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  • The Percy Society. Three publications bound in one by RIMBAULT, Edward F. & HALLIWELL, James Orchard
    RIMBAULT, Edward F. & HALLIWELL, James Orchard
    The Percy Society. Three publications bound in one

    London: T. Richards for the Percy Society, 1843. An attractive volume of Percy Society tracts bound together. Half leather with black label and gilt titles. Marbled boards. Contains; Edward F. Rimbault (Editor). Cock Lorrell's Bote: A Satirical Poem. From an unique copy printed by Winkyn de Worde. No 30 of the Percy Society's publications. Feb. 1843. Original paper cover (quite darkened and stained). The rest is in very good condition. 15 pages. James Orchard Halliwell (Editor). Westward for Smelts, an early Collection of Stories. Number 78 of the Percy Society's publications. September 1848. Cover, half title, title, list of Percy Society patrons, preface, original title, introduction, 63 pages. A little darkening but overall in very good condition. Edward F.…

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    London: T. Richards for the Percy Society, 1843. An attractive volume of Percy Society tracts bound together. Half leather with black label and gilt titles. Marbled boards. Contains; Edward F. Rimbault (Editor). Cock Lorrell's Bote: A Satirical Poem. From an unique copy printed by Winkyn de Worde. No 30 of the Percy Society's publications. Feb. 1843. Original paper cover (quite darkened and stained). The rest is in very good condition. 15 pages. James Orchard Halliwell (Editor). Westward for Smelts, an early Collection of Stories. Number 78 of the Percy Society's publications. September 1848. Cover, half title, title, list of Percy Society patrons, preface, original title, introduction, 63 pages. A little darkening but overall in very good condition. Edward F. Rimbault. A knight's Conjuring: Done in earnest, discovered in Jest by Thomas Dekker from the original tract printed in 1607. Percy Society publication number 21. May 1842. Original paper covers, half title, title, list of Percy Society patrons, preface, original title, introduction, xvi, vi, 100 pages. A little darkening to the title, otherwise in very good condition. 200 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).
    The Percy Society was a short lived British text publication society. It was founded in 1840 and collapsed in 1852. The Society was a scholarly collective, aimed at publishing limited-edition books of rare poems and songs. The president was Lady Braybrooke, and the twelve founding members of the committee included John Payne Collier, Thomas Crofton Croker, Thomas Wright, James Orchard Halliwell (treasurer), Charles Mackay, Edward Francis Rimbault (secretary) and William Chappell. Later members included William Sandys, and Robert Bell.

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    Book ID: 3033
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  • Author signed.
    The Rats & other poems. by SILLITOE, Alan
    SILLITOE, Alan
    The Rats & other poems.

    London: W. H. Allen, 1960. First edition, first impression. With the original dust jacket, in green boards with title to spine in gilt. Signed in ink to title page by Sillitoe. The dust jacket is darkened to top on both front and back, and spine is darkened with small closed tear to the head. The extremities are rubbed and nicked. Bookplate tipped-in to FFEP. Rubbed to verso of title - appears to be where a reference number has been removed. Page 24 has once been torn and repaired. 111 pp. 220 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

    Book ID: 2371
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  • A scarce item of Roman Catholic devotional poetry
    The Way of the Cross and Other Verses. by DISMAS
    DISMAS
    The Way of the Cross and Other Verses.

    Edition: First Edition

    London: R. & T. Washbourne Ltd, 1913. First edition. Original purple buckram with white titles and Holy Cross to the front board. Bookplate of Syon Abbey, Chudleigh to the inside front board. Overall in sound condition. The buckram is clean, but the colour has entirely faded to the spine. Internally clean and tidy, with a little darkening to the end papers only. 72 pages.

    Book ID: 1241
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  • Deluxe edition including the first appearance of James Joyce in an anthology
    The Wild Harp. by TYNAN, Katharine.
    TYNAN, Katharine.
    The Wild Harp. A selection from Irish Poetry. Illustrated by C.M. Watts.

