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STORY, Robert. The Poetical Works. London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. First edition. 8vo. xii, 416pp, [8]. Text in red and black, decorative initials in red and blue, decorative borders in blue and gilt. Engraved vignette of Alnwick Castle on dedication page. With a list of subscribers. Contemporary red morocco, richly tooled in gilt, black morocco onlay to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30450
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HUNT, Leigh. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [1923]. 8vo. lvi, 776pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Contemporary navy half-calf, blue cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine, marbled edges. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29604
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WORDSWORTH, William. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. 8vo. xxxii, 986pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, ruled in gilt, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29603
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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The poetical works... London. Frederick Warne and Co., 1894. Albion edition, reprinted from the revised American edition. 8vo. x, 620pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, marked, and sunned. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, later inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29601
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HERBERT, George. The poetical works. London. George Bell and Sons, 1886. 12mo. clxxix, [1], 403pp, [1]. Bound by Bickers & sons in contemporary dark brown crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, gilt dentelles, contemporary inked ownership inscription of William Hubert Cornish to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29521
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SOUTHEY, Robert. The poetical works... Paris. Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1829. 8vo. [2], xviii, 763pp, [1]. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound by R. Hering and Muller (stamp-signed to spine) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned. William St Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription to verso of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27627
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HARTE, Bret. The poetical works. Boston. James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. Complete edition. 12mo. [3], 6-336pp. Without half-title. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary gilt-tooled polished marbled burgundy calf, red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Slightly rubbed. Gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25035
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TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. The poetical works. London. Macmillan and Co., 1890. 8vo. viii, [2], 535pp, [1]. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, short closed tear to margin of leaf 2L6, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23991
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WHITE, Henry Kirke. The poetical works. London. William Pickering, 1853. 8vo. lviii, 252pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, light offsetting to title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23126
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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The poetical works. London. George Routledge and Co., 1856. New complete edition. 8vo. viii, 581pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further seven engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23125
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[POETRY]. The poet and the muse. London. Printed and Sold by R. Amy, 1737. First edition. Folio. [2], 16pp, [2]. With a half-title ( bearing the imprint 'Dublin: printed, and re-printed in London, and sold by R. Amey...') and a final leaf of publishers advertisements. Uncut, later stab-stitched. A trifle browned and dusty. Later inked ownership inscription to half-title, contemporary manuscript inscription to recto of final leaf: 'Mr. Alex. Williamson / Merkle Mains Parish of Preston / near Haddington / I. The ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25309
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DUNBAR, William. The poems of william dunbar, now first collected. With notes, and a memoir of his life. By david laing. Edinburgh. Printed for Laing and Forbes, 1834. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xiv, 71, [1], 255, [1]; [2], [v]-vi, 498pp. Without half-titles. Titles in red and black. Handsomely bound by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled olive-green morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Slightest of shelfwear, spines a little sunned, else an immaculate set. Armorial bookplates of T. M. Bruce Gardyne to FEPs. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23496
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GRAY, Thomas. The poems of mr gray. With notes. London. Printed for G. Kearsley, 1786. First edition. 8vo. xvix, [2], 207pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked, contrasting burgundy lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, surface wear to edges and corners. Previous inked ownership inscriptions to FEP and head of title, both removed with associated loss, including small hole to title. Light spotting to endpapers, very occasional light spotting to text. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29124
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GRAY, [Thomas]. The poems of mr. gray. To which are prefixed memoirs of his life and writings by w. mason, m.a. London. Printed by H. Hughs, 1775. Second edition. Quarto. [4], 416, 111pp, [3]. In two parts. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, joints starting, small worm-track to foot of spine on upper board and loss to corner on lower board. Very occcasional light scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33866
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CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, modernized. London. Whittaker & Co., 1841. First edition. 8vo. cxlvii, [1], 331pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, corners bumped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Goodwyn Hatchard, Bishop of Mauritius to FEP, some marginal loss to leaf R7, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33085
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DOWSON, Ernest. The poems of ernest dowson... London. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1905. First edition. 8vo. xxxviii, 166pp. Title in red and black. With a portrait frontispiece and a further four plates. Handsomely bound by Harrison & Sons (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary gilt-tooled tan morocco, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29524