Poetry & Plays

  1. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Collins, nd (c1920) 72pp. Four tipped-in cold. plates and other decorations by Charles Robinson. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald and introduction by Laurence Housman. Teg. Some light fox-spotting throughout. Dark red cloth gilt boards just a trifle rubbed. A clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4099) £20.00
  1. The Selected Poems of Tu Fu. London: Anvil Press, 1990. xvi, 173pp. Translated by David Hinton. Neat ownership signature to half-title.Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and creased on spine. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3769) £6.00
  1. Agee, Chris (ed.).: Scar on the Stone: contemporary poetry from Bosnia. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books,1998. 1st. edn. 208pp. Numerous translators acknowledged. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5737) £5.00
  1. Anouilh, Jean.: Becket or, The Honor of God. New York: Signet Books, 1964. 1st. US P/B edn. 128pp. Pictorial card covers a little creased and rubbed otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6524) £5.00
  1. Anouilh, Jean.: The Lark. London: Methuen & Co., 1955. 1st. UK edn. vi,103pp. Translated from the French by Christopher Fry. D/w lightly tanned on spine with a single, tiny tear in top edge of front panel othgerwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7574) £8.00
  1. Atwood, Margaret (ed.): The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1982. 1st. edn. xlii,477pp. Gift inscription to ffep. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6636) £10.00
  1. Auden, W. H.: Collected Shorter Poems 1927 – 1957. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 1st. edn. 351pp. Pageblock edges and epp all somewhat tanned. D/w slightly tanned on spine and edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5798) £25.00
  1. Barker, George: Thirty Preliminary Poems London: David Archer The Parton Press, 1933 1st. edn. 37 pp. Some foxing throughout. Green,stiff card covers with black lettering, somewhat faded on spine, rubbed on corners and front cover. A good copy of a scarce title. (Stock ref 1822) £30.00
  1. Barks, Coleman (ed.).: The Soulf of Rmi: a new collection of ecstatic poems. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001. 1st. edn. xviii,425pp. Translations, introductions and notes by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, Nevit Ergin, A. J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholson and M. G. Gupta. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6867) £20.00
  1. Bell, Martin.: Collected Poems, 1937-1966. London: Macmillan, 1967. 1st. edn. xiii, 114pp. D/w just a trifle rubbed on edges and corners. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3797) £5.00
  1. Berkeley, Anne.: The Men From Praga. Cambridge: Salt Publishing, 2009. 1st. edn. (8)72pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5741) £8.00
  1. Bidgood, Ruth.: Lighting Candles: new and selected poems. Bridgend: Poetry Wales Press, 1982. 1st. edn. (7)75pp. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3379) £5.00
  1. Blake, William.: Songs of Experience. London: Ernest Benn, 1927. New ed. Unpaginated. Cold. illus. by the author. Reproduced from a copy in the British Museum. Rather grubby d/w a little rubbed and worn on edges and corners with several small, closed tears and some minor loss at spine head. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 5706) £80.00
  1. Bloomfield, Robert.: Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs. London: Vernor & Hood and Longman & Rees, 1829. 1st. edn. xi(2)105pp. Portrait frontis. and 11 wood engravings. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some light offsetting of engravings. Contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original title label laid on. Binding rather rubbed and bumped on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6008) £80.00
  1. Bond, Edward.: Narrow Road to the Deep North. London: Methuen & Co., 1968. 1st. edn. 61pp plus 3pp publisher’s list. Ffep neatly removed. D/w rather rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6518) £8.00
  1. Borodale, Sean.: Asylum London: Cape Poetry, 2018. 1st. edn. (12)63pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5745) £6.00
  1. Bradner, Leicester (ed.): The Poems of Queen Elizabeth I Providence: Brown University Press, 1964 1st. edn. thus. xx, 91 pp. Bottom corner of front board a trifle bumped otherwise a fine copy in the dust-wrapper. (Stock ref 2381) £30.00
