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Poetry.- Custance (Olive, Lady Alfred Douglas) Rainbows, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author 'For dear Mrs. Bupton with much love from Olive, Weston, August, 1902', browning to preliminaries, half-title, original boards with paper label to spine, boards marked and rubbed, lower spine chipped, spine ends and corners bumped, edges uncut, The Bodley Head, 1902 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) The Poems 1830-1856, Oliver Messel Association copy, inscribed on front endpaper 'To Oliver, from Vivian, 25 June, 1941', red morocco, gilt, rubbed, extremities bumped with loss top of spine, 1919 § Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 2 vol., Oliver Messel Association copy, half-titles, engraved titles dated 1822 loosely inserted in vol. 1, 12 engraved plates after Richard Westhall, foxed, tissue guards, printed titles, foxed, vol 1. inscribed to Oliver Messel on front endpaper 'Oliver Messel, with gratitude for many kindnesses, Peter, July 8, 1941', toning, occasional light foxing, purple morocco, gilt, rubbed, decorative tooled spine, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped, g.e., John Sharpe, 1825; and others related, 8vo, 12mo, (40) *** Olive Eleanor Custance, Lady Alfred Douglas (1874-1944) was an English poet and part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s. Custance spent her childhood at Weston Old Hall, the family seat in Weston Longville, Norfolk. She instigated a courtship with Lord Douglas by writing to him in June 1901, six months after the death of Oscar Wilde. Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945) also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and a lover of Oscar Wilde. Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978) was an English artist and one of the foremost stage, costume, interior and architectural designers of the twentieth century. Condition Report: Others Include - Milton (John) Todd (Henry John Editor} The Poetical Works of John Milton In Six Volumes, 6 vol., first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, light foxing, browning, armorial bookplates of Leonard Charles Rudolf Messel, full calf, gilt, rubbed, upper board detached to vol. 5, spines worn (with loss) extremities scuffed and bumped, marbled edges and e/ps., 1801 § Crabbe (George) Life and Poems, 5 vol., vol. 2-6 only (of 8) engraved frontispieces and titles after C. Stanfield and E. Finden, foxing and browning with damp-staining to vol. VI, toning, bookplates of Leonard Charles Rudolf Messel, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, decorative spines, extremities bumped, marbled e/ps., marbled edges, 1834 § Scott (Walter) Poetical Works, 11 vol. only (of 12) New Cadell edition, lacking vol. 7, engraved frontispieces and titles after J.M.W. Turner, browning, occasional foxing, toning, armorial bookplates, contemporary calf-backed maroon leather, gilt, marked and rubbed, gilt-blocked leather spine labels, lacking on some vol., extremities bumped and rubbed, 1833 § Adams (W.H.) The Golden Book of English Song, additional engraved title, damp-stained, in-text illustrations, contemporary inscription for the College music prize gained by Clarissa Hazlewood, rebound, contemporary tooled calf with Leam House College gilt design to upper cover, rubbed, extremities scuffed and bumped, all edges red, 1875 § Willmott (Robert Aris, Rev. Editor) The Poets of the Nineteenth Century, New edition, portrait frontispiece of Wordsworth, Illustrated throughout, vignette engravings, toning, light marks, occasional light foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, g.e., 1869 § Percy (Thomas) Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 2 vol., fourth edition, armorial bookplate of Charles Searle browning, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, extremities bumped, lacking upper board to second vol.; with a duplicate copy of vol.1, 1794 § Ruskin (John) Works, Sesame and Lillies, Vol. 1 only (of 12) seventh edition, blue leather, decorative spine, gilt, rubbed, g.e,. extremities bumped, 1891; and 8 others similar. Condition Report Disclaimer