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Title:
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The Old Huntsman and Other Poems
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Keynes:
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A15
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Publisher:
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William Heinemann
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Date:
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1917
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Description:
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Collection of 72 Poems
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Title:
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Four Poems (Picture from Alan Hewer)
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Keynes:
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A16
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Publisher:
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The Cambridge Magazine
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Date:
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1918
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Description:
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Reprints from The Cambridge Magazine.
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Title:
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Counter Attack (Auction photo)
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Keynes:
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A17
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Publisher:
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William Heinemann
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Date:
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1918
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Description:
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Collection of 39 Poems
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Title:
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A Literary Editor
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Keynes:
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A18
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Publisher:
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Daily Herald
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Date:
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1919
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Description:
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Poems and Announcements
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Title:
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Picture Show (Picture from Alan Hewer)
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Keynes:
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A19
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed
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Date:
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1919
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Description:
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Collection of 34 Poems
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Title:
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War Poems
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Keynes:
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A20
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Publisher:
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William Heinemann
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Date:
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1919
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Description:
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Collection of 64 Poems
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Title:
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Lines Written in the Reform Club
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Keynes:
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A21
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Publisher:
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Favil Press
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Date:
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1921
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Description:
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38 Lines in the Eighteenth Century Manner
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Title:
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Recreations
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Keynes:
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A22
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Publisher:
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Printed for the Author by the Chiswick Press
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Date:
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1923
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Description:
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Collection of 24 Poems
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Title:
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Lingual Exercises
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Keynes:
|
A23
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed, Cambridge University Press
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Date:
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1925
|
|
Description:
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Collection of 21 Poems
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Title:
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Selected Poems
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Keynes:
|
A24
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Publisher:
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William Heinemann Ltd
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Date:
|
1925 (The dust jacket shown is a January 1935 7th Edition)
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|
Description:
|
Collection of 67 Poems
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Title:
|
Augustan Books of Modern Poetry
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Keynes:
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A25
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Publisher:
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Ernest Benn Ltd.
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Date:
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1926
|
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Description:
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Collection of 32 Poems
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Title:
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Augustan Books of Poetry No. 28
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Keynes:
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Not Collated
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Publisher:
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Ernest Benn Ltd.
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Date:
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1933
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|
Description:
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Collection of 32 Poems
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Title:
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Satirical Poems
|
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Keynes:
|
A26
|
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Publisher:
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William Heinemann Ltd
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|
Date:
|
1926
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 32 Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Satirical Poems (Second English Edition)
|
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Keynes:
|
A26c
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Publisher:
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William Heinemann Ltd
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Date:
|
1933
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|
Description:
|
Collection of 37 Poems
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|
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|

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Title:
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Nativity, Ariel Poems No. 7
|
|
Keynes:
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A27a
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Publisher:
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Faber & Gwyer Ltd.
|
|
Date:
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1927
|
|
Description:
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A Poem
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Title:
|
Nativity, Ariel Poems No. 7 (Limited Edition)
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Keynes:
|
A27b
|
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Publisher:
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Faber & Gwyer Ltd.
|
|
Date:
|
1927
|
|
Description:
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A Poem
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|
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|

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Title:
|
The Heart’s Journey (Signed Limited Edition of 590 copies) (See below)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A28
|
|
Publisher:
|
New York: Crosby Gaige. London: William Heinemann Ltd.
|
|
Date:
|
1927
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 28 Poems
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|
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|
|

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Title:
|
The Heart’s Journey
|
|
Keynes:
|
A28b
|
|
Publisher:
|
William Heinemann Ltd
|
|
Date:
|
1928
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 35 Poems
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|
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Title:
|
To My Mother, Ariel Poems No. 14
|
|
Keynes:
|
A29a
|
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Publisher:
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Faber & Gwyer Ltd.
|
|
Date:
|
1928
|
|
Description:
|
A Poem
|
|
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|

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Title:
|
To My Mother, Ariel Poems No. 14 (Limited Edition) (Auction photo)
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|
Keynes:
|
A29b
|
|
Publisher:
|
Faber & Gwyer Ltd.
|
|
Date:
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1928
|
|
Description:
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A Poem
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|
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|

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Title:
|
A Suppressed Poem
|
|
Keynes:
|
A31
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Publisher:
|
Privately Printed ‘The Unknown Press.’
|
|
Date:
|
Dated 1919 but could not have been before 1929
|
|
Description:
|
Verse Poem first published in ‘Good-Bye To All That’ by Robert Graves.
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|
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|

|
Title:
|
On Chatterton (Library photo)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A22
|
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed (Blakeney’s Press)
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|
Date:
|
1930
|
|
Description:
|
A Poem
|
|
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|
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|

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Title:
|
In Sicily
|
|
Keynes:
|
A34a
|
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Publisher:
|
Faber & Gwyer Ltd.
|
|
Date:
|
1930
|
|
Description:
|
A Poem
|
|
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|
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|

|
Title:
|
In Sicily, Ariel Poems No. 27 (Limited Edition)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A34b
|
|
Publisher:
|
Faber & Faber Ltd.
|
|
Date:
|
1930
|
|
Description:
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Poem. This copy No.310 of 400, signed by Sassoon
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|
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|

