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The Poetical Works of John Milton (The Albion Edition), With Introductory Memoir, Notes, Bibliography, Etc.
- £50.00
- An anthology of Milton's poetry including Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, his Latin verse as well as his own translations.
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
- £40.00
- Albion edition including introduction and notes
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The Satires of Jonathan Swift
- £25.00
- From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, a collection of his classic satirical works as well as some of his poetry and letters. An Argument Against the Abolishment of Christianity, A Modest Proposal, A True and Faithful Narrative, A Meditation Upon a Broomstick, Predictions for the Year 1708, and The…
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The Shadow Knows: Poems 2000-2004
- £35.00
- The official elegy for Princess Margaret was the last straw. There had to be an antidote: a poet who would stalk the powerful, the pretentious and the sycophantic. The socialist magazine Red Pepper invited Adrian Mitchell to don the dreaded costume of The Shadow Poet Laureate and write regular people's…
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The Shepherd and other poems of Peace and War
- £60.00
- Edmund Blunden's first poem appeared in 1914; but it was this volume, The Shepherd published in 1922, that made his reputation. He is now regarded as one of the best Georgians, a man deeply acquainted with that tradition of English poetry, and a poet of quiet authority and haunting imagination…
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The Spy’s Bedside Book
- £100.00
- On its first appearance in 1957, Hugh and Graham Greene's The Spy's Bedside Book provoked a storm of interest, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, 100 copies were bought by East German Intelligence. Includes stories by some of the great writers on spying and many practitioners, including Ian Fleming and John Buchan, Sir…
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The Top 500 Poems (A Columbia Anthology)
- £40.00
- The Top 500 Poems offers a vivid portrait of poetry in English, assembling a host of popular and enduring poems as chosen by critics, editors, poets, and general readers. These works speak across centuries, beginning with Chaucer's resourceful inventions and moving through Shakespeare's masterpieces, John Donne's complex originality, and Alexander…
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The Traveller
- £100.00
- Walter John de la Mare OM CH (1873Ð1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fiction, including "Seaton's Aunt", "The Green Room" and "All Hallows". This philosophical…
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The Works of Alexander Pope in Verse & Prose (vol III of X)
- £200.00
- Third volume (of 10) of Pope's collected works. Containing his Essay on Man (in 4 epistles); The Universal Prayer; Moral Essays (in 5 epistles); Appendix: Essay on Satire; A Letter to a Noble Lord; Notes and Observations by Gilbert Wakefield
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The Works of Francis Thompson (3 volumes)
- £100.00
- This set of Thompson's works (2 vols of poetry, 1 vol of prose) was edited by Wilfrid Meynell, a British newspaper publisher and editor. Francis Thompson was an English poet and mystic. He lived on the streets of London for years supporting himself with menial labour in order to pursue…
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The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life (4 vol)
- £350.00
- Full title: Burns (Robert). The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life, and A Criticism On His Writings, To Which Are Prefixed, Some Observations On The Character And Condition Of The Scottish Peasantry. 4 volumes, 4th edition (1st in 1800)
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The Zoo Father (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- At the dark heart of this unique collection is a daughter's fraught relationship with her dying father, a man whose legacy to her was violence and abandonment. Rich in the imagery of the Amazonian jungle (fire ants, shaman masks, hummingbirds, shrunken heads, jaguars) these poems at once ward off and…
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This Cold Universe – Poems
- £15.00
- The first of several volumes Dickinson (1914-1994) published in The Phoenix Living Poets series.
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Three Gems in One Setting: The Poet’s Song (Tennyson); Field Flowers (Thomas Campbell); Pilgrim Fathers (Mrs Hemans)
- £150.00
- Beautifully illustrated collection of 3 poems: The poet's song (Tennyson); Field flowers (Campbell); Pilgrim fathers (Mrs. Hemans). In full colour with 18 Chromolithographs printed by David Brand in full colour. Engraved title-page and three separate title-pages printed also in full colour. Original dark-red cosway-style thick bound boards (with inlaid colour…
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Three Novels: Angel Pavement; Bright Day; Sir Michael & Sir George
- £60.00
- Bright Day (1946): Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is holed up in a Cornish hotel writing a script he must finish. A chance encounter in the bar sends him back in time to the doomed world of his youth before the slaughter of The First World War. Caught in his own…
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The Poetical Works of John Milton (The Albion Edition), With Introductory Memoir, Notes, Bibliography, Etc.
