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Alexander, Pat. (Comp.)
The Lion Book of Christian Poetry.
Lion 1981 204mm by 250mm. 600g Illus., index of first lines, inscr., else good in d/w. 5.00
Alvarez, Al. (Sel. and intro.)
The New Poetry.
Penguin 1969 rep. Index, 245pp., card covers, sp. creased; working copy only. 2.00
Ashton, John (Coll.).
Real Sailor Songs.
Intro. by A.L. Lloyd.
Broadsheet King 1973 Facsimile rep. 1400g. Large sized. Some marks to ffep. else good. Reprint of a collection of chapbooks. Quaintly illustrated. 18.00
Bailey, Paul. (Ed.)
First Love: An Anthology.
Dent 174pp., vg. in d/w. 3.00
Baker, Ernest A. (Ed.)
Praise of a Simple Life.
Routledge c. 1920 200g. 258pp., aeg., good. 3.50
Baring-Gould, William S.
The Lure of the Limerick: An Uninhibited History.
Rupert Hart-Davis 1968 550g. Sources, 143pp., corner bumped, inscr. on ffep. else good in ragged d/w. 8.00
Bell, Robert Anning. (Illus.)
English Lyrics from Spenser to Milton.
Bell and Hyman 1979 Index, 222pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 3.50
Bennett, J.A.W.; Smithers, G.V. (Ed.)
Early Middle English Verse and Prose.
Oxford UP. 1968 2nd. ed. Index, 620pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w. 8.00
Bold, Alan. (Ed.)
Cambridge Book of English Verse 1939-1975.
CUP 1976 Index, 248pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Bolger, Dermot. (Ed.)
Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel.
Picador. 257pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Carver, Raymond.
No Heroics Please: Uncollected Writings.
Ed. by William L. Stull.
Harvill. 239pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Causley, Charles. (Intro. and sel.)
Rising Early: Story Poems and Ballads of the 20th. Century.
Brockhampton P. 1969 2nd. imp. Index, 127pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 3.00
Collins, V.H. (Comp.)
A Book of Narrative Verse.
Oxford UP. 1982 rep. 250g. Index, 412pp., one page torn and taped else good in d/w. 2.50
Dawson, Jill. (Ed.)
The Virago Book of Wicked Verse.
Virago rep. 300g. Index, 176pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Elder, Sam. (Comp.)
The Countryside Companion.
Brockhampton Press. Intro. by Robert Hardy, sources, 224pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Fowler, Barbara Hughes (Trans.).
Hellenistic Poetry: An Anthology.
The Univ. of Wisconsin Press 1990 600g. Glossary, 357pp., card covers, some pencilled notes to a few poems else good. 7.00
Freer, Allen; Andrew, John. (Ed.)
Cambridge Book of English Verse 1900-1939.
CUP 1970 Index, 205pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Gallas, John (Ed.).
The Song Atlas: A Book of World Poetry.
Carcanet. 350g. 240pp., card covers, good. 4.50
Gardner, Helen. (Ed.)
The Faber Book of Religious Verse.
Faber 1972 Index, 377pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Gardner, Helen. (Ed.)
The Metaphysical Poets.
Oxford UP. 1974 rep. Index, 309pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w.
5.00
Grigson, Geoffrey. (Ed. and sel.)
The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse.
Faber 1979 Index, 352pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Grigson, Geoffrey. (Ed. and intro.)
The Faber Book of Poems and Places.
Faber 1980 600g. 387pp..
private school ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, cover edge sl. stained else good. 3.50
Hamer, Richard. (Sel. and intro.)
A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse.
Faber 1970 207pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Hawthorn, Rosemary.
Dear Worried Violet: An Anthology of Advice, Medical and Miscellaneous. A Peep at Problem Pages Through the Ages.
Pavilion Books. 118pp., pictorial boards, good. 4.00
Hayward, John. (Ed.)
The Faber Book of English Verse.
Faber 1956 Index, 481pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good working copy. 3.50
Healy, James N. (Ed.)
The Second Book of Irish Ballads.
Cork: The Mercier Press 1968 3rd. ed. 150g. 134pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Keane, Molly; Phipps, Sally. (Comp.)
Molly Keane's Ireland: An Anthology.
Ted Smart. 500g. index, 232pp., good in d/w. 3.50
Knowles, Susanne.
Chorus: An Anthology of Bird Poems.
Heinemann 1969 550g. Index, 253pp., good in d/w. 7.00
Lewis, C. Day. (Chosen and intro.)
A Lasting Joy: An Anthology.
Allen and Unwin 1973 Index, 110pp.,
ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w.
3.00
Lowbury, Edward. (Ed.)
Night Ride and Sunrise.
Celtion Poetry c. 1970 76pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 3.00
MacBeth, George (Ed.)
Poetry 1900 to 1965.
Longman. 400g. 343pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good working copy. 3.50
McMahon, Sean.
The Poolbeg Book of Irish Ballads.
Poolbeg 1991 188pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 3.50
Messenger, N.P.; Watson, J.R. (Ed.)
Victorian Poetry.
Dent 1974 Index, 242pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 3.50
Moore, Edwin and Fiona Mackenzie. (Comp.)
Collins Book of English Verse.
Collins. 500g. Index, 480pp., good in d/w. 4.00
A Northumbrian Poetry Group.
Here & There: a Collection of Poems from a Northumbrian Poetry Group.
Bamaburgh. 60pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Oxford Books:
Amis, Kingsley. (Chosen and ed.) The New Oxford Book of Light Verse.
Oxford UP. 1978 Index, 347pp., inscr., else good in d/w. 8.00
Auden, W.H. (Chosen.) The Oxford Book of Light Verse.
