BACTON WHERE THE ORWELL RISES
1989 THE BOOK GUILD LTD
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1ST EDITION.VERY GOOD+ IN A VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED D/W. MODERN POETRY. THE BOOK IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TWICE. BOTH ENDPAPERS, FRONT AND REAR, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO 2 SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS.
VERSE: Inclusive Edition 1885-1926
1930 HODDER & STOUGHTON
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5th IMPRESSION, NO D/W. RED CLOTH BOARDS WITH GILT PRINT & DECORATION. TEG. SUN FADED SPINE AND SLIGHTLY WORN EDGES. VERY GOOD.
2014 LEWIS, C.S.
Narrative Poems
1969 Geoffrey Bles, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in near very good condition. Sadly, an ex-library copy with the usual faults, front end paper torn out, stamps etc at the half-title page and copyright page. The dust wrapper is a little rubbed at the edges and has a tape repair at the rear flap. It is not price clipped.
LAST POETIC GEMS
1968 WINTER / DUCKWORTH
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1ST EDITION. Nr FINE IN VERY GOOD SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN UNCLIPPED D/W. SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF THE MOST MEMORABLE BAD POET AND TRAGEDIAN IN OUR LANGUAGE.
138. Merry, Bob:
The Last Of Many
Published by Penshurst Press, England. 1994.
First edition in card covers. Slight soiling to the front cover otherwise fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Signed by author.
A collection of verses mostly scribbled on the backs of old cigarette packets and odd bits of paper by the author, as the incidents happened throughout WWII, illustated with black and white photographs. Inscribed "Best wishes Bob Merry"
2397 MILLIGAN, SPIKE
Unspun Socks from a Chicken's Laundry
1981 Hobbs/Joseph, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in fine condition. The dust wrapper has been price clipped otherwise fine. An uncommon title from Milligan that contains no artificial flavouring and will fit in your garage? Keep out of reach of adults.
2318. Milligan, Spike: Small Dreams of a Scorpion
Published by M&J Hobbs/Michael Joseph, London. 1972
1st edition hardback in fine condition. The dust wrapper has a small 2-3mm nick to the rear top edge but is not clipped and there are no previous owner names, very scarce in this condition. Spike has a go at serious poetry and covers a variety of subjects including war and depression touching on his own nervous breakdown in the 1950's.
THE POETRY OF NEIL MUNRO
1931 BLACKWOOD
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1ST EDITION. NO D/W. BLUE CLOTH BOARDS AND GILT. SLIGHTLY RUBBED TO TOP & TOE OF SPINE AND CORNERS. PAGE EDGES UNCUT. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO FEP. WITH PREFACE BY JOHN BUCHAN. VERY GOOD-
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF WILFRED OWEN
1964 CHATTO AND WINDUS
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FOURTH IMPRESSION OF THE 1963 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W WHICH IS SLIGHTLY SUNNED AT THE SPINE. INTRO AND NOTES BY C. DAY LEWIS AND A MEMOIR BY EDMUND BLUNDEN. SCARCE.
NO POETS' CORNER IN THE ABBEY
1971 WINTER/DUCKWORTH
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THE DRAMATIC STORY OF WILLIAM McGONAGALL "THE GREATEST BAD VERSE WRITER OF HIS AGE". SUNNED SPINE PANEL TO D/W. SMALL TEARS TO TOP & TOE OF D/W. BLUE BOARDS WITH BLACK PRINT TO SPINE & UPPER, DUSTY TOP EDGE. OVERALL VG/VG
1294 SMART, ELIZABETH
BY GRAND CENTRAL STATION I SAT DOWN AND WEPT..
1945 EDITIONS POETRY LONDON
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1ST EDITION. APPARENTLY RATHER RARE IN A JACKET, THIS COPY HAS A VERY GOOD, BRIGHT, UNCLIPPED D/W WHICH HAS ONLY VERY MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND TOE OF SPINE AREA. THE ORANGE CLOTH BOARDS ARE SLIGHTLY FADED ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AND VERY LIGHT FOXING TO THE PAGE EDGES. VERY GOOD.
PRUSSIAN NIGHTS
1977 COLLINS HARVILL
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1st edition hardback in near fine condition, foxing to top page edges. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped and still retains the original £3.75 net price. It has a protective covering.
Prussian Nights presents an entirely new aspect of the genius of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It is a long narrative poem he composed, then committed to memory, during his prison-camp years. For the first time he uses his own experiences as a young artillery officer during the Second World War as he describes the exhilarating and horrifying events of a few days on the Eastern front in Januart 1945. Solzhenitsyn"s thoughts and feelings in this physical and ethical maelstrom are characteristic. He turns to the principle of personal responsibility as against the war-time urges of self-indulgence, destructiveness, sensulaity and arrogance. The rhythm of Prussian Nights suggests the sweep and spirit of the advance, its detail intensifies the soldier"s tension and fear. The poem, a re-creation of the grim realities of the front, is a masterpiece, a narrative of epic proportions. Includes a two page Preface and a four page Translator's Appendix by Conquest. Dual language text.
1871 TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL and other verses from The Red Book
1973 GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN
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SEVENTH IMPRESSION WITHOUT D/W. RUBBED AND WORN AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE TOP AND TOE WITH TIDY PREVIOUS OWNER NAMES TO HALF TITLE PAGE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. A MUST HAVE FOR ANY MIDDLE-EARTH COLLECTOR.