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Poetry
This collection includes poems, ballads, and limericks, and critical studies.
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Songs of soldiers
C.P.S. Denholm-Young
1945
A collection of poems by Colonel Denholm-Young, perhaps best known as an author for 'Men of Alamein'. Signed on the title-page by the author on the title-page and with a gift inscription inside the front cover.
The poet's manual
Sotto Voce Press
1991
The collected poems and translations of the Irish scholar, including versions from Apollinaire's 'Le bestiaire'. Gift inscription from the author to fellow academic Derry Jeffares.
Digger Smith
Angus & Robertson Ltd.
1919
A collection of poems reflecting the impact of the war on Anzac soldiers. With a four page 'Selection from the catalogue of Angus & Robertson Ltd.'.
Proverbs in porcelain, and other poems
Thomas B. Mosher
1909
A collection of poems by the British civil servant and essayist. From the library of publisher Martin Secker.
The walls do not fall
Oxford University Press
1944
A collection of poetry by Hilda Dolittle, an American writer associated with the early 20th-century avant-garde Imagist group.
Rosa mundi
Salmon Poetry
1995
The second collection of poetry by the Irish writer and broadcaster. Loosely laid in note from Dorgan to Derry Jeffares.
Gavin Douglas : a selection from his poetry
Oliver and Boyd for the Saltire Society
1959
A selection from the work of the 16th century Scottish poet. From the library of noted endocrinologist Alfred T. Cowie, with a loosely inserted receipt for the book.
Gleanings in prose and verse from the life-work of Sir George B. Douglas
A. Walker & Son, Ltd.
1930s
A memorial volume of writings of the Roxburghshire poet and writer.
Songs of action
Smith, Elder, & Co.
1898
A collection of twenty-eight of Doyle's poems. Green and Gibson A23.
Songs of action
Smith, Elder, & Co.
1898
A collection of twenty-eight of Doyle's poems. Green and Gibson A23.
The poems of Arthur Conan Doyle
John Murray
1922
A compilation of poems from three previous volumes with new material, including a poetical one-at play. Green and Gibson A43a.
Women of the happy island
William MacLennan
1944
A collection of poems by actor, director, and broadcaster Joseph Todd Gordon Macleod written under the pseudonym Adam Drinan.
The men of the rocks
Fortune Press
1942
A collection of poems by actor, director, and broadcaster Joseph Todd Gordon Macleod written under the pseudonym Adam Drinan. From the library of Scottish book collector Robert Bradford Reid.
The ghosts of the strath
Fortune Press
1943
A verse-play by the British poet, actor, playwright, theatre director, theatre historian and BBC newsreader.
The death of Leander, and other poems
Cornish Brothers Ltd
1906
The second collection of poetry by an English writer who later became a member of the Dymock Group.
Selections from the poems of William Dunbar
Published for the Saltire Society by Oliver and Boyd Ltd.
1952
An introduction to the work of William Dunbar, a late Middle Ages Scottish poet.
The happier life
Faber & Faber
1972
The second collection of poems by the Scottish writer and critic.
Flowers and fury: poems
F.W. Cheshire
1962
The author's third collection. With a gift inscription to Jeanne and Derry Jeffares on the title page.
The axe in the wood: poems
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
1944
The author's third collection of poems.
Lothian campaigns: a political exhibition
J.P. Muir & C.
1885
A collection of satirical verse.
One hundred modern Scottish poets with biographical and critical notes
D.H. Edwards
1880
The first collection of modern, i.e. Victorian, Scottish poets.
One hundred modern Scottish poets with biographical and critical notes. Fifth series
D.H. Edwards
1883
The fifth collection of modern, i.e. Victorian, Scottish poets.
One hundred modern Scottish poets with biographical and critical notes. Fourth series
D.H. Edwards
1882
The fourth collection of modern, i.e. Victorian, Scottish poets.
One hundred modern Scottish poets with biographical and critical notes. Second series
D.H. Edwards
1881
The second collection of modern, i.e. Victorian, Scottish poets.
