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BROWN, George Mackay, 1921-1996 : POEMS : NEW AND SELECTED.

London : Hogarth Press, 1971. First edition. A review copy, with the publisher's slip loosely inserted. An extensive selection from Brown's two earlier published volumes - and with fourteen new poems.
Demy 8vo. 96pp. Original bright blue boards, lettered on spine in gilt; top edge lightly spotted, but a very good copy in the original dust-jacket (printed in blue and black on white) - just slightly rubbed.

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BURNETT, David (Alfred David), 1937- : AUTOLYCUS.

Edinburgh : Tragara Press, 1987. First edition : limited to 120 copies. Forty poems.
Foolscap 4to. (52)pp. Original blue wraps, white paper title-label ruled and lettered in black; about fine.

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BURNETT, David (Alfred David), 1937- : JACKDAW.

Edinburgh : Tragara Press, 1980. First edition : limited to 150 copies. Fifty poems, with engravings by Kirill Sokolov.
Crown 8vo. (72)pp. Original grey wraps, lettered and decorated in black; near fine.

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BUTLIN, Ron (Ronald), 1949- : RAGTIME IN UNFAMILIAR BARS.

London : Secker & Warburg, (1985). First edition. Signed by Ron Butlin on the title-page. A collection of thirty-nine poems.
Demy 8vo. [x],(52),[ii]pp. Original wraps, with a colour illustration by James Hutcheson; very good indeed.

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DAVIDSON, John, 1857-1909 : BALLADS & SONGS.

London : John Lane, The Bodley Head / Boston: Copeland & Day, 1894. First edition. A collection of twenty-five poems, etc., including "To the New Women", "A Ballad of the Exodus from Houndsditch", "London", "In Romney Marsh", etc.
Foolscap 8vo. [ii],vi,(132),4,16pp. Original blue-black buckram, blocked - in an attractive art-nouveau design of blackbirds and water-lilies - and lettered in gilt on upper cover, lettered in gilt on spine; label removed from front paste-down; front endpaper just a little tanned; a few faint marks, but a very good copy. Stonehill 13 - but without the errata slip.

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DAVISON, Edward (Edward Lewis), 1898- : SOME MODERN POETS AND OTHER CRITICAL ESSAYS.

New York: & London : Harper & Brothers, 1928 [i.e. 1929]. An early reprint of the original 1928 edition. Davison on "A.E.", Robert Bridges, Robert Burns, Frank Kendon, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, John Masefield, Alfred Noyes, James Stephens, W.B.Yeats, etc.
Crown 8vo. [xii],(256),[iv]pp. Original cloth; corner neatly cut from front free endpaper, but otherwise very good in a chipped dust-jacket.

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DUNN, Douglas, 1942- : CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. SYCAMORE BROADSHEET 21.

Oxford : Sycamore Press, (1975). First edition. A poem in three parts. Loosely inserted is a contemporary autograph postcard, signed with forename, from the publisher, John Fuller to B.C.Bloomfield - concerning an approach to Edward Upward.
Post 8vo. Single white sheet, printed in red and black, folding to form three leaves; fine in the original mailing envelope.

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DUNN, Douglas, 1942- : EUROPA'S LOVER.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books, (1982). First edition. Signed by Douglas Dunn. A poem in fourteen parts.
Demy 8vo. [24]pp. Original blue stapled wraps, a pictorial design lettered in red and white; about fine.

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DUNN, Douglas, 1942- : LOVE OR NOTHING.

London : Faber & Faber, (1974). First edition. His third collection of poetry - thirty-four poems.
Post 8vo. 64pp. Original wraps - a design in blue, white and black; near fine.

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FINLAY, Ian Hamilton, 1925- : THE DANCERS INHERIT THE PARTY : SELECTED POEMS BY IAN HAMILTON FINLAY.

Worcester : Migrant Press, 1962. Second edition. A collection of thirty-nine poems, with two colour-printed woodcuts by Zeljko Kujundzic. Originally published in 1960.
Crown 4to. [iv],(36)pp. Original turquoise stapled wraps, printed and decorated with one of the woodcuts on upper wrap in green; a touch of rusting to staples; very mild tanning of text, but a very good copy.

