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The Collected Poems Of Edith Sitwell.
- £50.00
- Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE was born on 7 September 1887 in Scarborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Edith was the oldest child and only daughter of her wildly eccentric and unloving parents. Her father, believing she had a spinal deformation, imposed upon her a ÔcureÕ which involved locking…
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The Collected Poems of John Masefield (New and Enlarged Edition) – signed
- £200.00
- The new and enlarged edition of Masefield's original 1923 collection, including incidental poems from Sard Harker, Odraa, and The 'Wanderer', together with the poetic volume Midsummer Night. (166pp of additional matter).
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The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
- £25.00
- The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens is the definitive collection from the man Harold Bloom has called "the best and most representative American poet." Originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens's seventy-fifth birthday, the book was rushed into print for the occasion and contained scores of errors. Now corrected this…
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The Collected Poems: 1959-2024 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- The patron saint of poetry' Carol Ann Duffy. For sixty years, Roger McGough has thrilled and delighted generations of readers with his irreverent, intimate and ever-original poetry. The Collected Poems presents the definitive selection of his very best work, from the Mersey-soaked sound of his quintessential Sixties start, through to…
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The Colour of Saying – an anthology of verse spoken by Dylan Thomas
- £25.00
- An anthology of English Poetry that at some stage had been broadcast or performed by Dylan Thomas, and which had evidently been selected by Thomas himself. Amongst them are a number from the Anglo Welsh poets as well as many of the great English Poets of the last century.
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The Complete Poems and Songs
- £20.00
- An excellent collection of Robert Burns' poetry and songs with an index of first lines, and the poems. Burns was born in 1759 in the village of Alloway near Ayr. Famously considered Scotland's national bard, his birthday is celebrated across Scotland on that very day. Born into a family of…
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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (2nd ed)
- £25.00
- This complete critical edition of Chaucer's poetry and prose has, as the Cambridge Review prophesied when it first appeared, become the standard edition of Chaucer for all who are seriously interested in his writings.
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The Cost of Seriousness (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Though only a few of the poems in this collection (Porter's seventh) are directly autobiographical, the whole book is haunted by one event--the death of his wife at the end of 1974. 'The cost of seriousness will be death' says the title poem. Porter was made a Companion of Literature…
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The Customs House (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Andrew Motion's new book opens with a sequence of war poems (first published as the pamphlet Laurels and Donkeys, on Armistice Day 2010), drawing on soldiers' experiences of war from 1914 until today - beginning with a story about Siegfried Sassoon and moving via World War Two and Korea to…
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The Ebony Tower
- £50.00
- An extraordinary work of fiction, from one of the world's most exceptional writers. A journalist visits an elderly painter and becomes intrigued by his young female companions. Four years' worth of book research is set on fire in front of a writer. A successful MP disappears without a trace. Written…
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The Englishman in Greece (an anthology)
- £20.00
- 1st edition of this Oxford anthology of English poets writing in and about Greece, reflecting the British obsession with the Classical world over many generations.
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The Flame
- £14.00
- THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRY The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics,…
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The Folio Golden Treasury: The best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language
- £30.00
- The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in English Language chosen and introduced by James Michie. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by various artists selected by Simon Brett. Arranged by poet's date of birth (from Thomas Wyatt to Thom Gunn, including Betjeman, Joyce, GKChesterton, John Masefield, TSEliot et al.
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The French and their Revolution: selected writings
- £40.00
- These writings on the French Revolution discuss aspects of the revolutionary mentality in France; popular movements, popular protest and repression; and counter-revolutionary tendencies. The book includes a list of revolutionary figures, factions and historians and a revolutionary calendar.
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The Homing of the Winds and other passages in prose
- £12.00
- Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet, CH (1897Ð1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic (his books on Mozart, Liszt, and Domenico Scarlatti are still consulted), and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque. Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell were his older siblings. Sitwell…
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The Collected Poems Of Edith Sitwell.
