London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. 8vo. First edition. Original dark brown and cream hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Leigh Taylor. Poem in blue ink, signed and dated (Chichester 1965), on the flyleaf. Obituary of the author from The Independent in 2004 loosely inserted. Fine in fine d/w. The poem Ted Walker.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter green cloth with beige paper-covered boards, gilt. Fine in fine d/w. A nice copy.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1969. Fifth impression. First published in 1953. Original orange hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Vanessa Bell. D/w a little dust-marked and tanned on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w. A nice copy.
London: Faber and Faber, 1991. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 8vo. First edition. Original dark navy hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w. The Oxford Professor of Poetry 1994-1999 lectures on subjects including Wilfred Owen, Seamus Heaney, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Jacket illustration by Trevor Brierley Lofthouse. Jacket faded on the spine and with a tiny nick to the head. Fine in near fine d/w.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth, lettered in black. Silk marker ribbon. Fine in fine d/w.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 8vo. 'Second Knopf Hardcover Edition'. First published in 1992. Original crimson cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Fine in fine d/w. A definitive hardcover edition of the author's epic poem.
Manchester: Carcanet, 1993. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. The unclipped d/w has a nick to the top edge of the front panel. Fine in near fine d/w.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. 8vo. First edition. Original cloth-backed mustard yellow boards, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original terracotta cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Top edge faded. Unclipped d/w a little rubbed at the extremities. Near fine in near fine d/w.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 8vo. Second impression (a month after the first). Original hardcovers, silvergilt. Very slight pushing to the top corners. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London and Princeton: Faber and Faber & Princeton University Press, 1996-2015. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First editions. Volumes 1-3 published by Faber, 4-6 by Princeton (although 2-5 were printed in America and are uniform except for the publisher). Original blue cloth, gilt. Contents clean. Just a little to scratching to.....
Berkeley: Tangram, 1992. Tall 8vo. First edition. Limited to 180 copies. Original sewn pamphlet in wrappers with printed paper label on the front cover. Inscribed in ink on the title page, 'for dear Bayan with whom one can share so much and from whom one can learn. With admiration &.....
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962-4. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First impressions. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edges stained purple. Volumes 1-3 have an ink ownership on each flyleaf, otherwise the contents are clean. The unclipped d/ws are a little faded on the spines, as usual, and most have tiny nicks to.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. With wood-engravings by David Gentleman. Unclipped d/w has a nick to the top corner of the back panel and a little dust-marking. Fine in near fine d/w. An ideal selection complemented by David Gentleman's sympathetic engravings.
London: The Marvell Press & Faber and Faber, 1988. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Original olive hardcovers, lettered in white. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Chatto & Windus and The Hogarth Press, 1983. 8vo. First UK edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine and has a nick to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in very good + d/w.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966-1967. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Volumes 1 and 2 are second impressions, volume 3 is a first impression. Original maroon buckram, gilt. The jacket spines of volumes 1 and 2 are faded. All d/ws just a little rubbed in places and with some light dust-marking. Near.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1956-9. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy buckram, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Spines and boards of first two volumes rather faded and a little rubbed at extremities. There's a mark on the spine of volume 1. Very good.
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1897. 8vo. Second impression one month after the first. Rebound in half navy leather, gilt, with marbled paper boards and endpapers by Hatchards of Piccadilly. All edges gilt. With illustrations by I. W. Taber. Light foxing throughout. Near fine.
London: Methuen and Co, 1900. Small 8vo. Seventeenth Edition. First published in 1892. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt, with red cloth boards by Bumpus. All edges gilt. Binding a bit rubbed. Ink presentation on prelim, 'Peggy from Kino. 14. Rue de la Paix. Yokohama.' Contents clean. Very good +. A.....
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, [c.1918]. 12mo. First or early edition. The title page appears to have been removed so there is no publishing information. Contemporary full brown calf, gilt, by Bumpus. All edges gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Spine ends and corner tips slightly rubbed. There is a small stain.....
London: George Routledge and Sons, [c.1872]. Small 8vo. Early reprint. No date given but the publisher's advertisements at the back mention 'Routledge's Every Boy's Annual for 1873'. First published in 1869. Later half red morocco with red cloth, gilt, by Hatchards of Piccadilly. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. With.....