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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
ISBN |
PUBLISHER |
YEAR |
HC/PB |
COND. |
The Hell Of Dante Alighieri |
Arthur John Butler (Trans.) |
N/A |
MacMillan |
1892 |
HC |
OK |
Secure binding. No rips, marks to pages. Page edges a bit worn and tanned (and uneven binding). Cover shows signs of age, some damage to spine (water?) Owner’s name on fly-leaf. |
Price £18.00 |
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The Odyssey Of Homer Done Into English Prose |
S H Butcher & A Lang (Trans.) |
N/A |
MacMillan |
1890 |
HC |
OK |
Secure binding. No rips or marks on pages (slight tear on one page) – ragged binding to side edges. Slight scuffing/rubbing to cover and slight spine/corner-wear. Owner’s name on fly-leaf. |
Price £9.00 |
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Poems Old And New : An Anthology |
A S Cairncross (Ed.) |
N/A |
MacMillan |
1936 |
HC |
OK |
Reading copy. Secure binding – flyleaf missing, but other pages not ripped or creased. Some pages are marked e.g. in pencil. Cover is worn and spine is ripped. |
Price £4.00 |
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Pindar |
Rev. F D Morice |
N/A |
William Blackwood & Sons |
1898 |
HC |
Good |
Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages – slight tanning/spotting to page edges. Cover has minor edge/corner-wear, including darker rubbing marks. Spine a bit faded. Owner’s name on fly-leaf. Part of Ancient Classics For English Readers series. |
Price £5.00 |
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Poetry & Prose |
Matthew Arnold |
N/A |
Oxford University Press |
1946 |
HC |
OK |
Secure binding. Pages generally good but many pages annotated in pencil/pen and tanned at edges. Inside cover/fly-leaf heavily spotted. Cover has some minor wear. |
Price £3.50 |
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Collected Poems of W H Davies |
W H Davies |
N/A |
Jonathan Cape |
1951 |
HC |
Good |
Secure binding, no rips, marks or creases on pages. Small spot on front edges of some pages. Cover has minor signs of wear |
Price £8.50 |
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Convivio |
Dante Alighieri |
N/A |
Biblioteca Universale |
1952 |
PB |
OK |
Italian language edition. Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages. Pages edges tanned, tops slightly dusty. Cover slightly faded, small (5p size) water damage on spine. Owner’s name on fly-leaf. |
Price £8.00 |
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Rime |
Dante Alighieri |
N/A |
Biblioteca Universale |
1952 |
PB |
OK |
Italian language edition. Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages. Pages edges tanned, tops slightly dusty. Cover slightly faded/rubbed Owner’s name on fly-leaf. |
Price £8.00 |
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Byron Poetry & Prose |
Lord Byron |
N/A |
Oxford University Press |
1956 |
HC |
Good |
Ex-school library. Secure binding, no rips or creases to pages. Pages have pencilled notations. Tanning to page edges. Cover shows minor signs of wear. |
Price £4.00 |
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Invitation To Verse |
A E M Bayliss (Ed.) |
N/A |
George G Harrop |
1952 |
HC |
OK |
Ex-school library. Secure binding, but quite scruffy esp. cover. Some amusing notes written on title page by a student. |
Price £3.50 |
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Modern Poetry |
Guy N Pocock (Ed.) |
N/A |
J M Dent & Sons |
1937 |
HC |
OK |
Secure binding, no rips or creases to pages. Pages Good. Cover has some corner/edge/spine-wear, circular mark on back. |
Price £1.50 |
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The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns |
Robert Burns |
N/A |
Ward, Lock & Co |
1910s? |
HC |
Good |
Undated. Inscription on fly-leaf 1919. Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages, with one or two exceptions. Pages edges a bit dusty. Cover has minor corner/edge-wear, but gilt lettering on spine is faded. |
Price £5.00 |
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The Poems And Plays Of Robert Browning 1844-1864 Vol 2 |
Robert Browning |
N/A |
J M Dent |
1930s? |
HC |
OK |
Undated – 1930s?. Spine slightly loose at front & 1 loose page. No rips or marks on pages. Cover has some slight marks and some spine-wear. Library stamp on fly-leaf. |
Price £2.50 |
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The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott |
N/A |
Charles Daly |
1850s? |
HC |
OK |
Undated, mid/late 1800s. Possibly blue board or leather bound, gilt lettering and pages edges. Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages. Pages good, cover acceptable/good – cover has edge-wear and spine-wear. |
Price £12.00 |
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Alone With My Thoughts |
Mabel Curtin |
N/A |
Mabel Curtin |
2000 |
PB |
Good |
Self-published book of poetry. Secure binding, no rips, creases to pages. Pages edges lightly tanned. Cover has shelf-wear and a bit discoloured. |
Price £6.00 |
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Poems Of The Sixties |
F E S Finn (Ed.) |
0719520096 |
John Murray |
1976 |
PB |
Good |
Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages. Minor wear to cover, but spine somewhat faded. |
Price £3.50 |
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Jets From Orange |
Zulfikar Ghose |
N/A |
Macmillan |
1967 |
HC |
VG |
Secure binding, no rips, marks or creases to pages. Very little wear to Good DJ. Inscription on front fly-leaf. |
Price £3.50 |
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The Anger Of Achilles |
Robert Graves (Trans.) |
N/A |
Four Square Classics |
1962 |
PB |
Good |
Secure binding, no rips marks or creases to pages – tanning to edges. Cover has minor corner-wear. Overall nearly VG. Owner’s name on fly-leaf. |
Price £5.00 |
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New Selected Poems 1966 – 1987 |
Seamus Heaney |
0571143725 |
Faber & Faber |
1990 |
PB |
OK |
Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages. Top edges at bit marked. Cover has minor edge/corner/spine-wear. Nearly ‘Good’. |
Price £6.50 |
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SOLD |
Golden Hours Of English Poetry |
Wentworth Hill (Ed.) |
N/A |
James Nisbet |
1937 |
HC |
OK |
Secure binding, no rips, creases or marks to pages, but pages edges a bit grubby. Cover faded/discoloured. No DJ. Owner’s name on fly-leaf. |
Price £6.00 |
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What Proper Person? An Anthology Of Latin Verse |
H H Huxley |
0862921090 |
Bristol Classical Press |
1984 |
PB |
Good |
Secure binding, pages VG, almost like new. Cover has very little wear, but slight discolouration hence the Good rating. Owner’s name on fly-leaf. |
Price £5.00 |
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