  1. Brown, Hattie.: Catoninetales: a domestic epic. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1891. 1st. edn. (8)100pp. B/w illus. by W. J. Linton. No.185 of an edition of 330 copies. Ownership initials to ffep. All pp untrimmed. Front inner hinge cracked. Cream buckram boards somewhat discoloured and rubbed on corners otherwise a sound copy. “Hattie Brown”,a “young lady of colour lately deceased”, is the pseudonym of W. J. Linton, an English-born American artist and poet. (Stock ref 3807) £50.00
  1. Burns, Robert.: The Merry Muses of Caledonia: a collection of bawdy folksongs, ancient and modern. London: W. H. Allen, 1965. 3rd. impression. 223pp. B/w illus. Edited by James Barke and Sydeney Goodsir Smith. Ownership signature and address to front pastedown with a small booksller’s label. D/w chipped, torn and worn with some loss to spine head (Stock ref 6837) £6.00
  1. Cambridge, Gerry.: Madame Fi Fi’s Farewell and Other Poems. Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2003. 1st. edn. 127pp. Signed by the author. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3350) £5.00
  1. Campbell, Katie.: Let Us Leave Them Believing. London: Methuen, 1991. 1st. edn. (10)84pp. All pp slightly tanned. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card covers faded on spine other wise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3589) £6.00
  1. Campbell, Thomas.: The Pleasures of Hope: with other poems. Edinburgh: Mundell & Sone, 1800. 4th edn. (8)136pp. 4 b/w engravings. Full calf boards rubbed and worn but binding tight, remains of gilt lettering to spine. (Stock ref 4209) £15.00
  1. Cartwright, Jim.: Bed. London: Methuen & Co., 1991. 1st. edn. 29pp plus 8pp publisher’s list. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6534) £4.00
  1. Cassian, Nina.: Continuum. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 2008. 1st. UK edn. 112pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4994) £5.00
  1. Churchill, Caryl.: Softcops. London: Methguen & Co., 1984. 1st. edn. 28pp. Card covers a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6535) £5.00
  1. Clampitt, Amy: The Kingfisher London: Faber & Faber, 1984 1st. UK edn. 92 pp. Card covers with a crease acroos corner of back panel otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 2361) £5.00
  1. Cornford, Frances.: Selected Poems. London: Enitharmon Press, 1996. 1st. edn. 74pp. B/w illus. by Gwen Raverat and Christopher Cornford. Edited by Jane Dowson and with a memoir by Hugh Cornford. Pictorial card covers with a slight crease in top corner of front panel otrherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5732) £5.00
  1. Cox, Brian.: My Eightieth Year to Heaven. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2007. 1st. edn. 64pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3375) £6.50
  1. Darwin, Erasmus: The Botanic Garden London: The Scolar Press, 1973 Reprint. No. 3 of an edition limited to 500 copies. A facsimile of the edition of 1791. Teg. Green cloth binding a trifle loose otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 2051) £75.00
  1. Das, Jibanananda: Naked Lonely Hand: selected poems. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 2003. 1st. UK edn. 111pp. Translated from the Bengali and introduced by Joe Winter. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5736) £35.00
  1. Deane, Seamus: Rumours Dublin: The Dolmen Press, 1977 1st. edn. 54 pp. The author’s second collection. Grey card wrappers very slightly faded on spine else a fine copy. (Stock ref 1470) £50.00
  1. Drew, John.: Letter From Exile, Extologer, Sofia and Other Verses. Cambridge: Cambridge Poetry Workshop, 2001. 1st. edn. 48pp. Inscribed by the author. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3587) £6.00
  1. Drew, John.: The Buddha Kamakura. Cambridge: Cambridge Poetry Workshop, 1988. 1st. edn. 46pp. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed and stained otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3588) £6.00
  1. Drew, John.: The Lesser Vehicle. Newcastle: Bloodaxe Books, 1986. 1st edn. 48pp. Pictorial card covers rather faded on spine and very slightly rubbed on corners. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3586) £4.00
  1. Dyer, Charles.: Staircase. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1966. 1st. edn. 88(8)pp. Pictorial card covers slightly tanned otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6523) £4.00
  1. Eiseley, Loren.: Another Kind of Autumn. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1977. 2nd. impression. 94pp. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. D/w a little rubbed on corners and with a tear to the top of the spine crease of front panel otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3347) £6.00
