Andrew Marvell: five poems
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) was one of the first three poets that Carr published, probably in about 1967. Carr reported in the History of the QTP in 1987 that he had published three impressions. Four have been seen. The second impression was given an ISBN, in December 1972. The last impression may have been published after 1987 and was given the serial number 3; it's the only impression to be numbered. However given that the third impression lists 27 titles and by the fourth impression he had published about 90, there may be another impression in between?
As the final S in POEMS is slight lower than other letters, it suggests that the same printing block was used for all impressions, so they may all have been printed by Harry Richardson (Printers), named on the third impression only, or that Carr retained the printing blocks.
(Last updated on 22/2/2021)
SBP-MAR1: First edition
Title: Andrew Marvell. Five Poems
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Milldale, Kettering
Year: 1967?
ISBN: None
Size: 127 x 91 mm
Pagination: 12 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: not stated
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: sun face 1964 with name above and address below
Telephone number: 4995
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: not stated
Content: Dates of birth and death; quotation. Poems: To his coy mistress; The garden; The Bermudas; From an Horatian ode; From Appleton House.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Notes: This is one of the first titles that Carr published. The book has 12, not 16, pages, the same number as the first impression of John Clare. No other titles are listed, and no printer is stated.
There is a copy of this small book in the British Library.
SBP-MAR2: Second impression
Title: Andrew Marvell. Five Poems
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Milldale, Kettering
Year: (December 1972)
ISBN: (0900847360)
Size: 127 x 92 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: one
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: not stated
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: sun face 1964 with name above and address below
Telephone number: 4995
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 16
Printed by: not stated
Content: Short biography; quotation from John Aubrey. Poems: To his coy mistress; The garden; From Appleton House; The Bermudas; Cromwell's return from Ireland. Portraits: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans; Ann Hyde, Duchess of York; Charles II's mistress, the Countess of Castlemaine.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Notes: Carr revised the text and order of poems for this impression as it contained 16 pages, four more than the first edition. He gave this impression an ISBN, which is dated December 1972. 16 other titles are listed. The book was issued in a Florin Poets
series with at least three others: Blake 2, D.G. Rossetti and Tennyson' Lincolnshire Verse. A florin was a coin of 2 shillings, now 20 pence.
SBP-MAR3: Third impression
Title: Andrew Marvell. Five Poems
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 129 x 92 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: one
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: not stated
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: sun face 1964
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 27
Printed by: Harry Richardson (Printers), Dryden Street, Kettering
Content: Short biography; quotation from John Aubrey. Poems: To his coy mistress; The garden; From Appleton House; The Bermudas; Cromwell's return from Ireland. Portraits: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans; Ann Hyde, Duchess of York; Charles II's mistress, the Countess of Castlemaine.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Notes: This impression lists 27 titles, so is at least the third impression.
SBP-MAR4: Fourth impression
Title: Andrew Marvell. Five Poems
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: after 1987?
ISBN: None
Size: 129 x 95 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: two
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: not stated
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: 3
Colophon: none
Telephone number: (0536) 514995
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: not stated
Content: Short biography; quotation from John Aubrey. Poems: To his coy mistress; The garden; From Appleton House; The Bermudas; Cromwell's return from Ireland. Portraits: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans; Ann Hyde, Duchess of York; Charles II's mistress, the Countess of Castlemaine.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Notes: Carr gave this impression number 3 in the series retrospectively, as it was the third title that he had published in this series of small books, but this is at least the fourth impression. Carr changed the design of the rear cover and replaced the colophon inside the rear cover with a seal.