- £50.00
- An anthology of Milton's poetry including Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, his Latin verse as well as his own translations.
- Add to basket
-
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
- £40.00
- Albion edition including introduction and notes
- Add to basket
-
The Satires of Jonathan Swift
- £25.00
- From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, a collection of his classic satirical works as well as some of his poetry and letters. An Argument Against the Abolishment of Christianity, A Modest Proposal, A True and Faithful Narrative, A Meditation Upon a Broomstick, Predictions for the Year 1708, and The…
- Add to basket
-
The Shadow Knows: Poems 2000-2004
- £35.00
- The official elegy for Princess Margaret was the last straw. There had to be an antidote: a poet who would stalk the powerful, the pretentious and the sycophantic. The socialist magazine Red Pepper invited Adrian Mitchell to don the dreaded costume of The Shadow Poet Laureate and write regular people's…
- Add to basket
-
The Shepherd and other poems of Peace and War
- £60.00
- Edmund Blunden's first poem appeared in 1914; but it was this volume, The Shepherd published in 1922, that made his reputation. He is now regarded as one of the best Georgians, a man deeply acquainted with that tradition of English poetry, and a poet of quiet authority and haunting imagination…
- Add to basket
-
The Spy’s Bedside Book
- £100.00
- On its first appearance in 1957, Hugh and Graham Greene's The Spy's Bedside Book provoked a storm of interest, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, 100 copies were bought by East German Intelligence. Includes stories by some of the great writers on spying and many practitioners, including Ian Fleming and John Buchan, Sir…
- Add to basket
-
The Top 500 Poems (A Columbia Anthology)
- £40.00
- The Top 500 Poems offers a vivid portrait of poetry in English, assembling a host of popular and enduring poems as chosen by critics, editors, poets, and general readers. These works speak across centuries, beginning with Chaucer's resourceful inventions and moving through Shakespeare's masterpieces, John Donne's complex originality, and Alexander…
- Add to basket
-
The Traveller
- £100.00
- Walter John de la Mare OM CH (1873Ð1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fiction, including "Seaton's Aunt", "The Green Room" and "All Hallows". This philosophical…
- Add to basket
-
The Works of Alexander Pope in Verse & Prose (vol III of X)
- £200.00
- Third volume (of 10) of Pope's collected works. Containing his Essay on Man (in 4 epistles); The Universal Prayer; Moral Essays (in 5 epistles); Appendix: Essay on Satire; A Letter to a Noble Lord; Notes and Observations by Gilbert Wakefield
- Add to basket
-
The Works of Francis Thompson (3 volumes)
- £100.00
- This set of Thompson's works (2 vols of poetry, 1 vol of prose) was edited by Wilfrid Meynell, a British newspaper publisher and editor. Francis Thompson was an English poet and mystic. He lived on the streets of London for years supporting himself with menial labour in order to pursue…
- Add to basket
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The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life (4 vol)
- £350.00
- Full title: Burns (Robert). The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life, and A Criticism On His Writings, To Which Are Prefixed, Some Observations On The Character And Condition Of The Scottish Peasantry. 4 volumes, 4th edition (1st in 1800)
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The Zoo Father (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- At the dark heart of this unique collection is a daughter's fraught relationship with her dying father, a man whose legacy to her was violence and abandonment. Rich in the imagery of the Amazonian jungle (fire ants, shaman masks, hummingbirds, shrunken heads, jaguars) these poems at once ward off and…
- Add to basket
-
This Cold Universe – Poems
- £15.00
- The first of several volumes Dickinson (1914-1994) published in The Phoenix Living Poets series.
- Add to basket
-
Three Gems in One Setting: The Poet’s Song (Tennyson); Field Flowers (Thomas Campbell); Pilgrim Fathers (Mrs Hemans)
- £150.00
- Beautifully illustrated collection of 3 poems: The poet's song (Tennyson); Field flowers (Campbell); Pilgrim fathers (Mrs. Hemans). In full colour with 18 Chromolithographs printed by David Brand in full colour. Engraved title-page and three separate title-pages printed also in full colour. Original dark-red cosway-style thick bound boards (with inlaid colour…
- Add to basket
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Three Novels: Angel Pavement; Bright Day; Sir Michael & Sir George
- £60.00
- Bright Day (1946): Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is holed up in a Cornish hotel writing a script he must finish. A chance encounter in the bar sends him back in time to the doomed world of his youth before the slaughter of The First World War. Caught in his own…
- Add to basket