Poetry
London, L, & V. Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1931.
Number 270 of 350 signed copies. Early issue with comma after 'L' in imprint. 8vo. Original patterned wrappers with printed title label. Original plain glassine dust-jacket.
George "Dadie" Rylands (1902–1999), Cambridge literary scholar, King's College fellow, Shakespeare authority and theatre director (later famous for coaching John Gielgud and directing the Marlowe Society) who moved in the Bloomsbury and Cambridge Apostles circles and briefly worked as an assistant at the Hogarth Press in 1924. The Woolfs published two volumes of his verse, Russet and Taffeta (1925) and this collection of pastoral lyrics, together with his dissertation Words and Poetry (1928).
London, Faber & Faber, 1969.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.
Heaney's second collection of poetry, preceded by his widely acclaimed Death of a Naturalist (1966). The poems graphically depict the author's rural upbringing, from the local forge to the banks of Lough Neagh, concluding with his iconic poem 'Bogland'.
and other poems
London, Macmillan, December 1933.
First edition, second impression. 8vo. Original blind-tooled sage cloth decorated in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
An excellent example of the second impression of this collection by Yeats, the title poem from which had originally been published in 1929 by Fountain Press in a signed limited edition.
A new edition including many pieces now first published, and notices of his life and work by Edmund Blunden
London, Chatto & Windus, 1931.
First edition thus, first impression. 8vo. Original purple cloth.
The 1931 Blunden edition adds nineteen poems to the first edition of 1920 edited by Siegfried Sassoon, and represents the second major collected edition of Owen's work.
London, J.M. Dent, 1946.
First edition, first impression. 16mo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3s6d.
The collection that established Thomas's reputation as the most important Welsh poet of the 20th century. It contains 'Fern Hill,' 'A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London,' and 'Poem in October', ranked by many among the most celebrated poems in the English language.
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[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.
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.
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.
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.
Poetry
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.
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.