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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 Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
- £30.00
- Eliot's 1932-33 Norton Lectures at Harvard are among the best and most important of his critical writings. Tracing the rise of literary self-consciousness from the Elizabethan period to his own day, Eliot does not simply examine the relation of criticism to poetry, but invites us to "start with the supposition…
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The Waste Land and other poems
- £15.00
- Published in 1922, The Waste Land is a brilliant exploration of a faithless, immoral society trying to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Great War. Rich in literary references and steeped in allusive and evocative imagery, 'The Waste Land' is widely considered to be the pinnacle of modernist poetry.…
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The Waste Land and other poems
- £5.00
- Published in 1922, The Waste Land is a brilliant exploration of a faithless, immoral society trying to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Great War. Rich in literary references and steeped in allusive and evocative imagery, 'The Waste Land' is widely considered to be the pinnacle of modernist poetry.…
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The Waste Land, a facsimile and transcript of the original draft
- £250.00
- Eliot's masterpiece as it was originally edited and annotated by Ezra Pound before it waas published in 1922. Produced in this limited facsimile edition by Eliot's widow, Valerie, using the manuscript held in the New York Public Library.
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The Waste Land, a facsimile and transcript of the original draft
- £250.00
- Eliot's masterpiece as it was originally edited and annotated by Ezra Pound before it waas published in 1922. Produced in this limited facsimile edition by Eliot's widow, Valerie, using the manuscript held in the New York Public Library.
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The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem
- £30.00
- The Waste Land has been called the 'World's Greatest Poem'. It is said to describe the moral decay of a world after war, to find meaning in a meaningless era. It has been labelled the most truthful poem of its time; it has been branded a masterful fake. A century…
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The Wasteland and other poems
- £5.00
- April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain . . . Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none…
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The Weakness in Me: Selected Lyrics (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Selected and arranged by the author, and featuring a foreword by revered record producer Glyn Johns, The Weakness In Me presents the lyrics of Joan Armatrading for the first time in one unique volume. Since the release of her debut album Whatever's For Us in 1972, Joan Armatrading has, across…
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The Widow in the Bye Street
- £15.00
- After years of writing little, Masefield had a new impetus in 1911 when he published the first of his narrative poems, The Everlasting Mercy. Two more followed in 1912, of which The Widow in the Bye Street was the 1st. As a result of these three, he was awarded the…
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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 George Crabbe (in 5 volumes)
- £250.00
- The collected poetry and prose writings of the great poet, surgeon and clergyman, George Crabbe. Published in his lifetime (1754-1832). Complete with engravings. Includes The Borough sequence (the basis of Benjamin Britten's operatic masterpiece Peter Grimes)
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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 Works of Shakespere Vol III: Historical Plays, Poems & Sonnets – revised from the best authorities
- £60.00
- III of 3-vol set with a memoir and essay by Barry Cornwall. Illustrated throughout with vignette illustrations by Kenny Meadows. Also containing annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by many distinguished writers.
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The Works of William Shakespeare (vol XII)
- £20.00
- Contains the classical works: Pericles, Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece, the Sonnets; plus A lover's complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, Sonnets to sundry notes of music; Phoenix and the Turtle.
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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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Tiresias, and other poems
- £15.00
- First edition of this collection from towards the end of Tennyson's life (dedicated to Robert Browning), including The Charge of the Heavy Brigade, Helen's Tower, Epitaph on Caxton.
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To Those Who See
- £35.00
- A poetry collection from the beloved native Michigan naturalist (1906-2001), featuring her nature-inspired verse atop Linocut block print artwork on each of the deckled-edge vellum-like pages.
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Tribute: Three Commemorative Poems
- £10.00
- The poems collected in Tribute: Three Commemorative Poems were composed by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for three significant royal occasions. 'The Patriarchs: An Elegy' was written after Prince Philip passed away in April 2021, 'Queenhood' celebrates the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, while 'Floral Tribute'…
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Troilus and Criseyde
- £9.00
- Everyman's Library #992: Chaucer's longest complete poem is the supreme evocation of doomed courtly love in medieval English literature. Set during the tenth year of the siege of Troy, the poem relates how Troilus - with the help of Criseyde's wily uncle Pandarus - persuades her to become his lover,…
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Venus in Libra (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- John Bayliss was a British poet sometimes associated with the New Apocalyptics, a reaction against 1930s realism through surrealism and mysticism. He contributed in the war years to Poetry London and Poetry Quarterly; later to Poetry Review. He was also published in Air Force Poetry (1944). In 1977 he published…
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Verses (Christina Rossetti)
- £25.00
- Rossetti's poetry drawn from her collections 'Called to be Saints, 'Time Flies' and 'The Face of the Deep'. First published thus 1896
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Versus
- £15.00
- Another witty collection of verse by the celebrated poet of funny rhymes. Simultaneous publication in US & UK in 1949.
