Sonnets Verse, First Edition (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good plus copy of the first edition. Complete, no markings, slight weakening opposite half title, Minor signs of use to original cloth bindin. Guaranteed condition. Attractive bkplate to f.e.pastedown which has been slightly marked by an attempted removing thereof !

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. Edgewear and tear to dj which is in pieces. Blind stamp of previous owner on ffep, half title and title page.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is new. xii/237 pages. "What little we know of the life of William Shakespeare is at odds with what would be expected of the greatest humanitarian writer of the Renaissance. Is Shakespeare a pseudonym? The answer lies in Shakespeare's "Sonnets" and its baffling "Dedication" which is shown to be a code based on the ancient Polybius Square. The "Dedication" encodes the name of the scholar, politician and ambassador Sir Henry Neville who also encoded his diplomatic dispatches using the Polybian system. Astoundingly, this decryption is validated by an extensive pattern of cross-referencing to the sonnets themselves. Each encrypted word within the Dedication has an exact and predictable mapping to a numbered sonnet. This book not only overturns our understanding of the Sonnets - it demonstrates with mathematical precision that Sir Henry Neville is the true author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare. "This work reveals an astounding mapping between the strange "Dedication to Shakespeare's Sonnets" (1609) and the "Sonnets" themselves. This predictable pattern not only spells out Sir Henry Neville, it illuminates key events in Neville's biography. This is a poet's code - worthy of the greatest English writer. If any doubt remains, Leyland and Goding show that this mapping corresponds to the codes used by Neville as Ambassador to France in 1599. Neville's story not only fits, it's verifiable." - Dr Edward Black, Formerly Head of English, London School of Economics.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. Dustjacket is missing three small pieces from the top edge and has a slightly browned spine.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition.

Original Wraps. Condition: VG++. No Jacket. Sixth Edition. Copy no. 1014 of the sixth edition, in original wraps; signed by the author on the title page; 144pp. Signed by Author.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Sun-toned spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; x, 166 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; English poetry. Poésie anglaise. Collections. English poetry. 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Edition. Dark blue 1/4 cloth, blue paper covered boards, light blue title label mounted on upper front cover, lettered in black, top text block edge in gilt. Light shelf wear, covers a bit toned by age toward edges, extremities and corners lightly rubbed. Slight dampstaining evident along upper fore-edges of both covers and several early leaves, a minor cosmetic distraction. Firm binding, clean interior. [vi],55 leaves (as paginated), printed on rectos only, with several b&w plates. Presentation copy, inscribed on front flyleaf by author to "Florence and Redwood, / with all good wishes for the future / from their affectionate cousin / Esther Morton Smith. / Sept., 1912." Scarce signed copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Staining on endpapers. ; Signed by author; 382 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, rear hinge cracked bu solid, some soiling to covers, light bumps to corners, light foxing within, light offsetting form old clipping to pages 70 & 71, faint spotting to spine, a Good copy in green cloth with gilt spine title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Split along one fold of the spine with small loss. Bookplate.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Unopened. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xvi, 71pp. Grey hardback board cover with grey cloth spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited edition. No. 236 of a total of 500 printed. Dustjacket in mylar cover. Some minor wear to edges of dustjacket.; Octavo.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Sun-toned spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; x, 166 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; English poetry. Poésie anglaise. Collections. English poetry. 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 166pp - blue cloth - moderately rubbed and stained - unevenly faded - light wear to edges - previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown - endpapers and content edges slightly foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD ++. No Jacket. First American Edition. xi [1] 203pp, bound in original blue cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Ownership on ffp, light foxing on prelims.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First issue of the sixth edition with 25 additional pages of new material. Octavo. 144pp. Printed stapled wrappers. Very good or better with toning, a few scrapes and wear at the extremities. Signed by the author. Verse from this Philadelphia Quaker and ornithologist.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SONNETS ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY VERSE BY RALPH CHEYNEY 1939 WOODCUTS HC DJ. I was surprised to learn that this book is actually quite scarce if not rare; only one copy found online. And yet it is titled: Sonnets- An Anthology of Contemporary Verse edited by Ralph Cheyney. The book is nicely decorated throughout with woodcuts by Frank Utpatel. Ralph Cheyney was an American Poet, married to another American Poet (Lucia Trent) and together they edited and published the literary magazine Contemporary Vision. Cheyney and Trent were both known for their activism and poetry addressing pressing social issues of the day. The Artist Frank Utpatel was best known for his science fiction and fantasy art although he also did striking woodcuts, like those found in this book. This largish hard cover book (7 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches, 160 pages) was published by Henry Harrison, the Poetry Publisher of New York dated 1939 and presumably a First Edition. The book is bound in gray cloth with maroon titles on the cover and spine and protected by an opaque glassine dust jacket. Condition: This book is in very good condition. There is some wear to the dust jacket including multiple small chips and tears (please see the photos). The hard covers are clean and still bright with some light bumping to the rear corners. Inside the book is unmarked and the pages and woodcuts are clean and bright throughout. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.

