Poetry from Cornish Books
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The Oxford Book of Nineteenth Century English Verse
by Hayward, John
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- 1965
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- Cloth
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Comprehensive anthology of 19th C. English Poetry. 970 Pages including very useful Index of First Lines. Dark Blue cloth cover with gilt title to front and gilt title with decorative border & Publisher's Logo to spine. Name neatly wriotten on ffep dated 1966. No other inscriptions. 7 1/2" Tall,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BURNING GLASS and Other Poems
by Walter De La Mare
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1945
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- Cloth
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$4.45
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London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Includes "Son of Man" and "To a Candle". Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. 106 p.pages, 270g, 8 3/4" tall. No inscriptions except pencile price on ffep. Jacket slightly tanned at spine. unclipped. Item Price
$4.45
Malcolm Mooney's Land
by Graham, W. S
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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$31.79
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London: Faber and Faber, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Powerful Poetry from one of the most important poets to emerge after the war. Poems include: Five Visitors to Madron; The Dark Dialogues and Clusters Travelling On. Green cloth cover with bright gilt lettering on spine. 64 p.pages, 250g, 8 3/4" tall. No inscriptions. 3 pages have soft… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250 - 1918
by Quiller-Couch, A. T. ( Q )
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- 1948
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1948. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. New Edition. Comprehensive anthology of English Poetry. 1165 Pages including very useful Index of First Lines. 7 1/2" Tall, 430g. Dark Blue cloth cover with bright gilt title to front and bright gilt lettering with decorative border to spine. Name written on ffep. No other inscriptions. Slight edge wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Camomile Scars ( Limited Edition )
by Padraig Mac Miadhachain
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- Used - Good+
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- Limited
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- 1979
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- Original Wraps
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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$25.43
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Wm. Sommerville & Son Ltd in Association with South West Arts, 1979. Limited. Original Wraps. Good+. Booklet of Poetry. Limited Edition of 650. Printed by Moore & Matthes Ltd. with Brown Type on cream paper. Cream wraps with Brown title on front. 7 1/2" Tall, 30g. Small specks of brown foxing on cover. Staples rusted. No inscriptions. Pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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FOOTPRINTS OF FORMER MEN IN FAR CORNWALL and CORNISH BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS ( 2 volume set )
by Hawker, R. S. ( Vicar of Morwenstow )
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- 1903
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- Decorative cloth
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$76.28
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The books were Printed as 2 Companion Volumes in matching special period Bindings.
Edited, with Introduction by C. Byles. With illustrations by I. Ley Pethbridge.
"Footprints" is a Fascinating blend of Biographical Sketches, Folklore and Local History. Includes "Daniel Gumb's Rock", "Anthony Payne, a Cornish Giant", "Humphrey Vivian" and "The Botathen ghost".
"Ballads" contains all the Poems printed in the 2 previous… Read more about this item Item Price
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BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS and Other Verses
by Kipling, Rudyard and many others
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- Used - Very Good-
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- 1899
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Includes "Mandalay and Gunga Din".
Red cloth cover with bright gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges gilt, other edges untrimmed.
XIX (19) preliminary pages, main text 208 p.pages + 39 pages Methuen's adverts. 7 3/4" tall, 350g.
Some fading to cloth. Spine tanned. No inscriptions.
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WINTER WORDS in various Moods and Metres
by Hardy, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Good-
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- First Edition
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- 1928
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- Decorative Cloth
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$50.86
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Volume of Poetry. Pages uncut so the book is unread. No inscriptions except penciled bookseller's note on ffep.
Green cloth clover with bright gilt floral Monogram on front. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Same in Black on dustjacket. All page edges untrimmed. 199 p.pages, 8" tall.