    London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1913. First edition. A poetry anthology edited by Tynan and illustrated by C. M. Watts. Tynan was ideally placed to compile such an anthology, she had been a close associate of W. B. Yeats from the time they first met in June 1885 until around the time of her marriage in 1893, and was a central figure in Dublin literary circles. This would appear to be a deluxe edition of the anthology. Sidgwick & Jackson, like many Edwardian publishers, sometimes produced a small run in superior binding for the gift trade or for presentation copies, using a deeper cloth and gilt blocking where the standard trade edition used black. In addition to poems by…

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    London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1913. First edition. A poetry anthology edited by Tynan and illustrated by C. M. Watts. Tynan was ideally placed to compile such an anthology, she had been a close associate of W. B. Yeats from the time they first met in June 1885 until around the time of her marriage in 1893, and was a central figure in Dublin literary circles. This would appear to be a deluxe edition of the anthology. Sidgwick & Jackson, like many Edwardian publishers, sometimes produced a small run in superior binding for the gift trade or for presentation copies, using a deeper cloth and gilt blocking where the standard trade edition used black. In addition to poems by William Butler Yeats, A.E., James Stephens etc. this work saw the first appearance of a James Joyce work in an anthology with three poems. ("Strings in the Earth and Air," "At that hour," and "I hear an Army.") The cloth has some bumping to the edges, and bleaching for the colour to the edge and to the rear panel. Slight rubbing to the gilt. Inside, the work is mainly clean and tidy, with a little darkening and slight foxing to the pages. The double title page is printed on high quality art paper and is a beautiful colour Celtic knot work panel. The panel is repeated uncoloured as a surround to each page. xxvi, 160 pages. 24cm x 17cm.

    . Première édition. Un recueil de poésie édité par Tynan et illustré par C. M. Watts. Tynan était la personne idéale pour compiler un tel recueil : elle avait été une proche collaboratrice de W. B. Yeats depuis leur première rencontre en juin 1885 jusqu'à son mariage en 1893 environ, et occupait une place centrale dans les cercles littéraires de Dublin. Il semble s'agir ici d'une édition de luxe de ce recueil. Sidgwick & Jackson, à l'instar de nombreux éditeurs de l'époque édouardienne, produisait parfois de petits tirages à la reliure de qualité supérieure destinés au marché des cadeaux ou aux exemplaires de présentation, en utilisant une toile plus épaisse et des lettrines dorées là où l'édition commerciale standard utilisait du noir. Outre des poèmes de William Butler Yeats, A.E., James Stephens, etc., cet ouvrage marque la première apparition d'une œuvre de James Joyce dans un recueil, avec trois poèmes. (« Strings in the Earth and Air », « At that hour » et « I hear an Army ».) La toile présente quelques chocs sur les bords, ainsi qu'une décoloration au niveau de la tranche et du dos. Légers frottements sur les dorures. À l'intérieur, l'ouvrage est globalement propre et soigné, avec un léger noircissement et de légères rousseurs sur les pages. La double page de titre est imprimée sur du papier d'art de haute qualité et présente un magnifique motif de nœuds celtiques en couleur. Ce motif est repris en noir et blanc en bordure de chaque page. xxvi, 160 pages. 24 cm x 17 cm.

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    Book ID: 5681
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  • The Wild Orchard. by SWEETMAN, Elinor
    SWEETMAN, Elinor
    The Wild Orchard.

    London: Herbert & Daniel, 1911. A book of Irish Catholic poetry. Bound in original green cloth boards, with gilt stamped title to front and spine. Minor shelf-wear with very slight darkening to spine. Internally in a clean condition with minor foxing only to endpapers. Very good condition. 120 pages. 200 x 140 mm (7¾ x 5½ inches).

    Book ID: 2041
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  • The Works of the Right Honourable John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose. by HOOKHAM FRERE, John
    HOOKHAM FRERE, John
    The Works of the Right Honourable John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose. In three volumes. Second edition. Revised with Additions.

