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John Donne

John Donne (1572-1631) was an English priest, lawyer and poet. He is buried in St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Carr reported in his History of the QTP (1987) that he had published six impressions of this title; five, possibly, have been seen. Their order is hard to determine. The first two impressions are almost indistinguishable except that they have slightly different colours of their covers. The other impressions are hard to put in order, so when the sixth impression is identified, the order may change.

Carr assigned two ISBNs to the poetry of John Donne, both registered in August 1975: 0900847867 and 0900847638. A third ISBN from Carr's series of 100 numbers, 0900847999, was assigned to an impression of the poems of John Donne published in 2000 by the Quince Tree Press. That impression is not listed here as it was published after 1994, the year of Carr's death.

(Last updated on 13/1/2021)

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Content: Short biography; quotation from Coleridge; Nunc lento sonitu dicunt morieris. Poems: Going to bed; Oh my black soule!...; At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow...; Epithalamion Made at Lincolnes Inne; The good-morrow; What if this present were the worlds last night?...; Death be not proud, though some have calld thee...; Epigrams; The flea; Confined love; Batter my heart, three person'd god...; A hymne to god the father.

Notes: The only difference between this and the second impression is the colour of the cover: one is almost black; the other (below) is a dark purple. These impressions could be in the wrong order.

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Content: Short biography; quotation from Coleridge; Nunc lento sonitu dicunt morieris. Poems: Going to bed; Oh my black soule!...; At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow...; Epithalamion Made at Lincolnes Inne; The good-morrow; What if this present were the worlds last night?...; Death be not proud, though some have calld thee...; Epigrams; The flea; Confined love; Batter my heart, three person'd god...; A hymne to god the father.

Notes: The only difference between this and the second impression is the colour of the cover: the one above is almost black; this one is a dark purple. These impressions could be in the wrong order.

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Content: Short history with date; Nunc lento sonitu dicunt morieris. Poems: Going to bed; Oh my black soule!...; At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow...; Epithalamion Made at Lincolnes Inne; What if this present...; Death be not proud...; The good-morrow; The flea; Confined love; Batter my heart...; A hymne to god the father.

Notes: This impression only gives Carr's address inside the rear cover.

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Content: Short history with date; Nunc lento sonitu dicunt morieris. Poems: Going to bed; Oh my black soule!...; At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow...; Epithalamion Made at Lincolnes Inne; What if this present...; Death be not proud...; The good-morrow; The flea; Confined love; Batter my heart...; A hymne to god the father.

Notes: This is listed as no 71 in the series on the back cover, rather than inside the rear cover, which shows a facsimile of his writing and signature. Eight other titles were given the serial number 71: Bacon, Bewick, Chaucer, Frank, Hassall, Johnson, Rosettis and the Little Book of Bookplates.

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Content: Short history with date; Nunc lento sonitu dicunt morieris. Poems: Going to bed; Oh my black soule!...; At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow...; Epithalamion Made at Lincolnes Inne; What if this present...; Death be not proud...; The good-morrow; The flea; Confined love; Batter my heart...; A hymne to god the father.

Notes: This is listed as no 71 in the series on the back cover, rather than inside the rear cover which shows a facsimile of his writing and signature. Eight other titles were given the serial number 71: Bacon, Bewick, Chaucer, Frank, Hassall, Johnson, Rosettis and the Little Book of Bookplates.

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