Kudriavitsky, Anatoly.

Shadow of Time.

First Edition. Newbridge, Goldsmith, 2005. Octavo. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed to John and Hilary Wakeman.

Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.

Lambert, Richard.

The Magnolia.

First Edition. Norwich, The Rialto, 2008. Octavo. 40 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Landor, Walter Savage / Bradley, William.

The Early Poems of Walter Savage Landor. A study of his development and debt to Milton.

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., (1914). 13.7 cm x 21 cm. 121 pages. Hardcover / Professionally, recently rebound in pale grey cloth, preserving the original wrapper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A few notes and marks on title pages in pencil.

Langland, William.

Piers Plowman. Prologue and Passus I.-VII. Text B. Edited by J.F. Davis.

London, University Tutorial Press, 1897. 12,5 cm x 18 cm. 183 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Stamp of school on half title page.

Lator, Laszlo.

The Belling.

First Edition. Cork, Southword Editions, 2005. Octavo. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Laszlo Lator on the titlepage. Also signed by the translators Eugene O’Connell, Liz O’Donoghue and Patrick Cotter. Signed books by Laszlo Lator are extremely scarce.

Laughlin, James.

The Love Poems of James Laughlin.

Second Printing. New York, New Directions, 1998. Octavo. 64 unnumbered pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Lavelle, P.J.

And Yet More Love.

First Edition. Mullingar, St. Paul Publications, 1967. Octavo. 61 pages. Original Softcover with gilt lettering on front cover. Good condition with some slight staining on inside cover.

Lavery, Leo.

East Down View.

First Edition. Belfast, Lapwing Publications, 1992. 15 x 21 cm. 30 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Lawrence, D.H.] Morgan, Geoffrey (Editor).

Contemporary Theatre. A selection of reviews 1966/67. [Including: D.H. Lawrence – The Daughter-in-Law].

London, London Magazine editions, 1968. 9 cm x 18,5 cm. 202 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [London Magazine editions 12’6]

Lerner, Ben.

No Art: Poems.

London, Granta, 2016. 15 cm x 23 cm. 279 pages. Original Hardcover with Illustrated Dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Lescure, Jean / [André Frénaud].

Original Typescript with manuscript annotations and corrections of “Poèmes métaphysiques”. Jean Lescure’s personal copy with corrections and additions to his earliest collection of poems. Loosely inserted into the collection are the three pages of the typescript for “Apologie de L’Aveugle – à André Frénaud” reflecting his close friendship and collaboration with André Frénaud [according to our research, Rachel E. Perry identifies in her essay “Histoire De L’Aveugle: Matiérisme’s Critique of Vision” that Jean Lescure composed this poem together with Paul Eluard and it was published in “A la gloire de la main” in 1949]. The poems in the Typescript / Manuscript of Lescure are all dated between 1937 and 1940. The original composition of the poem-cyle “Trois chansons de mer pour l’equinoe” is completely replaced by an autographe, manuscript-entry of Lescur. The poems in this original Typescript/Manuscript of “Poèmes métaphysiques” are titled: “Porte ouverte ou fermee” (″mars-avril 1939”)/ “Dialectique d’un printemps” (″hiver 1937 – ler 5 decembre 1939”)/ “Present de la journee” (″5-6 decembre 1939”) / “Noel pour une fille que fleurisse le jour” (″7-18 decembre 1939”) / “Chant montagnard pour saluer la fin de l’hiver” (″Fev. 1940-Mars 1941”)/ “La Nourriture de l’Amour”(″Fevrier 1941 – Mars 1942”)/ “Double aspect de l’iris” (″20 dec. 1939 – Jan.1940”) / “Double Fer” (″Jan – 25 avril 1940”) / “Debut sur le jour” / “Aspect de la Solitude” / “Chansons de mer pour l’equinoxe” [1.Chanson du patron – 2. Chanson du gabier (Manoeuvre a la vie pare et vire) – [Chansons du precheur] – 3. Chanson du timonier] (″Sept – Oct 41”) //

[France], c. 1945 – 1949. Quarto (21,5 cm x 27 cm). 33 pages plus 3 pages “″Apologie de L’Aveugle”. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

Levertov, Denise.

