Poetry from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Faber and Faber 1966. 8vo. 124 pp. Cloth with lettering to spine in unclipped jacket. Slight dulling to jacket spine, though it and boards are clean. Internally clean. This work consists of two long poems, with some prose passages: The Sea and The Mirror: a Commentary on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' and For The Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio. Auden… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch 1965. 8vo.Review Copy. First edition review copy. 64 pp. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Darkening to spine and edges of jacket, with a short closed tear to top edge. Internally clean. Contains review slip and a cutting from The Listener with two poems by Fuller. From the flap: 'Here it is not 'the poet' speaking but characters in… Read more about this item

London: Bell and Daldy 1866. 16mo. [8], 331, [1] pp. Green cloth; gilt device and border to front board; gilt decoration and lettering to spine; top-edge gilt. Slight warping to boards, minor wear to extremities, boards bright overall and internally clean. This edition has been printed from the text of Mr Keightley's Library Edition. A charming pocket copy from 1866… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann 1958. 8vo. First edition, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in dust jacket. xii, 244 pp. Minor sunning to spine, crease and very light foxing to ffep, otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding firm. From the manuscripts of Cecil Sharp, this volume contains 115 folk-songs with annotation and textual comment, suitable for the scholar and general reader interested… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press 1925. 8vo. First edition of author's first publication from 1925. 32 pp. Green paper covers with paper title-label to front. Covers and pages uncut, handmade paper. A few small frays and small tears to edges, yellowing to title label and to rear endpaper; however, ovely and clean overall internally. A pretty volume. Cecil Day-Lewis was the… Read more about this item

London: Alexander Moring 1905. Small 8vo. xxix, 151 pp. This is an unsigned Arts and Crafts binding in full morocco set on laid paper. All edges gilt with gilt floral borders and decoration, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. A translation by Rev. Professor Skeat into modern English of the 14th century poem by William Lawland. Very slight signs… Read more about this item

London: John Hunt 1822. 8vo. First edition, first issue. 164, 8, 4, [2], 4; 193- 377, [2] pp. Full polished calf with gilt bordered boards and ornate gilt decorated spines with raised bands and red morocco title labels. Gilt dentelle turn-ins; navy endpapers. Light wear to joints and extremities, bookplates of Herbert William Walmisley to FFEPs; internally clean. Pages 287… Read more about this item

London: Charles Cox 1847. Large 8vo. Bound by S & T Gilbert with ticket to front endpapers. iv, 1080 pp. Half dark green morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and blind embossed details to spine; marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbing to boards and board edges; internally clean. With wood engraved illustrated title for each play by W. Harvey… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Ltd 1972. 8vo. First edition thus. 56 pp. Paperback. Very slight rubbing, internally clean. The second main collection of Heaney's work, following Death of a Naturalist. 19cms tall. . Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 1972.

London: The Folio Society 2003. 4to.Illustrated. xxi, 304 pp. Green morocco spine over light orange moire silk boards, with top edge burnished blue in a pictorial slipcase. Very slight rubbing to slipcase, otherwise this is a lovely fine copy. Full-page colour illustrations by William Blake. . Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1st Thus. 2003.

London: Macmillan & Co., Limited 1910. 8vo. First edition. xii, 338, (10) pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration to front board & gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt. Minor bumping to spine ends; light rubbing to front board gilt device and corners and a few light scratches to edges. Clean internally. Contains the first printing of Kipling's famous… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press 1971. Tall Narrow 8vo. Hand bound cloth edition. 31, [3] pp. Green cloth with paper label to spine. Very slight bumping to corners. Internally clean. Includes a Christmas letter from the publisher's inserted at rear. Poem with illustration after half-title. . Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 1971.

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. 1879. 8vo. viii, 237, [6], 22 pp. Green cloth with bevelled edges and gilt decoration to board and spine; a.e.g. Some wear to extremities, particularly at spine ends. Internally clean. Numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Dedicated to 'Anglo-Indian folk' and comprising a series of comical poems centred around the lives of this group. .… Read more about this item

London: Collins Harvill 1987. Large 8vo.Illustrated. First trade edition but with the Libanus Press jacket.. 46 pp + letters. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustjacket. Includes English and Italian dual-text translations of Pietro Bembo's poetry. With wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. Some minor bumping and fading at the head and tail of the spine, but… Read more about this item

London: S. P. C. K. 1954. 8vo. First Edition. [27] pp. John Piper illustrated paper covers. Minor creasing and rubbing to cover extremities. Save ink inscription to half title, the book is very clean internally. Piper's illustrations are in teal and black. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. First Edition. 1954.

Dublin: Trumpet Books 1957. 8vo. 64 pp. Paperback. Slight creasing to spine, otherwise very clean in VG to NF condition. Contains the complete play 'The Big House' by Brendan Behan. Also featuring contributions from Austin Clarke, Thomas Kinsella, Benedict Kiely, Donald Davie, Daniel Sullivan, James Douglas, L. D. Lerner, John Jordan and F. S. L. Lyons. . Very Good. Paperback.… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber 1987. Small 8vo. First edition. [ix], 51 pp. Paperback. Clean in near fine condition. Heaney's poems here explore the theme of loss. 057114781X . Near Fine. Softcover. First Paperback Edition. 1987.

London: Strahan & Co. 1872. Small 8vo. First edition. 136 pp. Contemporary full calf by Bickers & Son. Raised bands to spine with decorative gilt panels and green morocco title label; gilt borders and gilt dentelles to edges of boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. Spotting to prelims and rear blanks, but otherwise internally clean. Small spots of wear to extremities… Read more about this item

London: Reeves and Turner 1886. Small 8vo. 5 volumes. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt lettering to boards and spine. Minor bumping to extremities, chipping to head of spines and light wear to corners. Ink inscription to prelims of first volume, otherwise internally clean. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe.… Read more about this item

New York: Afro Arts Inc. / Broadside Press 1969. Large 8vo. 4th printing. [ii], 38 pp. Illustrated softcover. Very light rubbing and curling to extremities. Internally clean. One of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement, this collection features some of her reflections on events and developments in 1968. 21 cms tall . Near Fine. Softcover. 4th Printing. 1969.… Read more about this item