Housman, Laurence

Poetry: Green Arras, Lane, 1896, collector’s slipcase and slipcase, upper hinge splitting; Spikenard, Richards, 1898, largely unopened; Rue, at the sign of the Unicorn, 1899, presentation copy inscribed by the author to A.W. Pollard, amendments on six pages together with autograph poem, Simon Nowell-Smith bookplate; Mendicant Rhymes, Essex House Press, [1906], [one of 300 copies]; together with 2 others

Plays: False Premises, Blackwell, 1922, number 109 of 150 copies; The New Hangman, Putnam’s, 1930, number 165 of 250 copies; together with 2 others



'Palace' Plays: Angels & Ministers, Cape, 1921, number 453 of 500 copies; Dethronements, Cape, 1922, number 307 of 750 copies, ownership signature of W.W. Greg; Dethronements, Cape, 1922, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Norah Legge together with autograph letter signed tipped-in; together with 6 others



Written, designed and illustrated by Housman: A Farm in Fairyland, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1894, number 14 of 50 copies, bookplate of H. Buxton Forman, some wear and minor loss to wrappers; The House of Joy, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895, some browning; The Field of Clover, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1898, large paper copy; The Blue Moon, Murray, 1904, dust-jacket, some loss to dust-jacket; together with 5 others



Works by other authors, designed and illustrated by Housman: Meredith, G. Jump to Glory Jane, Swan, Sonnenschein, 1892, one of 1000 copies, later morocco and slipcase; Meredith, G. Jump to Glory Jane, Swan, Sonnenschein, 1892, one of 100 copies, later morocco by Riviere preserving vellum binding at end; Meredith, G. Jump to Glory Jane, Swan, Sonnenschein, 1892, one of 1000 copies, later morocco--Rossetti, C. Goblin Market, Macmillan, 1893, some minor browning; Thompson, F. Poems, Mathews and Lane, 1893, one of 500 copies--Barlow, J. The End of Elfintown, Macmillan, 1894, dust-jacket, dust-jacket strengthened at spine--Newton-Robinson, C. The Viol of Love, Lane, 1995, presentation inscription by the author--Housman, C. The Were-Wolf, Lane, 1896, head and foot of spine slightly bumped--a Kempis, T. Of the Imitation of Christ, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1899, one of 660 copies, presentation inscription by the illustrator, hinges split, vellum soiled; together with 8 others



Written in conjunction with others, edited, or with preface: Of Aucassin and Nicolette. Murray, 1902, vellum binding; Of Aucassin and Nicolette. Chatto & Windus, 1925, number 133 of 160 copies, numerous bookplates



mostly 8vo, original bindings unless otherwise noted, occasional browning and soiling; together with 15 others and one bookplate (63)



THE ADDITIONAL VOLUMES ARE AS FOLLOWS:



Binyon, L., et al., The Garland. London: Elkin Mathews, 1899, original cloth



Davidson, J. A Random Itinerary. London: Elkin Mathews, 1894, original cloth



Hinkson, Kathatrine Tynan. Cuckoo Songs. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894, one of 500 copies, original cloth



Holmes, Edmond. The Silence of Love. London: John Lane, 1899, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. A Farm in Fairyland. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1894, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. All-Fellows. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, et al., 1896, original cloth



[Housman, Laurence]. An Englishwoman’s Love-Letters. London: John Murray, 1900, original vellum



Housman, Laurence. Angels & Ministers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922, presentation copy inscribed by the author, original cloth-backed boards



Housman, Laurence. Bethlehem [and] The Pageant of Our Lady. London: Macmillan, 1902, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. Bethlehem. London: Macmillan and Co., 1902, original boards



Housman, Laurence. Bethlehem. London: Macmillan, 1927, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. Cornered Poets. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, original cloth, dust-jacket



Housman, Laurence. Cynthia. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1947, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket



Housman, Laurence. De Amicitia. London: Little Rabbit Book Company, 1976, number 78 of 200 copies, original boards



Housman, Laurence. Echo de Paris. London: Jonathan Cape, 1923, number CVIV of CCL copies, original cloth-backed marbled boards, dust-jacket, collector’s chemise and slipcase



Housman, Laurence. Gods and Their Makers. London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1897, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. Gracious Majesty. London: Jonathan Cape, 1941, original cloth, dust-jacket



Housman, Laurence. Gracious Majesty. New York: Scribners, 1942, original cloth, dust-jacket



Housman, Laurence. Little Plays of St. Francis. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1922, original cloth, dust-jacket



Housman, Laurence. Moonshine & Clover. London: Jonathan Cape, 1922, original cloth, dust-jacket



Housman, Laurence. Of Aucassin & Nicolette. London: John Murray, 1902, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. Possession. London: Jonathan Cape, 1921, number 487 of 500 copies, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket



Housman, Laurence. Selections from the Writings of William Blake. London: Kegan Paul, trench, Trubner & Co., 1893, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. The Cloak of Friendship. London: John Murray, 1905, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. The Field of Clover. London: Kegan Paul, 1898, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. The Field of Clover. New York: John Lane, 1902, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. The Heart of Peace. London: William Heinemann, 1918, original cloth, presentation copy inscribed by the author



Housman, Laurence. The New Hangman, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1930, one of 1500 copies, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. The Open Door. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, [n.d.], original boards



Housman, Laurence. The Were-Wolf. London: John Lane, 1896, original cloth



Housman, Laurence. The Were-Wolf. London: John Lane, 1896, original variant cloth



Housman, Laurence. Victoria Regina. London: Jonathan Cape (“special edition for the ‘Right Book Club’”), [n.d.], cloth wrappers, dust-jacket



Kenyur Hodgkins, I.G., The Housmans. London: National Book League, 1975, original wrappers (3 copies)



Shelley, Percy B. The Sensitive Plant. London: Aldine House, 1898, original cloth



Thompson, Francis. Poems. London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894, original boards



Thompson, Francis. Sister-Songs. London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1895, original cloth

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