Browse by Subject Category—Poetry
Thorns of Thunder, Selected Poems (1936, first edition)
Paul Eluard's verse, with a wrapper by Max Ernst and a frontispiece by Picasso
Paul Eluard, with a drawing by Pablo Picasso, edited by George Reavey. Dustwrapper by Max Ernst. Translations by Samuel Beckett, Denis Devlin, David Gascoyne, Eugene Jolas, Man Ray, George Reavey and Ruthven Todd
Europa Press & Stanley Nott, London, 1936
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1914, Poetry Remembers (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy, editor
Faber & Faber, London, 2013
£12.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The End of the World (2019)
Jeni Couzyn's story in verse on the climate emergency
Jeni Couzyn
Firelizard Press, 2019
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Sketches in Verse (Signed copy)
Signed by author Henry Richard Dickinson, 1906, a collection of ghostly and romantic verse with tipped in illustrations
H R Dickinson, illustrated by A S Boyd, Gordon Browne, Frank Dadd, F C Dickinson, Charles Dixon, W Hatherell, H M Paget, Balliol Salmon, and the author.
Printed for the Author(s), 1906
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Mrs Kimber (Signed first edition)
Signed by artist Mary Kessell, and Shell publicity maestro Jack Beddington
Osbert Sitwell, illustrated by Mary Kessell
Macmillan, London, 1937
£50.00
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Terminal Moraine (1972, first edition)
James Fenton's first full length collection of poetry
James Fenton
Secker & Warburg, London, 1972
£10.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Man in Winter (1972, signed first edition)
Dedicated by Edward Storey to Harry Chambers 'Keeper of the Flame'
Edward Storey
Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, London, 1972
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Night Thoughts (1956, first edition)
David Gascoyne's long poem for radio
David Gascoyne, dustwrapper by Julian Trevelyan
Andre Deutsch, London, 1956
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Oxford Book of French Verse, XIIIth century—XIIXth century
1920, first edition bound in full leather
St John Lucas
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Biography for Beginners (1930)
E C Bentley's clerihews and G K Chesterton's sketches
E C Bentley, illustrated by G K Chesterton
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1930
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
In Defence of the Earth (1959, first edition)
A book of verse from Kenneth Rexroth from the San Francisco Renaissance
Kenneth Rexroth
Hutchinson, London, 1959
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Contemporary Chinese Poetry (1947, first edition)
A selection from nine modern Chinese poets
Robert Payne, editor and introduction
Routledge, London, 1947
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose
1925, limited edition of Baudelaire's prose poems, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Enseigne du Pot Cassé, Paris, 1925
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
The Week-End Book (1928, in the original dustwrapper)
Illustrated with full page colour decorations by Albert Rutherston
Nonesuch Press, illustrated by Albert Rutherston
The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Cesare Pavese, Selected Poems (Signed copy)
This copy signed and dedicated by translator and editor, Margaret Crosland
Cesare Pavese, edited and translated with a foreword by Margaret Crosland
Penguin Books, London, 1971
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus
Interludes and Incantations, A Set of Poems (1927, limited edition)
Poems from minor Modernist poet B G Brooks, printed in Dijon by Maurice Darentierre
Benjamin Gilbert Brooks
Privately printed, Dijon, 1927
£20.00
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The House of Life (1898, The Siddal Edition)
An attractive silk-bound copy of D G Rossetti's sonnet sequence
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, frontispiece by Arthur Ellis
Ellis and Elvey, London, 1898
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and other poems
1913, a pocket hardback edition of Christina Rossetti's verse
Christina G Rossetti
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1913
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus
Poesies 1864–1869
A nice quarter leather binding of François Coppée's poetry, c1880
François Coppée
Alphonse Lemerre, Paris, 1880
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Oeuvres Choisies; Poesies et Drames en Vers
c1920, a good selection of Victor Hugo's poetry
Victor Hugo, illustrated by Leopold-Lacour, preface by Gustave Simon
Bibliotheque Larousse, Paris, 1920
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated
Oeuvres de Maistre François Villon
1969, full leather, with illustrations by Émile Bernard. Printed with ink mixed with gold powder.
Francois Villon, illustrated by Émile Bernard
Jean de Bonnot, Paris, 1969
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated
Nabi (signed by Elizabeth Gili)
2001, Joan Gili's translation of Josep Carner's classic Catalan poem
Josep Carner, translated from Catalan by J L Gili, Catalan text edited by Jaume Coll, preface by Jonathan Gili, introduction by Arthur Terry, acknowledgements by Elizabeth Gili.
Anvil Press Poetry, London, 2001
£30.00
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The Candle, Vol 1, No 1. January, 1938 (Signed by R C Trevelyan)
Oliver W F Lodge's poetry pamphlet, this copy signed by Trevelyan to Gordon Bottomley
Oliver W F Lodge, writing as William Foster
Oliver W F Lodge, Holmbury St Mary, 1938
£30.00
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Deucalion, No 1, Marzo / March 1951
The rare first issue of Angel Crespo's short-lived but important Spanish poetry journal
Angel Crespo, editor, illustrated by Gregorio Pietro et al
Departamento Provincial de Seminarios, Ciudad Real, 1951
£150.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Cities, Plains and People (Signed by Robert Liddell in Cairo, 1946)
An early Lawrence Durrell collection of poetry, owned by his friend and fellow Cairo poet
Lawrence Durrell
Faber & Faber, London, 1946
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