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Title:
|
Poems by Pinchbeck Lyre
|
|
Keynes:
|
A35
|
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Publisher:
|
Duckworth
|
|
Date:
|
1931
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 14 Poems
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|
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|

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Title:
|
To The Red Rose, Ariel Poems No. 34
|
|
Keynes:
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A36a
|
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Publisher:
|
Faber & Faber Ltd.
|
|
Date:
|
1931
|
|
Description:
|
A Poem
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|
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|
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|

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Title:
|
To The Red Rose, Ariel Poems No. 34 (Limited Ed) (See bottom of Page)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A36b
|
|
Publisher:
|
Faber & Faber Ltd.
|
|
Date:
|
1931
|
|
Description:
|
A Poem. This copy No.387 of 400, signed by Sassoon
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|
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Title:
|
Prehistoric Burials (Borzoi Chapbooks)
|
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Keynes:
|
A37
|
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Publisher:
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Alfred A. Knopf
|
|
Date:
|
1932
|
|
Description:
|
A Poem
|
|
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|

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Title:
|
The Road to Ruin (See below)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A38
|
|
Publisher:
|
Faber & Faber
|
|
Date:
|
1933
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 7 Poems
|
|
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|
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|

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Title:
|
Vigils (Limited Edition)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A39
|
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Publisher:
|
Privately Printed
|
|
Date:
|
1934
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 22 Poems
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|
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|

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Title:
|
Vigils (Proposal)
|
|
Keynes:
|
Mentioned with A39
|
|
Publisher:
|
Douglas Cleverdon
|
|
Date:
|
1934
|
|
Description:
|
Proposal for Privately Printed Edition of Vigils
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|
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|

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Title:
|
Vigils (Large Paper Edition)
|
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Keynes:
|
A39b
|
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Publisher:
|
Privately Printed
|
|
Date:
|
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Description:
|
Collection of Poems
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|
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|

|
Title:
|
Vigils (Vellum Edition)
|
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Keynes:
|
A39c
|
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Publisher:
|
Privately Printed
|
|
Date:
|
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Description:
|
Collection of Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Vigils
|
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Keynes:
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A39d
|
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Publisher:
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William Heinemann Ltd
|
|
Date:
|
1935
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 35 Poems
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|
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|

|
Title:
|
On Poetry
|
|
Keynes:
|
A43
|
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Publisher:
|
University of Bristol
|
|
Date:
|
1939
|
|
Description:
|
A Lecture
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|
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|

|
Title:
|
Rhymed Ruminations (Limited Edition) (Auction photo)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A44a
|
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Publisher:
|
Chiswick Press
|
|
Date:
|
1939
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 33 Poems
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|
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|

|
Title:
|
Rhymed Ruminations (Special Edition of 3 Copies)
|
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Keynes:
|
A44b
|
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Publisher:
|
Privately Printed
|
|
Date:
|
1931
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 33 Poems
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|
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|
Title:
|
Rhymed Ruminations
|
|
Keynes:
|
A44c
|
|
Publisher:
|
Faber & Faber
|
|
Date:
|
1940
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 42 Poems
|
|
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|

|
Title:
|
Poems Newly Selected
|
|
Keynes:
|
A45
|
|
Publisher:
|
Faber & Faber
|
|
Date:
|
1940
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 58 Poems
|
|
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|
|
|

|
Title:
|
Early Morning Long Ago
|
|
Keynes:
|
A46
|
|
Publisher:
|
Chiswick Press
|
|
Date:
|
1941
|
|
Description:
|
Excerpt from The Weald of Youth
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|
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Title:
|
Two Poems
|
|
Keynes:
|
A48
|
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Publisher:
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Hamo Sassoon
|
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Date:
|
1941
|
|
Description:
|
Two Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Augustan Book
|
|
Keynes:
|
A50
|
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Publisher:
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Eyre & Spottiswoode
|
|
Date:
|
1943
|
|
Description:
|
A Collection of 48 Poems
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|
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|

|
Title:
|
Collected Poems
|
|
Keynes:
|
A52a
|
|
Publisher:
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Faber & Faber Ltd
|
|
Date:
|
1947
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 299 Poems
|
|
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|

|
Title:
|
Common Chords
|
|
Keynes:
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A54
|
|
Publisher:
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Mill House Press
|
|
Date:
|
1950
|
|
Description:
|
A Collection of 18 Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Emblems of Experience
|
|
Keynes:
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A55
|
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed, The Rampant Lion Press
|
|
Date:
|
1951
|
|
Description:
|
A Collection of 20 Poems
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|
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|