Breathing the Water.

First Edition. Newcastle upon Tyne, Bloodaxe, 1988. Octavo. 79 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with slight foxing to the edges and minor staining. This copy includes a letter loosely inserted from Levertov to editor of poetry magazine “The Shop”, John Wakeman, the letter is dated June 24th, 1986.

Levertov, Denise.

Oblique Prayers.

First Edition. Newcastle upon Tyne, Bloodaxe, 1986. Octavo. 80 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only slight foxing to the edges and staining on the edge of the cover. Includes Levertov’s translations of fourteen poems by the French poet Jean Joubert.

Levi, Peter.

Pancakes for the Queen of Babylon. Ten Poems for Nikos Gatsos.

Middlesex, Anvil Press Poetry, 1968. 14 cm x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Softcover / Original pamphlet. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Cover detached from booklet.

Levine, Philip.

Breath: Poems.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. X, 82 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition. Signed by the author Philip Levine.

Lewis, Wyndham.

One-Way Song.

London, Faber and Faber, 1933. 15 cm x 23 cm. 132 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective mylar. Volume in very good condition. Multiple small tears and missing patches from edges and spine of dustjacket. Browning of volume cover and page-edges. Two inscriptions by pre-owners.

Liddy, John.

Cast-A-Net / Almadraba.

First Edition. Madrid, Archione Editorial, 2003. Octavo. 78 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by the author. Translations by Liam Liddy and prints by Gavin Hogg.

Loney, Peter.

Peninsula.

First Edition. Langley, BeWrite Books, 2011. Octavo. 96 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Longley, Michael [Brearton, Fran].

Reading Michael Longley.

First Edition. Tarset, Bloodaxe, 2006. Octavo. 285 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cover painting by Peter Edwards. Chronological reading of the poet’s work.

[Longley, Michael] Robertson, Robin.(editor)

Love Poet, Carpenter – Michael Longley at Seventy.

First edition. London, Enitharmon Press, 2009. Octavo. 125 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lovell, Melinda.

Walking the Hillside.

First Edition. Hove, Waterloo Press, 2015. Octavo. 113 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed to John and Hilary Wakeman. Includes a loosely inserted note from the author.

Lowe, Hannah.

The Hitcher.

Aylsham, The Rialto, 2011. 16 cm x 21 cm. 32 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. [Bridge Pamphlet No.4]

Lowell, Robert.

Lord Weary’s Castle and The Mills of the Kavanaughs. Two volumes of Poems.

Second printing. Cleveland, Meridian Books, 1964. 11 cm x 18 cm. 114 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title.

Lowell, Robert.

The Old Glory.

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XIX, 194 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

Lowth, Robert.

[On the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews] De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum : Prælectiones Academicæ Oxonii habitæ a Roberto Lowth, et poeticæ publico prælectores; nunc episcopo oxoniensii. Subjicitur Metricæ Harianæ brevis confutatio: et Oratio Crewiana.

Editio Tertia, emendatior. Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano [Imprimatur, J. Browne, Vice-Can. Oxon], 1775. 13 cm x 22 cm. (8), 515 pages plus 11 pages Index and Errata. Original Hardcover / Beautiful 18th century calf with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and the wonderful original marbled endpapers. With the original spinelabel. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. This edition printed on excellent paper with no foxing !

[Lumsden, Roddy / Ironside, Hamish] Editors.

Anvil New Poets 3.

First edition. London, Anvil Press Poetry, 2001. Octavo. 154 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by author Sarah Wardle to artist and designer Brian Scott-McCarthy. Loosely inserted is also a signed manuscript postcard from Sarah Wardle to Brian Scott-McCarthy.

Lynch, Thomas.

Still Life in Milford.

First Edition. London, Cape Poetry, 1998. Octavo. 58 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington.

Lays of Ancient Rome – With Ivry and the Armada.

London / Glasgow / New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 10 cmx 13.5 cm. 256 pages. Hardcover / Stunning late 19th century masterbinding with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards / Matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript gift-inscription to halftitle (dated 1896). [Routledge’s Pocket Library (No.7 of 27)].

Macpherson, Jay.

