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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Gilbert James.
Stock no. 1827758
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. 1904. Very good condition.

The Photogravure Series. 12 Photogravure plates after drawings by Gilbert James. Pale green cloth with blue borders and gilt titles. 160 pages. Top edge gilt. Blue borders to covers are lightly rubbed. Endpapers and text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown and another to front endpaper. Contents heavily browned. Foxing to plate margins.

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THE RAVEN
Written by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1827753
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format (11.5 x 8.25cm). Black silk covers with gilt titles. Engravings by Tute. Very slight fading to spine else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed at corners and scuffed (VG).

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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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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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W.B. YEATS: COLLECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by W.B. Yeats; Roy Foster. Illustrated by Harry Brockway.
Stock no. 1827679
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Foster. Brown leather spine with gilt title, pictorial brown cloth boards. Top edge brown. B/w engravings. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Alfred Lord Tennyson; Ruth Padel. Illustrated by Ian Stephens.
Stock no. 1827678
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green leather spine with gilt title: Tennyson. Introduced by Ruth Padel. Green decorative boards. B/w engravings. Top edge green. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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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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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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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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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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