octavo 62pp. A collection of 52 poems.

Parrett Press, Martock. 1991 8vo. pp63 incl. Appendix and several pages of descriptions of rural activities such as coppicing, sheep-shearing & hurdle making. Bound in stiff card covers with colour printed d/w attached at spine. Fine condition. Interestingly in the print details the author states "The Heidelberg cylinder printing mschine used, was previously owned by the author's brother, who saved it from the jaws of the breakers in 1980

Putnam London 1964 Vg/Vg (clean unclipped pink dj with grey lettering, one small clean tear top of back cover, clean grey marbled boards with white cloth backstrip, small neat ink numeral front fixed endpaper else a very clean tight copy with no other marks) octavo 32pp. First edition.

University of London Press London 1968 G/G (light browning edges of unclipped dj and light wear head of spine with one small tear, clean blue cloth with bright silver lettering on spine, ex school library copy with front free endpaper missing and school stamp back endpaper, pencil annotation one margin else contents clean and unmarked) octavo 327pp. Second impression. Nineteen critical essays on Shelley and his contemporaries, with reading lists.

Faber & Faber, 1998 VG/VG near fine. clean and bright copy no inscriptions. First edition. Hughes's Birthday Letters are addressed to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he was married. They were written over a period of 25 years after her suicide in 1963. This was the first time ted Hughes gave a personal account of their relationship and the tragedy

London: Jonathan Cape, 1997 Fine. paperback. no dj. First Edition. 8vo. 48pp. Printed wrappers. Signed by the author

London : The Cresset Press, 1945 VG no dj. 1 inscription to ffep. yellow boards are a touch tarnished and spotted in places, but not unsightly. 1st edition. Errata slip page 5.

Sidgwick & Jackson London 1928 VG First issue of revised and reset second edtn (original black cloth, a little marked and shelfworn) Octavo 162pp

london routledge 1946 VG no dj Attractive copy . slight edge wear to ends of spine. minute - not unsightly. 1st uk edition. black boards and gilt titling are clean and bright no sunning to spine.

Truslove and Hanson London undated VG (no dj, dark blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt decoration spine and front boards, lightly worn top and base of spine and corners lightly rubbed,white endpapers with green decoration, just a little light scattered spotting endpapers and stain back endpaper, bookplate reverse of front free endpaper, printed on thick paper watermarked Waldorf, browning to outside of deckle edged pages, no foxing internally but small ?cigarette scorch marks penetrates a few central pages) 12mo 160pp. Anthology of poetry and prose.

Chatto & Windus, London, 1899 VG no dj. dark red boards with gilt titling. some light edge/rounding but no significant loss. ffeps a bit browned and discoloured - but not title page/text itself. tissue-guarded image frontis.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1923 VG.No Jacket. ffeps are a touch grubby and have 2 inscriptions. untrimmed edges of textblock. a clean attractive copy. we have vol 3 also.

London: Constable & Company, undated VG Grey-Brown board covers with green linework and titling. Colour illustration of the village attached to front board. Minor wear to the edges and slight damage to the spine. Internally the endpapers are a little browned, there is an inscription from a previous owner dated August 1919, otherwise good condition. Quarto 32 pages of text plus 11 card pages with colour plates attached.

E Austin and Son Ltd Clifton 1910 VG (no dj, lightly worn mottled blue cloth, corners lightly bumped,light browning free endpapers, signatures front fixed endpaper, few small marks one page, pages generally clean and bright) 12mo 122pp plus index. Compiled by assistant master at Clifton College, selection of poetry to provide a definite course of Repetition which will cover four years' study in the teaching of English.

Maurice Robert 1964 Vg (fully bound in red leather with gilt title on lightly rubbed spine, some edges lightly rubbed, red marbled endpapers, printed on thick quality paper and contents crisp tight and bright as new throughout) 12mo 55pp. Privately published. Note on rear page reads: Cet ouvrage strictement hors commerce a ete acheve d'imprimer le vingt-cinq Novembre 1964 jour de la Sainte-Catherine par Damien maitre imprimeur a Paris pour Maurice Robert editeur." Title page reads: "offert par Maurice Robert a ses amis." Collection of poetry in French language by various poets including Joachim du Bellay, Victor Hugo, and Charles Baudelaire.

Chatto & Windus London 1907 Vg (no dj, blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt decoration on spine, gilt initials A.M. on front board, edges lightly rubbed, two small blue marks front board, no inscriptions or foxing, a very good clean little volume) 24mo 329pp. Anthology of poetry, 13th century to 1849.

Cambridge University Press 1931 G (no dj, dark blue cloth very faded round edges and spine but gilt titles still bright on spine, bumped at top of spine, previous owners' signatures front endpapers, small neat pencil annotations one margin else pages clean and bright throughout) 12mo 244pp.

Camel Press, Sydney, 1992 VG/VG glossy pictorial boards. no inscriptions. attractive copy. 1st edition.