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Title:
|
The Tasking (Auction photo)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A56
|
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed, University Press, Cambridge
|
|
Date:
|
1954
|
|
Description:
|
A Collection of 24 Poems
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|
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Title:
|
An Adjustment
|
|
Keynes:
|
A57
|
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Publisher:
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Raymond Lister
|
|
Date:
|
1955
|
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Description:
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A Drama
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|
Title:
|
Sequences
|
|
Keynes:
|
A58a
|
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Publisher:
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Faber & Faber
|
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Date:
|
1956
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 62 Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Sequences (Limited Edition of 25 for the Author)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A58b
|
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed
|
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Date:
|
1956
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 58 Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Poems
|
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Keynes:
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A59
|
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Publisher:
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The Marlborough College Press
|
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Date:
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1958
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 58 Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Lenten Illuminations
|
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Keynes:
|
A60a
|
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed, University Press, Cambridge
|
|
Date:
|
1958
|
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Description:
|
Two Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Lenten Illuminations (Offprint Edition) (See bottom of Page)
|
|
Keynes:
|
A60b
|
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Publisher:
|
Downside Review
|
|
Date:
|
1959
|
|
Description:
|
Two Poems
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|
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Title:
|
Lenten Illuminations (Offprint Limited Edition)
|
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Keynes:
|
A60c
|
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Publisher:
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Privately Printed, University Press, Cambridge
|
|
Date:
|
1959
|
|
Description:
|
Two Poems
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|
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|
Title:
|
Rogation
|
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Keynes:
|
A61
|
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Publisher:
|
Marlborough College Press
|
|
Date:
|
1960
|
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Description:
|
A Poem
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Title:
|
The Path to Peace (Ordinary Limited Edition)
|
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Keynes:
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A62a
|
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Publisher:
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Stanbrook Abbey Press
|
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Date:
|
1960
|
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Description:
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A Collection of 29 Poems
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Title:
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The Path to Peace (Special Limited Edition)
|
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Keynes:
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A62b
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Publisher:
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Stanbrook Abbey Press
|
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Date:
|
1960
|
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Description:
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A Collection of 29 Poems
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Title:
|
Proposal The Path to Peace
|
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Keynes:
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A62b Associated
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Publisher:
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Stanbrook Abbey Press
|
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Date:
|
1960
|
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Description:
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A Collection of 29 Poems
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Title:
|
Awaitment
|
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Keynes:
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A Separate insert in The Path to Peace
|
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Publisher:
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Faber & Faber Ltd
|
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Date:
|
1960
|
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Description:
|
The Poem ‘Awaitment’
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Title:
|
Collected Poems 1908 - 1956
|
|
Keynes:
|
A63
|
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Publisher:
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Faber & Faber Ltd
|
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Date:
|
1961
|
|
Description:
|
Collection of 361 Poems
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Title:
|
An Octave (Limited Edition of 350, this No. 307)
|
|
Keynes:
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Not Collated
|
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Publisher:
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Shenval Press
|
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Date:
|
1966
|
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Description:
|
Collection of 8 Poems, in Slipcase
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Title:
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Something About Myself
|
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Keynes:
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Not Collated
|
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Publisher:
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Stanbrook Abbey Press
|
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Date:
|
1966
|
|
Description:
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A Poem
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The Heart’s Journey, Signed, Limited Edition
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|

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The Heart’s Journey, First English Limited Edition (Keynes A28). New York: Crosby Gaige, London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1927. This edition was limited to 590 copies, of which 250 were for sale in the United Kingdom, each copy being signed by the author, Siegfried Sassoon.
Left: Printed front of the dust jacket. right: Title page, with Sassoon’s full signature between the two rosettes.
The book contained 28 poems and this particular copy is uncut, the top edges of each pair of pages remain joined together.
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Lenten Illuminations ( Inscribed from Rumer Godden to Elenor Farjeon)
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Lenten Illuminations and Sight Sufficient (Keynes A60b), by Siegfried Sassoon, published in 1959 by the Downside Abbey Press. This copy is inscribed to Elenor (Farjeon) from Rumer (Godden).
Farjeon (1881-1965) was an English author and Catholic who published many books, mostly for children. She also wrote the song “Morning Has Broken.” Her brother, Herbert, was a conscientious objector and a supporter of Sassoon during the period of his protest.
Rumer Godden (1907-1998) was also a prodigious author, turning to Catholicism in the early 1950’s. She wrote among other books, ‘The Black Narcissus’ and ‘Greengage Summer.’
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The Road to Ruin (with review slip)
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The Road to Ruin, (Keynes A38) First Edition, published by Faber and Faber in 1933. The book is collection of seven poems warning of a future war.
This book came with a Review Slip (right) from the publisher asking the recipient to write a review and stating that the book was to be published on November 9th, 1933, at 2/6 net. The slip goes on to request that the review should not appear before the date of publication.
Thanks to my wife Mandy who gave me this book today (2011) for my birthday.
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To The Red Rose (Signed, Limited Edition)
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To the Red Rose (Keynes A36b), by Siegfried Sassoon, published on 8th October, 1931, by Faber & Faber. Illustration inside by Stephen Tennant.
This edition, number ‘387’ is one of only 400 copies published and is signed and numbered by Siegfried Sassoon.
It was preceded by the Ordinary Edition (Keynes A36), which was No. 34 of the Ariel Poems series.
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