    London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1874. Second edition. Three volumes. Uniform calf boards with gilt decoration and red and burgundy labels to the spine. The boards are slightly loose, and the binding a little cracked to the hinges, but still holding well. A little rubbing to the spine and edges, with some loss, but otherwise in clean condition. Marbled page edges. Internally clean and tidy with a little foxing only. Frere's complete works were published in 1871, with a memoir by his nephews W.E. and Sir Henry Bartie frere. This is the second enlarged edition. John Hookham Frere (1769-1846) was an English diplomat and author. His reputation now largely rests on his translations of Aristophanes. His "prospectus and specimen", a…

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    London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1874. Second edition. Three volumes. Uniform calf boards with gilt decoration and red and burgundy labels to the spine. The boards are slightly loose, and the binding a little cracked to the hinges, but still holding well. A little rubbing to the spine and edges, with some loss, but otherwise in clean condition. Marbled page edges. Internally clean and tidy with a little foxing only. Frere's complete works were published in 1871, with a memoir by his nephews W.E. and Sir Henry Bartie frere. This is the second enlarged edition. John Hookham Frere (1769-1846) was an English diplomat and author. His reputation now largely rests on his translations of Aristophanes. His "prospectus and specimen", a mock Arthurian poem, was used extensively by Byron in "Don Juan." Bookplate and signature of Reginald Heber Macaulay from his Eton master Francis St John Thackeray on the occasion of his leaving Eton in 1878. Macaulay (1858-1937) was an amateur English footballer who won the FA cup for the Old Etonians in 1882 and made an appearance for England in 1881. viii, 354., viii, 426., 436. pages. 22cm x 14cm.

    . Deuxième édition. Trois volumes. Plaques de veau uniforme avec décoration dorée et étiquettes rouge et bordeaux au dos. Les planches sont légèrement détachées et la reliure est un peu fissurée au niveau des charnières, mais elle tient encore bien. Le dos et les bords sont légèrement frottés, avec quelques pertes, mais ils sont par ailleurs en bon état. Les pages sont marbrées. L'intérieur est propre et bien rangé, avec seulement quelques rousseurs. Les œuvres complètes de Frere ont été publiées en 1871, avec un mémoire de ses neveux W.E. et Sir Henry Bartie Frere. Il s'agit de la deuxième édition augmentée. John Hookham Frere (1769-1846) était un diplomate et un auteur anglais. Sa réputation repose aujourd'hui en grande partie sur ses traductions d'Aristophane. Son "prospectus et spécimen", un faux poème arthurien, a été largement utilisé par Byron dans "Don Juan". Ex-libris et signature de Reginald Heber Macaulay de la part de son maître à Eton, Francis St John Thackeray, à l'occasion de son départ d'Eton en 1878. Macaulay (1858-1937) était un footballeur amateur anglais qui a remporté la FA cup pour les Old Etonians en 1882 et a fait une apparition en équipe d'Angleterre en 1881. viii, 354, viii, 426, 436 pages. 22cm x 14cm.

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    Book ID: 4815
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  • Toute la Flandre. Les villes à pignons. by VERHAEREN, Émile
    VERHAEREN, Émile
    Toute la Flandre. Les villes à pignons.

    Bruxelles: Edmond Deman, 1910. First edition. Original soft covers, with beautiful decoration, and vignette illustrations inside by Theo Van Rysselberghe. Text in French. Covers have a little sun fading / toning, and the very tip of the two bottom corners has been lost. Otherwise the book is in a very good condition, both inside and out. 132 [2] pages. 235 x 160 mm (9¼ x 6¼ inches). Première édition. Couvertures souples originales, avec une belle décoration, et des illustrations de vignettes à l'intérieur par Theo Van Rysselberghe. Texte en Francais. Les couvertures ont un peu de décoloration / virage au soleil, et la pointe même des deux coins inférieurs a été perdue. Sinon, le livre est en très bon…