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FRASER, G.S. (George Sutherland), 1915-1980 : THE FATAL LANDSCAPE AND OTHER POEMS.

London : Poetry London, [1941]. First edition. His first book - a collection of twelve poems.
Demy 8vo. [4],[iv],18,[ii],[4]pp. Original buff textured stapled wraps, blocked in yellow and lettered in purple on upper wrap; staples lightly rusted; a little tanning to spine, but otherwise a very good copy.

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FULTON, Robin, 1937- : BETWEEN FLIGHTS : EIGHTEEN POEMS.

Egham : Interim Press, (1976). First edition : one of 20 copies (of 200) numbered and signed by Robin Fulton.
Foolscap 4to. (24)pp. Original tan stapled wraps, lettered in black; slightly bruised, otherwise very good.

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FULTON, Robin, 1937- : MUSIC & FLIGHT.

Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1975). First edition : one of fifty copies (of 150) numbered and signed by Robin Fulton. A poem.
Demy 8vo. [8]pp. Original deep orange stapled wraps, lettered in black; staples just showing touch of rust, otherwise very good.

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GLEN, Duncan (Duncan Munro), 1933- : BUITS AND WELLIES : OR, SUI GENERIS : A SEQUENCE O POEMS.

Preston : Akros Publications, 1976. First trade edition. A presentation copy, inscribed to the poet Jim Burns, signed with forename and dated by Duncan Glen in the year of publication. Thirty-seven poems in Scots, with illustrations by George Hollingworth.
Foolscap 4to. (28)pp. Original red stapled wraps, lettered and decorated in dark blue; very good.

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GLEN, Duncan (Duncan Munro), 1933- : A CLED SCORE : POEMS.

Preston : Akros Publications, 1974. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed to the poet Jim [Burns], signed with forename, and dated (1974) by Duncan Glen. With the separately printed glossary loosely inserted. Twenty-one poems in Scots.
Demy 8vo. 40pp. Original marbled boards, lettered down spine in gilt; very good in the original yellow-green dust-jacket, lettered in brown - slightly bruised.

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GLEN, Duncan (Duncan Munro), 1933- : CLYDESDALE : A SEQUENCE O POEMS.

Preston : Akros Publications, 1971. First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 200) signed by Duncan Glen. Seven poems in Scots, with a glossary.
Crown 8vo. [ii],(30),[iv]pp. Original pale blue stapled wraps, printed in black; very slightly rubbed and lightly bruised, but a very good copy.

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GLEN, Duncan (Duncan Munro), 1933- : GEEZE! A SEQUENCE OF POEMS.

Leeds : John Henderson, 1985. First edition. Signed by Duncan Glen on the half title. Thirty poems in Scots, with a glossary.
Foolscap 4to. [vi],32,[vi]pp. Original white stapled wraps, lettered and decorated in black on upper wrap; a few very faint marks, but a very good copy.

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GLEN, Duncan (Duncan Munro), 1933- : IN APPEARANCES.

Preston : Akros Publications, 1971. First edition : one of fifty special copies numbered and signed by Duncan Glen. With the separately printed glossary loosely inserted. Forty poems in Scots.
Royal 8vo. 80pp. Original red patterned boards, lettered down spine in gilt; top edge slightly dusty, otherwise very good in the original yellow dust-jacket, lettered and decorated in brown - price-clipped and just very slightly rubbed.

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GLEN, Duncan (Duncan Munro), 1933- : ON MIDSUMMER EVENIN MERRIEST OF NICHTS?

Nottingham : Akros Publications, 1981. First edition : one of fifty copies numbered and signed by Duncan Glen. A long poem in Scots, with a glossary.
Crown 4to. [ii],62pp. Original monochrome pictorial wraps; wraps slightly nicked and bruised, but otherwise very good.

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GLEN, Duncan (Duncan Munro), 1933- : UNNERNEATH THE BED.

