Search Results: POETRY / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh from Barbara Bilson Books

London: Ernest Benn, 1931. 2nd impression softcover (1st published in 1928). A small (30 pages) pamphlet intended to introduce the reader to the poetry of Lawrence, with brief introduction (Homer Wolfe) that deals with the poetry as a "short-cut" to understanding Lawrence's novels. Passionate and sensuous. Very good-- in soiled, chipped wraps (2 creased pages).. Soft Cover.

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1936. Very good in edgeworn wraps, now protected with heavy archival plastic cover. INSCRIBED by author in 1944--"To Dora Camm, with Theodora's gratitude for her Southport holiday. August-Sept. 1944. (The Liberation of France)"--but not a complete signature other than the author's first name in the inscription. Attractive soft-cover book. 46 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Faber & Faber, 1977. Dust jacket features an eerie drawing by Leonard Baskin (no other illustrations). A combination of poetry and prose, this is a narrative poem with numerous shape-shifting characters, the central one being an Anglican clergymen, the Reverend Nicholas Lumb, "abducted by spirits into the other world. 200 pages, a poetic adventure. Near fine (Foyles of Charing Cross bookstore sticker on front pastedown; clean and bright throughout) in very good dust jacket (light edgewear, somewhat heavier along top edge, light soil shows on white panels. See scan which shows the worst part of edgewear to dust jacket. Dust jacket now in Brodart archival plastic wrap which protects and improves appearance).. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Tavistock Publications, 1970. Fine in torn and mended, price-clipped dust jacket. (See scan) Quintessential pop psychology of the 1960s and 1970s. Laing, a noted Scottish psychiatrist (1927-1989) presents, in cryptic, free verse form, common puzzles--knots--of human interaction. 90 pages... 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1978. Near fine (one bumped corner on rear cover) in near fine dust jacket (same bumped corner). Beautiful copy even with that one bumped corner. Interesting collection of the dramatist's poetry and prose, 34 poems and 9 prose pieces. 102 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: George Harrap & Co , 1944. An interesting piece of WWII memorabilia from the British North African campaign with a very interesting foreword by General Montgomery including his facsimile signature. The foreword expresses a sympathetic side of Monty not always acknowledged by his critics. These poems were written by soldiers in the British 8th Army during the campaign. Someone has written neatly opposite the last poem: "Nothing is ugly when seen through half a mile of sunshine." Very good+ (cocked, otherwise near fine) in very good-- dust jacket (worn at top of spine with a closed tear and small missing chip, minor wear at rest of spine--see photos). Published during the war with wartime paper shortages and restrictions. Twenty-seven poems in all, 46 pages. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Atheneum, 1961. The Irish poet's scarce second book, containing his own poetry and some translations from traditional Irish poetry. Very good (sunned cover top edge, and some foxing spots on the page edges, lightly shelfworn bottom cover edges, one bumped corner) in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, edgeworn). See scan. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Cecil Palmer, 1927. INSCRIBED by author on title page and dated May 7th 1928. Very good (bumped lower spine edge and front lower corner; wear at upper corners and upper spine edge), no dust jacket. Many uncut pages.. Inscribed by author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1930. Presumed first edition but edition not stated; no additional printings shown and that usually means a first edition for Nonesuch. Very Good (some slight separation between two signatures but still firmly bound; sunned cover edges, offsetting on endpapers; pencil gift inscription on first free endpaper) in sunned and badly torn dust jacket kept intact and presentable by BroDart cover. See scan. Introduction by "W.M.," her husband Wilfrid. The "family" flavor of this volume is completed by its publisher, Nonesuch Press, founded by her son. Largely neglected today, she was much praised during her lifetime, as the appended "Appreciations" from contemporary authors (Ruskin, Chesterton, Sackville-West, and others) demonstrate. Tennyson left a request that, upon his death, she should ascend to the laureate of England. This copy has no frontispiece portrait, and there is no evidence of its having been removed.. Hard Cover.

London: Macmillan, 1945. Near fine (owner's signature ffep, 2 creased pages) in good+ dust jacket ( price-clipped, edgeworn, rubbed, with piece missing at spine. Now in Brodart archival protective cover). REVIEW copy distributed by Macmillan of Canada with review slip laid in. 116 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947. Author's first book of poetry published in America. British poet and playwright. Very good (bright clean pages; bookplate, on front pastedown, covers part of a small blue star; bumped top corners; faded spine top and bottom and part of top cover edges; spots on top cover edge) in fair dust jacket (faded, rubbed, badly torn along top edge including spine, tears along bottom edge, blue star stamp on flap; now in a Brodart protective cover to prevent further damage). 58 pages. It is worth your time to read the blurbs on the back panel of the jacket (see scans) to see who this poet is listed with in 1947. . 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

London: Faber & Gwyer, Ltd Fragile but attractive 6-page pamphlet containing one poem by Sassoon and two drawings by Stephen Tennant, one of them in color. #14 of the Ariel Poems, undated but from about 1928. The blue wraps are sunned at the spine edge and have begun to split along the spine edge. Printed at the Curwen Press, Plaistow..

Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1964. Near fine (bump at lower spine edge) in fine dust jacket. A lovely collection of illustrations, reminiscent of medieval art, and poems celebrating these distinctively Irish saints. 14 poems in all, 37 pages, written by the Irish poet John Irvine, including explanatory and biographical notes for each poem. Atmospheric drawings by Ruth Brandt. Copyright page carries the Catholic Imprimatur, interestingly stated as in Belfast whereas the book was published in the Republic of Ireland. See scans.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Ruth Brandt.