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  • THE PERFECT AGE OF MAN’S LIFE. by DOVE, Mary.
    DOVE, Mary.
    THE PERFECT AGE OF MAN’S LIFE.

    Cambridge University Press. 8vo.,pp. xiii,175, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w illustrations; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has light creasing to extremities and two adhesive marks to rear where labels have been removed.

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  • Edited by, PRINCE, F.T.
    THE POEMS. The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare.

    London: Methuen, 1960. 8vo.,pp. xlvi,201, pale blue cloth, gilt; light toning to margins, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities, with toning to spine and rear margins.

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  • THE POEMS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. by Edited by: SMITH, David Nichol; MCADAM, Edward L.
    Edited by: SMITH, David Nichol; MCADAM, Edward L.
    THE POEMS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.

    Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974. First printing of the much revised second edition, 8vo., pp.xxviii,496, navy cloth, gilt; slight spotting to top edges, else very good indeed, in vg price-clipped dust-jacket,

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  • KRUEGER, Robert. (editor). With Introduction and Commentary by the editor and Ruby Nemser.
    THE POEMS OF SIR JOHN DAVIES.

    Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1975. First edition, 8vo., pp.lxvii,451, navy cloth, gilt; from the library of David Lindley, with ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in edge-worn unclipped dust-jacket, now in a protective cover.

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  • DRUMMOND, William; edited with a memoir and notes by WARD, William C.
    THE POEMS OF WILLAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN [Two Volumes]. The Muses’ Library.

    London/New York: Lawrence and Bullen/Chas. Scribner’s Sons, 1894. Limited edition, no. 14 of 100 large paper copies, 12mo., pp.cxxv,245;348, uncut, quarter brown morocco with stamped title-bands, gilt, brown cloth boards, t.e.g., marbled paste-down and endpaper, illuminated pictorial device to title pages, titles in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait to Volume I. by R. Gaywood; occasional light foxing to fore-edges, light rubbing to extremities, a very good, internally clean set.

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  • THE POETIC EDDA. Volume II: MYTHOLOGICAL POEMS. by Edited with Translation, Introduction and Commentary by, DRONKE, Ursula.
    Edited with Translation, Introduction and Commentary by, DRONKE, Ursula.
    THE POETIC EDDA. Volume II: MYTHOLOGICAL POEMS.

    Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Reprint, 8vo.,pp. xiii,443, printed hardcover, b/w frontispiece; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • MILTON, John. With illustrations after Fuseli, Westall and Martin.
    THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON.

    London: J.J. Chidley, 1846. New edition, 8vo., pp.527, full claret morocco with ruled compartments, decorative gilt compartments and boards, a.e.g., frontispiece portrait of Milton and six further plates engraved by J. Rogers after works by Henry Fuseli, Richard Westall, and John Martin; neatly inked ownership gift inscription to front free endpaper, light toning and occasional foxing within, foxing to the plates, corners lightly rubbed, with rubbing also along joints, a very good copy of this scarce edition in a handsome binding.

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  • THE POETRY OF CHRISTOPHER SMART. by DEARNLEY, Moira.
    DEARNLEY, Moira.
    THE POETRY OF CHRISTOPHER SMART.

    London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1968. 8vo., pp.xxx,332, green cloth, gilt, 5 b/w plates; ownership autograph to front free endpaper and title page, otherwise internally clean, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy in very good unclipped dust-jacket which is in a clear protective sleeve.

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  • HAUGHTON, Hugh.
    THE POETRY OF DEREK MAHON.

    Oxford University Press, 2007. 8vo., pp.vii,402, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; light foxing to endpapers, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

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  • THE PORTRAITS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. by SPIELMANN, M.H.
    SPIELMANN, M.H.
    THE PORTRAITS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. An Essay Written on the Occasion of the Quincentenary of the Poet’s Death.

    London: Adlard and Son, 1900. Limited edition of 50 copies, 8vo.,pp. 30, vellum, black and red lettering, b/w plates; off set to endpapers, toning to edges of text block and lightly to margins, boards mottles and slightly bowed and rubbed to extremities, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • WORDSWORTH, William. Edited from the manuscripts with introduction, textual and critical notes by DE SELINCOURT, E., revised by DARBISHIRE, Helen.
    THE PRELUDE. Or, Growth of a Poet’s Mind.

    Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Second edition, 8vo., pp.lxxiv,650, navy cloth, gilt, 7 b/w illustrations, including frontispiece portrait, and MS. facsimiles; foxing to endpapers and edges, an otherwise very good copy, in a price-clipped dust-jacket, which is chipped to extremities, with just slight loss, and now in a protective cover.

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  • THE PRIVATE PRESS TODAY. by Exhibition arranged by: STANDING, Juliet, from whom this is a presentation copy.
    Exhibition arranged by: STANDING, Juliet, from whom this is a presentation copy.
    THE PRIVATE PRESS TODAY. 17th Kings Lynn Festival.

    Kings Lynn Festival/Juliet Standing. Organiser’s presentation copy, with dedication inscription to half title, 4to., pp.(22), stapled wrappers (paperback), b/w illustrations, 2 plates printed in green + pictorial title; partial sunning to wrappers, light crease to upper margin of front wrapper, else clean and very good.

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  • THE PROCESSION OF MASKS. by GORMAN, Herbert S. [Signed by author].
    GORMAN, Herbert S. [Signed by author].
    THE PROCESSION OF MASKS.

    Boston: B.J. Brimmer Company. Limited edition, no.34 of 128 signed copies, 8vo., pp.267, uncut, t.e.g., half cloth with paper-covered boards, printed paper label to spine and to front board; label to spine sunned, light rubbing to extremities, lower corners a little bumped, a very good, clean copy.

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  • Edited by; ENGEL, Laura.
    THE PUBLIC’S OPEN TO US ALL. Essays on Women and Performance in Eighteenth-Century England.

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 8vo., pp.343, black cloth, gilt; fresh and near-fine, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • THE RECEPTION OF JANE AUSTEN AND WALTER SCOTT. by BAUTZ, Annika.
    BAUTZ, Annika.
    THE RECEPTION OF JANE AUSTEN AND WALTER SCOTT. A Comparative Longitudinal Study.

    London: Continuum, 2007. 8vo., pp.x,198, glazed hardcover; near-fine.

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  • THE RECEPTION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT IN EUROPE. by Edited by: PITTOCK, Murray.
    Edited by: PITTOCK, Murray.
    THE RECEPTION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT IN EUROPE.

    London: Continuum, 2006. 8vo., pp.lxxiv,396, pictorial hardcover; internally fresh, a very good copy indeed. No dust-jacket, as issued.

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  • THE REST IS SILENCE. by WATSON, Robert N.
    WATSON, Robert N.
    THE REST IS SILENCE. Death as Annihilation in the English Renaissance.

    Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. 8vo., pp.xiv,416, quarter cloth, lettered in silver, paper covered boards; from the library of David Lindley, with ownership signature to front free endpaper, light rubbing to extremities, overall a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is creased and just slightly chipped to extremities.

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  • THE REXROTH READER. by MOTTRAM, Eric, ed.
    MOTTRAM, Eric, ed.
    THE REXROTH READER.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1972. First edition, 8vo., pp.437, red hardcover, gilt; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to edges, else very good, in a lightly chipped price-clipped dust-jacket.

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  • THE ROMANS OF PARTENAY, by Edited by SKEAT, Rev. Walter W.
    Edited by SKEAT, Rev. Walter W.
    THE ROMANS OF PARTENAY, Or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as The Tale of Melusine: Translated from the French of La Coudrette (about 1500-1520 A.D.). Early English Text Society, Original Series, No.22.

    London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & CO, 1899. 8vo., pp.xx,287, uncut, paperback (printed wrappers); ink mark struck through the advertisements to rear wrapper and front wrapper verso, internally fresh, with shelf-wear to extremities of wrappers, a good copy.

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  • BOYD, William. [Signed by the author]
    THE ROMANTIC.

    Great Brtain: Penguin/ Viking, 2022. Signed, 8vo., pp.,xi,451, blue hardcover, silver lettering; a near fine copy in a near fine unclipped dust-jacket.

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