Preston : Akros Publications, 1970. First edition : limited to 100 copies, numbered and signed by Duncan Glen. A broadside poem in Scots.
Demy 4to. Single lilac sheet, printed in black. Original folds and small areas of fading, but a very good copy.

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GORDON, Giles (Giles Alexander Esmé), 1940-2003 : COUPLE.

Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1977). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies signed by Giles Gordon. A short story.
Demy 8vo. 12pp. Original sand stapled wraps, lettered on upper wrap in brown; staples very slightly rusted, otherwise very good indeed.

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GORDON, Giles (Giles Alexander Esmé), 1940-2003 : TWELVE POEMS FOR CALLUM.

Preston : Akros Publications, 1972. First edition : one of 200 regular copies (of 225). A review copy, with the publisher's slip loosely inserted.
Demy 8vo. 16pp. Original red wraps, lettered on upper wrap in black; very good.

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GRAHAM, W.S. (William Sydney), 1918-1986 : THE NIGHTFISHING.

London : Faber & Faber, (1955). First edition. A collection of ten poems.
Demy 8vo. (76),[iv]pp. Original red cloth, lettered down spine in gilt; spine titling a touch dulled; a few slight edge-spots; endpapers unevenly tanned; a very good and sound copy in the original dust-jacket - a design in silver and blue on black - lightly worn and nicked, and very slightly chipped at tips.

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IMLAH, Mick, 1956- : THE ZOOLOGIST'S BATH AND OTHER ADVENTURES.

Oxford : Sycamore Press, (1982). First edition. A collection of six poems.
Demy 8vo. [16]pp. Original cream wraps, lettered in green and pictured in brown; fine in the original mailing envelope.

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JAMIESON, Morley : NINE POEMS.

Edinburgh : Bruntons, 1976. First edition : limited to 175 numbered copies, signed by Morley Jamieson. A presentation copy, further inscribed and signed with forename by the poet. Printed at the Tragara Press.
Crown 4to. [20]pp. Frontispiece by Mary Parker Rhodes. Original blue wraps, ruled and lettered in black on upper wrap; very slightly bruised, but a very good copy.

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JAMIESON, Morley : TEN POEMS.

Edinburgh : Bruntons, 1978. First edition : limited to 210 numbered copies, signed by the Morley Jamieson. A presentation copy, further inscribed and signed with forename by the poet. Printed at the Tragara Press.
Crown 4to. [24]pp. Frontispiece by Mary Parker Rhodes. Original red wraps, ruled and lettered in black on upper wrap; very slightly bruised, but a very good copy.

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LINDSAY, Maurice (John Maurice), 1918- : PREDICAMENT : THIRTEEN POEMS BY J. MAURICE LINDSAY.

Oxford : Alden Press, 1942. First edition : limited to 200 numbered copies. A presentation copy, inscribed, signed and dated (1942) by Maurice Lindsay. His second book.
Crown 8vo. 16pp. Original yellow stapled wraps, lettered in black; staples rusted, otherwise very good in a browned, soiled and slightly discoloured dust-jacket.

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LINDSAY, William, 1933-1986 : BEASTS BEASTIES BIRDS AND BURDIES : A COLLECTION OF POEMS.

Newport : Envoi Poets, (1987). First edition. A colection of twenty-eight poems, some in Scots.
Foolscap 4to. 28pp. Original olive stapled wraps, ruled and lettered in black; fine.

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MACBETH, George (George Mann), 1932-1992 : LAST NIGHT.

Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1976). First edition : one of fifty copies (of 150) numbered and signed by George MacBeth. A poem in ten parts.
Demy 8vo. [8]pp. Original terracotta stapled wraps, lettered on upper wrap in black; staples slightly rusted, otherwise near fine.

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MACBETH, George (George Mann), 1932-1992 : LECTURE TO THE TRAINEES.

Oxford : Oscar Mellor at the Fantasy Press, (1962). First edition. An early collection of ten poems.
Demy 8vo. (28)pp. Original stapled dove-grey wraps, lettered in red and black; a touch sunned; some rusting to staples, but a nice copy.

