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London: Longmans, Green and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Card covers sunned, spine rubbed, corners and head/tail of spine bumped, covers clean, small neat Name/writing on inner front cover, marks to prelims near spine, 72pp, colour frontis, colour and black/white illustrations, overall very good, internally CLEAN AND BRIGHT. ; 106151; 8 x 9 " .

London: WILLIAM Cookson (AGENDA). Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Card covers. 224 pp. Poetry magazine. A Special Issue which contains Pounds " Notes, Parts of which have been used in latter drafts" " Drafts and Fragments and the Structure of the The Cantos." , Photos of Pound, etc, etc. With Various Essays and Articles on Pound. Illustrated with Photographs by David Rokeah and Sculptures by Richard Brotman. Poems and Articles by other Authors, including Basil Bunting, Peter Levi, Jon Stallworthy, Peter Thompson on George Seferis' Collected Poems....etc. Covers a little 'dusty' with very slight wear but overall Very Good Plus Copy. ; 50034; 8vo .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fair with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue Boards fair only, complete but titling all but disappeared to the spine, and a former owner has decided to 'improve' this book by colouring in the faded edges of boards. Corners and head/tail of spine lightly 'bumped'. Rear edge of the spine splitting, but holding fast. There is a circular stain on the back board and the publishers blind stamped logo. Extremeties rubbed. Internally generally very clean, but a few blind stamps on few pages including title page, (Bradford Library and Literary Society). No other indications of this having been in a library. Top page edge discoloured, the remaining page edges are browned/dusty. Previous owners inscription on the front free e/p. The inner paper hinge is splitting. 256 pp. " The author's adventures in North America and England form the basis for this engrossing book about the men who walk/tramp the open roads.... Also a powerful record… Read More

London: Agenda (William Cookson). Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Paperback. In the original white, black lettered, stiff laminate card covers. Some Very Light shelfwear with a few light marks and some smudges/scratches which are only seen if held up to the light. No dustjacket as issued. A Special Double Issue, with Poetry, Essays and Reviews by many UK & US poets and academics, etc, including contributions by John Gurney, Andrew Motion, Lotte Kramer, Alan Massey, Jeffrey Wainwright, William Bedford, Pamala Stewart, Alexander Small, Reginald Gibbons, Michael Hulse, John Bricuth, Elton Glaser, Mark Halperin, John Peck, Robert Pinsky, Steve Orlen, Boyer Rickel, etc, etc. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'fine' copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Agenda (William Cookson). Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Paperback. In the original white, black lettered, stiff laminate card covers. Some Very Light shelfwear with some smudges/scratches which are only seen if held up to the light - Negligible. No dustjacket as issued. A Special Double Issue, with US Poetry, Essays and Reviews by many poets and academics, etc, including an Essay by Michael Alexander on 'Ezra Pound's 'Seafarer' ; and Kenneth Cox on 'Louis Zukofsky's 'A'; with other poetry, etc, by John Ashbery, Mary Barnard, Frank Bidart, Robert Bly, Christopher Brookhouse, Reginald Gibbons, Sidney Goldfarb, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Lowell, Michael McCormick, John Peck, Stephen Sandy, Kathleen Spivack, Alan Williamson, James Tate, Richard Tillinghurst, etc, etc. No Inscriptions or Marks. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'Fine' copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Julia MacRae Books. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. 0862033241 . Bright, clean red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In a bright unclipped dustjacket. The d/j is Not price -clipped but has some small loss to the top front edge of the spine (1.5cm long x 0. 6cm wide). Some light smudges / slightly indented scratches (light general shelfwear) which are only seen if held up to the light, o/w VG. The dustjacket having a flecked grey background with a central full colour rectangular panel to front cover, showing Alice falling downwards past diversely filled shelves, with a smaller coloured picture on the back cover showing a jury of various anthropomorphised animals/fish/birds being addressed by The Mad Hatter - Delightful! . The dustjacket is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and apart from the sliver of loss looks VG. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, tightly bound book with NO Inscriptions or Marks, (10) + 118… Read More

