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The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation
- £40.00
- Designed 'both for Greekless readers and for those who require help in reading and appreaiting the origiinal. Every piece in the Greek book is translated, usually into verse; but specimens are also giving of prose translations by Henry Fielding, Walter pater, Samuel Butler, T. E. Lawrence, and others. Altogether about…
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The Oxford Book of Local Verses
- £15.00
- This delightful anthology is a treasure-house of England's heritage of popular verse, written by long forgotten local poets whose surviving work enriches our understanding of local customs and attitudes in much the same way that 'local 'cooking' describes the flavor of a region. Local verses have been perpetuated in a…
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The Oxford Book Of Twentieth Century English Verse
- £20.00
- Philip Larkin's Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse provoked controversy and dispute on first publication in 1973. Warmly welcomed by fellow poets John Betjeman and W.H. Auden, it was also considered a quirky and idiosyncratic collection by some critics. Today it is recognized as a fine and wide-ranging selection of…
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The Poems of Robert Herrick
- £15.00
- World's Classics series XVI: Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".
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The Poems of W. H. Davies 1940
- £50.00
- Published the year Davies died, this volume contains the whole of The Poems of W.H. Davies, 1934, and also all the subsequent poems which Mr. Davies has published, in Love Poems (1935), The Birth of Song (1936) and The Loneliest Mountain (1939). It is therefore a complete collection of the…
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The Poetical Works of John Keats (Oxford Edition)
- £40.00
- Originally published with Forman's editing and notes in 1906.
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The Poetical Works of John Keats (with a memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes)
- £35.00
- A new edition after the original in 1854, with the memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes
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The Poetical Works of John Milton
- £35.00
- OUP republished their 1904 edition of Milton's poetry in 1938, but also included translations of Milton's Italian, Latin and Greek poems from the Columbia University Guide by W. Skeat.
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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 Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation
- £40.00
- Designed 'both for Greekless readers and for those who require help in reading and appreaiting the origiinal. Every piece in the Greek book is translated, usually into verse; but specimens are also giving of prose translations by Henry Fielding, Walter pater, Samuel Butler, T. E. Lawrence, and others. Altogether about…
- Add to basket
-
The Oxford Book of Local Verses
- £15.00
- This delightful anthology is a treasure-house of England's heritage of popular verse, written by long forgotten local poets whose surviving work enriches our understanding of local customs and attitudes in much the same way that 'local 'cooking' describes the flavor of a region. Local verses have been perpetuated in a…
- Add to basket
-
The Oxford Book Of Twentieth Century English Verse
- £20.00
- Philip Larkin's Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse provoked controversy and dispute on first publication in 1973. Warmly welcomed by fellow poets John Betjeman and W.H. Auden, it was also considered a quirky and idiosyncratic collection by some critics. Today it is recognized as a fine and wide-ranging selection of…
- Add to basket
-
The Poems of Robert Herrick
- £15.00
- World's Classics series XVI: Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".
- Add to basket
-
The Poems of W. H. Davies 1940
- £50.00
- Published the year Davies died, this volume contains the whole of The Poems of W.H. Davies, 1934, and also all the subsequent poems which Mr. Davies has published, in Love Poems (1935), The Birth of Song (1936) and The Loneliest Mountain (1939). It is therefore a complete collection of the…
- Add to basket
-
The Poetical Works of John Keats (Oxford Edition)
- £40.00
- Originally published with Forman's editing and notes in 1906.
- Add to basket
-
The Poetical Works of John Keats (with a memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes)
- £35.00
- A new edition after the original in 1854, with the memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes
- Add to basket
-
The Poetical Works of John Milton
- £35.00
- OUP republished their 1904 edition of Milton's poetry in 1938, but also included translations of Milton's Italian, Latin and Greek poems from the Columbia University Guide by W. Skeat.
- Add to basket
-
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