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MACBETH, George (George Mann), 1932-1992 : THE NIGHT OF STONES : POEMS BY GEORGE MACBETH.

London : Macmillan & Co., 1968. First edition : an uncorrected proof copy. A collection of eighteen poems, with explanatory notes, etc. With the publishers' compliments slip loosely inserted.
Demy 8vo. [viii],(88)pp. Original blue-grey publishers' wraps, printed on upper wrap in black; some very faint wear, but a very good copy.

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MACBETH, George (George Mann), 1932-1992 : POEMS.

Frensham : Sceptre Press, (1970). First edition : one of seventy-four regular copies (of 100). This copy not numbered, out of series. Three poems.
Post 8vo. [16]pp. Original white stapled wraps, lettered on upper wrap in black; staples rusting, but otherwise very good indeed.

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MacCAIG, Norman, 1910-1996 : MIDNIGHTS.

London : Poem-of-the-Month Club, 1970. First edition : [limited to 1,000 copies] signed by Norman MacCaig. A broadside poster poem.
SImperial 4to. Single ivory sheet, printed in black on recto only. Fine.

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MacCAIG, Norman, 1910-1996 : SUNSET PLOUGHING.

[Ashington] : MidNAG, [1971]. First separate edition. A handsome broadside - Poetry Poster No. 8 in the Mid Northumberland Arts Group series, with graphics by Enrico Equi.
Single white sheet, printed and decorated in orange, grey and black. 60 x 42cm. Slight bruising to edges in a few places, but in very good state.

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"MACDIARMID, Hugh"- [GRIEVE, Christopher Murray, 1892-1972] : CORNISH HEROIC SONG FOR VALDA TREVLYN : AND, ONCE IN A CORNISH GARDEN.

Padstow : Lodenek Press, (1977). First edition under this title : the wrappers issue. Two poems, the first MacDiarmid's song to his Cornish wife, the second here appearing for the first time in its entirety.
Post 8vo. (v),(1)-22,[i]pp. Illustrations by Lorgan. Original plain white stapled wrappers; a very good copy in the original dust-jacket - a pictorial design in black on pale blue - lightly sunned, but also very good.

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MITCHELL, Daibidh : THE FANTASY POETS. NO. 29. DAIBIDH MICHELL [sic].

Eynsham : Fantasy Press, (1955). First edition. A collection of six poems in Scots, designed and printed by Oscar Mellor. Mellor later claimed that the author's name was misspelt on the original typescript.
Demy 8vo. Original stapled wraps; staples lightly rusted, but a very good copy.

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MUNRO, Robin : THE LINE OF MORNING.

Richmond : Keepsake Press, 1976. First edition : one of 168 regular copies (of 180). A poem, with two wood engravings by Julius B. Stafford-Baker. Keepsake Poem No. 27.
Crown 4to. [4]pp. Original orange wraps, printed on upper cover in black; fine, in the original Keepsake envelope - just faintly marked. Lewis (Keepsake Poems) 27.

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MURRAY, Charles, 1864-1941 : HAMEWITH.

London : Constable & Co., 1909. First London edition : adding many new poems to the original edition published in Aberdeen in 1900, as well as an introduction by Andrew Lang. Forty-five poems in Scots, including "Scotland our Mither", with two illustrations by R. Douglas Strachan, and a 9pp glossary of Scots words.
Crown 8vo. [2],(xvi),(120)pp. Original blue buckram, blocked with a piper in gilt on upper cover, lettered in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; some mild rubbing; a few faint spots; occasional pencil annotation, but a very good copy.

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SAUNDERS, R. Crombie (Robert Crombie) - editor : SCOTTISH ART AND LETTERS. NUMBER ONE.

Glasgow : William MacLellan, (1944). The first appearance of this influential Scottish periodical - with articles by James Bridie, J.F.Hendry, A.S.Neill, etc.; short stories by Marius Blum, Morley Jamieson and Fred Urquhart; poems from Adam Drinan, G.S.Fraser, Robert Garioch, W.S.Graham, J.F.Hendry, Maurice Lindsay, Norman MacCaig, Sydney Goodsir Smith, William Soutar and others; artwork by Donald Bain, etc.
Crown 4to. (52)pp. Plates, one coloured. Illustrations. Original wraps (a design by J.D.Ferguson); mild and diffuse damp-staining and light wrinkling affecting wraps and some leaves - but still a good and serviceable copy, with minimal wear.