1st. Edn. Medium 8vo. (15cm. tall x 12cm.). 80pp. In the original plain boards with gilt lettered brown paper wraps. The wraps are a little faded, else a very good copy of this scarce item.

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine -- 8x11 mimeo, single staple top left corner (in mylar protector). [10 pp.] Appears to be signed by GG - a blue pencil scrawl. BC Monthly April 2002.

Limited to 525 copies of which this is NO. 466. Limited edition on wonderful handmade paper. A nice mixture of Sonnets, poems and songs. Good Condition. Dark cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding is firm and contents are clean. Very minor water mark to top edge of title. Boards are clean with minor wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition. Volume 7 of the Contemporary Poetry Library Series. Clean, square, binding tight. Internally unmarked. Jacket also fine with no tears, creases, or marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st edn thus. ~No ownership marks. Mild foxing to page edges. Includes new poems, e.g. 'In praise of Wine.' Dustwrapper faded on spine but unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders. Size: xi,203pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, considerable browning, spotting and time atining to extremities and spine, some rubbing to bottom front jacket, corners rubbed and bruised with small loss, some spotting to page block, not price clipped (7s 6d), no inscriptions, internally cleanish, tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 135pp. Comic verses on fox hunting. John Edward Masefield (1878-1967), English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 63, [1] pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; English poetry -- 16th century -- Collections. English poetry -- 17th century -- Collections. 3 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. SONNETS AND VERSE. Hilaire Belloc. Duckworth & Co, London. 1923 Limited Edition 471 / 525 166pp Hardback. This copy is bound in original publisher's black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Pinted on hand made paper, top edges gilt, the fore edge and bottom page edges are uncut. This copy is individually numbered 471 of 535 copies on the limitation page. The text block is tight and bright with no markings oor inscriptions. A dustwrapper is not present. Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc 27 July 1870 - 16 July 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, satirist, man of letters, and political activist. He is most notable for his Catholic faith, which had a strong impact on most of his works and his writing collaboration with G. K. Chesterton. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but also widely regarded as a humane and sympathetic man. His most lasting legacy is probably his verse, which encompasses cautionary tales and religious poetry. Among his best-remembered poems are Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion and Matilda, who told lies and was burnt to death"' Of more weight are Belloc's Sonnets and Verses, a volume that deploys the same singing and rhyming techniques of his children's verses. Y3.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed to agent Shirley Collier by the author on the 1st free endpaper. Small octavo. Condition: slight soiling to DJ; bottom of spine bumped; else near fine in very good DJ. 55 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue softcover with red lettering. The Pembroke Booklets Series. 1st Series No 1. Some heavy foxing to prelims and last pages as usual because of paper quality. Outer spine split but book fully intact. Small octavo 6.5 inches by 4.5 inches. 68 pages,100g.