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Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne., 1981. First edition. Octavo. pp [24]. Card wrappers. Translations of 18 pieces by the Roman poet Martial.Number 18 of 25 copies signed by the author.Fine.

Faber & Faber, London., 1929. First edition, trade issue. Ariel Poems no. 21. Small octavo. pp [4]. Sewn wrappers with flaps. A 36-line poem. Cover design and a full-page colour illustration by Diana Murphy.Near fine.

Éditions des Trois Collines, Genève - Paris., 1944. First edition. Octavo. 96 pages. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait from a drawing by Hermann Paul.Small mark at extreme bottom edge of first three leaves of prelims, otherwise fine.

Hartmann, Leipzig., 1824. First edition. Octavo. pp 324, [2] errata. Plain grey wrappers. Goeschel (1781-1861) was a Prussian churchman of Hegelian persuasion.Very good. Uncommon.

Hutchinson, London., 1902. First edition. Octavo. Two volumes: pp xx, 1-470; xiv, 471-1018. 506 illustrations from drawings and photographs by the author and others; 48 full-page coloured plates by the author; 9 map by J.G. Bartholomew and the author. Original black cloth with an embossed gilt image of a tribesman. Top edge gilt. 1902 gift inscription, the recipient's name crossed through, on verso of frontispiece plate of Vol. I. Cloth snagged at heads and tails of spines and at the lower end of the spine of Vol. I. Inner hinges cracked. A good set.

Secker & Warburg, London., 1985. First edition. Wrappers - there was no hardback issue. Octavo. 103 pages.Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine.

The Bodley Head, London., 1960. New edition, redesigned and reset. Small octavo. 939 pages.Edges very slightly spotted. Near fine in fine dustwrapper.

Schott, London., [1948]. First edition. Royal octavo. pp [vi], 73. Wrappers. The vocal score for Seiber's setting of words from the Heaventree section of Ulysses.Publisher's price stamp at bottom corner of title-page. Backstrip splitting at head and tail. Very good indeed. Very scarce.

The Fortune Press, London., [1946]. First edition. Octavo. 30 pages. Thirty-four poems. Review slip loosely inserted.Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper slightly darkened at the spine and with a few small chips.

Douglas Cleverdon, Bristol., 1930. First edition. Octavo. 19 pages. Two wood-engravings by Eric Gill. Note on the wood-engravings by the publisher: ''The two vignettes were engraved...in 1926...A few signed prints only were issued, and the blocks were not used in the edition of Disraeli for which they were designed. The blocks later came into the possession of the publisher of this book; thinking them apt decorations for the story, he assumes responsibility for their insertion''. Buckram-backed decorated paper boards. Printed on J. Barcham Green ''Charles I'' hand-made paper.Limited to 350 copies signed by the author. This copy is unnumbered, but inscribed by the publisher at the limitation statement: ''d. of 25 for presentation - D.C.''.Free endpapers lightly tanned. Small ink mark on front cover. Near fine.

D. Appleton, New York., 1904. New and revised edition. Octavo. pp xxiv, 266. 112 illustrations by A.B. Frost. Six pages of adverts at rear. Pictorial red cloth. Top edge gilt.Spine a bit faded. Bottom corner of rear cover bumped. Very good indeed. A bright copy.

David Bogue, London., 1881. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [ii], xviii, 192, 32 (adverts). Illustrations by F. Church and J. Moser. Original pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. On the front pastedown is the 1887 bookplate of the historian and Pepysian scholar Joseph Robson Tanner, with his ownership inscription on the front free endpaper and on the verso of the endpaper is the bookplate of the poet and publisher Felix Dennis. Cloth just a little rubbed at head and tail of spine. Minor crack at inner front hinge. Very good bright copy.

John Murray, London., 1982. First edition. Small octavo. 81 pages. Fourteen page introduction by Bevis Hillier. Twenty-nine poems, including one Second World War poem.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Enitharmon Press, London., 1969. First edition. Quarto. pp [vi], iv, 32. Quarter leather, Japanese paper boards, gilt design. Title-page and endpaper design by Brenda Chamberlain. Printed at the Daedalus Press in Albertus and Monotype Bembo on Swedish vellum.Out of a total edition of 300 copies this is one of 26 lettered, signed by the author's widow, Gwen Watkins and Kathleen Raine who supplies a three page Introduction. Fine.

Enitharmon Press, London., 1969. First edition. Quarto. A selection made by the author's widow from his unpublished manuscripts. Three-page Introduction by Kathleen Raine. 32 pages. Leather-backed boards covered with paper simulating wood texture and with gilt design by Brenda Chamberlain on front. The endpaper designs are also by Brenda Chamberlain. Printed at the Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry.Out of a total edition of 300 copies this is Copy A reserved for Gwen Watkins. Signed by Kathleen Raine on the limitation page. Laid in is Raine's original typescript of her introduction, with a number of corrections in her hand. Also, three signed letters from Raine to Gwen Watkins, two of which are typewritten on Temenos letterhead, dated Sept. 25th and Oct. 2nd, the third being handwritten and dated Oct. 24th. The first letter (about 450 words) contains mostly a request to publish Vernon Watkins' writings on W.B. Yeats. The second letter (about 500 words) continues in this vein, but also touches… Read More

Chapman & Hall, London., 1961. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 311. The final part of the Sword of Honour trilogy.Free endpapers faintly tanned. Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly creased at top edge.

Dent, London., 1954. First edition. Octavo. pp x, 101. A play written for radio. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. Two pages of notes on pronunciation. The full cast of the first broadcast is given.On the front free endpaper is the ownership blindstamp of the leading puppeteer and puppet maker John L. Blundall. Near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly rubbed at head and tail of the spine.

Enitharmon Editions and Queen Anne Press, London., 2013. First edition thus: Introduction and profuse illustrations by Sir Peter Blake. Quarto. 173 pages. An ambitious publishing project, decades in the gestation, with Sir Peter Blake producing more than a hundred artworks using various techniques and full of wit. De Luxe edition: number 34 of 100 copies with a separate signed and numbered original print by Sir Peter Blake entitled ''The Sailor's Arms''. The book is also signed by Blake on the title-page. The print is held in folded card. The book and print are in fine condition and are housed in a blue cloth solander box with a colour portrait of Dylan Thomas mounted on the front.

Collins Crime Club, London., 1988. First edition. Octavo. A 280-page Dalziel and Pascoe crime novel.Signed by the author on the title-page.Cheap paper tanned as always, but only mildly so. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

George Routledge, London., [1878]. First edition, second issue with printer's ornaments removed from either side of "Edmund Evans" on the title-page. Small quarto. Copiously illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards. Three illustrations were removed in subsequent editions. A bit of light foxing to prelims. Bottom corner of front cover rubbed. Very good indeed.