  1. Eliot, T. S.: Murder in the Cathedral. London: Faber and Faber, 1935. 1st. edn. 87pp. D/w slightly tanned on spine, dust marked and rather rubbed on edges and corners with a couple of tiny nicks at spine head. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 6948) £200.00
  1. Eliot, T. S.: The Confidential Clerk. London: Faber & Faber, 1954. 1st. edn. 135pp. D/w lightly tanned on spine and very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7570) £6.00
  1. Eliot, T. S.: The Elder Statesman. London: Faber & Faber, 1959. 1st. edn.109pp. D/w with two tiny nicks in top edge of front panel and very lightly tanned on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7571) £10.00
  1. Eliot, T.S.: Triumphal March. London: Faber & Faber, nd. The Ariel Poems no. 35 (first series). Drawings by E.McKnight Kauffer and printed at The Curwen Press. Grey paper wrappers a little dust marked, a very good copy. (Stock ref 7012) £20.00
  1. Evaristo, Bernardine.: Island of Abraham. Leeds: Peepal Tree Books, 1994. 1st. edn. 64pp. The author’s first collection of poems. Pictorial card covers a little dust marked and rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6821) £75.00
  1. Ewart, Gavin (ed.).: The Penguin Book of Light Verse. London: Allen Lane, 1980. 1st. edn. 639pp. Edited with an introduction by Gavin Ewart and inscribed by him on ffep. All pp tanned and binding very slightly cocked otherwise a fine copy in a similar d/w. (Stock ref 7482) £25.00
  1. Farjeon, Eleanor.: The Mulberry Bush. London: Michael Joseph, 1945. 1st. edn. 64pp. Mny b/ws illus. by Isobel and John Morton-Sale. D/w darkened on spine and rubbed on edges and cormers with a couple of small, closed tears in top edge. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 7763) £10.00
  1. Foerster, Richard.: Sudden Harbour. Washington: Orchises Press, 1992. 1st. edn. 96pp. Inscribed to Derek Hill, the artist, by the author. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3353) £10.00
  1. Foxman, Janet.: Disposable Camera. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. 1st. edn. viii, 73pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4993) £5.00
  1. France, Linda.: The Gentleness of the Very Tall. Newcastle: Bloodaxe Books, 1994. 1st. edn. 64pp. Pictorial card covers just showing some shelf wear otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3358) £6.50
  1. Fyfe, Anne-Marie.: Understudies: new and selected poems. Bridgend: Seren, 2010. 1st. edn. 104pp. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5744) £10.00
  1. Gardner, Donald.: Peace Feelers. London: Cafe Books, 1969. 1st. edn. 23pp. One of an edn. of 500. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5739) £10.00
  1. Garrod, H. W. (ed): The Oxford Book of Latin Verse: from the earliest fragments to the end of the Vth. Century A. D. London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Reprint. xliii, 531pp. Price-clipped d/w rather tanned on spine and very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4730) £5.00
  1. Gibson, Wilfrid.: Sixty-Three Poems. London: Macmillan, 1926. 1st. edn. 147pp plus 3pp publisher’s list. Signed by the author on title page. Small, neat gift inscription to ffep. Orange-brown boards slightly faded on spine and bumped on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6062) £50.00
  1. Gillilan, Pamela.: The Rashomon Syndrome. Newcastle: Bloodaxe Books, 1998. 1st. edn. 80pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3356) £6.50
  1. Ginsberg, Allen.: The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: first journals and poems 1937-1952. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2006. 1st. Da Capo edn. xviii, 523pp. B/w photos. Edited by Juanita Liebermann-Plimpton and Bill Morgan. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5373) £15.00
  1. Gohorry, John.: Talk Into the Late Evening. Calstock: Peterloo Poets, 1992. 1st. edn. 63pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3376) £4.00
  1. Gombrowicz, Witold.: The Marriage. London: Calder & Boyars, 1970. 1st. UK edn. 153(5)pp. Translated by Louis Iribarne. Price-clipped d/w rather rubbed and dust marked otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6514) £10.00
  1. Grant, Joy: Harold Munro and the Poetry Bookshop London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967 1st. edn. x, 286 pp. Five b/w photos, text figures. D/w with a couple of very small tears and nicks in bottom edge otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 1241) £8.00
