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Selected Poems (Phoenix living poets series)
- £20.00
- Contains poems chosen by the author from his five published books of verse. It enables the reader to see his development and at the same time to admire the consistency of thought and language which underlies the growing mastery of his work.
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Selected Poems 1966-1987 (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- This volume contains a selection of work from each of Seamus Heaney's published books of poetry up to and including the Whitbread prize-winning collection, The Haw Lantern (1987). 'His is 'close-up' poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse…
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Selected Poems 1968-2014 (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- A thrilling new selection of Paul Muldoon's poetry, drawn from over four decades and twelve individual collections. A poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann) and hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Paul Muldoon seems almost…
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Selected Poems 1968-2014 (SIGNED) Muldoon
- £45.00
- Selected Poems 1968-2014 offers forty-five years of work drawn from twelve individual collections by a poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann). Hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Muldoon seems determined to escape definition yet this…
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Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
- £20.00
- rancis Thompson (1859–1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson went to medical school when he was 18, but left home at the age of 26 to pursue a life of writing. He was homeless for three years, becoming an opium addict and supporting himself through whatever means available. A…
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Selected Poems: 1935-1963
- £20.00
- Durrell's poetry has been overshadowed by his novels, but Peter Porter, in his introduction to a Selected Poems, calls Durrell "One of the best [poets] of the past hundred years. And one of the most enjoyable."[28] Porter describes Durrell's poetry: "Always beautiful as sound and syntax. Its innovation lies in…
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Selections from A. C. Swinburne
- £100.00
- A poetical anthology of lyrical work by English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne. Featuring a Prelude and Epilogue both written in verse. Includes Hymn to a Proserpine, Love at Sea, A Ballad of Bath, A Child's Future, and Trafalgar Day.
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Seven Poets: Singapore and Malaysia
- £20.00
- From cover: Poets in these two countries who have chosen to write in English are faced with slightly more than the usual difficulties. For many, English is not their first language. But whatever the extent of their familiarity with it, each has to work out a personal style by applying…
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Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £16.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
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Song at the Year’s Turning: Poems 1942-1954
- £60.00
- The Welsh poet's fourth book and first retrospective anthology, published in 1960, with a dustjacket design by Judith Bledsoe.
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Sonnets & Poems
- £35.00
- A collection of 47 poems privately published by the poet during the First World War.
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Splendours and Miseries
- £40.00
- Sacherverell Sitwell's anthology of short stories and essays. Sitwell was an English writer and poet. He produced many works on art, music and architecture and over 50 volumes of poetry. He was best known as an art and music critic. This book was published in the context of the Second…
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Stories from the New Yorker 1950-1960
- £15.00
- Third anthology of New Yorker short stories; includes writers such as John Updike, Vladimir Nabokov, J. D. Salinger, Philip Roth, Elizabeth Bishop, Saul Bellow, Richard Wilbur, Roger La Farge, Roald Dahl, Penelope Mortimer, Dorothy Parker, Prawer Jhabvala, Nadine Gordimer, John Cheever
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T.S. Eliot: Collected Poems 1909-1962
- £35.00
- Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.' Ted Hughes. Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962…
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Tales of a Wayside Inn
- £40.00
- In his lifetime Longfellow was recognized as one of the America's great poets, though he became temporarily less fashionable after his death. A great admirer of the European tradition, he contributed greatly to the American intellectual life against the contemporary grain of isolationalism.
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Selected Poems (Phoenix living poets series)
- £20.00
- Contains poems chosen by the author from his five published books of verse. It enables the reader to see his development and at the same time to admire the consistency of thought and language which underlies the growing mastery of his work.
- Add to basket
-
Selected Poems 1966-1987 (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- This volume contains a selection of work from each of Seamus Heaney's published books of poetry up to and including the Whitbread prize-winning collection, The Haw Lantern (1987). 'His is 'close-up' poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse…
- Add to basket
-
Selected Poems 1968-2014 (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- A thrilling new selection of Paul Muldoon's poetry, drawn from over four decades and twelve individual collections. A poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann) and hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Paul Muldoon seems almost…
- Add to basket
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Selected Poems 1968-2014 (SIGNED) Muldoon
- £45.00
- Selected Poems 1968-2014 offers forty-five years of work drawn from twelve individual collections by a poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann). Hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Muldoon seems determined to escape definition yet this…
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Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
- £20.00
- rancis Thompson (1859–1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson went to medical school when he was 18, but left home at the age of 26 to pursue a life of writing. He was homeless for three years, becoming an opium addict and supporting himself through whatever means available. A…
- Add to basket
-
Selected Poems: 1935-1963
- £20.00
- Durrell's poetry has been overshadowed by his novels, but Peter Porter, in his introduction to a Selected Poems, calls Durrell "One of the best [poets] of the past hundred years. And one of the most enjoyable."[28] Porter describes Durrell's poetry: "Always beautiful as sound and syntax. Its innovation lies in…
- Add to basket
-
Selections from A. C. Swinburne
- £100.00
- A poetical anthology of lyrical work by English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne. Featuring a Prelude and Epilogue both written in verse. Includes Hymn to a Proserpine, Love at Sea, A Ballad of Bath, A Child's Future, and Trafalgar Day.
- Add to basket
-
Seven Poets: Singapore and Malaysia
- £20.00
- From cover: Poets in these two countries who have chosen to write in English are faced with slightly more than the usual difficulties. For many, English is not their first language. But whatever the extent of their familiarity with it, each has to work out a personal style by applying…
- Add to basket
-
Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £16.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
- Add to basket
-
Song at the Year’s Turning: Poems 1942-1954
- £60.00
- The Welsh poet's fourth book and first retrospective anthology, published in 1960, with a dustjacket design by Judith Bledsoe.
- Add to basket
-
Sonnets & Poems
- £35.00
- A collection of 47 poems privately published by the poet during the First World War.
- Add to basket
-
Splendours and Miseries
- £40.00
- Sacherverell Sitwell's anthology of short stories and essays. Sitwell was an English writer and poet. He produced many works on art, music and architecture and over 50 volumes of poetry. He was best known as an art and music critic. This book was published in the context of the Second…
- Add to basket
-
Stories from the New Yorker 1950-1960
- £15.00
- Third anthology of New Yorker short stories; includes writers such as John Updike, Vladimir Nabokov, J. D. Salinger, Philip Roth, Elizabeth Bishop, Saul Bellow, Richard Wilbur, Roger La Farge, Roald Dahl, Penelope Mortimer, Dorothy Parker, Prawer Jhabvala, Nadine Gordimer, John Cheever
- Add to basket
-
T.S. Eliot: Collected Poems 1909-1962
- £35.00
- Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.' Ted Hughes. Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962…
- Add to basket
-
Tales of a Wayside Inn
- £40.00
- In his lifetime Longfellow was recognized as one of the America's great poets, though he became temporarily less fashionable after his death. A great admirer of the European tradition, he contributed greatly to the American intellectual life against the contemporary grain of isolationalism.
- Add to basket