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BOWDLER, Miss [Jane]. Poems and essays. Bath. Published for the benefit of the General Hospital at Bath. Printed by R. Crutwell, 1797. Tenth edition. Quarto. xii, 232pp. With a half-title. Contemporary diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind, later rebacked and recornered preserving contemporary backstrip, later brown morocco lettering-piece Heavily rubbed, marked. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed simply 'from the editor, with further inked inscriptions to half-title of 'Walr. Bagot' and 'Mary Bagot. July. 1806'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30002
NOOTH, Charlotte. Poems and a play. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown First edition. 1815. [6], 156pp, [16]. With a list of subscribers. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A little rubbed and marked, some damp-staining to endpapers, occasional light soiling to text. Short tear to head of C4, without loss. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 34017
CRESSWELL, Walter D'Arcy. Poems (1921-1927). London. Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Ltd., 1928. First edition. 8vo. [10], 78pp. With half-title. Original publisher's navy cloth boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and bumped, chipping to dustwrapper spine. Inked correction to p.57, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 20076
GORDON, Adam Lindsay. Poems. Melbourne. A. H. Massina & Co., [1884]. 8vo. [2], 253pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, tan cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, upper joint starting. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32281
CURWEN, Annie Isabel. Poems. Barrow-in-Furness. The Barrow Printing Company, 1899. First edition. 8vo. 284pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Contemporary brown morocco, gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Upper joint partially exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20021
HARRISON, Harry. Poems. Clapham. Published by the author, 1887. First edition. 8vo. vii, [2], 10-152pp. Original publisher's decorated red cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine marked and sunned, red ink-stain to lower edge.Later bookplate of Thomas Brayshaw to FEP, endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21882
INGELOW, Jean. Poems. Boston. Roberts Brothers, 1865. Author's edition, thirteenth thousand. 8vo. 256, 10pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Later inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'John Linnell sen. 1865 from the Author' - likely landscape and portrait painter, and rival of Constable, John Linnell (1792-1882), with whom Ingelow corresponded. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22218
F[REEMAN], K[enneth] J[ohn].. Poems. Suffolk. [Richard Clay & Sons Limited], 1901. Privately printed. 8vo. [xii] 90pp [1], including frontispiece portrait. Original publisher's quarter vellum, green cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription 'Liam Sims, Cambridge, MMXV' to FFEP. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33119
VERE, Aubrey de. Poems. London. Burns & Lambert, 1855. First edition. 8vo. xii, 319pp, [1]. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, navy cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. Contemporary bookplate with motto 'sancta maria ora pro nobis' and initials 'W. H.' to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30555
MOULTRIE, John. Poems. London. William Pickering, 1838. Second edition. 8vo. vi, 359pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and marked, lower joint starting, some loss to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, frontispiece browned, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscriptions to head of half-title: 'Derwent Coleridge / from the Author'. Armorial bookplate of Derwent Coleridge to REF. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17733
ROGERS, Samuel. Poems. London. Edward Moxon, 1839. 8vo. [8], viii, 311pp, [1]. With a half-title and an 8pp publisher's catalogue tipped-in to front pastedown. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Very minor shelf-wear, top-edge a trifle dusty. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'George Farmer / Purchased at Penbryn sale April 28th / 1858', short tear to head of leaf O1, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27710
MONTGOMERY, James. Poems. London. George Routledge, 1860. Quarto. [20], 379pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece and 99 illustrations in the text engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. A trifle rubbed , marked, and bumped. Foxed, later inked ownership inscription of William Long to recto of FFEP, near contemporary gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'Louisa Gould Long / with / ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20395
ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems. London. Macmillan and Co., 1869. In two volumes. vi, [2], 276; vii, [1], 267pp, [1]. Attractively bound by Charles McLeish (stamp-signed 'C.M.L.' on rear turn-in) in contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, T.E.G. Bookplates of bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest to FEPs. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23176
WILLMOTT, Robert Aris. Poems. London. Thomas Bosworth, 1848. Second edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 102pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, wear to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of oologist Henry Fraser Walter (1822-1893) to FEP. Presentation copy, ink inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'From the Author'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30453
ROBERTS, Dr. [William Hayward]. Poems. London. Printed for J. Wilkie, 1774. First edition. 8vo. 7, [1], 163pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, joints starting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23961
BRYANT, William Cullen. Poems... Liverpool. John Walker, 1850. 8vo. xv, [9], 275pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23206
INGELOW, Jean. Poems. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 281, [1]; vi, 309pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary green morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to FFEP of Vol. I, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 18219
SMITH, William Frank. Poems. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1864. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 135pp, [1]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, wear to head of dulled spine. Small ink-stain to title, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'Rebecca Elizabeth Smith / with best love from W F S / August 16. 1864'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30507
HERBERT, L. F. Poems. London. Basil Blackwell, 1946. First edition. 8vo. 55pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Minor shelf wear, dustwrapper lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured.Leaves lightly dampstained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32075
MASON, William. Poems. York. Printed by A. Ward, 1774. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 294pp, [2]. Contemporary sprinkled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and sunned, small worm-hole to foot of upper joint. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26192