  1. Gwyer, Joseph.: Sketches of the Life of Joseph Gwyer (Potato Salesman) with his Poems London: The Author, 1876. 3rd. edn. 216pp. Also includes A Ramble Around the Neighbourhood and Glimpses of Departed Days. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering rubbed and worn on corners, front hinge split, rear hinge weak.The Penge Poet (in)famous for being listed alongside William McGonagall as one of the worst published poets in the English language! (Stock ref 4270) £25.00
  1. H.D. (Hilda Doolittle): Trilogy: The Walls do not Fall, Tribute to the Angels and The Flowering of the Rod. New York: New Direction Books, 1973. 1st. P/B edn thus. xiv,172pp. Foreword by Norman Holmes Pearson. Small gift inscription to half title. Pictorial card covers a little tanned, dust marked and very slightly rubbed on bottom corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7489) £20.00
  1. Haas, Leopold.: The Raft. Hastings: Reality Street, 2011. 1st. edn.100pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4988) £5.00
  1. Harsent, David.: Songs From the Same Earth. Presteigne: Rack Press, 2013. Published in 2013 in a ltd. edn. of 200 copies, the first fifty numbered and signed by the author. This is no. 15. 14pp. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7492) £30.00
  1. Hart, Kevin.: Flame Tree: selected poems. Tarset: Bloodaxe Books, 2002. 1st. edn. 205pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5747) £7.50
  1. Harwood, Hwen.: The Zoo Father.Collected Poems Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 1st. edn. (12)216pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3354) £7.50
  1. Hazeley, Iyamide.: Ripples and Jagged Edges. London: Zora Press, 1986. 1st. edn. 46pp. Dated inscription by the author. Pictorial card covers very slightly tanned otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7491) £20.00
  1. Heaney, Seamus.: Electric Light. London: Faber & Faber, 2001. 1st. edn. (8)81pp. Ownership signature to half-title. Card covers sunned on spine otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3460) £3.00
  1. Hegley, John.: New and Selected Potatoes. Tarset: Bloodaxe Books, 2013. 1st. edn. 160pp. Inscribed by the author. Laminated pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7663) £10.00
  1. Holland, Jane.: Boudicca & Co. Cambridge: Salt Publishing, 2006. 1st. edn. (12)82pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5740) £4.00
  1. Holst-Warhaft, Gail.: Penelope’s Confession. River Vale: Cosmos Publishing, 2007. 1st. edn. 107pp. Bilingual edn. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5746) £10.00
  1. Horace: The Odes of Horace Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964 1st. enguin edn. 296 pp. Translated and with an introduction by James Michie. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 2752) £5.00
  1. Howell, Anthony.: Howell’s Law. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1990. 1st. edn. 78pp. Inscribed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers faded on spine and slightly rubbed on corners otjerwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5735) £10.00
  1. Hughes, Frieda.: Out of the Ashes. Hexham: Bloodaxe Books, 2018. 1st. ed. 237pp. Laminated pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7536) £6.00
  1. Hughes, Ted & Godwin, Fay.: Remains of Elmet. London: Faber & Faber, 1981. Reprint. 125pp. Numerous b/w photos. by Fay Godwin. laminated pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7334) £25.00
  1. Johnson, Adam.: The Playground Bell. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1994. 1st. edn. 62pp. Pictorial card covers just a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean copy. (Stock ref 5799) £3.00
  1. Kantaris, Sylvia.: Time and Motion. New Poetry for the Poetry Society of Australia, 1980. 1st. UK edn. 76pp. Inscribed and dated by the author. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7532) £12.00
  1. Keens-Douglas, Paul.: Tim Tim Port-of-Spain: Keensdee Publications, 1976 1st. edn. 104pp. B/w photos., b/w illus. by Michael Steele. The dialect poetry of Paul Keens-Douglas including “Tanti at de Oval”, “Banza” and “Windjammer”. Gift inscription to title page. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5869) £15.00
  1. Kipling ,Rudyard:: The Five Nations. London, Methuen, 1903. 1st. edn., 1st issue with “David” on p.56. xiii, 215 pp. plus 38 pp. adverts. Dark red cloth gilt faded on spine and slightly rubbed on corners. T.e.g., e.p’s darkened and some, mostly marginal, foxing throughout. (Stock ref 6102) £7.50
