Poetry & Songs from Bird's Books

London: Methuen and Co, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Ernest Shepard. 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt vignettes and border on front and rear boards, gilt titles on spine. Upper edge gilt. 100pp with line illustrations by Ernest Shepard. Illustrated endpapers, with previous owner’s handwritten name and bookseller’s stamp on front pastedown. Corners slightly bumped and some edge wear. Generally… Read more about this item

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Very good +. Slim 8vo, green dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 72pp. Unclipped dust jacket with some edge wear. Very good + / near fine and clean inside. The first collection of Brooke’s poems, many written following his war time experiences.

London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Barker, Cicely Mary. Small hardback. Illustrative jacket over pale brown chequered boards with pictorial onlay to front board of "The Mulberry Fairy”. Titles to front and spine. Edge wear to boards. Unpaginated. Complete with all 24 plates bright and clear. Poems and illustrations of British trees and their… Read more about this item

London : J. M. Dent, 1907. Hardcover. Good. First Edition Undated circa 1907, contemporary previous owner’s name dated February 1907 handwritten in pencil on front endpaper. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Xvi + 479pp. Part of the Everyman library series. Contents include, Shakespeare with introductory matter on poetry, the drama and the stage, Notes… Read more about this item

London : Longmans, Green, & Co. , 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. And Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. First edition thus. 8vo. Iii + 332pp. Original blue paper covered boards with cloth spine and printed paper label. Printed on hand made paper with the Golden Type designed by Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Printed in red… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: James Hogg, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Library rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, 8vo, xii + 320pp plus 4pp adverts for other works by MacLagan with list of subscribers to the present work. Illustrated with a frontispiece of MacLagan and facsimile letter by the late Lord Jeffrey dated 1850. Ex reference library with… Read more about this item

London : Eyre Methuen, 1979. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good +. The Threepenny Opera. 8vo, blue cloth boards with tan coloured price clipped dust jacket in very good condition. Xviii + 124pp. Contents include introduction, the plays and notes and variants. Bertolt Brecht was one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century, probably best… Read more about this item

London : Harper of Holloway, 1945. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +. F. W Darlington. 4to, embossed colour pictorial onlay of the piper leading blind embossed rats on the front cover, with titles in colour block above. No endpapers. A little scuffing on the edge of the rear board. 16pp with colour illustrations by F. W Darlington, some… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed by John Paterson, 1796. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Half leather over paper covered boards, some discolouration, edges rubbed and corners bumped. Gilt titles on spine label. Speckled green page edges. Xxii + 175pp. With a brief biography of Bruce and discussion of his work which originally appeared in the periodical The Mirror. This edition… Read more about this item

Newport: Envoi Poets Publications, 1988. First edition. Softcover. Good. Pale green card covers, stapled binding. 28pp of poems. Dedication signed by author on first page. A little grubbiness to covers, lovely and clean and in very good condition inside.

Edinburgh: Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, full leather with author’s name in gilt on front and gilt titles on spine. Edge wear, chipping and a couple of tears to spine and corners. Coloured endpapers with gilt dentelles. All edges bright gilt. Xxii + 681pp with portrait frontispiece and several other black and white plates. Includes… Read more about this item

Cambridge: University Press Cambridge, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 211pp of ballads and poems chronologically ordered, starting with one on Boadicea A.D. 61, through King Canute, Robin Hood, Chevy Chase, Flodden Field, Cromwell and many more, ending in 1854 with the Charge of the Light Brigade. Followed with notes… Read more about this item

London: W. Hay, 1775. Hardcover. Very Good +. Scarce. Complete in 3 volumes. 12mo. Full blue leather, 5 bands and gilt tiles on spine. All edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers with gilt decoration on leather at pastedown. Vol. I , ii + 170pp plus index & one page of publisher’s catalogue, has a piece missing from the edge… Read more about this item

London : J. Dodsley, 1765. Hardcover. Good. Volumes 1 & 2 only in matching bindings. 8vo, full calf. An early edition of this 18th century collection of English poetry compiled by R Dodsley. Vol I 383pp including index, vol II 400pp including index. Some wear etc to binding, but generally well bound and clean inside. Ex reference… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.’ Small 8vo, full calf binding with 5 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Rich.d Cavendish named… Read more about this item

Sewanee: The University of the South,, 1952. First edition. Softcover. Good +. Blue card covers with black titles, some rubbing and a couple of tears to spine. Articles on Gide, Yeats, Literature, poetry etc. new fiction and poems. Very good and clean inside.

Dublin: William Sleater, 1775. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo, original calf binding, red leather label with titles on spine. Worn at edges, small piece missing at base of spine. 197pp, also included is ”The Bard" and 2 Latin, one Italian translations as detailed below, (all not included in pagination). The "Advertisement" following the contents page states, "At the… Read more about this item

London: Camden Society, 1839. Hardcover. Good. Black cloth boards with blind embossed decoration on covers. Xviii + 408pp. Tears to spine. Ex reference library with pictorial bookplates on pastedown. Inner book in excellent clean condition. A book of fascinating songs which show the political mood in England of the period.

London: Camden Society, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Selected from manuscripts at Lincoln and Cambridge. Black cloth boards with blind embossed decoration on covers. Lvi + 312pp. Tears to spine, upper part loose. Ex reference library with pictorial bookplates on pastedown. Inner book in excellent clean condition. Romantic tales of knights of old told in verse.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1894. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. The inner book is in clean and lovely condition, tightly bound inside. However this volume has been poorly stored in the past and it shows on the binding, which is discoloured and damaged, please see pictures. Xi + 317pp plus 2… Read more about this item