JOHN BETJEMAN: SELECTED POEMS
Written by John Betjeman; Alan Powers. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Stock no. 1830380
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Alan Powers. Pictorial paper boards, black titles with yellow highlighting. Blue endpapers with b/w illustration to centre. B/w and colour illustrations. xiv and 222 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1830342
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings by Jack B. Yeats. xxvii and 228 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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OLD RAIGER AND OTHER VERSE
Written by John Masefield.
Stock no. 1830278
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Poet Laureate's first collection of verse since 1961 contains twelve pieces of varying subject, mood and length. All of them reflect Dr Masefield's lifelong delight in nature, the English countryside an its characters, in history, in the sea and the ships that sail upon it, he is able to bring his memories of earlier days to bear upon an event of rare interest to younger readers. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 73 pages. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Foxspot to vertical edge of prelims. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned to spine and very slightly edge-worn with a few tiny closed tears.

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TANNHAUSER A DRAMATIC POEM
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1830158
Published by G.G. Harrap & Co.. 1st 1911. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited to 525 signed and numbered copies. Dark green calf binding with tooled design and title on front cover. Tooled title and decoration to spine. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Printed on thick grey paper, every page has lithographed orange or black illustrations. Endpapers and prelims are illustrated in multiple colours, predominantly blue. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 16 SIGNED by Pogany. Inscription on front endpaper. Covers edges slightly rubbed, rear cover very slightly scuffed. One corner bumped. Spine browned. Vertical crease to lower margin of half-title page. Contents fine. An exquisite book.

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WEEPINGS AND WAILINGS
Written by J.C. Squire. Illustrated by Ian Fenwick.
Stock no. 1830142
Published by Cobden-Sanderson. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

This book contains a series of laments and elegies, many of which have appeared in 'Punch'. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. 90 pages. Boards browned at top front edge and spine. Lower front corner of board heavily bumped and first few pages a little creased at lower corner because of this. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and foxed, is in two halves with most of the spine missing, edge chipped and worn.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1329911
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1926. Very good condition.

12 very pretty colour plates plus b/w decorations. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 125 pages. 8.5 x 6.25". A New Edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small 'bubbles' in the cloth to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents, mainly at textblock. Front joint is cracked at lower 3". A nice copy of an early reprint.

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AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329744
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Sung by Master Bill Primrose. Green boards, dark green titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 7 colour illustrations tipped onto brown paper. B/w illustrations and endpapers. Slight rubbing to cover edges and slight wear to spine ends. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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THE ILLUSTRATED POEMS OF JOHN BETJEMAN
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by David Gentleman.
Stock no. 1329225
Published by John Murray. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 143 numbered pages. Watercolours by Gentleman. ISBN: 0719552486. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty/foxed. Dustwrapper is price-cut and faded to spine.

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CHEPSTOW A POEM
Written by Edward Davies; Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1329117
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

1011 copies printed. Card wrap booklet. 19 pages. Staples are rusty. A few tiny foxspots to textblock.

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THE RENAISSANCE: STUDIES IN ART AND POETRY
Written by Walter Pater; Michael Prodger.
Stock no. 1829092
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Michael Prodger. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and blocked decoration to front. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy, still in original shrinkwrap!

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COLLECTED VERSE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828872
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the Chepstow historian. Limited to 100 copies of which 20 were signed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 112 pages. ISBN: 0950007994. SIGNED & dated by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Front endpaper lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean. Plain light grey dustwrapper is slightly grubby, lightly creased across top edge, and browned to spine.

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POEMS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828868
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 100 copies. Poems 1927-1987 by the Chepstow historian. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 68 pages. ISBN: 0906134382. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is pulled wide but binding is tight (most likely a binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, a few small marks to rear panel.

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