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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1827605
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1985. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 36 pages. ISBN: 0701122773. Reprint. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased across the top, lightly faded to spine & rear panel edges, lightly scuffed.

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SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE
Written by William Blake; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1827565
Published by Folio Society. 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. Introduction by Richard Holmes. Small format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt decorations and title to front. Colour illustrations. 54 pages. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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PARADISE LOST
Written by John Milton; Peter Ackroyd; John Wain. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1827556
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. Green leather spine with gilt title. Peach silk moiree covered boards. Top edge coloured. A Poem In Twelve Books by Milton with a preface by Ackroyd, an introduction by Wain and colour illustrations by Blake. Spine & top coloured edge lightly faded. Contents lovely. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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INFERNO
Written by Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary; Robin Hamlyn. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1827555
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

Large format. Dark yellow cloth with brown line decorations. Top edge burgundy. Superb colour plates by Blake. Translated by Cary with an introduction by Hamlyn. Spine very slightly faded (difficult to discern). Top edge of text block has a couple of 'waves', one or two pages have a little bleeding of top edge red ink to top margin (minor). Otherwise a very nice copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is unevenly faded at edges and scuffed.

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Virgil Burnett.
Stock no. 1827314
Published by Folio Society. 1992. Very good condition.

'The First Version by Edward Fitzgerald". Lovely slim volume, red cloth with gilt and silver decorations. Cream pictorial endpapers. Full page illustrations. Top edge gilt. Tenth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed at corners and scuffed.

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ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH: POETS OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1827294
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Green pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Printed on pale green paper. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at edges and a couple of marks.

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COLLECTED POEMS 1912-1957
Written by F.W. Harvey.
Stock no. 1326790
Published by Douglas Mclean Publishing; The Forest Bookshop. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 95 pages. ISBN: 094625205X. Spine very slightly faded. Light foxing to textblock.

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THE AENEID
Written by Virgil; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox.
Stock no. 1827192
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 1750 numbered copies. Bound in Wassa goatskin blocked with a design by Jeff Clements. Colour plates. 448 pages, top edge gilt. Translated by Fagles, introduction and notes by Knox. Copy 222 of 1750 numbered copies. A beautiful example contained in publisher's solander box in almost fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by William Wordsworth; Nicholas Roe. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1827186
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

The Folio Poets series. Bound on St. Paul's wove paper with quarter leather spine and cloth sides. B/w engravings. Top edge dark brown. Edited and introduced by Nicholas Roe. A few grubby marks to half-title page else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a minor bump to one corner.

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RUDYARD KIPLING: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Rudyard Kipling; Andrew Lycett. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1827185
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Edited & introduced by Lycett with b/w engravings by Tute. Maroon leather spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. The Folio Poets Series. Top edge maroon. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: COLLECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Neville Rogers; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by Simon Brett.
Stock no. 1827184
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Folio Poets series. Edited by Neville Rogers, Introduction by Richard Holmes. Red leather spine with gilt title. Pictorial cloth boards. The text of this edition follows that of the 1969 edition by Oxford University Press published under the title Selected Poetry. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with light scuffing and a couple of minor marks.

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ANECDOTES OF THE WEST COUNTRY AND OTHER REMINISCENCES FROM A DEVONSHIRE DOCTOR'S DIARY
Written by J.W. Ley.
Stock no. 1326577
Published by J.W. Ley. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. Anecdotes founded on truth. B/w photo of the author to frontis. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, light vertical creasing to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to prelims and textblock.

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