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Vienna
- £25.00
- Spender's long poem written while living in Vienna to celebrate the uprising of the Viennese socialists in 1934
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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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Walt Whitman: A Study
- £100.00
- John Addington Symonds 5 October 1840 Ð 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of homosexuality. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies about writers…
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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…
- 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 Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
- £30.00
- Eliot's 1932-33 Norton Lectures at Harvard are among the best and most important of his critical writings. Tracing the rise of literary self-consciousness from the Elizabethan period to his own day, Eliot does not simply examine the relation of criticism to poetry, but invites us to "start with the supposition…
- Add to basket
-
The Waste Land and other poems
- £15.00
- Published in 1922, The Waste Land is a brilliant exploration of a faithless, immoral society trying to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Great War. Rich in literary references and steeped in allusive and evocative imagery, 'The Waste Land' is widely considered to be the pinnacle of modernist poetry.…
- Add to basket
-
The Waste Land and other poems
- £5.00
- Published in 1922, The Waste Land is a brilliant exploration of a faithless, immoral society trying to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Great War. Rich in literary references and steeped in allusive and evocative imagery, 'The Waste Land' is widely considered to be the pinnacle of modernist poetry.…
- Add to basket
-
The Waste Land, a facsimile and transcript of the original draft
- £250.00
- Eliot's masterpiece as it was originally edited and annotated by Ezra Pound before it waas published in 1922. Produced in this limited facsimile edition by Eliot's widow, Valerie, using the manuscript held in the New York Public Library.
- Add to basket
-
The Waste Land, a facsimile and transcript of the original draft
- £250.00
- Eliot's masterpiece as it was originally edited and annotated by Ezra Pound before it waas published in 1922. Produced in this limited facsimile edition by Eliot's widow, Valerie, using the manuscript held in the New York Public Library.
- Add to basket
-
The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem
- £30.00
- The Waste Land has been called the 'World's Greatest Poem'. It is said to describe the moral decay of a world after war, to find meaning in a meaningless era. It has been labelled the most truthful poem of its time; it has been branded a masterful fake. A century…
- Add to basket
-
The Wasteland and other poems
- £5.00
- April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain . . . Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none…
- Add to basket
-
The Weakness in Me: Selected Lyrics (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Selected and arranged by the author, and featuring a foreword by revered record producer Glyn Johns, The Weakness In Me presents the lyrics of Joan Armatrading for the first time in one unique volume. Since the release of her debut album Whatever's For Us in 1972, Joan Armatrading has, across…
- Add to basket
-
The Widow in the Bye Street
- £15.00
- After years of writing little, Masefield had a new impetus in 1911 when he published the first of his narrative poems, The Everlasting Mercy. Two more followed in 1912, of which The Widow in the Bye Street was the 1st. As a result of these three, he was awarded the…
- 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
-
The Works of George Crabbe (in 5 volumes)
- £250.00
- The collected poetry and prose writings of the great poet, surgeon and clergyman, George Crabbe. Published in his lifetime (1754-1832). Complete with engravings. Includes The Borough sequence (the basis of Benjamin Britten's operatic masterpiece Peter Grimes)
- Add to basket
-
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)
- Add to basket
-
The Works of Shakespere Vol III: Historical Plays, Poems & Sonnets – revised from the best authorities
- £60.00
- III of 3-vol set with a memoir and essay by Barry Cornwall. Illustrated throughout with vignette illustrations by Kenny Meadows. Also containing annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by many distinguished writers.
- Add to basket
-
The Works of William Shakespeare (vol XII)
- £20.00
- Contains the classical works: Pericles, Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece, the Sonnets; plus A lover's complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, Sonnets to sundry notes of music; Phoenix and the Turtle.
- Add to basket
-
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
-
Tiresias, and other poems
- £15.00
- First edition of this collection from towards the end of Tennyson's life (dedicated to Robert Browning), including The Charge of the Heavy Brigade, Helen's Tower, Epitaph on Caxton.
- Add to basket
-
To Those Who See
- £35.00
- A poetry collection from the beloved native Michigan naturalist (1906-2001), featuring her nature-inspired verse atop Linocut block print artwork on each of the deckled-edge vellum-like pages.
- Add to basket
-
Tribute: Three Commemorative Poems
- £10.00
- The poems collected in Tribute: Three Commemorative Poems were composed by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for three significant royal occasions. 'The Patriarchs: An Elegy' was written after Prince Philip passed away in April 2021, 'Queenhood' celebrates the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, while 'Floral Tribute'…
- Add to basket
-
Troilus and Criseyde
- £9.00
- Everyman's Library #992: Chaucer's longest complete poem is the supreme evocation of doomed courtly love in medieval English literature. Set during the tenth year of the siege of Troy, the poem relates how Troilus - with the help of Criseyde's wily uncle Pandarus - persuades her to become his lover,…
- Add to basket
-
Venus in Libra (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- John Bayliss was a British poet sometimes associated with the New Apocalyptics, a reaction against 1930s realism through surrealism and mysticism. He contributed in the war years to Poetry London and Poetry Quarterly; later to Poetry Review. He was also published in Air Force Poetry (1944). In 1977 he published…
- Add to basket
-
Verses (Christina Rossetti)
- £25.00
- Rossetti's poetry drawn from her collections 'Called to be Saints, 'Time Flies' and 'The Face of the Deep'. First published thus 1896
- Add to basket
-
Versus
- £15.00
- Another witty collection of verse by the celebrated poet of funny rhymes. Simultaneous publication in US & UK in 1949.
- Add to basket
-
Vienna
- £25.00
- Spender's long poem written while living in Vienna to celebrate the uprising of the Viennese socialists in 1934
- Add to basket
-
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
-
Walt Whitman: A Study
- £100.00
- John Addington Symonds 5 October 1840 Ð 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of homosexuality. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies about writers…
- Add to basket