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HOOD, Thomas. Poems by thomas hood. London. E. Moxon, Son, & Co., 1869. Twenty-Second edition. 8vo. viii, 282pp. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt- decorated green morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge to front blank fly-leaf. Frontispiece browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26032
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MASON, William. Poems by william mason, m.a.. York. Printed by A. Ward, 1774. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 294pp, [2]. With a terminal contents leaf. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Rubbed and marked, joints split, loss to head of spine. Bookplate of John Trevenen, Rosemarne to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription, addressed 'Trin. Coll. Cambridge', to head of verso of FFEP. Leaves lightly browned, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34145
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DOUGLAS, Alexander. Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.. Cupar-fife. Printed by R. Tullis, for the Author, 1806. First Edition. 8vo. xx, 203pp, [1]. Uncut in contemporary red half-morocco over marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed, with loss to head of spine. Neat twentieth-century German ink-stamp to FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31804
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TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. Poems, chiefly lyrical. London. Effingham Wilson, 1830. First edition. 8vo. [4], 154, 2pp. With a leaf of errata and terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Very lightly rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Oliver Brett to FEP. Edges of endpapers discoloured, occasional scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28479
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[JONES, William]. Poems consisting chiefly of translations from the asiatick languages. To which are added two essays, I. On the Poetry of the Eastern antions. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative. Oxford. At the Clarendon-Press, 1772. First edition. 8vo. [6], viii, 217pp, [1]. With a leaf of errata. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight loss to head of spine, paper shelf-label to foot. Very occasional small holes to margins, short tear to foot of leaf T1. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26347
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MYLNE, James. Poems, consisting of miscellaneous pieces, and two tragedies. Edinburgh. Printed for William Creech, and Sold by T. Cadell, London, 1790. First edition. 8vo. 435pp, [1]. With a list of subscribers. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, loss to spine, joints split, upper board detached, some marking, corners bumped. Newspaper clipping pasted to FFEP, occasional light creasing, overall internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11597
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GOLDSMITH, Dr. [Oliver]. Poems for young ladies. In three parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining. The Whole being A Collection of the Best Pieces in our Language. London. Printed for William Davenhill, 1770. New edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 248pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and damp-stained, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, ticket of printer and stationer J. Hall Smith of Cowes, Isle of Wight to RFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27885
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[ROSCOE FAMILY]. Poems for youth. By a family circle. London. Printed for Robinson and Sons, 1820. First edition. 12mo. iv, 106pp. Contemporary straight-grained green morocco, gilt, recently rebacked with contemporary spine laid-down, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, some marking. Recent endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Ink gift inscription to verso of FFEP; 'Sarah Touchet / from Wm. Greg'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 15148
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SHELLEY, P. B.. Poems from shelley selected and arranged by stopford brooke. London. Macmillan and co, 1880. 8vo. lx, 339pp. Bound by J. Larkins in contemporary brown half-morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Heavily worn, upper board detached, large piece of head of spine torn away.

Around 40 manuscript annotations to margins throughout; accompanied by several pressed flowers. With unidentified photographic portrait of a man sat at a desk loosely inserted.
More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32054
Photo of "Poems in the Scottish Dialect"
THOMSON, James. Poems in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh. Printed by J. Pillans & Sons, Published by W. Reid, Leith, for the Author, 1801. First edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 215pp. With portrait frontispiece of the author. Uncut in original paper boards, neatly rebacked to style with original lettering-piece laid down. Slight rubbing to extremities else a fine copy with occasional foxing to text. Ink inscription of 'John J. Easson', dated 1840, to recto of frontispiece. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31809
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SMITH, Robert. Poems of controversy betwixt Episcopacy and Presbytery: also several poems and merry songs on other subjects. With some funeral elegies on various nobleman and gentlemen. Edinburgh. [s.n.] Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1714, [1869]. 8vo. Limited to 70 copies. viii, vii, [13], 120pp, [4]. With a preliminary publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Blank paper label pasted to FEP, light foxing to endpapers, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 16786
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WILCOX, Ella Wheeler. Poems of passion and pleasure. London. Gay & Hancock, [1912]. Quarto. xiii, [3], 267pp, [1]. With a tipped-in colour frontispiece and a further 19 tipped-in colour plates by Dudley Tennant. Original publisher's pictorial cream cloth, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, marked. Decorated endpapers, hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33064
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HOOD, Thomas. Poems of wit and humour. London. E. Moxon, Son, & Co., [1870]. Eighteenth edition. 8vo. viii, 282pp. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-decorated green morocco. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, A.E.G. Bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge to verso of FFEP. Scattered spotting, particularly to title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26033
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BILLINGE, Charles. Poems on christian charity, contentment, and melancholy. Wolverhampton. Printed for the Author, by J. Smart, 1784. First edition. vi, [5], 12-88pp. ESTC T9681. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, and Oxford), and a further four in North America (Columbia, Harvard, Huntington, and Yale).

[Bound with:] POPE, Alexander. Messias. Idyllium sacrum. Per alexandrum pope, anglice conscriptum. Latine redditum. Wolverhampton. Typis, J. Smart, 1784. [4], 4-8, 4-8pp, [1]. Parallel English and Latin texts with duplicate pagination. ESTC T5691. ESTC ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19757
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SMITH, Elizabeth. Poems on malvern. Worcester. Printed and sold by T. Eaton & Son, 1834. Second edition. 8vo. 116pp. Original publisher's dark green cloth, title lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, with scratches and damp-staining to boards. Front hinge detached at title. Endpapers browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34120
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BROOME, William. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for Henry Lintot, 1739. The second edition, with large alterations and additions.. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 280pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, boards rubbed, joints split, loss to head of dulled spine, corners exposed. Armorial bookplate of John Bateman to FEP, spotting and light browning to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34109
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GAY, John. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1731. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 260pp; [4], 260pp. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing and scoring to boards, wear to extremities, upper joints of both volumes starting. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 35053
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[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed [by John Watts] for J. Tonson, and J. Barber, 1725. In two volumes. [26], 231, [5]; 259pp, [5]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75636.

[Uniformly bound with:] [PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions...Volume III. London. [s.n.], 1727. Second edition. [8], xii, [2], 48, 47-70, 73-129, [1]; [8], 54pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75647.

12mo. Contemporary gilt tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, chipping to spines, loss to ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27331
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DUCK, Stephen. Poems on several occasions. Viz. To a gentleman who requested a copy of verses from the author. On poverty...On the marriage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. And on several other subjects.. London. Printed for W. Bickerton, 1737. The second edition. 8vo. xxxix, [1], 312pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Contemporary blind-panelled calf, rebacked, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with surface loss to lower board. Spotting and browning to endpapers and blank fly-leaves, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33516