  1. Lang, Andrew:: The Blue Poetry Book. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1891. 1st. edn. 351 pp. Numerous b/w illus. by H.J.Ford and Lancelot Speed.Blue cloth gilt, rubbed on extremities and with a small piece missing from the slightly darkened spine. (Stock ref 6079) £30.00
  1. Leney, Norah.: In a Lifetime. New York: JNR Publishing, 1975. 1st. edn. x,74pp. B/w illus. by Demetrios G. Zangos. Inscribed and dated by the author. Rear inner hinge partly cracked. Blue paper-covered boards with gilt lettering a trifle grubby and bumped on corners otherwise a good copy. (Stock ref 6195) £8.00
  1. Levi, Peter: Shakespeare’s Birthday London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1985 1st. edn. 38 pp. Pictorial card covers slightly darkened otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 2365) £5.00
  1. Lewis, C. Day.: The Complete Poems. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. 1st. edn. xxi, 745pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3543) £10.00
  1. Lucie-Smith, Edward (ed.): The Liverpool Scene Liondon: Donald Carroll, 1967. No. 29 of a limited edn. of 100 signed by the editor. 80pp. B/w photo. Includes conributions from Adrian Henri, Roger McGough, Brian Patten et al. Pictorial laminated boards (no d/w issued) slightly rubbed at spine tail and with a small (20mm) split in front hinge and some light rubbing at spine head. Overall, a very good copy. (Stock ref 4454) £50.00
  1. MacBeth, George.: Selected Poems. London: Enitharmon Press, 2002. 1st. edn. 126pp. Edited by Anthony Thwaite with a preface by Carol Ann Duffy. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3592) £4.50
  1. Mare, Walter de la,: The Winnowing Dream. London: Faber & Faber, 1954. Ariel Poems, Second Series. Illustrated by Robin Jacques. Fox spotted envelope otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7013) £15.00
  1. Mare, Walter de la.: Time Passes and Other Poems. London: Faber and Faber, 1942. 1st. edn. 79pp. D/w over card covers. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with a little chipping at spine head and tail. Overall, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6949) £5.00
  1. McGuckian, Medbh.: Drawing Ballerinas. Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 2001. 1st. edn. 67pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4416) £7.50
  1. McGuckian, Medbh.: Had I a Thousand Lives. Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 2003. 1st. edn. 105pp. Pictorial card covers just a trifle rubbed on edges othewise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4415) £7.50
  1. Milton, John.: The Poetical Works of John Milton. London: Henry Frowde, 1904. Oxford complete edn. xiii(3)531pp plus 2pp appendix. B/w portrait frontis. Edited after the original texts by the Rev. H. C. Beeching. Neat gift inscription. Marbled epp. Teg. 1/2 vellum binding with gilt decoration and lettering and leather title label inlaid over marbled paper boards. A very good copy. (Stock ref 6060) £30.00
  1. Montgomerie, Norah & William.: The Hogarth Book of Scottish Nursery Rhymes. London: The Hogarth Press, 1970. 2nd. Impression.158pp. Collected and edited by the Montgomeries, illustrated by T. Ritchie and Norah Montgomeries. D/w a little tanned and slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7174) £9.00
  1. Motion, Andrew.: Selected Poems 1976-1997. London: Faber & Faber, 1998. 7th impression.iv,151pp. Inscribed by the author. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3770) £8.00
  1. Nair, Rukmini Bhaya.: Yellow Hibiscus: new and selected poems. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2004. 1st. edn. (8)214pp. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card coversa little rubbed on edges and creased on back panel. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3430) £15.00
  1. Nichols, Peter.: A Piece of my Mind. London: Methuen & Co., 1987. 1st. edn. 90pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6533) £5.00
  1. O’Brien, Con.: The Poems of Con O’Brien, the Bard of Ballyhea. Charleville: Oriel Press, 1981. 1st. edn. 144pp. B/w illus. Pictorial card covers a trifle tanned on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5674) £15.00
  1. Oldham, John.: Selected Poems. Newcastle: Bloodaxe Books, 1980 1st. edn. 86pp. Introduction by Ken Robinson. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3362) £5.00
  1. Ondaatje, Michael: The Cinnamon Peeler: selected poems London: Picador, 1989 3rd. impression. Inscribed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers just a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 2956) £25.00
