DAVIES, W.H. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. With a preface by Bernard Shaw, London: A.C. Fifield, 1908, 8°, FIRST EDITION, signed on the flyleaf by Davies and Shaw, original oatmeal cloth with red lettering; The Captive Lion & other poems, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921, 8° (heavily waterstained throughout), inscribed copy from Davies to (?) Alfred Noyes, dated 1922 and with 'Thunderstorms' written out in Davies' hand, original printed boards (a little worn); The Soul's Destroyer and other poems, Farmhouse, Marshalsea Road, S.E.: of the author, [1905], 8°, FIRST EDITION (some spotting), original printed wrappers, protective cloth case; The Hour of Magic and other poems, London: Jonathan Cape, [1922], 8°, number 42 of 110 copies on large paper signed by Davies and William Nicholson, frontispiece and illustrations by Nicholson, original cloth-backed blue boards, t.e.g; Selected Poems. Arranged by Edward Garnett, [Newtown]: Gregynog Press, 1928, 8°, number 14 of 310 copies, wood-engraved portrait, specially bound in full green crushed morocco gilt by R. Ashwin Maynard and George Fisher of the Gregynog Press Bindery, marbled protective cover backed in green morocco, slipcase, t.e.g. [Harrop 11]; together with 75 others either by W.H. Davies or including his poems, a number signed and limited; together with Lord Kenyon's manuscript bibliography giving detailed notes on his collection of W.H. Davies. (81)

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DAVIES, W.H. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. With a preface by Bernard Shaw, London: A.C. Fifield, 1908, 8°, FIRST EDITION, signed on the flyleaf by Davies and Shaw, original oatmeal cloth with red lettering; The Captive Lion & other poems, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921, 8° (heavily waterstained throughout), inscribed copy from Davies to (?) Alfred Noyes, dated 1922 and with 'Thunderstorms' written out in Davies' hand, original printed boards (a little worn); The Soul's Destroyer and other poems, Farmhouse, Marshalsea Road, S.E.: of the author, [1905], 8°, FIRST EDITION (some spotting), original printed wrappers, protective cloth case; The Hour of Magic and other poems, London: Jonathan Cape, [1922], 8°, number 42 of 110 copies on large paper signed by Davies and William Nicholson, frontispiece and illustrations by Nicholson, original cloth-backed blue boards, t.e.g; Selected Poems. Arranged by Edward Garnett, [Newtown]: Gregynog Press, 1928, 8°, number 14 of 310 copies, wood-engraved portrait, specially bound in full green crushed morocco gilt by R. Ashwin Maynard and George Fisher of the Gregynog Press Bindery, marbled protective cover backed in green morocco, slipcase, t.e.g. [Harrop 11]; together with 75 others either by W.H. Davies or including his poems, a number signed and limited; together with Lord Kenyon's manuscript bibliography giving detailed notes on his collection of W.H. Davies. (81)

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