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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1328147
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1909.
Very good condition.
The perfect showcase for Dulac's genius in depicting eastern fantasy with 20 magnificent tipped-in colour plates. Cream buckram stamped in rich gilt. Front cover has peacock design above and elephants below a central wreath. Spine has gilt titles and vignette of a flower urn. Peacock feather design on endpapers. Brown decorative border to each page. 11.25 x 8.75". Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly browned. Bookplate(?) to front free-endpaper. All plates present and in fine condition. Small brown spot to lower margins of a couple of pages and a few very small, light fingermarks to page margins. Overall, contents are nice and clean (not forgetting this book is well over 100 years old!).
Price: £160.00 £112.00.
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- ILLUSTRATED
ROBERT FROST: SELECTED POEMS
Written by Robert Frost; Paul Muldoon; C. Day Lewis.
Illustrated by Jonathan Gibbs.
Stock no. 1828280
Published by Folio Society.
2013.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Paul Muldoon, Foreword by C Day Lewis. Green cloth spine with gilt title and vignette, cream & green pictorial paper boards. Green two tone illustrations. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a minor knock on one vertical edge and is lightly scuffed (VG+).
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1327937
Published by Bloomsbury Books.
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations, decorative borders to text. ISBN: 1870630653. Minimal bumping to spine. Small pencil erasure patch(?) to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine, small mark to top edge of front cover.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
THE 'AZARDS O' CHIMUCK SZWIPPIN
Written by Keith Morgan.
Illustrated by Doug Eaton.
Stock no. 1327841
Published by The Forest Bookshop.
1st
1978.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green card wraps. B/w illustrations. The humourous and romantic character of the Forester. Poems mainly in the Forest of Dean dialect. ISBN: 0950592625. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- FOREST OF DEAN
- DIALECTS
- HUMOUR
- POETRY
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM A CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1914
Written by Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1327787
Published by Ernest Nister.
1914.
Very good condition.
Small format. Grey spine, cream and red decorative boards. Superbly illustrated colour endpapers (no other illustrations). Very elaborate gilt, red and blue borders to each page. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked.
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Blanche Macmanus.
Stock no. 1327786
Published by The De La More Press.
1925.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Saint George series. Red cloth with black titles and decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Small brown spot to front pastedown transferring onto free-endpaper. Cream dustwrapper is slightly grubby and marked.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats.
Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1828064
Published by Folio Society.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings. Second printing. Spine lightly faded and lightly mottled else a lovely clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little marked (fairly m inor) (VG+).
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- ART
SELECTED POEMS AND PROSE
Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins; Ruth Padel.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Magill.
Stock no. 1327592
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Ruth Padel. Square format; silver/grey cloth with onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is faded to one edge
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- POETRY
PARADISO
Written by Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary; Michael Prodger.
Illustrated by Giovanni Di Paolo.
Stock no. 1827933
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Dark blue leather spine with gilt titles. Pale blue silk moire sides. Top edge blue. Superb colour illustrations by Di Paolo. Translated by Cary with an introductory essay by Prodger. A few minor (very light) marks to leather spine. Contents fine. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some very light shelf-scuffing (NR F).
Price: £600.00 £420.00.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- LEATHER BINDING
SELECTED POEMS AND PROSE
Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins; Ruth Padel.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Magill.
Stock no. 1827749
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Introduced by Ruth Padel. Square format; silver/grey cloth with onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at open edges and is scuffed (VG).
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- POETRY
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald; George F. Maine.
Illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs.
Stock no. 1827746
Published by Collins.
1967.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Khorasan Edition. This book contains the 1st, 2nd and 5th editions of Edward Fitzgerald's versions of this title. Also includes textual variants in the third and fourth editions. There is general introduction by Laurence Housman plus essay on Fitzgerald and a glossary. 12 Colour plates. Pink cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Reprint. Text block lightly browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Plates lovely and bright. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, rubbed at edges with a 1" split at base of spine, small chips too top & tail of spine, some browning.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
JOHN KEATS: THE COMPLETE POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by John Keats; John Barnard; Andrew Motion.
Illustrated by Simon Brett.
Stock no. 1827677
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Folio Poets Series. Bound on St. Paul's wove paper with quarter leather and cloth sides. B/w engravings. Top edge green. Edited by John Barnard and introduced by Andrew Motion. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- LEATHER BINDING