Kipling, Rudyard.

Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses.

Eighteenth Edition. London, Methuen and Co., 1900. 18 x 11 cm. xix, 208 pages. Red Calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Raised bands. Small book binder stamp on front paste down (Sumpus, Oxford). All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, slightly age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Name of previous owner (Victor Brooke) on front free end paper. Internally clean. With a letter by Jane Mary Richardson, Alan Brooke’s first wife. The letter contains Kipling’s poem ‘If’ and her initials: J.M.R.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Departmental Ditties and other Verses.

Sixth Edition. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. 1891. 18 x 14 cm. vi, 125 pages plus 24 pages of publishers list. Blue cloth with gilt and black decorations on boards. Gilt title on spine. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Binding shaky. Externals rubbed and bumped, faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on half title page: ’ Harold Pelly Oct 1891’. Internally clean.

Butler, Samuel.

Hudibras in Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. With a Life of the Author, Annotations, and an Index.

London, Printed for J. Walker et al. 1809. 12.5 x 7 cm. viii, 336 pages plus 16 pages index. With a frontispiece and illustrated title page. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges and end papers. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Closed tear to edge of frontispiece (see image).

Pope, Alexander.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H.F. Cary, M.A. A new Edition carefully revised, to which is prefixed, A Biographical Notice. With Illustrations by John Gilbert.

London, George Routledge, 1853. 16 x 10 cm. xvi, 485 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Brown morrocco with extensive blind decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on spine. All edges gilt with pattern (see image). Bevelled boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Ocassional minor foxing, but generally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Simms, Evelyn.

A Vision of Consolation.

Second Impression. London, Martin Secker, 1916. 16 x 11 cm. 32 pages. Original paper covered boards with paper label on front board. Very good condition. A little dust dulled throughout. Both paper joints starting to open. Internally clean.

Graves, Alfred Perceval.

Songs of the Gael.

[Dublin], Talbot Press Limited, Not dated. 16 x 12 cm. Appears to be issued without title page. 117 pages. Stiff black paper covers with paper labels on front cover and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edgewear to oversized paper covers. Spinal label worn. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally dust dulled and some mild foxing, otherwise clean.

Guthrie, Paddy.

Shadows of the Eagle – Signed. A Collection of Verse by Paddy Guthrie.

First Edition. Westport, Covie Publications, 2003. 21 x 14.5 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W Photographs. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Bright and clean. Signed (‘Paddy G.’) on title page.

Cole, Hugo.

Eleven Nursery Rhymes. Wood Engravings by Gwyneth Eedy.

[First Edition]. London, Novello and Company, 1958. 28 x 22 cm. 24 pages of sheet music and B&W Illustrations. Original decorated soft paper covers. Very good condition. Near Fine.

MacLYSAGHT, EDWARD.

Poems by EDWARD MacLYSAGHT. Comprising New Poems and Poems reprinted from IRISH ECLOGUES..

First Edition. Limited to 950 Copies. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1928. 19 x 12 cm. 80 pages. Original red cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Spine and top part of front board slightly faded (see image). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Campbell, Thomas / Coleridge, Samuel T.

The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell and Samuel T. Coleridge. With Lives.

Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, Not dated. 16 x 10 cm. xii, 386 pages. Original red cloth with elaborate gilt and blind decoration. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Front hinge cracked. Spine faded. Occasional pale water staining.