List of Books in Herrick Library Collection (in chronological order)

List of Books in Herrick Library Collection
THESE BOOKS CAN BE VIEWED BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT WITH Mr Simon Baker
Those titles in grey are currently residing elsewhere.
I. Editions of Robert Herrick’s Collected Works
(in chronological order)
I.1 Hesperides or Works Both Human and Divine Edited by Henry G. Clarke, Vols 1 & 2
H. G. Clarke & Co., London 1844. 80 Illustrated Title Pages.
I.2 Hesperides or Works Both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Vols 1 & 2 in one edition.
H.G.Bohn, London 1852.120. [NB: second volume has pagination error. Pages 1-8 do not appear
although the text is continuous]
I.3 The Complete Poems of Robert Herrick Edited with memorial introduction and notes by Alexander
B Grosart. Vols 1, 2, 3. Chatto & Windus, London, 1876 (The early English Poets) 80. Vols 1 & 3
(Lacking Volume 2).
I.4 The Hesperides and Noble Numbers Edited with Memorial Introduction and Notes by Alfred
Pollard with a reference by A.C. Swinburne. Vols 1 & 2 Lawrence & Bullen, London, 1891, 1898, [Vol
2 is of the revised edition] The Muses’ Library 80.
I.5 The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick Edited by George Saintsbury. Vols 1 & 2
[The Aldine Edition of British Poets] George Bell & Sons, London, 1893.80.
I.6 Hesperides or Works Both Human and Divine together with His Noble Numbers or His Pious
Pieces [With illustrations by Reginald Savage] Vols 1 & 2. Caxton Series,
Georges Newnes Ltd., London (1902) 80. No.41 of an edition of 106 copies signed by the illustrator.
I.7 The Poems of Robert Herrick [World’s Classics] Grant Richards, London, 1902.80.
I.8 Hesperides or Works Both Human and Divine together with His Noble Numbers or His Pious
Pieces [Engraved title page & portrait by Edmund Sullivan] Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.,
London (1905) .80.
1.9 Herrick’s Hesperides and Noble Numbers Introduction by Edmund Rhys.
[Everyman’s Library] J.M. Dent & Co., London (1905) .80.

I.10 The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick Edited by F.W. Moorman with a prefatory note by Percy
Simpson. Humphrey Milford, London (1921) .80.
I.11 The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick Edited by L.C. Martin. Clarendon Press, Oxford (1956) .80.
(Signed by Editor)
I.12 The Complete Poetry of Robert Herrick Edited with introduction by J. Max Patrick. Doubleday &
Company, New York (1963) .80. [Anchor (17 th series] paperback

II. Selections of Robert Herrick’s Poetry
(in chronological order)
II.1 Selections from the Hesperides or Works by the Rev Robert Herrick by Charles Short, London
(1839) .80.
11.2 Herrick’s Women, Love and Flowers Gay & Bird, London (1899) .80. (The Bibelots)
11.3 Poems by Robert Herrick With Biographical Introduction by Hannaford Bennett. John Long,
London (1923) .80. [Carlton Classics]
II.4 Hesperides and Noble Numbers: A Selection Chatto & Windus, London (1938) .80. [Zodiac
Books No. 10]
II.5 Robert Herrick: Poems from Hesperides and Noble Numbers Selected and Introduced by John
Hayward. [The Penguin Poets. D58] Penguin Books, Harmondsworth (1961) .80. with inscription.
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II.8 Seventeenth Century Prose and Poetry Selected and edited by Alexander M Witherspoon and
Frank J Warnke 2 nd Edition, Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., New York [1963] .80. Inscription by
Frank J Warnke.
II.9 Cavalier Poets: Selected Poems [of Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, Richard
Lovelace] Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Thomas Clayton, Oxford University Press, Oxford
[1976] .80.
II.10 Robert Herrick: Poète et Cavalier. Presentation et Traductions, Thèse, Par Gérard Gâcon.
Université de Saint- Etienne, [1987] .40. Typescript. French translations following each English text.
Presented by the Bakers. Paperback
II.11 A Selection of Herrick’s Poems translated into Japanese with Introduction and Notes.
Shonosuke Ishii. Tokyo [1987[
11.12 Selected Poems of Robert Herrick Edited with notes by Shonosuke Ishii [Kenkyusha Pocket
English Series.287] Tokyo. Some Text in English with the remainder in Japanese.
II.13 Robert Herrick: Selected Poems Edited with an Introduction by David Jesson-Dibley. New
Edition, Fyfield Books, Manchester [1989] .80. paperback. Presented by Roger Rollin