The Boatman and Other Poems.

First Edition. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1968. Octavo. IX, 86 pages. Original Softcover, illustrated with an ornament derived from a design by Jean de Beaugrand for the arms of the Dauphin (1604). Some signs of foxing to the edges. Otherwise in very good condition.

Madox Ford, Ford.

Buckshee. With introductions by Robert Lowell and Kenneth Rexroth.

First Edition. Cambridge, Pym-Randall Press, 1966. 21cm x 14.2cm. 27 (2) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Mahon, Derek] McCarthy, Patricia ed.

Past Histories. [Including an essay by Martin Dodsworth: The God of Details: Translations and adaptations of Ted Hughes and Derek Mahon].

First Edition. Mayfield, Agenda Editions, 2007. Octavo. 96 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes poems by Andrew Waterman, Peter Robinson, Alison Brackenbury and others. Also reviews of Ted Hughes and Derek Mahon. [Agenda Volume 43, No 1.]

Malito, Giovanni.

Touching the Moon.

First Edition. Cork, Bradshaw Books, 1997. Octavo. 56 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some slight staining on the cover.

Masefield, John.

The Wanderer of Liverpool.

First Edition. London, William Heinemann, 1930. Octavo. 119 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Spine has a slight tear at the top. Some foxing to endpapers. Back and front edges are stained although the inside is in good condition. Signed to F.H. Woolley by John Masefield.

Mathers, E. Powys.

The Eastern Anthology – Anthology of Eastern Love. Eastern Love: Volumes I & II & III: The Lessons of a Bawd and Harlot’s Breviary. English Versions of the Kuttanimatam of Damodaragupta and Samayamatrika of Kshemendra. Volume I: The Lessons of a Bawd of Damodaragupta. Volume II: The Harlot’s Breviary of Kshemendra. Volume III: The Book of Women and The Education of Wives.

3 Volumes in one (complete set). London, John Rodker For Subscribers, 1927. 15.2 cm x 23.5 cm. Pagination: Vol I: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 92 pages / Vol II: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 100 pages / Vol III: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 152 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful, actually stunning, private full morocco in Art Deco – Style (see images), Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled edges. Top edge gilt. Gilt on spine and red leather hardcover. Minor discolouration and staining to front and rear pastedown enpapers and endpapers. This edition of the Kuttanimatam of Damodaragupta, the Samayamatrika of Kshemendra, the Zenan-Nameh of Fazil-Bey, and Ta’Dib Ul-Nisvan, being Volume I, II and III of the “Eastern Art of Love”, are here translated into English for the first time, by E. Powys Mathers. This edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux, 3 & 4, New Street Hill, London. The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd. This copy is No. 695.

Matthews, Tom.

Robert Sat.

First Edition. Kilcar, Summer Palace Press, 2008. Octavo. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Mc Gough, Roger / Sweeney, Matthew / Cope, Wendy / Armitage, Simon / Raine, Craig / Fanthorpe, U.A.

Prospero Poets. Volume I: Painter & Poet – Three Poems by U.A.Fanthorpe with Wood-Engravings by Simon Brett / Volume II: Wendy Cope – The Squirrel & the Crow with line drawings by John Vernon Lord / Volume III: The Anaesthesist – a new poem by Simon Armitage with lithographs by Valerii Mishim / Volume IV: The Ble Taps – Three Poems by Matthew Sweeney with Illustrations by John Ross / Volume V – Pen Pals – a new poem by Roger McGough with Illustrations by Annie Newnham / Volume VI – Change – a new poem by Craig Raine with illustrations by George Hardie // All volumes published by Trevor Weston, edited by Simon Rae and designed by Dennis Hall.

Alton, Clarion Publishing, 1994 / 1995. 14.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 16 pages each including illustrations. Original softcover pamphlets in slipcase. 6 Volumes. One set of only 500 of a Limited Edition. Fine condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

McCarthy, Michael.

Birds’ Nests & Other Poems.

First Edition. Cork, bradshaw books, 2003. Octavo. 67 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author.

McCarthy, Patricia ed.

Celtic Mists.