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SCOTT, Alexander, 1920-1989 : CANTRIPS.

Preston : Akros Publications, 1968. First edition : [one of 450 ordinary copies (of 500)]. A collection of twenty-nine poems - all but five in Scots - with a glossary, etc.
Demy 8vo. (62),[ii]pp, Original red patterned boards, lettered down spine in gilt; very good in the original yellow-green dust-jacket, printed in grey, red and black. Glen 30.

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SCOTT, Tom, 1918-1995 : THE SHIP AND ITHER POEMS.

London: Oxford University Press 1963. First edition. Poems in Scots.
Demy 8vo. Slight spotting of edges, otherwise very good in lightly sunned and spotted dust-jacket.

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SMITH, Sydney Goodsir, 1915-1974 : THE DEEVIL'S WALTZ.

Glasgow : William MacLellan, 1946. First edition. Poems, with striking illustrations by Denis Peploe.
Royal 8vo. Very good in slightly worn and chipped dust-jacket.

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SMITH, Sydney Goodsir, 1915-1974 : ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : A DRAMATIC POEM.

Edinburgh : M. Macdonald, (1955). First edition : limited to 500 copies.
Demy 8vo. Original wraps; very good.

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STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 : UNDERWOODS.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition. A celebrated collection of fifty-four poems, thirty-eight in English and the remainder in Scots - the latter including the first appearance in book form of both "A Lowden Sabbath Morn" and "The Scotsman's Return from Abroad".
Foolscap 8vo. [ii],(xvi),[2],(138),[ii]pp. Bound, with the initial blank but without the inserted advertisements, in a delightful near contemporary half tan morocco, banded and gilt in a floral design; top edge gilt; marbled sides and endpapers; mild spotting of binder's blanks and edges, but a very good copy indeed. With the pictorial 1895 bookplate of Albert Harrison.

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TODD, Ruthven, 1914-1978 : FIRST ANIMAL BOOK : VERSES BY RUTHVEN TODD: AND ENGRAVINGS SELECTED FROM BEWICK'S HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS, PUBLISHED 1818.

London : Peter Lunn, 1946. First edition. Animal verses for children - from the agouti and the armadillo to the zebra and the zebu - with notes on the animals and Bewick's charming depictions. With an introduction by Frances Pitt.
Demy 8vo. (144)pp. Sixty-seven illustrations. Original cream cloth, lettered on spine in black; a very good copy in a price-clipped dust-jacket.

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TODD, Ruthven, 1914-1978 : JOHN BERRYMAN 1914-1972.

London : Poem-of-the-Month Club, 1972. First edition : [limited to 1,000 copies] signed and dated by Ruthven Todd. A broadside poster poem.
Imperial 4to. Single ivory sheet, printed on one side only in black. Fine.

£20

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TODD, Ruthven, 1914-1978 : THE PLANET IN MY HAND : POEMS.

London : Grey Walls Press, (1946). First edition. Although a collection of twelve poems had been privately printed under this title in 1944, this far more extensive collection of fifty poems is essentially a separate work.
Demy 8vo. 80pp. Original sand cloth, lettered on spine gilt; a touch bruised, but a nice copy of a scarce book in a lightly used and slightly darkened dust-jacket.

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TREMAYNE, Sydney (Sydney Durward), 1912-1986 : THE HARDEST FREEDOM.

London : Collins, 1951. First edition. A collection of forty-one poems.
Demy 8vo. (64)pp. Original dark red cloth, lettered down spine in gilt; a few faint spots, but a very good copy indeed in a very lightly used dust-jacket.

£15

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TREMAYNE, Sydney (Sydney Durward), 1912-1986 : TIME AND THE WIND.