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    Bruxelles: Edmond Deman, 1910. First edition. Original soft covers, with beautiful decoration, and vignette illustrations inside by Theo Van Rysselberghe. Text in French. Covers have a little sun fading / toning, and the very tip of the two bottom corners has been lost. Otherwise the book is in a very good condition, both inside and out. 132 [2] pages. 235 x 160 mm (9¼ x 6¼ inches). Première édition. Couvertures souples originales, avec une belle décoration, et des illustrations de vignettes à l'intérieur par Theo Van Rysselberghe. Texte en Francais. Les couvertures ont un peu de décoloration / virage au soleil, et la pointe même des deux coins inférieurs a été perdue. Sinon, le livre est en très bon état, tant à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur. 132 [2] pages. 235 x 160 mm

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  • Twelve Summer Poems of 1962. by SITWELL, Sacheverell
    SITWELL, Sacheverell
    Twelve Summer Poems of 1962. A limited, signed copy

    Edition: First Edition

    London: Privately printed: 1962. A lovely copy of this privately printed collection of poems. Spotless yellow card wrappers (now protected in a translucent glassine wrapper). One of ten copies numbered and signed by Sitwell for friends. This is copy 1/10. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

    Book ID: 1981
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  • Usine. A penser des choses tristes by THIRY, Marcel
    THIRY, Marcel
    Usine. A penser des choses tristes

    Lyon: Les Écrivains Réunis, 1957. A nice copy of this first edition / limited edition volume of poetry. One of 625 copies printed on feutré gris. Soft grey wraps - covered in clear glassine. No marks or damage to them. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 46 pages. 200 by 145mm (7¾ by 5¾ inches).

    . Bel exemplaire de cette première édition / volume de poésie à tirage limité. Un des 625 exemplaires imprimés sur feutré gris. Couverture souple grise - recouverte d'un film transparent. Pas de marques ni de dommages. L'intérieur est propre et bien rangé. 46 pages. 200 x 145 mm.

    Book ID: 4094
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  • Vents by PERSE, Saint John
    PERSE, Saint John
    Vents

    Paris: Gallimard, 1946. First edition. Cream softback binding. Titles in red and black. One of 2,350 copies on chestnut paper. A very nice copy. clean covers, with fractional darkening to the edges. A touch of edgewear with some tiny closed tears. Internally clean and tidy with slight darkening to the page edges. Vents constitutes the second major part of Perse's American output (after his Exile cycle). This is one of Perse's most significant poems. It was initially published only in a deluxe, large format, large print edition, a limited and entirely numbered print run. Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Leger (1887–1975). He had parallel lives as a poet and as a diplomat. Dismissed from service in…

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    Paris: Gallimard, 1946. First edition. Cream softback binding. Titles in red and black. One of 2,350 copies on chestnut paper. A very nice copy. clean covers, with fractional darkening to the edges. A touch of edgewear with some tiny closed tears. Internally clean and tidy with slight darkening to the page edges. Vents constitutes the second major part of Perse's American output (after his Exile cycle). This is one of Perse's most significant poems. It was initially published only in a deluxe, large format, large print edition, a limited and entirely numbered print run. Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Leger (1887–1975). He had parallel lives as a poet and as a diplomat. Dismissed from service in France during the war for his Anti-Nazi views, he went into exile in America, returning after the war. To the Anglo Saxons, he is often best known as the author of Anabasis, which T.S. Eliot translated in 1924. His poetry is often taught as a bridge between late Symbolism and the more expansive, world-embracing modernism of figures like Eliot and Whitman. Unpaginated. 32.5cm x 25cm. Première édition. Reliure souple couleur crème. Titres en rouge et noir. L'un des 2 350 exemplaires imprimés sur papier marron. Très bel exemplaire. Couvertures propres, avec un léger noircissement des bords. Légères traces d'usure sur les bords, avec quelques minuscules déchirures fermées. L'intérieur est propre et soigné, avec un léger noircissement sur les bords des pages. *Vents* constitue la deuxième partie majeure de l'œuvre américaine de Perse (après son cycle *Exil*). Il s'agit de l'un des poèmes les plus importants de Perse. Il a d'abord été publié uniquement dans une édition de luxe, en grand format et en gros caractères, tirée à un nombre limité d'exemplaires entièrement numérotés. Saint-John Perse était le pseudonyme d'Alexis Léger (1887–1975). Il menait une double vie, celle de poète et celle de diplomate. Démis de ses fonctions en France pendant la guerre en raison de ses opinions antinazies, il s'exila aux États-Unis, avant de revenir après la guerre. Pour les Anglo-Saxons, il est souvent surtout connu comme l'auteur d'*Anabasis*, traduit par T.S. Eliot en 1924. Sa poésie est souvent présentée comme un pont entre le symbolisme tardif et le modernisme plus ouvert et universel de figures telles qu'Eliot et Whitman. Sans pagination. 32,5 cm x 25 cm.

