61. Wilde, Oscar.

Poems – With the Ballad of Reading Gaol.

London, Methuen & Co., 1945. Small Octavo. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

62. Bax, Clifford.

Vintage Verse. An Anthology of Poetry in English.

Second Edition. London, Hollis & Carter, 1946. Octavo. VI, 338 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of external wear on front cover (some staining). The book includes a newspaper cutting with three poems by David Holbrook.

63. Pope, Alexander [Dyson, H.V.D. intro.].

Poetry & Prose.

Fifth Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1946. Octavo. XVIII, 188 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

64. Slater, Montagu.

Peter Grimes and Other Poems.

First Edition. London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1946. Octavo. 108 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

65. Calder, Alexander.

Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes – Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

One of 3000 copies of the second edition (MOMA 1946). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 31.5 cm high). XVIII, (1), 130, (4) pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket frayed and with larger pieces missing and now protected in Mylar. The volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner N.E. Norton in pencil on endpaper.

66. Calder, Alexander.

Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes – Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

One of 3000 copies of the second edition (MOMA 1946). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 31.5 cm high). XVIII, (1), 130, (4) pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket slightly frayed but now protected in Mylar. Overall the volume in a very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

67. Brooks, Cleanth.

The Well Wrought Urn – Studies in the Structures of Poetry.

New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. 20.7cm x 14.5cm. XI, 270 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some external wear to dustjacket. Related newspaper-clipping loosely inserted.

68. [Tennyson, Alfred, Lord] Lucas, F.L.

Tennyson: Poetry & Prose.

First Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1947. Octavo. XLVIII, 176 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes essays by Matthew Arnold, Harold Nicolson and others as well as poetry by Tennyson.

69. Kavanagh, Patrick.

A Soul For Sale. Poems by Patrick Kavanagh.

First Edition. London, MacMillan & Co.Ltd., 1947. Octavo. 54 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Dustjacket frayed and with some loss. As often with this book, some foxing to book and dustjacket.

70. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.

Sonnets from the Portuguese. With an Introduction by Louis Untermeyer and With Decorations for this Edition by Valenti Angelo.

New York, The Heritage Press, 1948. 24 cm x 31.5 cm. 44 pages. Original Hardcover with slipcase. Excellent condition of the Volume itself with stronger signs of external wear to the slipcase.