First Edition. Mayfield, Agenda Editions, 2012. Octavo. 108 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. includes poems by Gillian Clarke, Eleanor Hooker, Mary O’Donnell and others. [Agenda Volume 46, No 4].

McCormack, Brendan ed.

The Blue Max Review.

First Edition. Fermoy, Rebel Poetry, 2014. Octavo. 76 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

McDonagh, Philip.

Memories of an Ionian Diplomat.

Delhi, Ravi Dayal Publisher, 2004. 22 cm x 14 cm. IX, 99 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Association copy: Inscribed / Signed by the author Philip McDonagh to fellow irish poet, Adam Wyeth: “Adam, with best wishes, Philip McDonagh, 25th August, 2006”.

McDonnell, Clare.

Feeling for Infinity.

First Edition. Kilcar, Summer Palace Press, 2006. Octavo. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed to John and Hilary Wakeman with a handwritten card loosely inserted.

McGough, Roger.

After the Merrymaking.

Third Reprint. London, Jonathan Cape, 1975. Octavo. 71 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only slight foxing at the edges.

McLoughlin, Nigel.

Blood.

First Edition. Bristol, bluechrome, 2005. Octavo. 87 pages. Original Softcover with cover art by Luis Athouguia. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

McMahon, Brendan.

The Princess who Ate People. The Psychology of Celtic Myths.

First Edition. Loughborough, Heart of Albion, 2006. Octavo. VII, 102 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Meister, Ernst.

Ausstellung – Gedichte von Ernst Meister [Originalausgabe / wahrscheinlich das originale Korrekturexemplar des Autors oder Verlags].

Erste Ausgabe. Marburg, Verlag Marburger Flugblätter, 1932. Oktav. 64 Seiten. Original Softcover (cremefarbene Englisch-Broschur mit roter Betitelung). Der Buchblock minimal von der Broschur gelöst. Sonst in sehr gutem Zustand, mit Merkmalen eines Korrekturexemplars: Der obere Schnitt etwas uneben, einige Seiten mit handschriftlicher, zusätzlicher Numerierung (und auch Anmerkung) die eine andere Paginierungsfolge oder Reihenfolge der Gedichte suggeriert. Einige Textstellen mit handschriftlicher Änderung einzelner Buchstaben. Kurze Widmung auf dem Vorsatzblatt: “f. Ulla” (nicht verifizierbar ob von Meister). Das Gedicht “Der Gebückte” mit einer handschriftlichen Anmerkung die eine eventuelle, dreimalige Wiederholung des ersten Teiles (‘Er geht’) mit zwei Fragezeichen erwägt. Sehr seltene, erste Veröffentlichung von Ernst Meister. Der Fund dieser Ausgabe ist eine kleine Sensation da Ernst Meister die Auflage persönlich vernichtete nachdem der Verlag Ihm die Bücher zurückgesendet hatte. Seine Ehefrau Else Meister rettete, laut einigen Quellen, nur einige wenige Exemplare aus der Mülltonne. / Als Zugabe zu der Ausgabe liegt dem Band eine Sammlung von sehr seltenen “Mitteilung[en] für Freunde” bei. Ernst Meister hat diese “Im Handsatz als Manuskript gedruckt”. Beiliegen No.2 – 6 der Mitteilungen”. Diese sind signiert mit dem Namenszug “Ernst Meister” versehen und der Jahreszahl der Herausgabe auf der Titelbroschur.

Merrill, James.

Nights and Days. Poems by James Merrill.

First edition. New York, Atheneum, 1966. 13,5 cm x 21 cm. 56 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

[Merton, Thomas] Various.

Columbia Poetry 1939.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 93 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning of cover. Inscribed by pre-owner. Rare !

Meynell, Alice.

Collected Poems.

Second Edition. London, Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd, 1940. Octavo. XIV, 222 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Illustration of the author by John Singer Sargent. Former copy of Reverend Guy Pritchard, St.Ethelreda, Ely and later from the library of Hilary Wakeman, Editor of “The Shop”.

Mifsud, Immanuel.

Confidential Reports. Poems translated from the Maltese by Maurice Riordan.

Cork, Southword Editions, 2005. 14 cm x 21 cm. 63 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Signed by the author and translator.