  1. Osborne, John.: You’re Not Watching Me, Mummy and Try a Little Tenderness: two plays for television. London: Faber and Faber, 1978 1st.. P/B edn. 93pp. Card covers very lightly tanned otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6525) £8.00
  1. Pinter, Harold.: The Hothouse. London: Methuen & Co., 1982. 1st. P/B edn. 154pp plus 6pp publisher’s list. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6532) £8.00
  1. Posner, David.: Visit to the East. London: Academy Editions, 1971. 1st. edn. Unpaginated. B/w illus. by Philip Hicks. No. 23 of and edn. of 50 signed by the author and artist. Rather dust maked d/w over pictorial card covers otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3298) £15.00
  1. Pound, Ezra: A Selection of Poems London: Faber & Faber, 1940 1st. edn. 80 pp. Ownership inscription to ffep. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 1549) £20.00
  1. Preddle, Chris.: Cattle Console Him. Chipping Norton: Waywiser Press, 2010. 1st. edn. 95pp. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4992) £5.00
  1. Pudney, John.: For Johnny: poems of World War II. London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 1976. Revised edn. 40pp. Signed by the author on title page. Blue boards slightly bumped on top corners, d/w very slightly sunned on spine and with a small, closed tear to spine head. Otherwise, a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5240) £125.00
  1. Raine, Craig.: The Onion, Memory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Reprint. viii, 84pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3372) £4.00
  1. Raine, Kathleen: The Oracle in the Heart Portlaoise: The Dolmen Press in association with George Allen & Unwin, 1980. 1st. edn. 87 pp. Signed by the author. paper wraps., a fine copy. (Stock ref 1003) £15.00
  1. Robles, Jaime.: Hoard. Bristol: Shearsman Books, 2013. 1st. edn. 80pp. Laminated pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6880) £5.00
  1. Sappho.: Poems and Fragments. London: Brilliance Books, 1984. 1st. edn. thus. (10)117pp. B/w illus., map. Translated and with an introduction by Josephine Balmer. Laminated pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7534) £20.00
  1. Savage, Richard: The Poetical Works of Richard Savage Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1962 New edn. xi, 277 pp. Edited with notes and commentaries by Clarence Tracy.D/w somewhat discoloured and rather worn with some minor loss at spine head. Internally, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 1893) £45.00
  1. Schnackenberg, Gjertrud: The Lamplit Answer London: Hutchinson, 1986 1st. UK edn. 83 pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 2351) £5.00
  1. Shelley, Percy Bysshe.: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems. London: Henry Frowde/Oxford University Press, 1912. Oxford edn. xxiv,912pp. B/w portrait frontis. Edited with textual notes by Thomas Hutchinson. Small, neat gift inscription and ownership signature. Teg.1/4 vellum over green cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering and leather title label inlaid to spine. A very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6061) £30.00
  1. Shuttle, Penelope.: Taxing the Rain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. 1st. edn. 61pp. Dated inscription by the author. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7493) £15.00
  1. Sitwell, Sacheverell.: Tropicalia. Edinburgh: The Ramsay Head Press, 1972. 1st. trade edn. 63pp. Pictorial card covers somewhat rubbed particularly on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3369) £7.50
  1. Smith, Sydney Goodsir.: Fifteen Poems and a Play. Edinburgh: Southside,1969. 1st. edn. (8)68pp. Signed by the author on half-title. D/w just a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6950) £25.00
  1. Steinherr, Ludwig.: Before the Invention of Paradise. Todmorden: Arc Publications, 2010. 1st. UK P/B edn. 154pp plus 3pp publisher’s list. Translated from the German by Richard Dove with an introduction by Jean Boase-Beier. Pictorial card covers just a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5733) £5.00
  1. Stevens, Wallace.: The Collected Poems. New York: Vintage Books, 1982. 1st. edn. thus. xvi,534,vpp. Laminated card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very bright, clean copy. (Stock ref 7550) £10.00
  1. Stewart, Carol (ed.): Poems of Sleep and Dream. London: Frederick Muller, 1947. 1st. edn. viii, 127pp. Many cold. lithographs by Robert Colquhoun. One of the New Excursions into English Poetry series. Binding very slightly cocked. D/w chipped and worn withminor loss at spine head and tail, also one closed tear in front panel. Otherwise, a clean sound copy of this scarce title. (Stock ref 5622) £100.00
