Poetry from David Ford Books

Adelaide, E.S.Wigg & son,1979 Hardcover book, First and limited edition No. 28 of 50 copies . Tales of the OldQueen's Head and others. Hilarious Book of poems from the outback? Not for those easily offended or without a sense of humour! Very Good copy in Red boards with gilt titles. Gift inscription to front end-paper. What happened to the… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1949 First edition. Hardcover book in dustjacket. 'The authors first novel of modern life since Rebecca. Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket . Jacket has very rubbed edges with losses and creased spine. Pictures available.

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1959 2nd edition Revised An autobiographical poem. Revised by Helen Darbishire. Edited from the Manuscripts with introduction, and notes by Ernest de Selincourt. 650 pages. A VG copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Light foxing to closed page edges. No inscriptions. Jacket is lightly worn to edges with a darkened spine. Pictures… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1999 First edition . Hardcover book . Boards and pictorial dustjacket. 106p, h: 22 cms. Heaney's translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf won the Whitbread Book of the Year in 1999. . Near Fine in near Fine protected jacket. Light sunning to jacket spine. Pictures available.

London: Faber & Faber, 1946 Hardcover book Orange cloth, gil title to spine, and dustjacket lettered in black on pink paper. 188 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket, now in clear sleeve. Clean covers , spine lightly sunned, gift inscription on flyleaf (September 1952). Jacket Very Good with light handling marks. Pictures available.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1971 Hardcover book . Blue Cloth with dustjacket .Covering the period 1927-1957.351 pages . The book is near Fine but with some foxing spots to closed page edges. The jacket is Fine , not clipped . No inscriptions. A lovely looking copy. Pictures available

London: Faber & Faber, 1970 Hardcover book , Cloth and dustjacket. 608 pages . Very Good in Very Good protected jacket. Previous owners name to front end paper with light tanning off-setting from jacket flap.Jacket is price clipped with lightly tanned spine. pictures available.

London, Macmillan & Co. 1922 Hardcover book, first edition, green cloth with gilt titles. 288 pages- no dustjacket. Poetry, and verses from Thomas Hardy. A Very Good book . Light foxing to early pages , previous owners name. Nice copy. Pictures available.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1969 First edition. Hardcover book in dustjacket. Signed 'With Best Wishes Daphne du Maurier ' to title page. Together with a handwritten Letter from Jose Agorriz-Melgar, poet and author concerning the friendship between Daphne du Maurier, Julian Jebb and himself. A Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket with very rubbed edges and sunned spine.… Read more about this item

London, Macmillan & Co. 1925 Hardcover book, first edition, green cloth with gilt titles. 279 pages- in dustjacket. Poetry, songs and trifles from Thomas Hardy. A Very Good book without inscriptions in a Very Good dustjacket. Small loss to top of jacket spine with tanning of jacket. Light foxing to early pages. Pictures available.

London, Macmillan & Co. 1909 Hardcover book, first edition, green cloth with gilt titles. 207 pages- no dustjacket. Poetry, and verses from Thomas Hardy. A Very Good book . Light foxing to early pages , previous owners gift inscription to front end-paper.. Some pencil annotations. Nice copy. Pictures available.

Austin, University of Texas, 1960 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. Signed and dedicated by the author 'For May a Wise Woman. From her friend Helen C. A close friend of D.H.Lawrence the first eight poems derive from the aftermath of a tragic romance. a Fine copy in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket. Pictures available.

London, Macmillan & Co. 1917 Hardcover book, first edition, green cloth with gilt titles. 256 pages- no dustjacket. Poetry, and verses from Thomas Hardy. A Very Good book . Light foxing to early pages , previous owners name. Gilt title to spine slightly faded. Nice copy. Pictures available.

London, Macmillan & Co. 1928 Hardcover book, first edition, green cloth with gilt titles. 202 pages- no dustjacket. Poetry, and verses from Thomas Hardy. A Very Good book . Light foxing to early pages , white stain to bottom rear corner of cover. Pictures available.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1915 Hardcover book , first reprint.. Poems, ending in Sept.1914 with Men Who March Away. Olive green cloth, gilt title to spine, and gilt motif to front; no dustjacket . 230pp, plus publisher's list. Nicely printed on laid paper with hand-cut edges. Very Good copy Dulled spine . Pages clean, a few… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1946 First edition . Hardcover book , Grey cloth, in dustjacket . 35pp, h: 21 cms. With 4 colour lithograph plates by John Piper, printed at the Baynard Press. Laid paper. Very Good. Clean covers, previous owner's name . Jacket clean and bright to front, Spine worn with loss to top… Read more about this item

London: Nonesuch Press 1927 Hardcover book. Printed from the manuscript in the Bodleian Library. x, 213pp with decorative red lines to all sides. One of 1500 copies printed for sale in England & America - un-numbered but inscribed at rear of volume ' for the engraver of the frontispiece with the compliments of the publishers'. Aeg, top edge browned.… Read more about this item

London, Hamish Hamilton,, 1961 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 109 pages. A treasury of English Verse. With drawings by Edward Gorey. Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Pictures available.

London: Faber & Faber, 1982 First edition, Hardcover book, Cloth and dustjacket designed by Pentagram. 498pp. With a one page introduction by the selectors, plus quotation on how they selected the poems is on the jacket front flap. Very Good in Very Good+ jacket. Small Bump to lower rear cover edge. Two small rub marks to rear… Read more about this item

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1905-1906-1921 Hardcover books, first editions in dustjackets. Volume 1 . 726 pages.Chamberlayne's Pharonnida,England's Jubilee,Benlowes' Theophila, Katherine Philips and Patrick Hannay. Volume II . 611 pages. Marmion's Cupid and Psyche, Kynaston's Leoline and Sydanis, and Cynthiades. Poems of John Hall,Sidney Godolphin and Philip Ayres. Chalkhill's Thealma and Clearchus. Poems of Patrick Carey and William Hammond. Bosworth's Arcadius… Read more about this item