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London: Chatto & Windus, 1970. Some creasing and wear to the edges of the slightly grubby but unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, otherwise a good tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A long poem in ten sections and various styles and metres by the author. Part of the publisher's "Phoenix Living Poets" series. 46pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ochtertyre, Perthshire: Grace Note Publications, 2008. Includes CD. Very slight scuffing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains the long Gaelic poem "Aeolus agus am Balg", for which the author won the bardic crown at the 1938 Mod in Glasgow; with English translation on facing pages by Bill Innes. The accompanying CD has the poem read by Bill Innes with music by Sandy Stanage. 80pp, some b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stornoway: Acair, 2005. Gaelic language text. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this large soft-cover book. Intended for children, a collection of (mostly) traditional Gaelic nursery rhymes, sayings and jingles. Text in Gaelic, no English translation. A heavy book, packaged weight is just over 1 kilo, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 269pp, colour drawings throughout.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1989. Title page has been removed, a small clipping re the author pasted on half-title, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good tight copy. The author's second collection of poems. Includes a hand-written letter by the author to this book's previous owner thanking her for the gift of a book. 63pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 1994. Some fading to front of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Poems written by the author on the life and death of her five year-old son Andrew. Signed by the author on title page ''June 13th 1998, Blackpool. For ... and ..., in memory of ..., Love never dies, Shelly Wagner''. 86pp.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scarborough: Valley Press, 2013. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, some individual words in the poems have been underlined by a previous owner, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim soft-cover book. Contains twenty-six poems by the author. Signed by the author on title page "With best wishes, Patrick Lodge". 56pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Penguin Books, 2006. Minor scuffing to spine ends and to sides of spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. A selection of pieces, some of them unpublished since their original appearance in the New York Sun between 1916 and 1922, supposedly written by Archy the cockroach by jumping on the typewriter keys. NOT a complete collection. Introduction and notes by Michael Sims. 346pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, 1985. Some creases to the spine, minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in the US in 1978, a collection of prose and poems (some became song lyrics) by the author. This is a later, German edition with the text in English and in German on facing page (translated by Walter Hartmann). 423pp plus 32pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921. No dustwrapper, spine strip of green boards has come loose at some point and been glued back on, some minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, original owner's name and date (November 1923) on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, a few passages lightly marked in pencil, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Old-English poem "Beowulf", the "Finnsburg Fragment", and the story of Offa son of Wermund (which is given in Latin., as well as other topics relating to the poem, but DOES NOT contain the text of the poem. 417pp, 8 b&w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Canongate, 1999. Slight fading to spine and to left-hand side of front cover, a tiny bit of scuffing to top end of spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book, the third collection of poems by the author. Signed by the author on title page. 81pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1907. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, ink stamp inside front and back covers "... presented to Huntingdon County Library by .....", but no library stamps or labels. Otherwise a good clean tight copy, with git titles on spine and front board, and green-and-white decorations on front board all still bright, of this slim hard-cover book. Contains the poem of the title by the (in his day) very popular "Hoosier Poet" James Whitcomb Riley. "Copyright 1907, November" on rev of title page. Pages not numbered but about 70pp, 13 full-page not-quite-monochrome illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Vawter, Will. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1861. Three volume set. Packaged weight is just under 3 kilos, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. Green cloth-covered faux-Morocco style boards have some wear to spine ends and corners, also small tears to top ends of spines. Some rubbing to the boards but gilt lines to inner side of boards (next to spine) and corners are still bright. Hinges starting to split inside front and back covers (volumes 1 and 2, not so much to volume 3). A previous (original?) owner's name inside front board of volume 1 and 2, erased on volume 3. Otherwise a not too bad set of volumes, part of the publisher's "Nichol's Library Edition of the British Poets" series. This contains the text of the "Canterbury Tales" (not Bowdlerised but with some of the spelling modernised: lines 3275-6 of the Millers Tale reads "...as clerkes be full subtle and full quaint. And privily he caught her by the queinte" rather than "As… Read More

London: London Magazine Editions, 1974. Some fading to spine and front panel of unclipped dustwrapper, also some creasing to top edge. Bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, a previous owner's name and date (1977) on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of poems by this South African author. 50pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1976. Some creasing to the edges and small tears to the bottom edge of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to corners of gray boards, and a slight smell of the book having been kept in a shed though this should fade. But otherwise a good tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. The first poetry collection by the author, who was Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh university. 66pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Honesdale, Pennsylvania: WordSong, 2016. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written in the form of a sequence of poems, the story of a girl from Alabama who moves to Illinois and has to try to fit in to a new school. Signed by the author on title page "Jan 2016". 221pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber, 1974. Paperback edition. Slight fading to spine, a slight crease to bottom edge of front cover, a small scratch mark to lower end of spine, an old water stain to top edge of front cover and to top right-hand corner of back cover, otherwise a good tight copy of this soft-cover book. English translations of over three-hundred Chinese poems originally written between the 11th and 7th centuries BC, and later compiled by Confucius. 306pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Persephone Books, 2000. Persephone edition, book number 22, with original bookmark. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this slim soft-cover book. Originally published in 1946, a collection of poems by the author, mostly dealing with life in London during the War. Preface by Anne Harvey. 110pp.. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1977. Some creasing and a few small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt decoration on boards still bright, of this slim hard-cover book. Originally published in 1937, this is a facsimile edition from forty years later. 45pp, b&w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Dustwrapper in poor condition, with most of the top two inches of front panel torn away, also the top half at the spine and an adjoining piece on back panel. Some bumping to ends of orange cloth spine strip and to corners of brown paper-covered boards, but otherwise a not too bad. clean and tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Days with the Poets" series, this one has an imaginary day with Walter Scott and his family at Abbotsford, with extracts from his poems. No publication date shown, but was originally published around 1910, original price was two shillings. 46pp, 5 full-page colour illustrations of paintings based on the poems.. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Minor creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of unclipped brown dustwrapper, some rubbing to gilt titles and to edges of cut-out frame on front panel of same. Slight bumping to ends of orange clot spine strip and to corners of paper-covered boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book, part of the publisher's "Days with the Poets" series. This one covers a day in February 1822 when Lord Byron is living in Pisa, with extracts from his poems. No publication date shown, but was originally published around 1910, original price was two shillings. 45pp, 5 full-page colour illustrations of paintings based on his works.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.