Georgian Poets
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The Burning-Glass and other poems
- £15.00
- An anthology of de la Mare's poetry published towards the end of the 2nd World War. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an acclaimed English writer best known for his works for children and for his poem 'The Listener'. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prixe in 1921 for…
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The Collected Poems of James Elroy Flecker
- £45.00
- James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915) was an English novelist and playwright. As a poet, he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets. While at Oxford he was greatly influenced by the last flowering of the Aesthetic movement there under John Addington Symonds, and became a close friend of the classicist and…
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The Dutch Cheese and Other Stories
- £12.00
- Originally published in 1931, this version includes five stories - "The Dutch Cheese"; "Lucy"; "Alice's Godmother"; "A Penny a Day"; and, "The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire".
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The Heart’s Journey (SIGNED)
- £320.00
- Siegfried Sassoon, CBE, MC (1886 Ð 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who,…
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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 Road to Ruin
- £22.00
- A brief collection from 1933 containing six poems on the horror of modern warfare, introduced by a quotation from Albert Einstein. Printed on recto only.
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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 Song of Love
- £20.00
- Davies' style was described by Shaw as that of a 'genuine' innocent. The Song of Love was published three years after his marriage at 52 to Helen Payne.
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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 Wanderer of Liverpool
- £10.00
- Masefield's classic retelling of the story of The Wanderer, a Liverpool-built barque that was wrecked in the Elbe estuary in 1907. Incl poems at end.
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The Weald of Youth
- £12.00
- Siegfried Sassoon, CBE, MC (1886 Ð 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who,…
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Vigils
- £70.00
- Sassoon's collection of poems published in 1935 and dedicated to his wife Hester, whom he had married in 1933. "In using the word 'vigils' Sassoon conjured up the image of the silent, careful watcher of unfolding events." (Roberts, p.255)
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Who’s Who in D. H. Lawrence
- £12.00
- Writer and critic Graham Holderness has published over 40 books, many on Shakespeare, and hundreds of chapters and articles of criticism, theory and theology. He was one of the founders of British cultural materialism, and is acknowledged as a formative contributor to a number of branches of Shakespeare criticism and…
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Winged Chariot
- £22.00
- Winged Chariot is a meditative poem in which time drive the poet, as it did Marvell, to realize his love. The poem has a marginal commentary of quotations, such as the two from the medieval English lyric, 'Quia Amore Langueo', in which Christ seeks to convince the errant human soul…
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The Burning-Glass and other poems
- £15.00
- An anthology of de la Mare's poetry published towards the end of the 2nd World War. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an acclaimed English writer best known for his works for children and for his poem 'The Listener'. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prixe in 1921 for…
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The Collected Poems of James Elroy Flecker
- £45.00
- James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915) was an English novelist and playwright. As a poet, he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets. While at Oxford he was greatly influenced by the last flowering of the Aesthetic movement there under John Addington Symonds, and became a close friend of the classicist and…
- Add to basket
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The Dutch Cheese and Other Stories
- £12.00
- Originally published in 1931, this version includes five stories - "The Dutch Cheese"; "Lucy"; "Alice's Godmother"; "A Penny a Day"; and, "The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire".
- Add to basket
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The Heart’s Journey (SIGNED)
- £320.00
- Siegfried Sassoon, CBE, MC (1886 Ð 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who,…
- Add to basket
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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…
- Add to basket
-
The Road to Ruin
- £22.00
- A brief collection from 1933 containing six poems on the horror of modern warfare, introduced by a quotation from Albert Einstein. Printed on recto only.
- 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 Song of Love
- £20.00
- Davies' style was described by Shaw as that of a 'genuine' innocent. The Song of Love was published three years after his marriage at 52 to Helen Payne.
- Add to basket
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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…
- Add to basket
-
The Wanderer of Liverpool
- £10.00
- Masefield's classic retelling of the story of The Wanderer, a Liverpool-built barque that was wrecked in the Elbe estuary in 1907. Incl poems at end.
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-
The Weald of Youth
- £12.00
- Siegfried Sassoon, CBE, MC (1886 Ð 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who,…
- Add to basket
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Vigils
- £70.00
- Sassoon's collection of poems published in 1935 and dedicated to his wife Hester, whom he had married in 1933. "In using the word 'vigils' Sassoon conjured up the image of the silent, careful watcher of unfolding events." (Roberts, p.255)
- Add to basket
-
Who’s Who in D. H. Lawrence
- £12.00
- Writer and critic Graham Holderness has published over 40 books, many on Shakespeare, and hundreds of chapters and articles of criticism, theory and theology. He was one of the founders of British cultural materialism, and is acknowledged as a formative contributor to a number of branches of Shakespeare criticism and…
- Add to basket
-
Winged Chariot
- £22.00
- Winged Chariot is a meditative poem in which time drive the poet, as it did Marvell, to realize his love. The poem has a marginal commentary of quotations, such as the two from the medieval English lyric, 'Quia Amore Langueo', in which Christ seeks to convince the errant human soul…
- Add to basket