Books on Poetry
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Scherzi poetici e pittorici.
61 scherzi plus 40 plates, partly printed on lightly tinted paper, xii 181p, 224p small marbled ...
£1,100.00
£1,000.00
Opere. Vols 1 - 22. Complete Set.
complete run of 22 volumes bound into 14, approx 300p each, large format full calf, 5 raised ...
£1,000.00
£860.00
The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations.
338p small format hardback, superbly preserved early edition of this classic volume of English ...
£860.00
£640.00
Sombras de Pueblo Negro.
160p paperback with red and black illustration to front, author inscription addressed to Gil (?) ...
£640.00
£520.00
Lord Byron's Armenian Exercises and Poetry.
167p [iv] printed within ornamental border, English and Armenian text on facing pages, all edges ...
£520.00
£480.00
A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevitch, his Young Body-Guard and the Valiant Merchant Kalashnikov. With Decorations by Paul Nash. Translated by John Cournos.
24p v large format, full morocco binding designed by Paul Nash, black and white inlays and blind ...
£480.00
£480.00
P Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia ex Editione Burmannia com Notis et Interpretatione in Usum Delphini.
Incomplete set of 10 (of 11) volumes, missing Volume 4, paginated continuously to 3848p over the ...
£480.00
£460.00
Sochinenya. (Works in Six Volumes)
xxxiv 534p 524p 482p 448p 562p 640p, six volumes bound in plain old cloth, one spine tearing, ...
£460.00
£360.00
Les Chants Modernes. Nouvelle Edition.
273p very decorative half morocco binding with marbled boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, a ...
£360.00
£360.00
New Verse.
31 issues, only missing no. 25, otherwise a complete run in original cream paper cover, 26/27 and ...
£360.00
£360.00
Oeuvres Completes d'Arthur Rimbaud.
3 large paperback volumes, protective glassine jacket present (somewhat worn), the text is clean, ...
£360.00
£360.00
Opere, Vols 1 - 16.
complete run of 16 volumes, approx 300 - 400p each, beautiful set in need of some attention, full ...
£360.00
£360.00
This is a blue wallet folder of letters and translations by Storm Jameson regarding her translation of Jean-Paul de Dadelsen book of poems entitled Jonas.
This folder contains a copy of Jonas (1962) with Storm J.'s bookplate, a West End Quality Notebook ...
£360.00
£360.00
Twenty-Five Poems.
Peacock green silk with Bloomfield's gilt swan motif to front board, very well preserved and ...
£360.00
£357.00
El Axis Ritmico en la Estrofa Castellana.
18p offprint with author dedication, very good, cover unevenly yellowed
£357.00
Poemata Selecta Italorum, qui seculo decimo sexto latine scripserunt, nonnullis adnotationibus illustrata.
xxxix 398p 12mo original vellum, front board slightly curled, leather label on spine, bound with 3 ...
£340.00
£340.00
The Chase. A Poem.
xv vii 126p large quarto format, half calf binding, spine gilt, very well preserved, illustrations ...
£340.00
£300.00
Chansonnier Historique du 18ème Siècle. Recueil de Chansons, Vaudevilles, Sonnets, épigrammes, épitaphes et autres Vers Satiriques et Historiques. Orné de portraits à l'eau-forte par Rousselle.
10 Volumes set complete, hardback bound in attrative blue cloth, paper shelfmarks to spine, cxxxv ...
£300.00
£300.00
The Poetical Works of John Dryden. Volume 1-5.
172p 316p 320p 309p 317p red cloth with paper labels on spine, label on Vol 1 missing other labels ...
£300.00
£300.00
The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The First Tour in Search of the Picturesque. The Second Tour in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour in Search of a Wife.
272p 277p 279p, three volumes in original green cloth, light soiling to cloth, colour plates by ...
£300.00
£280.00
M. Annaeus Lucanus de Bello Civili, cum Hug Grotii, Farnabii, Notis Integris et Variorum Selectissimis.
599p plus index, full leather binding with gilt ruled borders, five very slightly raised bands and ...
£280.00
£280.00
Will's Visions of Piers Plowman, Do-Well, Do-Better, and Do-Best.
x 700p hardback, dustjacket in excellent condition, clean, firm binding, original bookshop label ...
£280.00
£260.00
The Greek Anthology. The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams.
Excellent 2 Volume set. Vol 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; indices of Sources and ...
£260.00
£260.00
The Seven Golden Odes of Pagan Arabia, known also as the Mo-Allakat.
xxii 67p quarto format hardback, cloth spine and blue paper-covered boards, remains of title label ...
£260.00
£252.00
The Poetical Works, with notes of various Authors, The Third Edition, with other illustrations, and with some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton now First Published Ed. Henry Todd.
6 volumes, approx 450p each, full calf, gilt arms to both boards, library stamp, all rebacked (2 ...
£252.00
£246.00
Clerihews by Various Hands, Edited by John Waynflete, B.A. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged.
small unpaginated oblong format paperback, beige card cover lettered in green, slight spotting to ...