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    Book ID: 5692
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  • Voices From the Heart. Sacred Poems. by DOWNING, Sister Mary Alphonsus [Ellen]
    DOWNING, Sister Mary Alphonsus [Ellen]
    Voices From the Heart. Sacred Poems. New and Enlarged Edition Revised the the Right Rev. Doctor Leahy.

    Edition: Reprint

    Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, 1881. Original blue cloth gilt, book-label of Syon Abbey (Monasterii S. Brigittae de Sion, Chudleigh). This is a presentation copy from W. F. Downing, Dublin 1884 to the Lady Abbess, with written presentation to the half title. Copac records a single copy of the first edition of 1879 at the British Library only; Preface states "The present volume contains a large number of poems that were not in the former edition, but have since been collected." xxviii, (17)-302, (ii) pp. Advertisements.

    Book ID: 1013
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  • Walt Whitman: A Study. by SYMONDS, John Addington
    SYMONDS, John Addington
    Walt Whitman: A Study. With portrait and four illustrations.

    London: John C. Nimmo, 1893. First trade edition. In original publisher's green cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrations / photographs with tissue guards. A few light marks to top of front board, lightly handled. Overall in good clean and tight condition. xxxv, 160 pp. 240 x 180 mm (9½ x 7 inches).

    . Première édition commerciale. En toile verte d'origine de l'éditeur, avec titres dorés au dos. Bord supérieur doré. Illustrations / photographies avec protège-tissu. Quelques marques légères sur le haut de la première planche, légèrement manipulées. Dans l'ensemble en bon état de propreté et d'étanchéité. xxxv, 160 pp. 240

    Book ID: 5098
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  • William S Burroughs by PLAZ
    PLAZ
    William S Burroughs

    France: S.P, 2015. An original portrait of William S. Burroughs on cardboard. The artist has used spray paint and stencil to produce a striking image of Burroughs. The artist has torn away some of the layers of card, to reveal unpainted card and elements of the corrugated card. To these, is stamped "Peule la poésie est révolutionnaire" (Only poetry is revolutionary). An also in black ink by hand the title, date and artists name. Blank to the verso (with just a few spots of the green ink. 30cm x 24cm. An attractive and unusual portrait.

    . Portrait original de William S. Burroughs sur carton. L'artiste a utilisé de la peinture en aérosol et un pochoir pour produire une…

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    France: S.P, 2015. An original portrait of William S. Burroughs on cardboard. The artist has used spray paint and stencil to produce a striking image of Burroughs. The artist has torn away some of the layers of card, to reveal unpainted card and elements of the corrugated card. To these, is stamped "Peule la poésie est révolutionnaire" (Only poetry is revolutionary). An also in black ink by hand the title, date and artists name. Blank to the verso (with just a few spots of the green ink. 30cm x 24cm. An attractive and unusual portrait.

    . Portrait original de William S. Burroughs sur carton. L'artiste a utilisé de la peinture en aérosol et un pochoir pour produire une image saisissante de Burroughs. L'artiste a déchiré certaines des couches de carton pour révéler le carton non peint et des éléments du carton ondulé. Sur ces derniers, il a apposé l'inscription "Peule la poésie est révolutionnaire". Le titre, la date et le nom de l'artiste sont également inscrits à la main à l'encre noire. Le verso est vierge (avec quelques taches d'encre verte). 30cm x 24cm. Un portrait attrayant et inhabituel.

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    Book ID: 5234
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