Oxford UP. 1939 rep. Index, 553pp., teg. gilt, good. 6.00
Enright, D.J. (Chosen) The Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse 1945-1980.
OUP. 1980 249pp., card covers, top of sp. sl bashed/torn else good. 4.00
Opie, Iona and Peter. (Chosen and ed.)
The Oxford Book of Children's Verse.
BCA c. 1972 Index, 407pp., small inscr., else good in
d/w. 5.00
Sisam, Celia. (Ed.)
The Oxford Book of Medieval English Verse.
OUP. 1970 Index, 617pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, else good. 5.00
Palgrave's Golden Treasury:
World Classics Series. Oxford UP. 1963 rep. Small 8vo.
Index, 587pp., good. 4.00
Parsons, Nicholas.
A Letter Does Not Blush: A Collection of the Most Moving,
Entertaining and Remarkable Letters in History.
Buchan and Enright 1984 Index, 407pp., inscr.,
else good. 5.00
Patten, Brian. (Chosen by)
Gangsters, Ghosts & Dragonflies: A book of story poems.
Illus. by Terry Oakes.
George Allen and Unwin 1981 550g. 159pp., edges of a few pages sl. frayed else good in sl. torn d/w. 5.00
P.E.N. Anthologies:
New Poems 1970-71 Hutchinson 1971 111pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Penguin Books:
Ewart, Gavin. (Ed. and intro.)
The Penguin Book of Light Verse.
1981 rep. Index, 639pp., card covers, sp. sl. creased else good. 3.00
Kennelly, Brendan. (Ed. and intro.) The Penguin Book of Irish Verse.
1988 2nd. ed. rep. Index, 469pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Pratt, William. (Ed.)
The Fugitive Poets: Modern Southern Poetry in Perspective.
J.S. Sanders. 157pp., card covers, front creased else good. 4.00
Progress Publishers, Moscow.
Soviet Poets.
No title page. 127pp., goods. 2.50
Rhys, Grace (Gathered by).
The Children's Garland of Verse.
Dent 1921 600g. Nice coloured illustrations by Charles Robinson. 296pp., some pp. sl. marked and worn, covers rubbed and worn, inscr. Good reading copy. 5.00
Roberts, Michael. (Ed.)
Rev. by Peter Porter.
The Faber Book of Modern Verse.
Faber 1982 4th. ed. 500g. 432pp., card covers, inscr., sl. marked else good. 4.50
Robson, Jeremy (Ed.).
Poems from Poetry & Jazz in Concert.
Panther 1969 200g. Plates, appendix, 144pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.50
Schutz, Susan Polis. (Ed.)
The Language of Love.
Colorado 1977 rep. Illus., 79pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.50
Shanahan, A. (Comp.).
Songs of Ireland.
Cork c. 1963 100g. 79pp., card covers, stained, inscr. on rear cover else good. 3.50
Sheed, F.J. (Comp.)
Poetry & Life: A New Anthology of English Catholic Poetry.
Sheed and Ward 1943 400g. 187pp., inscr. else good in torn d/w. 6.00
Silkin, John. (Ed.)
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.
Penguin 1982 2nd. ed. Index, 282pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Lucie-Smith, Edward. (Ed.)
Holding your eight hands: an anthology of science fiction verse.
Rapp and Whiting 1970 120pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Songs and Recitations of Ireland.
Book No. 3 - The Flag.
Cork: C.F.N. 1968 100g. 52pp., card covers, sl. marked else good. 2.50
Songs and Recitations of Ireland.
Book No. 3 - The Easter Lily.
Cork: C.F.N. 1970 100g. 48pp., card covers, sl. marked else good. 2.50
Stallworthy, Jon. (Ed. and intro.)
The Penguin Book of Love Poetry.
Penguin 1985 rep. Index, 400pp.,
card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.00
Stanley, Arthur. (Sel. and arr.)
The Out-of-Doors Book: an anthology
for the open air.
Dent 1933 Index, 486pp., inscr., else good. 5.00
Stokes, C.G. (Comp.)
Witches and Charms and Things.
Collins 1973 100g. Illus., 32pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Toibin, Niall. (Ed.)
The Irish Reciter.
Belfast: The Blackstaff Press. Rep. Index, 134pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Urushadze, Venera. (Trans.)
Anthology of Georgian Poetry.
Soviet Georgia, Tbilisi. 1958 Large 8vo. Plates, biographical notes, glossary, 268pp., inscr. on rear ep. else good. 12.00
Walton's 132 Best Irish Songs and Ballads.
127pp., card covers, a bit worn, one page torn. 3.50
Walton's New Treasury of Irish Songs and Ballads. Part 2.
Dublin 1966 300g. 192pp., card covers, sl. worn and rubbed else good. 4.00
Walton's Songs Book 4.
Reilly's Daughter: A Ballad Selection.
Dublin 1966 100g. 64pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Walton's Treasury of Irish Songs and Ballads.
Dublin: Walton's Musical Instrument Galleries. 228pp., card covers, worn. Inscr. and scribble on fep. Working copy. 4.00
Williams, Dorian. (Ed.)
The Horseman's Companion.
Eyre Methuen 1978 2nd. ed. 850g. Index, 566pp., good in d/w. 7.00
Wilson, Mary. (Sel.)
Poems I Like: An Anthology.
Hutchinson 1983 156pp., inscr., else good in d/w. 3.50
Wood, L.S. (Sel.)
A Book of English Verse on Infancy and Childhood.
MacMillan 1921 Notes, 365pp., good. 5.00
