Common Joys and Other Poems by W H Davies (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (2/6). A Sesame Book. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, minor patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), few small (approx. 5mms tears, few marks, fading to spine, the odd spot of foxing, little creasing/rubbing to edges, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners and is in only good condition. Boards are very good with minor pushing/bumping to corners, few small marks, minor foxing, the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are slightly tanned. (Quite) severe foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Top of pages slightly dusty. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. First edition. Faber & Faber, London, June 1941. First edition. Book condition: good. Light shelf wear and slight bumping to corners. Yellow boards soiled. Internally clean and unmarked. 80 pages. A couple of pages have some light creases which look like a production fault rather than later damage. No jacket. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer who spent a significant part of his life as a tramp both in the UK and the USA. He was very popular during his lifetime and is generally included amongst the Georgian Poets though much of his work is not typical of their style and themes. In 1905 he met Edward Thomas who did much to help him. Book.

Condition: Good. 1943. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Blue boards with a yellow cloth spine. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. no dust jacket, spine sunned, minor spotting to covers, good. first published 1941; 80 pages; keywords: poetry; Harlow A48d.

Condition: Fair. 1944. Fifth Impression. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Gutters somewhat cracked with some exposed netting. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Heavy creases to some pages. Small stamp to rear pastedown. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Heavily dust-stained overall. Boards are notably bowed. Slight water staining. Slight surface wear to spine.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN:

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No marks or inscriptions to. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or rubbed or creased with tiny mark to front and minor nick to rear lower edge. 80pp. Sixty-two poems from WH Davies, the author of 'Autobiography of a super-tramp'. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7.25 x 5 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Davies, W. H. Common joys and other poems. Sixth impression. London: Faber and Faber, March 1946. White boards, slightly bumped to corners, tanned to spine, red lettering to front, with small bump below title. Pencil ownership signature on fep. 62pp., contents clean and bright. William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer, who spent much of his life as a tramp in the United Kingdom and the United States, yet became one of the most popular poets of his time. His themes included observations on life's hardships, the ways the human condition is reflected in nature, his tramping adventures and the characters he met. This is his last collection, first published in 1941. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. near fine in dust jacket; first published 1941; 62 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Yellow hard covers in tidy condition with a similar dust jacket which is sunned on the spine, a little spotting to the page edges Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. - 8vo. d.w. sl. worn else v.g.

6th edition. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 80 pages, 20 cm. Notes; "Select bibliography": page 8. Subjects; English poetry. Poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Fifth Edition. Very good copy in the colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 80 pages 20 cm. Notes; "First published in June MCMXLI." "Select bibliography": page [8]. Subjects; Poetry 20th century. English poetry. 1 Kg.

First edition, first printing. Near fine in yellow cloth in good dust jacket with some tears and ink stains.

1941 1ST YELLOW BOARDS NO JACKET.

6th edition. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 80 pages, 20 cm. Notes; "Select bibliography": page 8. Subjects; English poetry. Poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1946 6th impression, hardcover,VG+/NO DJ, very light wear, slight tanning on spine but lettering there and on cover all read fine, clean text, no markings of any kind, a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1) A Poet's Alphabet, 2nd impression 1926, hard cover with blue decorative boards and titles within cream paper frames on front and spine, split front spine hinge, 61 pages with decorations by Dora M Batty and 1932 inscription; only good. 2) A Poet's Calendar, 1st edition published 1927, red decorative paper boards with titles within cream frames on front and spine, 61 untrimmed pages, 1935 inscription; good to very good. 3) Ambition, 1st edition published 1929, olive green cloth covers with slightly darkened water(?) stain on lower front and titles within paper frame on spine, 32 untrimmed pages with 1929 inscription; very good. 4) Poems 1930-31, decorative cream/blue boards with titles within cream frame on blue cloth spine, unclipped dust jacket price 3s.6d.net, 48 untrimmed pages, no inscriptions. 5) Common Joys, 4th impression published 1943, hard cover with rather soiled pale blue paper boards and cream spine, 80 pages. Five books of poetry by W H Davies in good to very good condition.

1913. Tapa dura. 80 pgs. Firma en hoja de respeto. Ex-libris. Lomo oscurecido. Texto en inglés. 695742.