Collection of 35 Titles (mostly by, two about) John Masefield, 13 Signed. (A Mansail Haul, Ballads and Poems, William Shakespeare
Various: Various. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of 35 items, mostly by (two about) John Masefield, 13 of which are signed by him. A Mansail Haul. London: Elkin Matthews, 1905. First edition, 12 mo, green printed paper covers, glued spine. Frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats. Some fading to spine, else near fine. Ballads and Poems. London: Elkin Matthews, 1910. First edition. Small 8vo, green linen, gilt titles. No dustjacket, still better than vg. PON ffe. William Shakespeare. London: William and Norgate, 1911. Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. Small 8vo, publisher's green cloth. Near fine, no dustjacket. The Widow in the Bye Street. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1912. First edition in book form. Small 8vo, publisher's red cloth. Better than very good, no dustjacket. Dauber, a Poem. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1913. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pub blue cloth, gilt title. Better than very good. The Street of the To-Day. London: Dent, 1911. First edition. Blue-green clot, stamped titles in black. Covers oiled, spine slightly cocked. Still, better than good. Sonnets and Poems. Letchworth: Garden City Press, 1916. First edition. Printed wrappers, 51 pages. Spotted throughout, most noticeably in the front signatures. Still, firmly bound for a fragile production and very good overall. Sonnets and Poems. Lollingdon, Cholsey, Berkshire: Published by John Masefield, 1916 Second edition. Small 8vo, pub bright blue linen, title pastedown front and spine. The Faithful. London: Heinemann, 1915. First edition. Near fine in better than very good fine dustjacket. Lollingdon Downs and Other Poems with Sonnets. London: Heinemann, 1917. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. Enslaved and Other Poems. London: Heinemann, 1920. Near fine in original dustjacket w/ slightly tanned spine. Right Royal. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1920. Edition Limited to 500 copies, of which this is 262, and signed by the author. Parchment spine, green boards, gilt, teg, rest untrimmed. No brown wrapper, still near fine. King Cole. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1921. Limited edition of 780 copies of which this is number 153 and signed by the author. Drawings by Judith Masefield. Parchment spine, blue boards, teg, rest untrimmed. No brown wrapper, still near fine. Reynard the Fox, or, The Ghost Heath Run. London: William Heinemann Ltd, nd (c. 1922). .The Dream. London: Heinemann, 1922. First edition, limited to 750 copies , this numbered 129 and signed by both Masefield and his daughter Judith, who illustrated the publication. Quarter white cloth over gray paper covered boards, title pastedown front in original glassine which is browned. Book near fine. . Reynard the Fox, or, The Ghost Heath Run. London: William Heinemann Ltd, nd (c. 1922). Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles, blind -ruled front. Near fine, no dustjacket. The Taking of Helen. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923. Edition limited to 780 copies, of which this is 180, and signed by Masefield. Parchment spine, grey boards, teg, rest untrimmed, in brown wrapper, title printed to spine. Near fine. The Collected Poems. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923. Edition limited to 530 copies, this numbered 379, signed by the author with two poetic lines "and often to combine, yet, lacking one,/ the light is of the moon, not of the sun" Crème linen a tad spotted, blue leather, ruled spine, gte, in original, plain dustwrapper, title to spine, tanned and missing head of spine. Overall, better than very good. Another Copy: this numbered 253 with poetic lines "untoucht, unprized, like water without thirst,/ the third must be, sans second and sans first" Lacking the dustwrapper. Sard Harker. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1924. Edition limited to 350 copies of which this is number 35, and signed by author. Parchment spine, blue boards, teg. Original dustjacket with tanned spine, else near fine. The Hawbucks. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. Edition limited to 275. Very Good. Item #010162
Price: $1,250.00