Poetry

    £175



    [London], , Spring 1972.

    Large 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.

    The last issue in Winkfield's well-regarded poetry journal Juillard, which ran from 1968 to 1972. Uncommon.

    £50

    and other poems London, Faber & Faber, 1941.First Faber edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red boards. Blue dust-jacket, priced 2/6.This Faber & Faber anthology collects twenty-eight poems from the last years of Lawrence's life, reflecting the author's preoccupation with mortality: written when he was dying of tuberculosis, it urges readers to prepare a symbolic ship to carry their souls and portrays death as an unexpected voyage.

    £195



    London, Faber & Faber, 1957.

    First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.

    Hughes's inaugural poetry collection, comprising 40 poems that delve into themes of nature's raw power, particularly through vivid depictions of animals such as hawks, foxes, and jaguars. The collection also touches on human experiences, including war and relationships.​

    £250



    London, Faber & Gwyer, 1925.

    First edition. 8vo. Original cloth.

    The first edition of this important collection, gathering selections from Prufrock (1917), Poems (1920), as well as printing 'The Waste Land' with the dedication to Ezra Pound for the first time.

    £375



    London, Faber & Faber, 1972.

    First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author, with author's autograph additions in the text. 8vo. Original wrappers.

    Inscribed on the half-title, 'To Rosemary from Ted'. Presumably Rosemary Goad, the first woman to become a director of Faber & Faber, who worked closely with Hughes.

    £95


    Selected and edited by W.M. Rossetti
    London, Chatto & Windus, 1926.

    'Fine Paper Edition'. 8vo. Original buckram-backed pattered boards. Dust-jacket, priced 6s.

    Uncommon, finely-printed edition of Whitman's poems, particularly in the jacket. Selected and edited by one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

    £80


    An Anthology
    Dublin & London, Browne & Nolan; Harrap, 1935.

    First edition. 8vo. Original turquoise cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.

    An anthology of poetry of primarily Irish origin, many inspired by the Easter Rising in 1916. Poets include Roger Casement, Thomas MacDonagh, Padriac Pearse, W.B. Yeats, 'AE' and James Stephens.