James Elroy Flecker
Carr reported in his History of the QTP (1987) that he had published two impressions of poems by James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915). Three impressions have been seen, one probably issued after 1987. Flecker died of tuberculosis aged 30 years, in Switzerland.
(Last updated on 31/1/2021)
SBP-FLE1: First edition
Title: James Elroy Flecker
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Milldale Road, Kettering
Year: (August 1975)
ISBN: (0900847603)
Size: 129 x 94 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: one
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: sun face 1964 with name above and address below
Telephone number: 4995
Printing history:
Number of other titles listed: 15
Printed by: Harry Richardson (Printers) Ltd., Water Street, Kettering
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Content: Biography with dates; memorable lines. Poems: A ship, an isle, a sickle moon...; The golden journey to Samarkand; At the gates of the sun, Bagdad; Yasmin; The old ships; The town without a market; To a poet a thousand years hence; Stillness; Tenebris interlucentem.
Notes: The date of publication is taken from the date of the ISBN. It was issued in Mini-Poets
series.
A copy of this edition in the British Library with an accession date of 26 Sep 75 (X.907.25052) has four blank pages: 6 and 7 and 10 and 11. The first edition of Wilfred Owen has the same pages blank, also printed by Harry Richardson.
Title: James Elroy Flecker
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: (197?)
ISBN: none
Size: 128 x 92 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: two
Binding: white printed matt card covers
Paper: cream
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: several decorations and symbols throughout the text
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: sun face 1964
Telephone number: not stated
Printing history: not stated
Number of other titles listed: 49 (39 printed and 10 added by hand, below)
Printed by: none stated
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Content: Biography with dates; memorable lines. Poems: A ship, an isle, a sickle moon...; The golden journey to Samarkand; At the gates of the sun, Bagdad; Yasmin; The old ships; The town without a market; To a poet a thousand years hence; Stillness; Tenebris interlucentem.
Notes: Carr redesigned the cover, but the content remained much the same.
Title: James Elroy Flecker
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Milldale Road, Kettering
Year: (after 1987?)
ISBN: none
Size: 129 x 94 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: two
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: cream
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: several decorations and symbols throughout the textnone
Number in series: 92
Colophon: sun face 1964
Telephone number: not stated
Printing history: not stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: none stated
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Content: Detailed biography, extracted from an unknown source. Poems: A ship, an isle, a sickle moon...; The golden journey to Samarkand; At the gates of the sun, Bagdad; Yasmin; To a poet a thousand years hence; Stillness; The old ships; The town without a market; Tenebris interlucentem.
Notes: Carr retained the same cover and colour, but changed the order of some poems. The book is numbered 92 in the series, the same number as impressions of Blake, Browning, Omar Khayyam and Kipling.