Poems for Children by de la Mare, Walter - 1930

Constable, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. First Edition. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Rough cut on two edges. Pages are moderately tanned foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Constable, 1930. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1930. First Edition. 264 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Rough cut edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Henry Holt and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 229 pages. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, very good with light edgewear, toning to edges, lightly bumped spine foot. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket edgeworn, lightly scuffed and age-soiled; protected in Mylar. Pages clean and bright, text unmarked.

London: Constable, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. An excellent copy of de la Mares classic compilation of children's poetry. Blue cloth. No DJ. Cut end papers. Ownership signature on front page. Some minor discolouration to front and back pages. Cover shows shelf wear and corners lightly bumped.

Henry Holt and Company. Condition: Good +. 229 pp. No Jacket Light rubbing on boards; light fading on edges. Clean, bright inside.Pages unmarked and clean. Back Board Loose. Year: 1930.

London, Constable, 1930.. FIRST EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER 1930. 8vo, blue fine grained cloth, pretty gilt vignette to upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 264 pages. No illustrations. A touch of rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners, a near Fine copy in a very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, 3 very short closed edge tears, tiny nicks to top and bottom of hinges and folds, neatly repaired on reverse, 1 tiny closed tear to middle of spine). 20 of the poems appear here for the first time in book form and of those, several had not been printed before. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London: Constable and Co. Ltd., [1930].. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Dust Jacket. Octavo, original blue-green cloth titled and decorated in gilt. 264 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Collects poems SONGS OF CHILDHOOD, PEACOCK PIE and others, with twenty poems here first published.

London: Constable & co, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, quarter linen over brown boards with leather title label to spine. #19 of 125 copies signed by the author. Spine cloth darkened, spine label rubbed, endpapers toned, corners lightly bumped.

London: Constable & Co, (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 263p octavo, A very good copy in a chipped dust jacket, chipped at the top and base of the spine and at the corners. Signed by De La Mare on the front fly leaf. Many pages uncut as book has never been read. Trade edition signed is exceedingly scarce.