London : Collins, 1948. First edition. His first major collection - forty poems, including the war poems sequence.
Demy 8vo. 64pp. Original grey cloth, lettered down spine in gilt; a few faint spots, but a very good copy in a very lightly tanned and just mildly spotted dust-jacket.

£20

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TURNBULL, Gael (Gael Lundin), 1928-2004 : BRIEFLY BY GAEL TURNBULL.

Nottingham : Tarasque Press, [1967]. First edition : one of 275 ordinary copies (of 300). A collection of sixteen poems.
Narrow crown 8vo. [ii],[16],[ii]pp. Original deep orange stapled wraps, printed on upper wrap in deep red; very good.

£20

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TURNBULL, Gael (Gael Lundin), 1928-2004 : FINGER CYMBALS.

Edinburgh : Satis, 1971. First edition : limited to 350 numbered copies. A collection of ten poems. Loosely inserted is a manuscript note from the publisher, Malcolm [Rutherford], noting this as the last but one remaining copy.
Post 8vo. [16]pp. Original orange stapled wraps, lettered in black; faint spotting of top edge, otherwise fine.

£15

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TURNBULL, Gael (Gael Lundin), 1928-2004 : THRONGING THE HEART.

Belper : Stuart Mills, 1976. First edition. Issue 12 of Stuart Mills' "Aggie Weston's" magazine, the whole of which is given over to Turnbull's poem. Inscribed to Glenn [Hughes], signed with forename and dated (1979) by Gael Turnbull.
Post 4to. [12]pp. Original white stapled wraps, printed in black; one corner creased; staples slightly rusted, but a good copy.

£15

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TURNBULL, Gael (Gael Lundin), 1928-2004 : TWENTY WORDS : TWENTY DAYS : A SKETCHBOOK & A MORULA.

Birmingham : Migrant Press, 1966. First edition. A sequence of twenty linked poems from Turnbull's own press.
Crown 8vo. [32]pp. Original pale grey stapled wraps, printed in red and grey-blue; very good.

£25

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YOUNG, Andrew (Andrew John), 1885-1971 : BOAZ AND RUTH AND OTHER POEMS.

London : John G. Wilson, 1920. First edition. His third book - a collection of twelve poems - only about 100 copies were printed.
Post 8vo. (32)pp. Original pale grey wraps, printed on upper wrap in black; some very minor wear, but a very good copy indeed of a scarce and fragile item.

£100

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YOUNG, Andrew (Andrew John), 1885-1971 : THE NEW SHEPHERD.

London : J. & E. Bumpus, (1931). First edition. Poems.
Crown 8vo. Original cloth; paper label. Faint spotting of edges, mild browning of endpapers, but a near fine copy.

£40

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YOUNG, Andrew (Andrew John), 1885-1971 : REMEMBRANCE & HOMAGE.

Cranberry Isles : Tidal Press, 1978. First edition : one of fifty numbered and specially bound copies (of 1250). Seven poems by Young and thirteen in his honour - by John Arlott, Edmund Blunden, Ian Caws, Leonard Clark, Richard Church, George MacBeth, Edward Lowbury, Leslie Norris, Ted Walker, etc. Edited & introduced by Leslie Norris. This copy is also inscribed, signed (four times) and dated (1984) by Norris. Individual contributions are also signed by Edward Lowbury, Ted Walker and the illustrator, Charles Wadsworth.
Royal 8vo. Colour portrait frontispiece. Coloured illustrations by Charles E. Wadsworth. Original quarter morocco, marbled boards, by Gray Parrot; a fine copy in the original case.

£125

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YOUNG, Andrew (Andrew John), 1885-1971 : SPEAK TO THE EARTH.

London : Jonathan Cape, (1939). First edition : a variant binding, in blue cloth. Poems.
Demy 8vo. Very good in very slightly marked and nicked dust-jacket.

£20

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YOUNG, Andrew (Andrew John), 1885-1971 : WINTER HARVEST.

London : Nonesuch Press, 1933. First edition. Poems.
Royal 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; boards a little faded, some faint spotting, but a very good copy.

£20

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