The Poems of Jonathan Swift.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Second edition. Reprints. First published in 1937. Second edition in 1958. Original navy buckram, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/ws.
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The Plays.
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1906. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Ronald Searle. Clipped d/w is a bit dust-marked, rubbed and tanned. Very good + in very good + d/w. #79 in The World's Classics. The only.....
Five Elizabethan Tragedies. Edited with an Introduction by A. K. McIlwraith.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1938. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket design by C. Walter Hodges. Neat ink ownership on fly. Clipped d/w is slightly foxed and dust-marked. Near fine in near fine d/w. #452 in The World's Classics.....
Nineteenth Century Plays. Edited with an Introduction by George Rowell.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1953. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Unclipped d/w is a bit rubbed and tanned, with tiny loss to the spine ends. Near fine in very good d/w. #533 in The World's Classics. Includes Black-Ey'd Susan by Douglas.....
Four Plays and The Aran Islands. Edited with an Introduction by Robin Skelton.
London: Oxford University Press, 1962. Pott 8vo. First impression. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket design by Paul Hogarth. Clipped d/w is dust-marked, a little foxed at the edges and has a chip from the bottom edge of the front panel. Near fine in good + d/w. #585 in The.....
Five Heroic Plays. Edited with an Introduction by Bonamy Dobree.
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Pott 8vo. First impression. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket design by C. Walter Hodges. Unclipped d/w very slightly faded on the spine and with just a hint of rubbing. Fine in fine d/w. #576 in The World's Classics. Includes John Dryden's Aureng-Zebe. A nice.....
Selected Poems.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1913. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration of Dove Cottage, Grasmere by Lynton Lamb. Light spotting to top edge. Clipped d/w is rather dust-marked and a little rubbed. Near fine in very good + d/w.....
Eighteenth Century Tragedy. Edited with an Introduction by Michael R. Booth.
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Pott 8vo. First edition. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket design by Lynton Lamb. Light foxing to text block edges. Some pencil annotations to the first play. D/w slightly faded on the spine, rubbed at edges, with a nick to the bottom edge of the.....
Five Plays.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1953. Original navy cloth, gilt. Jacket design by William Stobbs. Top edge spotted. Unclipped d/w a bit foxed, rubbed at edges and with tiny loss to the spine ends. Very good + in very good.....
The Works of Virgil.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1944. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1903. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Spine very slightly tanned. Near fine. #37 in The World's Classics.
Selected Poems. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by Ernest de Selincourt.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1936. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1920 with the title 'Leaves of Grass'. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Spine a little faded and tanned. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine. #218.....
Four Plays. Translated into English verse by John Hookham Frere. With an Introduction by W. M. Merry.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1907. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Fine. #134 in The World's Classics.
The Seven Plays in English Verse. Translated by Lewis Campbell.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1906. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Spine very slightly faded. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine. #116 in The World's Classics.
Selected Poems.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1950. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1913. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Fine. #187 in The World's Classics.
The Poems of George Herbert. With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1947. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1907. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Spine gilt dulled. Light foxing to endpapers. Neat ink presentation on front pastedown. Near fine. #109 in The World's Classics.
A Book of American Verse. Edited with an Introduction by A. C. Ward.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1935. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Spine a bit faded. Near fine. #428 in The World's Classics.
The Poems of Virgil. (The Aeneid; The Georgics; The Eclogues). Translated into English Verse by James Rhoades.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1921. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Slightly skewed. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine. #227 in The World's Classics.
Faust - A Tragedy in Two Parts. Translated in the original metres by Bayard Taylor, with introduction by Marshall Montgomery and notes by Douglas Yates.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Spine faded. Endpapers tanned. Neat ink ownership on front pastedown. Very good +. #380 in The World's Classics.
Selected Poems. With an Introduction by Basil de Selincourt.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Spine and edges of boards faded. Endpapers slightly foxed. Some foxing to pp.182-3 from a dried flower (removed). Very good.
Five Elizabethan Comedies. Edited with an Introduction by A. K. McIlwraith.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1934. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Fine. #422 in The World's Classics. Includes Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday and four other plays.
Comedies. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Bonamy Dobrée.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1939. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1925. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Spine slightly faded. Covers a little marked. Endpapers tanned with a Foyle's label on the pastedown and a neat ink.....
The Mourning Bride. Poems and Miscellanies. Edited with an Introduction by Bonamy Dobrée.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1928. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Neat ink ownership on front pastedown. Near fine. #277 in The World's Classics.
The Defence of Guinevere and The Life and Death of Jason and Other Poems.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1914. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Spine and front edges of boards slightly faded. Neat ink ownership on front pastedown. Endpapers lightly foxed. Very good +.....
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