20th Century Poetry & Poets

First edition, first impression, author's presentation copy, with pencil portraits of James by the recipient; large 4to; publisher's natural linen-backed pink cloth, titles to upper boar and spine gilt; with the pictorial dust jacket and contemporary marbled paper slip case; some traces of paper removal from both paste downs but a superb copy in the nicked dust jacket.

First US edition, first printing; author's presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's green cloth, rules and titles to upper board and spine gilt; with the pictorial dust jacket; A lovely copy in the tanned dust jacket.

First (& only) edition; 8vo; original pale green cloth with title in black to spine, dust-jacket, loose signed note from Kinsella inviting the owner Kenneth Hopkins, dust-jacket slightly worn and faded.

Later edition, signed by the author on the title-page, 8vo (197 x 131 mm, 7¾ by 5¼ in), 48pp with 32 poems, publisher's light blue limp paper wrappers, spine lightly browned, slight stain to lower wrapper, otherwise near-fine.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; original green boards, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the dust jacket.

First edition; 8vo; light browning to free endpapers; publisher's yellow cloth, a little darkened and spotted toward extremities, but overall very good; printed dust-jacket with publisher's device to lower panel, spine and fore-edges browned and rubbed, some edge wear and light creasing, general light dust-soiling, small hole to spine.

First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo, (20.8 x 14.5 cm); vignette to title page, pencil interlinear textual annotations, unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, black and white dustjacket printed in yellow and red, jacket a little chipped at edges, overall a very good copy; 69pp.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; internally fine; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine; dust-jacket, minor rubbing to spine; a near fine copy.

First edition, signed by the illustrator; small 4to (250 x 195 mm); colour illustrations by Valerie Littlewood; publisher's pictorial boards without jacket as issued, a fine, sharp copy; with the original artwork for 'Secret Five' by Littlewood (375 x 505 mm unrolled).

First edition; 8vo; frontispiece portrait of Nichols in uniform, tissue guard, contemporary owner's name to free endpapers; publisher's brown cloth, printed spine label, a very good copy.