Poetry

Ich Will Ihn (I Want Him), by Alexander Merz is a limited edition work issued by the Hertenstein-Presse in 1988, reflecting the tradition of finely...

The Primrose Path by Ogden Nash is a collection of his characteristically witty verse, first published in 1935. Known for his playful use of langua...

A Dozen Dogs or So by Patrick R. Chalmers is a charming collection of light verse celebrating the character and companionship of dogs, accompanied ...

The Grey Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse by Michael Fairless is a reflective and quietly evocative work blending prose and ...

Her Infinite Variety, edited by E. V. Lucas and first published in 1908, is a charming Edwardian anthology celebrating literary portraits o...

A finely produced limited edition from the Nonesuch Press, A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall by James Laver reflects the Press’s c...

A scarce early edition of Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery by John Clare, one of the most distinctive voices of early nineteenth...

The comic and satirical poetry of Francesco Berni occupies a distinctive place in Italian Renaissance literature. Writing in the early sixt...

Fighting Terms (1954) is the first book by Thom Gunn and a striking debut that announced his arrival as a poet of unusual discipline and intensity....

Moly (1971) is one of the key collections in the development of Thom Gunn's mature voice, written during his early years in the United States and r...

The Passages of Joy (1982) marks a significant moment in the career of Thom Gunn, bringing together poems written during a period of stylistic free...

A first printing of Robert P. Tristram Coffin’s Maine Ballads, published in 1938 at the height of his reputation as one of America’s leading region...

A handsome limited-edition Nonesuch Press printing of the poetry of Andrew Marvell - one of the most distinctive voices of seventeenth-century Engl...

A classic Oxford edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, edited by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon and published by the Clarendon Press in 19...

A well-presented part set of Schillers Werke, edited by Heinrich Kurz and published by Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Friedrich Schiller (175...

W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), famed as the librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas, was also a sharp-witted comic poet and illustrator. The Bab...

Anacreontis et Sapphonis Carmina, Foulis Press 1744 Greek title: Ανακρεοντος και Σαπφους τα Σωζομενα. Βιος Ανακρεοντος υπο Τανακιλλου Φαβρου. Αλκαι...

A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

Synonymorum Sylva, by Simon Pelegromius (Pelgrom). London: Ioyce Norton & Richardum Whittaker (Joyce Norton & Richard Whitaker), 1632. A s...

The Phanseys of William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle, addressed to Margaret Lucas and her Letters in Reply was issued by the Nonesuch Press in 1...

The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby (the pseudonym of clergyman Richard Harris Barham) is one of the most popular colle...

A most elegant partial set of this celebrated 1805 Chalmers edition of Shakespeare’s works, comprising six of the original nine volumes. Beautifull...

The Idyls of Theocritus, accompanied here by the bucolic poems of Bion and Moschus, represents one of the finest Riccardi Press productions of the ...