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  • THE STRANDING OF THE "DRUIDE". by MACFARLANE, G. M.
    MACFARLANE, G. M.
    THE STRANDING OF THE "DRUIDE".

    London: Phillips & Mowle, 1893. A[4 page] poem. Vignette of the brigantine, "Druide" to title/cover. Little creased, little marked, but an extremely scarce piece of ephemera, celebrating the rescue of the five man crew of the "Druide" off the coast of Margate in Kent in 1893.

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  • THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. Third edition, with New Plates. by [COOMBE, William.]
    [COOMBE, William.]
    THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. Third edition, with New Plates.

    London.R. Ackermann. 1813. Hand-coloured frontispiece; title with hand-coloured vignette; iii, [1], 276, [1 directions to the binder]pp. Illustrated with a further twenty-nine finely hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Bound in 19th century half calf gilt with a red morocco label. One leaf of text has some damage to the inner margin with old creasing and tear and a small loss of the border, but with no loss to the text; some light marking and soiling here & there; else a very nice copy in a pleasant binding.

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  • THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF PIRAMUS AND THISBE. The Fifth Edition. Enlarged by the Author. by [COWLEY, Abraham.]
    [COWLEY, Abraham.]
    THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF PIRAMUS AND THISBE. The Fifth Edition. Enlarged by the Author.

    London: C. Harper, and R. Tonson, 1681. A Fragment taken from a larger work. Dedication leaf; title, 25 – 32 pages. Bound in later half black roan, gilt over marbled boards. Bookplates of Shakespeare Library and Pamela and Raymond Lister. Evidence of the removal of one small bookplate. Blank area of the dedication leaf restored; little marked and soiled here & there; else a very good copy. Written when Cowley was ten years of age, and first published when he was thirteen.

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  • THE WILD HARP A Selection from Irish Poetry by Katharine Tynan. With decorations by C. M. Watts. by TYNAN, Katharine.
    TYNAN, Katharine.
    THE WILD HARP A Selection from Irish Poetry by Katharine Tynan. With decorations by C. M. Watts.

    London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1913. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xxvi, 160 pages. Colour frontispiece and title. Original decorative green cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. Blank endpaper; half-title. Last page, and rear endpaper spotted; inscription on half-title; else very good.

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  • THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. Illustrated. by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.
    LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.
    THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. Illustrated.

    London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1887. [32] pages. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Original decorative embossed leather with gold thread securing the spine. Some spotting on endpapers; else a very good, clean copy in an unusual, Japanese inspired, binding.

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  • TO NATURE New Poems by Edmund Blunden. by BLUNDEN, Edmund.
    BLUNDEN, Edmund.
    TO NATURE New Poems by Edmund Blunden.

    London: The Beaumont Press, 1923. [12], 50 pages. Limited edition of 390 copies; this being No. X Proof Copy. Original cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Octavo. First edition. Boards worn at corners; spine a little worn at head; else very good.

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  • TOTTENHAM; a poem. by HERAUD J[ohn] A[braham].
    HERAUD J[ohn] A[braham].
    TOTTENHAM; a poem.

    London: Printed for the author, 1820. [. [8], 40 pages. Original grey paper-covered boards; paper label to spine. Octavo. First edition. Binding worn with some loss of paper to spine; some light spotting; else very good.

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  • BIRTWHISTLE, John. Poem by John Birtwhistle. Etchings and Calligraphy by Graham Clarke.
    VISION OF WAT TYLER.

    Graham Clarke. Ebenezer Press, 1972. Published in an Edition of 75 copies of which an unspecified number were artists proofs. This issue being one of the small number issued as Artists' proofs. 16 Original Etchings, hand printed from 33 plates. Mounted on 16 loosely inserted text sheets of full imperial De Wint handmade paper. Each sheet signed in full by Clarke and designated as an Artists' proof. The first page of poetry signed by Birtwhistle. Includes a booklet containing the poet's introduction and notes, also the text of the 6 contemporary letters of John Ball 'Mad Priest of Kent', together with technical notes. These are printed on separate De Wint Sheets and loosely inserted. The whole is preserved in…

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    Graham Clarke. Ebenezer Press, 1972. Published in an Edition of 75 copies of which an unspecified number were artists proofs. This issue being one of the small number issued as Artists' proofs. 16 Original Etchings, hand printed from 33 plates. Mounted on 16 loosely inserted text sheets of full imperial De Wint handmade paper. Each sheet signed in full by Clarke and designated as an Artists' proof. The first page of poetry signed by Birtwhistle. Includes a booklet containing the poet's introduction and notes, also the text of the 6 contemporary letters of John Ball 'Mad Priest of Kent', together with technical notes. These are printed on separate De Wint Sheets and loosely inserted. The whole is preserved in thick Wooden boards bound by Bert Seth in full natural, reverse hide, with endpapers by the artist. The title block is branded on the upper cover, which measures 24 x 11.25 inches. The complete book is retained in a dark brown hessian wrapper with leather ties. An excellent copy, complete with the original prospectus.

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  • WISDOM. A Poem. by [WILKINSON, Edward.]
    [WILKINSON, Edward.]
    WISDOM. A Poem.

    London: Printed by J. Rivington, jun. For the Author: and sold by J, Bew, 1777. 32 pages. 4to. First edition. Disbound from a collection. Occasional brown marking; else a very good copy.

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