£246.00
£240.00
Coleridge's Father. Absent Man, Guardian Spirit. Limited Edition.
xxxi 874p large hardback, red cloth with gilt lettering, very good condition, minimal wear to cover ...
£240.00
£240.00
Etudes Grecques sur Virgile, Vols 1 - 3. Ou Recueil de tous les passages des poetes grecs imités dans les Bucoliques, les Géorgiques et l'Énéide. Avec le texte latin et des rapprochemnts littéraires par F G Eichhoff.
3 vols 319p 448p 407p grey cloth with black morocco spine, tight and firm set, five bands and gilt ...
£240.00
£240.00
From Eugenio Montale to Amelia Rosselli. Italian Poetry in the Sixties and Seventies.
ix 233p paperback, green and white illustrated cover, binding tight and spine intact, all pages ...
£240.00
£240.00
Poetry from the Sinhalese Being Selections from Folk and Classical Poetry, with Sinhalese Text.
137p paperback, original tan card cover printed in black with some water staining, spine very ...
£240.00
£225.00
The Language of the Book of Songs. First Edition.
321p cloth with blue jacket, jacket show minor scratches and minor fraying to top/bottom of spine, ...
£225.00
£200.00
Dusha Leningrada.
40p slim pamphlet, stapled, illustration to front, pencil inscription to verso of cover dated 1989, ...
£200.00
£200.00
Fables from Aesop. Limited Edition Signed by Translator and Illustrator.
52p large-format hardback, black cloth, very good condition, light wear to cover edges, binding ...
£200.00
£196.00
Lohengrin. Edition und Untersuchungen.
599p hardback, green cloth without jacket, good condition, some very light wear to cover edges and ...
£196.00
£180.00
Ancient Arabian Poetry. Translations of Ancient Arabian Poetry. Chiefly Pre-Islamic, with an Introduction and Notes.
lii142p original dark green cloth fresh, gilt lettering to spine fresh, neat and tight copy, ...
£180.00
£180.00
Opere di Pietro Metastasio, Vols 1 - 14.
complete set of 14 volumes bound in 13 small marbled hardback, leather spines and corners, approx ...
£180.00
£180.00
Ueber dramatische Kunst und Litteratur. Vorlesungen.
xii 378p 300p 429p viii three parts complete, rebound (?1920) in plain yellow cloth with black ...
£180.00
£168.00
Christmas Tyde. A Series of Sacred Songs and Poetical Pieces, Suited to the Season.
xviii 205p original ribbed green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, printed with ...
£168.00
£160.00
Life of Sir Walter Scott. Ten Volumes.
Ten large hardbacks in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine labels. No. 508 of a limited edition ...
£160.00
£160.00
Persian Poetry for English Readers: Being Specimens of Six of the Greatest Classical Poets of Persia: Ferdusi, Nizami, Sadi, Jelal-ad-Din Rumi, Hafiz, and Jami, with biographical notices and notes.
xvi 646p original paperback binding, front cover missing, spine partly incomplete, binding still ...
£160.00
£160.00
Sochineniia Lermontova.
2 volumes bound in old burgundy cloth, on spine lettered "Works of Lermontov Russian", xxxvi 555p ...
£160.00
£148.00
Bird Poems.
80p paperback, white cover, very good condition, light wear to cover laminate, binding firm, pages ...
£148.00
£145.00
Versuch Schweizerischer Gedichte. Neunte, rechtmäßige, vermehrte und veränderte Auflage.
284p 10p preface, quarter brown marbled boards, red edges, illustrated title page, many engravings, ...
£145.00
£144.00
Poetic Paraphrase of the Psalms of David.
640p paperback, white cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding intact, a few very light ...
£144.00
£144.00
Typosine, La Dixième Muse.
512p hardback, red cloth with gilt lettering, excellent condition, little to no wear, pages clean ...
£144.00
£140.00
Al-Barrak: Poemy.
35p slim pamphlet white cover, paper yellowing but well preserved, contains 'Al-Barrak', 'Al-Kadr', ...
£140.00
£140.00
Della perfetta poesia italiana, Vols 1 - 4. Spiegata e dimostrata con varie osservazioni da Lodovico Antonio Muratori con le annotazioni critiche di Anton Maria Salvini.
413p 423p 399p 423p rebound in plain black library cloth, set of 4 volumes, gilt lettering and ...
£140.00
£140.00
Izgubljena Domovina.
111p paperback with black edge (mourning border), title in blue frame to front, frame repeated in ...
£140.00
£140.00
Parnaso Venezolano. Selectas Composiciones Poéticas Coleccionadas por C B A. Con un Estudio Sobre el Progresso y Estado Actual de la Poesía Líirica en Venezuela por el Illustre Escritor Sr. Gral. Pedro Arismendi Brito. (Spanish)
475p modern green cloth, library markings on spine and ex libris markings to endpaper and ...
£140.00
£140.00
Poetae Minores Graeci. Quibus subjungitur eorum potissimùm qae ad Philosophiam Moralem pertinent, index utilis. Accedunt etiam observationes Radulphi Wintertoni in Hesiodum.
[viii] 533p plus substantial index and notes not paginated, title page with ornamental frame, ...
£140.00