  1. Stone, Will.: Drawing in Ash. London: Salt Publishing, 2011. 1st. edn. (10)97pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5743) £5.00
  1. Stoppard, Tom.: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Professional Foul. London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 1st. P/B edn. 93pp. Card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6527) £5.00
  1. Sweeney, Matthew.: The Bridal Suite. London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. 1st. edn. (12)49pp. Inscribed by the authoron title page. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3883) £10.00
  1. Synge, John M.: Poems and Translations. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1970. Facsimile reprint of the edn. published by Cuala Press in 1909. xvi, 46pp.Clear paper d/w somewhat creased and rubbed over stone cloth spine and blue paper boards which have been slightly dented on bottom edges. A very good copy. (Stock ref 5150) £10.00
  1. T’ao Ch’ien: T’ao the Hermit: sixty poems. New York: Book Collectors Society, nd (c1952) Un-numbered copy of an edn. of 250. 157pp. Translated, introduced and annotated by William Acker. T.e.g. Full dark red calf with gilt spine lettering and decoration slighlty rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6914) £30.00
  1. Thomson, James.: The Seasons and Castle of Indolence. London: James Blackwood, 1857. New edn. (14)262pp. Numerous b/w vignettes. aeg. Red gilt bevelled boards slightly rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6122) £20.00
  1. Trehy, Tony.: 50 Heads. Manchester: Apple Pie Editions, 2007. 1st. edn. Unpaginated. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4990) £10.00
  1. Ward, Donald.: Collected Poems 1955-1995. Salxburg: University of Salzburg Press, 1995. 1st. edn. xxxii, 273pp. Signed and dated by the author. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4991) £10.00
  1. Ward, John Powell.: Selected and New Poems. Bridgend: Seren, 2004. 1st. edn. 176pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5802) £3.50
  1. Warner, Val.: Under the Penthouse. Cheadle: Carcanet Press, 1973. 1st P/B edn. 76pp. Card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5749) £7.00
  1. Watanabe, Jose.: Path Through the Canefields. Edinburgh: White Adder Press, 1997. 1st. edn. 63pp. Translated from the Spanish by C. A. de Lomellini and David Tipton. D/w over plain white card covers, a very bright, clean cop. (Stock ref 3296) £7.50
  1. Williams, Hugo.: Dear Room. London: Faber & Faber, 2006. 1st. P/B edn. vi,55pp. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7535) £5.00
  1. Williams, Tennessee.: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. 1st. UK edn. xiv,197pp. B/w frontis. D/w very slightly dulled on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7572) £50.00
  1. Williams, Tennessee.: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New York: Signet Books, 1958. 1st. P/B edn. 158pp. Pictorial card covers just a little creased on spine and bottom corner of back panel otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7592) £7.50
  1. Williams, Tennessee.: Garden District: two plays. London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. 1st. UK edn. 72pp. D/w very slightly rubbed on top corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7573) £25.00
  1. Wodehouse, P. G.: The Parrot and Other Poems. London: Hutchinson, 1988. 1st. edn. 80pp. B/w illus. by David Langdon. Introduction by Auberon Waugh. All pp lightly tanned. D/w faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6758) £15.00
  1. Wodehouse, P. G.: The Parrot and Other Poems. London: Hutchinson, 1988. 1st. edn. 80pp. All pp. lightly tamnned. D/w somewhat faded on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6755) £15.00
  1. Wymark, Olwen.: Best Friends. London: John Calder, 1984. 1st. P/B edn. 72pp. Also includes The Committee and The Twenty-Second Day. Pictorial card covers , a fine copy. (Stock ref 6529) £8.00
  1. Wymark, Olwen.: The Gymnasium and Other Plays. London: Calder & Boyars, 1971. 1st. edn. 144pp. D/w rather rubbed with a small piece missing from the top of the front panel. Otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6528) £10.00
  1. Wymark, Olwen.: Three Plays. London: Calder and Boyars, 1967. 1st. P/B edn. Includes Lunchtime Concert, The Inhabitants and Coda. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6530) £8.00