Jacket has 2 closed tears at top of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate
by Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
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- Used - Good+
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- 1878
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- Decorative Cloth
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$34.33
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1 Paternoster Square, London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1878. Decorative Cloth. Good+. Tennyson's works. 665 Pages + publisher's adverts. Contemporary Blue cloth Binding by "Burn & Co", decorated with lovely incised black "Tree" Designs on front and spine with bright gilt Flowers and lettering. Bevelled Edges. All Page Edges Gilt. Frontis is a [portrait of Tennyson. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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BEN JONSON, Selected Works
by Jonson, Ben & Levin, Harry ( Editor )
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Buckram
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$38.14
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London: The Nonesuch Press. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. Edited and with an Introduction by Harry Levin, of Harvard University. Undated Edition, inscription on ffep dated 1958. Yellow Buckram cover with Gilt lettering withing wavy linear border to spine. Beveled edges. 1010 Pages, 780g, 7 3/4" Tall. Some fading around spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS : Edited and with an Introduction By H. Buxton Forman ( Oxford Edition )
by KEATS, JOHN : Forman, H. Buxton ( Editor )
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1920
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- Full-Leather
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$286.06
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London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1920. Full-Leather. Near Fine. Handsome Black Calf Full-Leather Prize Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Bright Gilt Tile in 2nd Compartment and Decoration in others. Bright Gilt central School Badge on front. Gilt Decoration to edges and blind tooled decoration on inner borders. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. Frontispiece… Read more about this item Item Price
$286.06
RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE : Inclusive Edition 1885 - 1926
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- 1930
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$15.26
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Fine collection of Poetry by one of England's great and most Patriotic author's. Blue full-leather Binding with blind stamped Greek Key in the centre. Gilt Lettering & Greek Key indented on spine. Top Page Edges Gilt. 743 Pages including Index to First Lines. 9" Tall. Very slight wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
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SONGS AT HIGH NOON ( Crescendo Poetry Series No. 3, Nov 1 1951 )
by Morris, Guido
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- Used - Good+
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- 1951
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- Original Wraps
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St Ives: The Latin Press, Private Press of Guido Morris, 1951. Original Wraps. Good+. Poetry Booklet. Includes " The Black Girl" and "The Garden". Light Grey thin card cover with Black Print on front. Paginated 35 to 50. 7 1/2" Tall, 30g. Some soiling to cover (see photo). Text pages in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions. Size:… Read more about this item Item Price
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WORDSWORTH, Poetical Works
by Hutchinson, Thomas (Editor), Selincourt, Ernest De (Revised by)
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- Used - Very Good +
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- Very Good +
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- 1969
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London: Oxford University Press, 1969. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. With introduction and notes edited by Thomas Hutchinson. New Edition, revised by Ernest de Selincourt. "Contains every piece of original verse which we know to have been published by the poet himself, or authorized the posthumous publication. Dark blue cloth cover with blind stamped publishers design on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Modern Poets 80, Volume 12
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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$6.36
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London: Willow Poetry, 1980. Hardcover. Near Very Good. An Anthology of selected Contemporary Poems. 192 Pages Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Item Price
$6.36
SPELLBOUND, Young Poets from Shropshire
by Simon Harwin
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1998
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- Soft cover
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- 9780754300137
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Wooston, Peterborough: Poetry Now Young Writers, 1998. Soft cover. Near Fine. Edited by Simon Harwin. 170 Pages. Slight scuff mark to front cover, Pages tight & unread. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Item Price
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The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: With Prefatory Memoir. New Edition Including "Aurora Leigh
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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- Used - Good+
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- Imitation Leather
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$10.17
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Edinborough: W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell. Imitation Leather. Good+. Brown cloth cover with Imitation Leather texture. Gilt Lettering to front & Spine. All page edges Gilt. Frontis has an engraved Portrait of Mrs Browning, protected by tissue guard. 749 Pages, 450g, 7" Tall. Spine colour a little faded. Slight edge wear and a very small piece of… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS, Edited with Introduction and Memoir By Walter S. Scott
by KEATS, JOHN & Scott, Walter S
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- Used - Good+
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- 1902
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$43.23
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London: James Finch & Co. Limited, 1902. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Frontis illustrated with a fine Monochrome Portrait of Keats, from the painting by W. Hilton, protected by tissue guard. Introduction from pages xi - xl. Also Notes, Chronological Table and Index of First Lines. Red cloth cover with bright Gilt "Keats" on front and Gilt Lettering on spine.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- 1892
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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$7.63
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London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1892. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. With Life, Notes, Index etc. 576 Pages including Index of First Lines. Green cloth cover with gilt facsimilie signature on front and gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's name on half title page. Front free endpaper missing. Some B&W in text illustrations in the Prefatory Notice. Pages in very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Poems By Francis Thompson
by Thompson, Francis
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1910
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- Decorative Cloth
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$8.90
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London: Burns & Oates, 1910. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Eleventh Edition, 1910, (500 Copies). Includes "Love in Dian's Lap", Miscellaneous Poems (including the Hound of Heaven), and Poems on Children. Printed on textured paper. Green cloth cover with gilt embossed border line, central wreath & lettering to front, and gilt lettering to spine. No inscriptions. Spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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