II.14 Robert Herrick: Hésperides. Traduit de L’Anglais et Presenté par Gérard Gâcon. English and
French. Orphee, Giromagny [1990] .80.
II.15 A Celebration of Robert Herrick 1591- 1991. 21-25 August 1991, Dean Prior Devon. A small
selection of poems with a record of events illustrated with photographs. Dartington [1991] .80.
II.16 Robert Herrick: Parson and Poet PAMPHLET by J L Carr (A small selection of the poems
illustrated with woodcuts) Kettering [1991] .80. Paperback No.9
II.17 Robert Herrick: Ah Posthumous Traduit de L’Anglais et Presenté par Gérard Gâcon. English
and French. Paris [1991] .80. (Poésie no,57)
II.18 A Sweet Disorder: Artist’s Prints for Robert Herrick Published in 1991 by the Dartington Print
Workshop to mark the 400 th anniversary of the birth of Robert Herrick in August 1591. With a
selection of poems. No.22 of an edition of 25 copies. Presented with an inscription by Michael and
Patricia Lane.
II.19 Robert Herrick Selected and Edited by Douglas Brooks-Davies [Everyman’s Poetry 12]
J.M.Dent, London [1996] With and inscription by Roger B Rollin.
II.20 Robert Herrick: Lyrics of Love and Desire Edited by A.C.Grayling, Warwick, 2003 Pamphlet
III. Critical and Biographical Studies of Robert Herrick
(in chronological order)
III.1 Two Gentle Men: The Lives of Georges Herbert and Robert Herrick
Chute, Marchette. E.P.Dutton & Co. Inc., New York [1959] .80.
III.2 & III.3 Robert Herrick Press, John For the British Council by Longmans, Green & Co., London
[1961] .80.
III.4 Herrick’s Oberon Poems. Woodward, Daniel. H. Journal of English and Germanic Philology 64
[April 1965] 270-84.
III.5 Herrick Among the Maypoles: Dean Prior and the Hesperides. Reed, Mark L. An Offprint from
Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 [Winter 1965] :133 – 50 Rice University Press: Houston
1965.86
III.6 Robert Herrick Rollin, Roger .B. (Twayne’s English Author Series No.34) Twayne Publishers,
New York [1966] .80. (A Critical Study)
III.7 Essays on Robert Herrick; With a selection from his Hesperides in Japanese by Ishii, Shonosuke
Tokoyo: Kenyusha [1968].80.

III.8 Trust to Good Verses: Herrick Tercentenary Essays Rollin, Roger B and J.Max Patrick,
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh [1978].80.
III.9 Fantasy, Fashion and Affection: Editions of Robert Herrick’s Poetry for the Common Reader
1810- 1968 Gertzman, J.A. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Bowling Green, Ohio
[1988]. 80.
III.10 Robert Herrick’s Hesperides and the Epigram Book Tradition. Coiro, Ann Baynes
The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1988.80. Presented by Roger B. Rollin

III.11 The Reluctant Countryman: Robert Herrick Contemporary Review PAMPHLET 253
Bruce, Donald Williams [Nov 1988] An offprint with a letter from the author
III.12 Robert Herrick: Pastor Ludorum ‘Let us now take time and play’ Thesis. Hadley, Margaret
(University of Calgary) [1991].40.
III.13 Robert Herrick. Revised Edition Rollin, Roger B. Twayne’s English Author Series. Twayne
Publishers, New York [1992] .80. (Complete re-working of 1966 volume)
III.14 Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol 126 Rollin, Roger B. Seventeenth Century English Non-
Dramatic Poets. 2nd series M.Thomas Hester Edn. GaleResearch Inc., Detroit, London [1993]
OFFPRINT signed by author
III.15 Robert Herrick’s Fathers Rollin, Roger B. Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 34 [Winter
1994]
III.16 Witty by Design: Robert Herrick’s Hesperides . Rollin, Roger B. The Wit of Seventeenth
Century Poetry. Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth eds, Columbia & London University of
Missouri Press [1995] 135-50 OFFPRINT signed by author
III.17 Robert Herrick’s Housekeeper : Representing Women in Renaissance England Rollin, Roger B
From Summers and Pebworth. Columbia [1997] OFFPRINT signed by author