Middlesex: Kestrel Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. 0722650299 . Pictorial boards with an identical pictorial dustjacket which is price-clipped. The boards have Very slight rubbing to the edges and the top page fore-edge has some light foxing (brown) spots. The dustjacket flap although price clipped has a small price sticker above the clipped area. The dustjacket also has very slight curling, edge-wear, loss and a small closed tear which is neatly repaired to the inside with clear archive tape. There are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. 64 pp. Charmingly illustrated in colour and b/w by Pauline Baynes. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults' as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright 'Very Good' copy. "For this collection of stories in verse, Leonard Clark, a renowned poet in his own right, has selected some of the best known and best loved narrative poems, such as Widdecombe Fair, The Inchcape Rock and… Read More

Amhurst: University of Massachusetts Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1990. 1st Edition Paperback. Paperback. 0870237195 . In the original publisher's glossy lettered card covers. No dustjacket as issued. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. Protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. 207 pp. Excellent brief study of earlier American poetry. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy this is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Oxford & New York: Facts On File Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0816015996 . Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. Overall A Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; The Literary Anecdote Series; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: R Bentley and Son. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 raised gilt decorated bands and gilt titling to spine, gilt banding to boards, corners and head/tail of spines bumped. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers. Bound volume of yearly magazine - contains the complete 1st printing of 'Dene Hollow' in parts by Mrs Henry Wood which was published in 1871 in 3 volumes (illustrated by M Ellen Edwards) Edges of pages marbled. 476/516pp. Slight foxing spots but overall CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 003930; 8vo .

London: HarperCollins. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002258455 . SIGNED Copy. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing with the Correct Printers Key - 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. In Black boards with Bright gilt titling. A Fine book in a Fine Dustjacket - The dustjacket has a wrap around (detachable) sleeve stating "Signed by the Author at Waterstones". The d/j is NOT price-clipped. The book is SIGNED by the Author on a Publisher's plain 'bookplate' with a decorative border, and stuck under his name on the Title page, otherwise there are NO Inscriptions or Marks. (8) + 392 pp. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy. "When Ellie Pascoe finds herself under threat, the men in her life assume it’s because she’s married to a cop. But while they trawl after shoals of red herrings, Ellie is blasted off course with a motley crew of women on a voyage of discovery whose perils make Scylla and Charybdis look… Read More

London: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002258455 . SIGNED Copy. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing with the Correct Printers Key - 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. In Black boards with Bright gilt titling. A Fine book in a Fine Dustjacket - some Negligible smudges/shelf rubbing to the rear d/j cover, but the d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks 'As New'. The dustjacket is NOT price-clipped. The book is SIGNED and Dated (7/2/00) by the Author under his name on the Title page, otherwise there are NO Inscriptions or Marks. (8) + 392 pp. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'AS New' copy. "When Ellie Pascoe finds herself under threat, the men in her life assume it’s because she’s married to a cop. But while they trawl after shoals of red herrings, Ellie is blasted off course with a motley crew of women on a voyage of discovery whose perils make Scylla and Charybdis… Read More

London: Treasure Press. As New with no dust jacket. 1986. 1st Thus (Treasure Press Edition). Hardcover. 1850511357 . In the original publisher's fine glossy pictorial laminated boards. No marks to covers. First published by Souvenir Press in 1977. This is the first history of the detective story to be told in pictures, containing over 400 stunning illustrations, following the development of crime fiction from The Annals of Newagte, Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue to the Private Eye magazines of the 20's and 30's, and the 'Pulp' Crime magazines, etc. (The contents Including Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Nick Carter, Sexton Blake etc, etc ....) 176 pp. NO Inscriptions or Marks. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy. ; 4to .

