Last Poems

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good minus with heavy scuffing to cloth boards, lacking the dustwrapper.

London: Grant Richards, 1922. First edition, First Issue without the comma at the end of the 1st line & w/o the semi-colon at the end of 2nd line on p. 52. One of 4000 copies. 80 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, near fine. First edition, First Issue without the comma at the end of the 1st line… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. Spine and edges faded; a few small scuffs and rubbing to extremities; offsetting to the first blank from a clipping; small paper-clip impression affecting a couple of margins. Crown 8vo, 78 (1)pp; handsomely rebound in full green deerskin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; t.e.g. First state, without punctuation marks at the ends of… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards Ltd,, 1922. First edition, first impression (without the comma at the end of lines 1 and 2 on p. 52), of the author's second and final collection of poetry published during his lifetime. "The growing popularity of A Shropshire Lad [1896] produced many enquiries concerning a successor - all firmly discouraged by Housman, who affected pride… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first issue. Neat owner's name, rubbing to the boards, and some foxing in the text, else very good lacking the dustwrapper.

London: Grant Richards, November 1922. [Poetry] SIGNED COPY, the sixth impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.79 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the plain dust-jacket priced at 5s. Spotting to edges with a little offsetting to endpapers. Moderate rubbing to jacket, with some toning… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket condition: Very Good. First edition, first issue with commas missing on page 52. One of 4,000 copies. Hardcover is fine with light toning to pastedowns. Dust jacket has two chips to front panel, light wear to spine head and foot, light wear to tips, and some soiling.

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. UK.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2004* Publisher: Bantam.* Binding and cover condition: Navy cloth, Gilt title to spine. Minimal bumps to corners and minor dents to front and top edge. Otherwise VG* Jacket condition: Illustrative dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £10.00. Some shelf wear to… Read more about this item

Henry Holt. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. ; Blue cloth cover is toned on spine and rubbed on corners but clean and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name in antiquated ink on front end sheet. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked… Read more about this item

Grant Richards, London, 1922. 1st edition, 1st issue. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./Fair. Jacket chipped, most of spine missing. Bookplate of Kenneth Woollcombe.

London: Grant Richards, 1922. 1st (3rd repri). h/b. Good, 1st edition (3rd printing, a month after 1st), no d/j, blue buckram boards (some fading and marking), gilt spine and cover titling, text block firm, pages crisp, top edges gilt. Owner's plate on front pastedown.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Last Poems (1922) was the last… Read more about this item

Last Poems by A.E. Housman. Published by The Richards Press Limited, London. 1938. 32mo up to 5" tall., 68 pages. Decorative brown leather with gilt titles front and spine; gilt top edge. reading ribbon. Volume is in beautiful condition with inscription dated 1943 to free endpaper. French flap dustjacket has closed tears and chips. Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) English classical scholar… Read more about this item

London: The Richards Press Ltd., 1937. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A later edition of this charming collection of the last poems of the beloved A. E. Housman. A later edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Alfred Edward Housman, the notable classical scholar and poet, compiled this collection… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. Fine/good +. 12mo, 78pp. A fine copy, crisp and bright, in a good or slightly better dust jacket, with some minor but notable edge chips/tears and some tape chost near the crown. First state, with no punctuation to the first two lines of the poem on p. 52. Attractive bookseller ticket on… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. 79pp. Very good with an attractive book plate, wear to the gilt on the front board and offsetting to the front free endpaper in a very good dustwrapper with a darkened spine, soiling, chips and tears.

London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. Navy cloth in dust jacket, t.e.g.; 12mo. 79 pp. First impression with missing punctuation on p. 52. Foxing throughout, else very good in a tape mended (verso) else about very good dust jacket with some chipping (in removable protective archival cover). Carter & Sparrow A5.

London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 78 p. 19 cm. Grey cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Top edge gilt. A little soiling to cream paper jacket. Upper spine chipped. Small chips and tears elsewhere. Price change in ink on spine. Spine cloth a bit faded.

No DJ, cover shows little wear for age, spine crown slightly frayed. Binding is tight; textblock pages are faded with occasional foxing but free of marks, they are deckle-edged and gilded along the top edge. There is a 1932 gift inscription on the front flyleaf. The author, an English classical scholar, was known for his nostalgic poems, he proclaimed that poetry… Read more about this item

Hardback. 1923. 79pp Henry Holt, NY 1923. 1st US edition. Very good. .

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a very good but bright dust jacket, slightly chipped and torn with a few internal tape repairs.