Poetical Miscellany (20 results)

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. London: P.J. & A.E. Dobell, 1928. First edition. xx,[ii],154pp. Titles printed in red & black. §One of an edition of 400 hand-numbered copies. Original parchment-backed boards, gilt lettering, top edge rough, others untrimmed. Blind-stamp of the book collector David Wyndham-Smith to half-title. Spine somewhat darkened, edges a little foxed. In other respects, a very good copy with the editor's inked presentation inscription to Howard Wright (doubtfully the aviation pioneer), dated 1928, to fly-leaf. Inscribed by the Editor.…

Gebunden. Condition: New.

No.361 of 900 copies on all-rag paper; sm.4to., pp.x,256; a very good uncut copy in original buckram-backed boards. Issued in the Haslewood Books series. Rogerson SHP 79. Private Press Elizabethan Poetryure.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Facsimile. Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1979. First edition. Small 8vo. 80pp. § A facsimile of the 1768 London edition, with the addition of a frontispiece and 8 other illustrations from the under-the-counter work of Thomas Rowlandson. Original red hardcover, gilt lettering. No dustwrapper, as issued. A good, clean, bright copy. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: William McKenny, Great Orford Street, 1850. 12mo. 382pp.,+[2]pp. publisher's catalogue. Frontispiece (depicting a company of gentlemen toasting). §A miscellany, chiefly in verse, that appears to have reached a total of three editions between 1847 and 1854, all scarce. Bodleian and National Library of Wales copies of this 1850 edition only. Bodleian copy (as here) containing two page bookseller's catalogue 'The Halifax Cheap Publications. Sold by all Booksellers', at rear. The section 'The Toast-Master' occupies pages 207-370, and conisists of sub-sections: Loyal and Patriotic; Naval and Millitary; Masonic [six pages]; Bacchanalian; Amatory; Sporting; Sentimental; Flash [two pages], and Miscellaneous. With a ten page Index. Neatly bound in original cloth, gilt lettering, gilt and blind decoration, top edge rough, others untrimmed. Some old discoloration to boards, old stain to frontispiece. Spine ends a little frayed but covers tight and sound. In all other respects, a very good copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New York: Richard Marsh, no date [1841?]. [2],3-244,[12]pp. Title-page vignette; separate title page (but continuous register) for 'The Lady Washington Temperance Songster' at p.179; occasional decorative head-pieces. Concludes with a six page index. The opening poem - 'A Life on the Ocean Wave' - provides a terminus a quo of 1838. From the binding style (c.1840-50), this seems to be the undated original edition of 1841(?); it is certainly not the other early edition, dated 1851, which has a different title-page. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering, gilt and blind decoration. Covers rubbed around edges, with slight loss to spine at extremities; front free endpaper sometime affixed to front pastedown, but discreetly so, and perhaps for sturdiness. A good, sound copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Facsimile. Two volumes bound in one. [London, 1874]. [vi],376;1-72,83-200pp. With frontispiece & extra engraved title-page. §An undated (1874) facsimile reprint of the 1662 edition, i.e. Case 128(c). Touch of occasional foxing or browning. Bookplates of the socialist politicians & folklore collectors Norman and Janey Buchan to front endpapers. A very good, uncut copy, stoutly rebound c.1950 in quarter calf, gilt lettering & decoration, marbled boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Six volumes. St. Clair Shores, Michigan: Scholarly Press, 1972. §A facsimile of the 1775 edition published by J. Dodsley. Title-page vignettes, headpieces, etc. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Several very slight marks to boards. A very good, bright set - apparently unused. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 4.3 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders - International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quote). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Three volumes. Boston, Lincolnshire: R. Roberts, 1875-1876. All volumes first impression. §One of a hand-numbered edition of 400 small-paper sets. WESTMINSTER DROLLERIES: 1875. [viii],xliv,[iv],125,[1],[vi],132,[lxxxiv]pp,+[4]pp.ads. Extra title-page printed in red and black. Number 5 of 400; MERRY DROLLERY: 1875. [viii],xl,[ii],14,17-408pp.,+[8]pp.ads. Frontispiece. Title-page printed in red and black. Number 243/400. ; CHOYCE DROLLERY: 1876. xxxviii,[vi],426pp.,+[10]pp.ads. Frontispiece. Title-page printed in red and black. Number 181/400. Uniformly bound in original blue cloth, top edges rough, others untrimmed, with twentieth century reback in green cloth with printed paper labels (spares tipped-in) to spines. A few pages unopened. Some inner hinges strengthened. Bookplate of Norman and Janey Buchan to front free endpaper of Merry Drolleries. A very good set. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 1.5 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders. International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quote).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Three volumes. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2006. First edition. §Presents a facsimile text - with the additional of a substantial modern preface, editorial notes at the rear of each volume, a biographical appendix, and author, first line & general indices. Original brown cloth, contrasting lettering-piece, gilt lettering and decoration. No dustwrapper, as issued. A fine, bright set. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 3.5 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders - International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quote). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Three volumes. Boston, Lincolnshire: R. Roberts, 1875-1876. All volumes first impression. §One of a hand-numbered edition of 400 small-paper sets. WESTMINSTER DROLLERIES: 1875. [viii],xliv,[iv],125,[1],[vi],132,[ii],lxxxiv pp,+[2]pp.ads. Extra titlle-page printed in red and black. Number 318 of 400; MERRY DROLLERY: 1875. [viii],xl,[ii],14,17-408pp. Frontispiece. Title-page printed in red and black. Number 59/400; CHOYCE DROLLERY: 1876. xxxviii,[vi],426pp.,+[10]pp.ads. Frontispiece. Title-page printed in red and black. Number 350/400. Newly rebound exactly copying original binding: blue cloth, with printed paper labels to spine. A few pages carelessly opened, fore-edges slightly browned, otherwise a fine, bright set. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 1.5 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders. International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quote).…

First edition, [2], vii, [1], 334 pp., no free end-papers, contemporary name on title, original boards, rubbed, upper hinge cracked, uncut. Poems by Christopher Smart (5), G. Bally (5), R. Glynn (1), B. Porteus (1), J. Scott (4), J. Hey (1), J. Lettice (1), T. Zouch (1), C. Jenner (2) and W. Hodson (1).…

First Edition. [2], xv, [1], 192. xvi, 192pp. Contemporary sprinkled calf, black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed, slight cracking to joints and chipping to lettering-pieces. Bumping to corners. A handsome set of this unusual selection, printed only in this edition, with contributions from Mrs Dixon, Lord Dorset, Garrick, Aaron Hill, Johnson, Mrs Piozzi, Rochester, Swift and Voltaire amongst lesser known poets. Scarce in the UK, with ESTC locating copies at British Library, Oxford and Cambridge. ESTC T72388. NCBEL II, 420. Size: 8vo.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 268.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 620.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 620.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 620.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1800 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 273 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 273.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1805 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 259 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 259.…