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First edition, first printing New and bright in like attractive dust jacket with crisp bright text throughout. Always excellent work by this poet. Prose. Gift quality.

First edition, first printing As new and bright in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. A wonderful collection translated by John Taylor. With another poet's neat signature to half title page which bothers none of the text.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 219 pages, an AS NEW paperback [0988478749]. Book is completely unused & this is a bilingual edition.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. [Bilingual edition: Italian & English] First edition of the English translation. As new & unread. Scarce title. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "First American Edition, 1983" stated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine dust jacket (>$17.95). Age-toning to leaves. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.…

Condition: Fine. 8vo., pp.cxviii,1030,c,888, navy hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece and two further b/w plates to Vol I; a fine set, in vg unclipped dust-jackets, which are sunned to spine and are now in protective covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Copyright 1981. 299 pp. AUTHOR'S NOTE & INSCRIPTION!!!Warmly and directly inscribed to previous owner of book. Text in Greek and English. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Small rips/tears on dj, top front of spine near top edge, front bottom edge. C. Tsoclis (Cover) (illustrator). AUTHOR'S NOTE & INSCRIPTION!!.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Xv, 409; (Iii), 341; (Iii), 392 Pp, With Half Titles In Volumes 2 And 3. A Complete Set In Original Brown Cloth Spines Over Gray Boards, With Original Paper Spine Labels 4.7 Cm Tall, Volume Numbers In Arabic Numerals (Also Known With Taller Spine Labels With Roman Numerals, Priority Unknown). Taylor's Corrected Second Edition, Adding His Notes Which Were Omitted From The First Printing. Worn With Some Fraying At Corners, Volume 1 With Cracked Front Joint Along Which Is A 2 1/2" X 1/4" Loss Of Spine Cloth, Not Affecting The Labels. Bookplates Of Francis Davies Of Pershore With Rampant Lion And Motto "Lucem Spero", No Other Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia, General Sir Francis John Davies, Kcb, Kcmg, Kcvo (1864 - 1948) Was A Senior British Army Officer Who Commanded The 8Th Division During The First World War. Davies Was Born In London, The Son Of Lieutenant General Henry Fanshawe Davies And His Wife, Ellen Christine Alexandra Hankey. His Grandfather Was General Francis John Davies (Brother And Heir Of Thomas Henry Hastings Davies, Mp For Worcester) And His Great-Grandfather Was Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin. The Family Seat Was Elmley Castle, Pershore, Worcestershire. His Younger Brother Was Major General Henry Rodolph Davies. He Was Educated At Eton College. In October 1899, He Served As A Daag, Responsible For Intelligence At Army Headquarters In South Africa, And As Acting Commissioner Of Police For Johannesburg In 1900. In 1902 He Was Temporarily Employed In The Intelligence Department Until He Became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (Daqmg) At The War Office On 7 September 1902. Two Years Later He Was Appointed Assistant Director Of Military Operations In 1904 He Was Made General Officer Commanding (Goc) Of The 1St (Guards) Brigade. He Then Took Over As Brigadier General, General Staff (Bggs) Of Aldershot Command. He Was Promoted To Major General In May 1913 And, In October Of That Year, Became Director Of Staff Duties At The War Office. In October 1914, Davies Was Appointed As Goc Of The 8Th Division. The Division, Along With Its Goc, Was Soon Sent To The Western Front. Towards The End Of July Davies Was Posted Away From The Fighting In France And Belgium To Take Over The Command Of Viii Corps, Then Heavily Engaged In The Gallipoli Campaign. Davies, Promoted To The Temporary Rank Of Lieutenant-General,[30] Took Over As Its Goc On 8 August . He Brought With Valuable Combat Experience And, It Is Said, " Over The Five Months Of His Tenure His Ideas And Energy Were The Catalyst For A Myriad Of Tactical And Systematic Improvements Which Greatly Improved The Fighting Efficiency Of His Force, Allowing His Troops To Achieve Tactical Superiority Over The Enemy Facing Them". In The Aftermath Of The Evacuation Of British And Allied Forces From Gallipoli In January 1916, Davies Was Moved On To Being Goc Of Ix Corps. Davies Was In Command Only Until June When He Returned To The United Kingdom To Serve As Military Secretary At The War Office. He Held This Post Until After The End Of The War.His Rank Of Lieutenant General Became Substantive In January 1917. Later That Year, Davies Was Appointed General Officer Commanding-In-Chief (Goc-In-C) Of Scottish Command In June 1919. After Being Promoted To The Rank Of Full General In July 1921,And After Serving As Lieutenant Of The Tower Of London, Which He Had Been Appointed To In June 1923,[35] He Retired From The Army In April 1926. He Had Been Appointed An Aide-De-Camp General To King George V In April 1922. Maps and Plates, (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Recent full leather binding, spine label gilt, marbled page edges. New eps. Includes half title page. With frontis and 4 other b/w plates, some with multiple illustrations, as listed. Xvi, iv, [2], 404pp. Scarce minor foxing. Crisp pages. Firm binding. Scarce item.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown gilt decorated cloth, normal rubbing to edges, spine bumped. Extra illustrated title page, engraved frontispiece: The Booby. Each story having a maxim and a moral. Very Rare OCLC finds 3 copies. Contents. The Story of Stories, The Booby, The Flea, The Raven, The Stone in the Cock's Head ect. 328 pgs. Notes, Picture Books Published by Munroe & Francis ads, {8} The America Girls Book or Occupation for Play House by Miss Leslie engraved ad. {4} {2} {3} (1) Cruishank illustrations. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. With Illustrations By George Cruikshank (illustrator). …