- £50.00
- Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE was born on 7 September 1887 in Scarborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Edith was the oldest child and only daughter of her wildly eccentric and unloving parents. Her father, believing she had a spinal deformation, imposed upon her a ÔcureÕ which involved locking…
- Add to basket
-
The Collected Poems of John Masefield (New and Enlarged Edition) – signed
- £200.00
- The new and enlarged edition of Masefield's original 1923 collection, including incidental poems from Sard Harker, Odraa, and The 'Wanderer', together with the poetic volume Midsummer Night. (166pp of additional matter).
- Add to basket
-
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
- £25.00
- The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens is the definitive collection from the man Harold Bloom has called "the best and most representative American poet." Originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens's seventy-fifth birthday, the book was rushed into print for the occasion and contained scores of errors. Now corrected this…
- Add to basket
-
The Collected Poems: 1959-2024 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- The patron saint of poetry' Carol Ann Duffy. For sixty years, Roger McGough has thrilled and delighted generations of readers with his irreverent, intimate and ever-original poetry. The Collected Poems presents the definitive selection of his very best work, from the Mersey-soaked sound of his quintessential Sixties start, through to…
- Add to basket
-
The Colour of Saying – an anthology of verse spoken by Dylan Thomas
- £25.00
- An anthology of English Poetry that at some stage had been broadcast or performed by Dylan Thomas, and which had evidently been selected by Thomas himself. Amongst them are a number from the Anglo Welsh poets as well as many of the great English Poets of the last century.
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Poems and Songs
- £20.00
- An excellent collection of Robert Burns' poetry and songs with an index of first lines, and the poems. Burns was born in 1759 in the village of Alloway near Ayr. Famously considered Scotland's national bard, his birthday is celebrated across Scotland on that very day. Born into a family of…
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (2nd ed)
- £25.00
- This complete critical edition of Chaucer's poetry and prose has, as the Cambridge Review prophesied when it first appeared, become the standard edition of Chaucer for all who are seriously interested in his writings.
- Add to basket
-
The Cost of Seriousness (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Though only a few of the poems in this collection (Porter's seventh) are directly autobiographical, the whole book is haunted by one event--the death of his wife at the end of 1974. 'The cost of seriousness will be death' says the title poem. Porter was made a Companion of Literature…
- Add to basket
-
The Customs House (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Andrew Motion's new book opens with a sequence of war poems (first published as the pamphlet Laurels and Donkeys, on Armistice Day 2010), drawing on soldiers' experiences of war from 1914 until today - beginning with a story about Siegfried Sassoon and moving via World War Two and Korea to…
- Add to basket
-
The Ebony Tower
- £50.00
- An extraordinary work of fiction, from one of the world's most exceptional writers. A journalist visits an elderly painter and becomes intrigued by his young female companions. Four years' worth of book research is set on fire in front of a writer. A successful MP disappears without a trace. Written…
- Add to basket
-
The Englishman in Greece (an anthology)
- £20.00
- 1st edition of this Oxford anthology of English poets writing in and about Greece, reflecting the British obsession with the Classical world over many generations.
- Add to basket
-
The Flame
- £14.00
- THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRY The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics,…
- Add to basket
-
The Folio Golden Treasury: The best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language
- £30.00
- The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in English Language chosen and introduced by James Michie. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by various artists selected by Simon Brett. Arranged by poet's date of birth (from Thomas Wyatt to Thom Gunn, including Betjeman, Joyce, GKChesterton, John Masefield, TSEliot et al.
- Add to basket
-
The French and their Revolution: selected writings
- £40.00
- These writings on the French Revolution discuss aspects of the revolutionary mentality in France; popular movements, popular protest and repression; and counter-revolutionary tendencies. The book includes a list of revolutionary figures, factions and historians and a revolutionary calendar.
- Add to basket
-
The Homing of the Winds and other passages in prose
- £12.00
- Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet, CH (1897Ð1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic (his books on Mozart, Liszt, and Domenico Scarlatti are still consulted), and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque. Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell were his older siblings. Sitwell…
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