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“1914” Five Sonnets
- £120.00
- Published in his lifetime, this little anthology includes one of his best-loved poems, The Soldier
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73 Poems
- £55.00
- Composed between 1958 and his death in 1962, this was the last published collection by E. E. Cummings. It contains some of his surest and most characteristic work.Much has been made of his innovations in typography and punctuation, which have been often misunderstood as mere 'effects'. But it is evident…
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A Choice of Kipling’s Verse
- £15.00
- Eliot's anthology on Kipling, including his essay about the poet.
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A Garland for the Laureate – Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday
- £65.00
- 22 poems, most of which were written for the occasion of Betjeman's 75th birthday. Contributors: Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, Leonard Clark, Charles Causley, Patric Dickinson, Roy Fuller, Ted Hughes, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Edward Lowbury, Norman Nicholson, Alan Ross, A. L. Rowse, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender,…
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A Generation Risen
- £15.00
- 24 poems by Masefield and 43 of Edward Seago's atmospheric b/w paintings and drawings of the people and places at the sharp end of World War II - soldiers, sailors, and airmen, land-girls and technicians, drawn at work or rest.
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A Masque of Reason (& A Masque of Mercy)
- £20.00
- Contains two so-called "New England Biblicals" (A Masque of Reason - 1945, A Masque of Mercy - 1947), plus Steeple Bush and other poems. The title piece is a comedy purporting to be a missing chapter of Job, while the Masque of Mercy takes on the story of Jonah.
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A Row of Pharaohs
- £30.00
- Patrick Creagh was a British poet and translator who lived for many years in Italy. This is his first volume of poems, and was a choice of the Poetry Book Society
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A Sailor’s Garland
- £60.00
- Large collection of maritime verse from across the centuries.
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A Shropshire Lad
- £30.00
- Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for this cycle of poems. This made him one of the best-loved of his day, his verse demonstrating a simplicity of form that belied its hidden complexities. Haunting woodcut illustrations from…
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A Stitch In Time, or Pride prevents a Fall
- £15.00
- Limited edition of the poem by James Laver, renowned historian and curatior (20 years at Victoria & Albert Museum)
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A Witness Tree
- £30.00
- This collection was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1943. Most of the poems in this volume are short lyrics, published after several unfortunate tragedies had occurred in Frost's personal life, i.e. his daughter Marjorie's death in 1934, his wife's death in 1938, his son Carol's suicide in 1940.…
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An Elegy
- £40.00
- Very rare copy of this work by Locke Ellis (1878-1950), who was one of the so-called Georgian poets (who published anthologies of their work between 1911 and 1922). All men (until the final two antologies of 1919 and 1922 included women), they counted among their number the likes of Rupert…
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An Italian Visit
- £35.00
- C. Day Lewis, former Professor of Poetry at Oxford, chooses a form that enables his various gifts to be displayed to advantage and to sustain rapt interest in a poem longer than convention now favours. It is a poem in seven parts: 'Dialogue at the Airport'; 'Flight to Italy'; 'A…
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An Octave
- £120.00
- Introduced by Charles Causley. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies, 100 of which were presented to the author on his eightieth birthday, 250 being reserved for subscribers.
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Areté: A Retrospective (Areté Magazine)
- £20.00
- From flap: Over thirteen years, Aret has published six Nobel Prize winners: T S Eliot, William Golding, Boris Pasternak, Orhan Pamuk, Harold Pinter, and Rudyard Kipling. The distinguished roster of contributors includes Milan Kundera, John Updike, Salman Rushdie, Evelyn Waugh, Tom Stoppard, David Hare, Patrick Marber, Christopher Hampton, Martin Amis,…
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-
“1914” Five Sonnets
- £120.00
- Published in his lifetime, this little anthology includes one of his best-loved poems, The Soldier
- Add to basket
-
73 Poems
- £55.00
- Composed between 1958 and his death in 1962, this was the last published collection by E. E. Cummings. It contains some of his surest and most characteristic work.Much has been made of his innovations in typography and punctuation, which have been often misunderstood as mere 'effects'. But it is evident…
- Add to basket
-
A Choice of Kipling’s Verse
- £15.00
- Eliot's anthology on Kipling, including his essay about the poet.
- Add to basket
-
A Garland for the Laureate – Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday
- £65.00
- 22 poems, most of which were written for the occasion of Betjeman's 75th birthday. Contributors: Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, Leonard Clark, Charles Causley, Patric Dickinson, Roy Fuller, Ted Hughes, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Edward Lowbury, Norman Nicholson, Alan Ross, A. L. Rowse, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender,…
- Add to basket
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A Generation Risen
- £15.00
- 24 poems by Masefield and 43 of Edward Seago's atmospheric b/w paintings and drawings of the people and places at the sharp end of World War II - soldiers, sailors, and airmen, land-girls and technicians, drawn at work or rest.
- Add to basket
-
A Masque of Reason (& A Masque of Mercy)
- £20.00
- Contains two so-called "New England Biblicals" (A Masque of Reason - 1945, A Masque of Mercy - 1947), plus Steeple Bush and other poems. The title piece is a comedy purporting to be a missing chapter of Job, while the Masque of Mercy takes on the story of Jonah.
- Add to basket
-
A Row of Pharaohs
- £30.00
- Patrick Creagh was a British poet and translator who lived for many years in Italy. This is his first volume of poems, and was a choice of the Poetry Book Society
- Add to basket
-
A Sailor’s Garland
- £60.00
- Large collection of maritime verse from across the centuries.
- Add to basket
-
A Shropshire Lad
- £30.00
- Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for this cycle of poems. This made him one of the best-loved of his day, his verse demonstrating a simplicity of form that belied its hidden complexities. Haunting woodcut illustrations from…
- Add to basket
-
A Stitch In Time, or Pride prevents a Fall
- £15.00
- Limited edition of the poem by James Laver, renowned historian and curatior (20 years at Victoria & Albert Museum)
- Add to basket
-
A Witness Tree
- £30.00
- This collection was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1943. Most of the poems in this volume are short lyrics, published after several unfortunate tragedies had occurred in Frost's personal life, i.e. his daughter Marjorie's death in 1934, his wife's death in 1938, his son Carol's suicide in 1940.…
- Add to basket
-
An Elegy
- £40.00
- Very rare copy of this work by Locke Ellis (1878-1950), who was one of the so-called Georgian poets (who published anthologies of their work between 1911 and 1922). All men (until the final two antologies of 1919 and 1922 included women), they counted among their number the likes of Rupert…
- Add to basket
-
An Italian Visit
- £35.00
- C. Day Lewis, former Professor of Poetry at Oxford, chooses a form that enables his various gifts to be displayed to advantage and to sustain rapt interest in a poem longer than convention now favours. It is a poem in seven parts: 'Dialogue at the Airport'; 'Flight to Italy'; 'A…
- Add to basket
-
An Octave
- £120.00
- Introduced by Charles Causley. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies, 100 of which were presented to the author on his eightieth birthday, 250 being reserved for subscribers.
- Add to basket
-
Areté: A Retrospective (Areté Magazine)
- £20.00
- From flap: Over thirteen years, Aret has published six Nobel Prize winners: T S Eliot, William Golding, Boris Pasternak, Orhan Pamuk, Harold Pinter, and Rudyard Kipling. The distinguished roster of contributors includes Milan Kundera, John Updike, Salman Rushdie, Evelyn Waugh, Tom Stoppard, David Hare, Patrick Marber, Christopher Hampton, Martin Amis,…
- Add to basket
