Poetry from White Swan Books

Well illustrated with 6 Beautiful Aquatint views, protected by tissue guards. Drawn by Rev. Newell, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge and Engraved by S. Alkin. Frontis illus "The Parsonage". Period brown Sheep Full-Leather binding. Leather missing from spine. Some rubbing to boards. A few small spots of foxing on frontis. Title page… Read more about this item

Brown full-leather binding with paper title label on spine. Many contributors to the Notes & illustrations including Lady Blessington and Mrs Shelley. Several pages of publisher's adverts on toned paper precede the half-title page. Engraved Frontis. has a portrait of Byron above Vignettes of Newstead Abbey and Missolunghi, protected by tissue guard. Title page has Vignette… Read more about this item

Scarce Edition, Printed for J. Lackington M.DCC.LXXXVIII ( 1788 ). Frontispiece illus. Portrait of Milton by T. Phinn published by A. Donaldson. 3 more Full-Page Plates by Phinn to front Book IV, Book VIII and Book IX. LXXIX (79) preliminary pages commencing with the Editor's Preface ( Lackington ). Then the Life of Milton, Verses… Read more about this item

Vol. I has Frontis Portrait of Sir Walter by David Wilkie. Title page has engraved Vignette of riverside scene. clxxxix/189 Preliminary pages including Introduction. Main Text, 321 pages, begins with "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Historical Ballads". Vol. II Title page has Vignette of a ruined Castle. 456 pages. Text contines the Historical Ballads, including: Lesly's March; Battle of Philiphaugh;… Read more about this item

Green cloth cover with small Floral Motifs on front & spine. Undated edition, probably circa 1930s-40s. Includes "The Defence of Guenevere", "Life & Death of Jason" & "The Man Born to be King". Frontis Illus. B&W portrait of Morris. Name & penciled price on endpaper. No other inscriptions.

Rossetti's Poems include "The Blesed Damozel". Morris' includes extracts from "The Earthly Paradise" and "Sigurd the Volsung". Black cloth cover with light Blue lettering on front & spine. Very small hole in cloth at top of spine. Name dated 1930 on endpaper. No other inscriptions.

Prose includes "News from Nowhere". Poems include "The Defence of Guenevere". Brown cloth cover with Gilt Panel design on front and Gilt lettering on spine. Green & Brown foliate design on endpapers. Illustrated title page. No inscriptions.

Lovely B&W Woodcut illus of "The King's Poets" on preliminary page. Frontis Illus. is a monochrome Plate of Rossetti's "King Arthur's Tomb". Preliminary pages include Steele's Introduction, to page liii. 29 other Poems, including: Sir Galahad; A Chapel in Lyonesse; Rapunzel: Eve of Crecy, followed by Notes and Index. Attractive period Brown Full-Leather binding… Read more about this item

First U.S. Edition, both title pages dated 1906. Black cloth covers with white title labels on front and spine having Black print and red borders. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. Vol. I, ii prelim/ 151 p.pages. Vol II, ii prelim/ 158 p.pages. Booksellers penciled note on ffeps, no other inscriptions. Sloight edgewear and slight… Read more about this item