Poetry from Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA

London: Jonathan Cape. Octavo (printer's signatures each eight leaves). Blue, cloth-covered boards. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The original dust jacket some closed tears and small losses, not price clipped and now protected. This UK first edition contains a compendium of work as detailed in the title, unlike the first US edition. Weysprings Books is a Member of:… Read more about this item

UK: Hutchinson. Red, cloth-covered boards, gilt decoration. Minor wear only to the book, name on the cartouche on the illustrated front free endpaper The original, unclipped dust jacket has some wear at the extremities, protected by a clear, removable cover. Short stories, articles, illustrated by colour and black and white plates and line drawings. Quite scarce with the dust jacket.… Read more about this item

UK: The Critical Quarterly. Card covers, saddle (staple) stitched, 24pp. A preview of a 1960 publication of The Critical Quarterly" billed as: an anthology of the best poems by new writers in the 1950's; new poems by established poets; prize poems. One of the prize poems is "Medallion" by Sylvia Plath, so this slim publication helped to launch her career.… Read more about this item

Undated, publisher not stated, no lettering on the spine or covers. Slim volume of Humbert Wolf's poems taken from collections published in 1924 and 1925 and this publication probably dates close to these dates. 30pp; green, cloth-covered boards, no inscriptions. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. … Read more about this item

Wordsworth Poetry Library. Introductory essay by George Orwell. 886pp; comprehensive. . Near Fine. Paperback. First Thus. 1994.

Faber & Faber. Ex lib. with a few stamps, no pockets or record sheet. Minor wear only. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Very Good. Paperback. First Thus. 1980.

London. xxviii preliminaries, 209pp. Illustrated by four engravings by Paul Fourdrinier, after: William Kent. Rebacked at some stage preserving the original spine. Old signature on the front free endpaper. . Very Good. Full-Leather. 1774.

London: Little Blue Book Company. Blue, card covers, 64pp. Undated, circa 1930's. No. 30 in the series. Minor wear and ageing only. . Very Good. Card Covers, Staple Stitched. First Thus.

London: Faber & Faber. Previous owner's name (David R. Rees) on the first preliminary, some natural ageing only. Contains some of the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion's early poems (he was 29 when this was published). . Very Good. Paperback. First Edition, First Printing. 1981.

London: Collins Clear Type Press. Undated, circa 1920's. Red, cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering and illustration on the spine. Sepia frontispice and illustrations. A straight, clean copy with no bumps or inscriptions, probably about as nice a copy of this edition as you are likely to find. . Near Fine. Hardcover.

London: T. Fisher Unwin. Reprint. 140 pp plus advertisements. Red, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Spine slightly faded, minor wear only. A straight copy with no bumps. No inscriptions. Author's second book of poetry. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1919.

London: Gresham Publishing Company. Undated; circa early 20th century. Green, cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering and illustration on the front cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece of Longfellow. Introduction by W. Boyd Carpenter Browning of the half-title page, minor wear only, no inscriptions. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.… Read more about this item

London: Gresham Publishing Company. Undated; circa early 20th century. Green,cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering and illustration on the front cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece of John Dryden. Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Browning of the title page, minor wear only, no inscriptions. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent. Reprint. No 43 in the Everyman series. Green, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine, illustrated endpapers. Minor wear only. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1916.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. Small quato with printer's signatures each four leaves. Patterned paper-covered boards with green linen spine. Top edge cut, fore and bottom edges uncut. Minor wear at the extremities, bottom corners a little soft. Internally clean with no inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 1924.

London: William Blackwood. Inscription dated Xmas 1924 on the front fee endpaper, minor wear only. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1924.

Stockport, UK: The Old Time Press. Second edition stated, issued in the same year as first published. No faults, no inscriptions; dust jacket not price clipped; small, circular hole at the foot of the dust jacket, presumeably as published. As near to an "as new" copy as you are likely to find. . Fine. Hardcover. 1944.

London: Faber & Faber. Second impression stated. No faults for the book. Minor wear and ageing for the dust jacket, not price clipped. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics. . Fine. Hardcover. 1941.

London: Writer's Bokshop. An unread copy. Practical advice about how to get your poems published. . Fine. Card Covers, Perfect Bound. First Edition. 1998.

Tarset, UK: Bloodaxe Books. An unread copy. Poetry Book Society Choice; shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2001. . Fine. Card Covers, Perfect Bound. First Edition, First Printing. 2001.