Exeter: Elm Bank Publications. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1902454103 . Maroon decorated card covers, just a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Internally the first few pages are a little 'wavy' - negligible - o/w this is a very good large format paperback book. (xv) + (1) + 462 pp. Flat SIGNED without dedication on the title page by the Author, otherwise unmarked. Clean and tight throughout. Harry Guest (Henry Bayly Guest) is a British poet born in Wales. He was appointed Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter in 1994. With his wife, Lynn Guest, a historical novelist, he lives in Exeter. A selection of his poetry was included in Penguin Modern Poets 16. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate (LittD) by Plymouth University in 1998. Apart from his many collections of poetry, he is well known as a translator from the French and Japanese, and has published several novels and non-fiction books. This is an… Read More

Germany: Schondorf Perryman. As New with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Schondorf (Germany) : K. A. Perryman/Babel, The Eleventh ISSUE OF THE SCARCE AND ERRATICALLY PUBLISHED ANGLO-GERMAN MAGAZINE BABEL. Original Grey Card Wrappers. 80pp. This issue includes 6 R. S. Thomas poems, and 1 Seamus Heaney poem - all with German translations by Perryman. Also included are works by Patricia Connolly, David Constantine, Werner Durrson, Richard Exner, Peter Green, Kenneth Hylton, W. D. Jackson, Christopher Jenkin-Jones, Marius Kociejowski, Jurgen Kross, Gila Prast, Sheenagh Pugh, Peter Russell, Wolfgang Schlenker, Iain Crichton Smith, Ulf Stolerfoht and Franz Wurm. The Publisher KEVIN PERRYMAN was apparently a lovely man; totally committed - but the magazine teetered on the brink of extinction. Now Scarce - and in Fine Condition. ; Periodical; 4to (small) .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198112831 . Gilt titling to spine. Illustrated d/w. Contains 12 essays and addresses. Authors such as Dylan Thomas, Richard Savage and Caradoc Evans (the best hated Welshman of them all) come under the author's sympathetic scrutiny. Analysis of the heroic poetry of the Welsh, Norse and English.; 000809; 8vo .

London: Smith, Elder & Co. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. This Biographical Edition is a lovely edn, full of extras. This Edition of The Works was originally published in Thirteen Volumes. This is Volume 13 - Last volume in this set/edition of 13 Volumes. Red cloth covered boards, sl. faded spine, bright gilt titling to spine and bright gilt lettering to front board, 6 small black spots to rear board, mottling/fading to covers. Hinges sound.NO INSCRIPTIONS. 751pp. Foxing to page edges and to endpapers. Illustrated in black and white. Black and white tissue guarded frontispiece. Internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Contents include; ballads - FAIRY DAYS, PEG OF LIMAVADDY; A DOE IN THE CITY; Love songs made easy - THE MINARET BELLS; SERENADE; MY NORA; five German Ditties; Four Imitations of Beranger; Imitation of Horace etc etc. Uniform with my listings of Vols 7, 9, and 12 in this set.; 107517; 8vo .

London: Bachman & Turner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0859740684 . Dark Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's lettered dustjacket. Ex- Reference Library with relatively minimal library markings. Protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket (very wrinkled). (6) + 286 pp. " There will always be a need for a book of Freedom Quotations - though each generation will give it a different emphasis. This book has been designed for pleasure, for reflection, for use in speeches and articles, for humour and for glimpses of mankind at its best and worst ". Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: MacMillan Education. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Reprint. Paperback. In the original publisher's glossy pictorial card covers protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. (viii) + 142 pp. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy this is a Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 150 pages .

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Presumed First UK Edition. Paperback. Small pictorial card-covered booklet in very good condition. Slight wear to the extremities and staples rusting very slightly, but this is only noticable in the centre, with very little 'bleeding'. Apart from this Internally the book is FINE with NO Inscriptions or Marks. "A Tuck Book". Not Dated but states "Publishers to Their Majesties The King and Queen and to Her Majesty Queen Mary" - so has to be circa 1930's/40's. 34 pp including the inside of the covers. Contains a condensed version of the Dickens' story, plus 5 full page monotone illustrations and a b/w drawn frontispiece to the inside cover by Trelleck. One of a series. See Images. ; A Tuck Book; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .