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SONGS and SONNETS FOR ENGLAND IN WAR TIME . 1914.
Original wraps.
Collection of Lyrics by various authors inspired by the Great War the majority
taken from Periodicals.
(G Cannan, R M Freeman,
C Kernahan, A St J Adcock,
C Chesterton,
W M Letts, H Newbolt, S Phillips, H D Rawnsley, G K Chesterton, Vernede,
L Binyon, M Hewlett, R Kipling,
E Philpotts, O Seaman,
W Watson,
T Hardy, N Munro, etc.)
Name on front end paper. Original wraps a little frayed. £16.00
KING ALBERT'S BOOK. (1914) A tribute to the Belgian king & people from
representative men & women throughout the world.
Contributors include Galsworthy, Kipling, Wharton, etc.
Mounted plates by Rackham, Dulac, Nielsen, etc.
Tip of spine damaged, covers a little marked - contents very good. £5.00
PRINCESS MARY'S GIFT BOOK. (1915)
Contributors include G A Birmingham, Baroness Orczy, Hall Caine,
J M Barrie,
Conan Doyle, R Haggard, R Kipling, A E W Mason,
A Noyes, J Oxenham, etc.
Illustrated by Rackham, Dulac, Flint ,
Brock, etc. £12.00
QUEEN'S GIFT BOOK. (1915) Illustrated by Rackham, Flint,
Heath Robinson, etc.
Contributors include Conan Doyle, J Galsworthy,
J M Barrie, E F Benson,
J Buchan, J Conrad, J K Jerome, N Munro,
J Oxenham, etc.
Frayed dw. Inscription on front end paper. £35.00
THE LAND OF MY FATHERS. 1915. A Welsh Gift Book .
Intro by W Lewis Jones.
(W Watson, E Rhys, G Cambrensis,
W Wordsworth, T Gray, Lewis Morris,
E Rhys, D Lloyd George,
A H Clough, etc.)
Illustrated.
Lacks front end paper.
Covers rubbed & tip of spine frayed. £6.00
LEST WE FORGET. Ed. H B Elliot. (1915)
Introduced by Baroness Orczy.
Inscription on front end paper. Illustrated.
(Cecil Chesterton, Flecker, Gomme, Binyon, W Watson, M Hewlett,
G K Chesterton, H D Rawnsley, T Hardy, K Tynan.) £15.00
THE LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL BOOK. nd.
Published as an eulogy to Kitchener on behalf of the Lord Kitchener
Memorial Fund.
Illustrated with tipped in plates & black/white photos. £12.00
PRO PATRIA ET REGINA. 2nd Series. Ed. W A KNIGHT. (1915)
Poems on War, its Characteristics & Results, selected in aid of the Belgian
Relief Fund. Many first bookform poems from British & American sources
including a letter from Julian Grenfell's father.
Other contributors include H D Rawnsley, H Belloc, Ard Burghclere,
B Dobell,
W E Henley, R Kipling, H Newbolt, A Noyes, J Sands,
D M Stuart, I H Wallis,
T H Warren, G E Woodberry, etc.
Initial on paste down. Spine sunned. £16.00
TOLD IN THE HUTS. Ed. A K YAPP. (1916)
Published for the Benefit of the YMCA.
Illustrated in colour & black & white by the late Cyrus Cuneo this being his last work.
Contributors include St John Adcock, Baden-Powell, G A Birmingham, Sabatini,
J Hocking, W Pett Ridge, Ian Hay, G Goodchild, etc.
Lacks front and rear end papers otherwise very good.
£15.00
DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES.
Ed. Maxmilian BERN. 1916.
Berlin.
Original pictorial wraps. Ein vaterlandisches Buch fur jung und alt.
Includes a 30pp section Kriegsgedichte 1914/1915 as well as a large number
of War Poems in other sections.
394pp, index, small illustrations. Unopened copy. £40.00
KRIEGS-ALMANACH. 1914-1916. (1916)
Issued by The Ministry of the Interior
for War-Help Organisation.
Some 250pp of war poems, articles, stories, music& photographic illustrations of German-Austrian Royalty medals, insignia, etc.
in colour & black & white.
(R M Rilke, S Zweig, A Schnitzler, P Rosegger, A Wildgans, F K Ginzkey, etc.)
Original pictorial paper covered boards. Ribbon marker.
£40.00
MORE SONGS BY THE FIGHTING MEN.
Soldier Poets. 2nd series.
Ed. GALLOWAY KYLE. 1917.
Original cloth. Name on front end paper.
Slight foxing.
(A Newberry Choyce, E Chillman , P Bewsher, P H B Lyon,
H T MacKenzie, C J Masefield, E F Wilkinson, E Challenger.) £25.00
MORE SONGS BY THE FIGHTING MEN.
Soldier Poets. 2nd series.
Ed. GALLOWAY KYLE. 1917.
Original wraps a little frayed. £15.00
THE LEGION BOOK.
Ed. H Cotton Minchin. 1929. Curwen Press.
Contributors include
W S Churchill, R Kipling, A E Coppard, D Garnett, H Wolfe, E Wallace, A Bennettt, P G Wodehouse, E Blunden, A Huxley, W De La Mare, R Bridges, V Sackville-West, J Galsworthy, H Walpole, J C Squire, J Drinkwater, L Binyon, G K Chesterton, H Belloc, W H Davies,etc.
J C Squire, H Wolfe, W H Davies, E Sitwell, R West, V Sackville-West, De la Mare,A Kaye-Smith, F Tennyson Jesse, Sapper, H Newbolt, Storm Jameson, etc. with illustrations by Augustus John, David Low, R Ravilious, C Leighton, C Bawden,, W Rothenstein, J Sargent, E Kennington, J Epstein, M Beerbohm, etc.
Covers very slightly unevenly faded in a few places. End papers browned/foxed but the book & the contents are in very good condition. £30.00
THE LEGION BOOK.
Ed. H Cotton Minchin. 1929. Curwen Press.
Contributors include W S Churchill, R Kipling, A E Coppard, D Garnett, H Wolfe, E Wallace, A Bennettt, P G Wodehouse, E Blunden, A Huxley, W De La Mare, R Bridges, V Sackville-West, J Galsworthy, H Walpole, J C Squire, J Drinkwater, L Binyon, G K Chesterton, H Belloc, W H Davies,etc. J C Squire, H Wolfe, W H Davies, E Sitwell, R West, V Sackville-West, De la Mare,A Kaye-Smith, F Tennyson Jesse, Sapper, H Newbolt, Storm Jameson, etc. with illustrations by Augustus John, David Low, R Ravilious, C Leighton, C Bawden,, W Rothenstein, J Sargent, E Kennington, J Epstein, M Beerbohm, etc.
Covers very slightly unevenly faded in a few places. Front & rear end paper torn as is the margin of another page - text not affected. The end papers are browned but otherwise the book & contents are in very good condition. £25.00
THE LEGION BOOK.
Ed. H Cotton MINCHIN. 1929. Curwen Press.
Contributors include W S Churchill, R Kipling, A E Coppard, D Garnett, H Wolfe, E Wallace, A Bennettt, P G Wodehouse, E Blunden, A Huxley, W De La Mare, R Bridges, V Sackville-West, J Galsworthy, H Walpole, J C Squire, J Drinkwater, L Binyon, G K Chesterton, H Belloc, W H Davies,etc. J C Squire, H Wolfe, W H Davies, E Sitwell, R West, V Sackville-West, De la Mare,A Kaye-Smith, F Tennyson Jesse, Sapper, H Newbolt, Storm Jameson, etc. with illustrations by Augustus John, David Low, R Ravilious, C Leighton, C Bawden,, W Rothenstein, J Sargent, E Kennington, J Epstein, M Beerbohm, etc.
Edition limited to 600 copies, this being number 196, in brown buckram.
However the base of back cover & bottom of the spine have obviously been in contact with water as they are marked & frayed. Internally very good, the text & illustrations have, in no way, being affected. A letter attached to the inside front cover from Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey states "his Royal Highness would like you to accept as a momento of all that you have done for the success of the undertaking." An uncommon 1st impression. £65.00
THE MUSE IN ARMS. 1917.
Ed. E B OSBORN with 17ppp introduction.
A Collection of War Poems written by 46 Soldier poets of whom a third had
already been killed in action at the time of publication.
Many previously
unpublished poems as well as many first book-form.
(J Grenfell, O Sitwell, R Graves , Sassoon, Nichols, Brooke,
W N Hodgson ,
P MacGill, C H Sorley, E W Tennant , etc.)
Inscription on front end paper. £20.00
NEW PATHS. Verse Prose Pictures 1917-1918.
Ed. C W BEAUMONT & M T H SADLER. nd. Beaumont Press.
Covers little dusty. Original paper spine neatly repasted over the rebacking
otherwise very good copy being one of 100 numbered copies on special paper
with hand coloured decorations by A E Rice.
Frontis-Tijtgat.
Very uncommon thus.
Other illustrations by Augustus John, Sickert, Brzeska, Epstein, J Nash,
Gertler, Hamnett, P Nash,etc.
Other contributors include H Monro,
J C Squire,
D H Lawrence, A Huxley,
E & O Sitwell, W J Turner,
W H Davies, S Vines,
W De La Mare,
J Drinkwater, W W Gibson,
R Aldington, J G Fletcher, F S Flint,
J Freeman, R Macaulay, etc.)
With bibliographies of recent verse & prose. £100.00
NEW PATHS.
Ed. C W BEAUMONT & M T H SADLER. 1918.
An unusually good copy with tip of spine cracked. £50.00
TWELVE POETS. 1918. A Miscellany of New Verse.
Spine a little darkened otherwise a very superior copy.
(E Thomas-Ten Poems, W H Davies, W De La Mare, V Locke Ellis,
J Freeman,
J C Squire, J Gutrie, A H Fisher, R Flower,
R Manning Sanders,
R Thirlmere,
W J Turner. ) £100.00
TREASURY OF WAR POETRY.1914-1919.
Ed. G H CLARKE. nd.
Covers unevenly faded in parts. Inscription on half title page dated 1919.
Edges of the inside covers lightly stained but internally a very good copy. £12.00
VALOUR & VISION. Poems Of The War. 1914-1918.
Ed. J T TROTTER. 1923.
New & enlarged edition.
F Sidgwick's name plate is on front end paper.
Covers badly damp stained. Contents very good. £8.00
THE QUEEN'S BOOK OF THE RED CROSS.
1939.
Dw very slightly frayed.
Original contributions by 50 British Authors & Artists including H Walpole,
Ian Hay, A E Mason, J Masefield, T S Eliot, L A G Strong, C Day Lewis,
W De La Mare, C Morgan, A A Milne, C Roberts, A Noyes, etc.
Illustrated by Dulac, Russell Flint, M Lucie Attwell, Brangwyn, R Whistler, etc. £15.00
ANTHOLOGY OF WAR POETRY. 1914-1918.
Ed. R NICHOLS. 1943. Dw.
83pp preface on War Poetry & War Poets by Nichols.
(R Brooke, F Brett Young, J E Flecker, C H Sorley, J Grenfell,
E Blunden,
R Graves , S Sassoon, W Owen, W N Hodgson .) £10.00
WINGS OF WAR.
Ed. F Alan WALBANK. 1943. Batsford Book. Dw.
2nd printing.
An illustrated Air Force Anthology.
Introduced by Sir A Sinclair.
(W S Churchill, G M Hopkins, S Spender, H G Wells, C Day Lewis,
John Squire,
W R Rodgers, S Sassoon, H E Bates, J Pudney,
S Spender,
R Hilary, C Beaton,
D Garnet, etc.) £8.00
UP THE LINE TO DEATH.
Ed. Brian GARDNER.
The War Poets.1914-18.1964.
Dw.
Neat Library stamp on front end paper otherwise very good. £16.00
MEN WHO MARCH AWAY.
Ed. I M PARSONS. 1965. Dw.
Poems of the First World War. Name on front end paper.
(W Owen, H Read,
I Rosenberg, S Sassoon, F Sidgwick, O Sitwell,
E Thomas, W B Yeats, etc.) £10.00
PROMISE OF GREATNESS.
Ed. G A PANICHAS. 1968.
Introduced by H Read. Original essays relating to the 1914-1918 War
by R Graves, E Blunden, G Brenan,
V De Sola Pinto, Liddell Hart,
R C Sherriff, G Keynes, Compton MacKenzie,
L P Hartley, A Waugh,
V Britain, G Wilson Knight, C Barnett, R HMottram, etc. £12.00
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF FIRST WORLD WAR POETRY .
Ed. & intro J SILKIN. 1979. Dw.
"It offers the best work by the best poets. & contains a sample
from the
work, in translation, of German, French & Italian "War" poetry.”
(Apollinaire, R Arcos, C Vildrac, A Stramm, A Schnock, A Lichtenstein,
W Klemm,
A Goll, G Trakl,G Heym, G Ungaretti, A Ehrenstein.) £8.00
THE TIMES RED CROSS STORY BOOK
by Famous Novelists serving in His Majesty's Forces. nd.
(A E W Mason, A A Milne, Ian Hay,
R E Vernede , Oliver Onions,
Compton Mackenzie, R A Freeman,
Quiller-Couch, etc.)
Illustrated.
Very good in the scarce dw which is frayed. £30.00
THE PITY OF WAR.
Ed. Jill BALCON. 1985. Dw.
Introduced by E Carpenter. Poems of the First World War.
(R Aldington, L Binyon, W Owen, J Grenfell, C Sorley, I Gurney,
E Thomas, R Nichols, E Blunden, R Brooke, I Rosenberg,
H Read, S Sassoon, R Graves, WW Gibson, etc.)
Calligraphy by R Grossman. Illustrated by B Barber. £8.00
THE OXFORD BOOK OF MODERN VERSE.1892-1935. 1936.
Introduced by W B Yeats. Name on front end papers otherwise an excellent copy.
Bright lettering & decoration. Teg. £25.00
POEMS WRITTEN DURING THE GREAT WAR.
Ed B LLOYD. 1918.
"Common point of agreement.. hatred of the cant & idealization & false
glamour wherewith the conception of war is still so thickly overlaid... ".
S Sassoon, A E., W W Gibson, L Housman, W N Ewer, M Sackville,
E Shillito, E Crawshay-Williams, E H Visiak, I Zangwill, E Sitwell,
J C Squire, etc.
Name on front end paper. Original wraps. £25.00
SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY TO THE ALLIED ARMIES. 1918.
A Victory Message In English & French from Marshall FOCH & another from
Field-Marshall HAIG, this being a letter of gratitude "written under the fire of deliverance" by an inhabitant of Poix-du-Nord.
Printed in France by the Army Printing Services. £50.00
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