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Poetiske Skrifter (vol 1&2)
- £80.00
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) was a Danish poet, literary critic, playwright and historian. These are the first two volumes of several anthologies of his own works of "Poetic Writing".
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Poetry supplement / for Poetry Book Society, Christmas ’80 (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Poetry Book Society's Christmas supplement edited by Peter Porter, including contributions from Dannie Abse, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, Gavin Ewart, Evan Jones, George MacBeth, Rolland Munro, Peter Redgrave, Penelope Shuttle, Jacqueline Simms, George Szirtes, Anthony Thwaite, and Robert Preston Wells. Porter was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal…
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Possible Worlds (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £25.00
- A collection by Australian/British poet and writer Peter Porter, it contains 42 poems, some of which were published here for the first time. Porter was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 2007, an honour only given to a maximum of ten living writers.
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Practical Discourses upon the Divinity and Wonderful Works of Jesus Christ
- £40.00
- Companion to the 1st volume of Reeve's work, Practical Discourses on the Perfections and Wonderful Works of God
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Preaching to the Converted (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- The sixth published anthology of the Australian/British poet Peter Porter OAM (1929-2010). Influences on his work include W. H. Auden, John Ashbery and Wallace Stevens. He went through distinct poetic stages, from the epigrams and satires of his early works Once Bitten Twice Bitten, to the elegiac mode of his…
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Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Five stories, two of which concern the supernatural, written by the Welsh-born Scottish poet and writer, military historian and travel writer. For The Wind on the Moon, a children's fantasy novel, Eric Linklater won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for the year's best children's book by a…
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Songs of Botrel, France’s War Poet (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Theodore Botrel (1868-1925) was a popular singer-songwriter in France, known particularly for his songs about his native Brittany. During the First World War he was appointed as official War Poet or Bard of the Armies in 1915, granted access to perform throughout French lines. This collection of poems was translated…
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Strange Gravity: Songs Physical And Metaphysical (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- Paul Petrie (1928-2012) was an American poet and professor at the university of Rhode Island. The drawings are by Charles E. Wadsworth ('Waddy')was an american painter and poet in the Great Cranberry Isles artistic community.
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Telling the Truth: The gospel as tragedy comedy and fairy tale (SIGNED)
- £150.00
- A fresh, creative look at the underlying meaning of the Gospels that stresses the many dimensions of God's relationship to humanity.
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The Ascent of Everest
- £25.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
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The Ascent of Everest (SIGNED by Hillary and Evans)
- £2,000.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
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The Automatic Oracle (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £30.00
- With this new collection, Peter Porter shows his maturity as a poet and displays his ability to work in a variety of forms. The "oracle" of the title is the English language, with the poet acting as a "priest" bound to carry messages to the outside world. Porter's themes here…
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The Battle of Britain and other poems (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Sir Thomas White (1866-1955) was a Canadian politician and this collection of his poems was privately published in Canada immediately after the war.
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The Chair of Babel (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £25.00
- This is a collection of 50 new poems, on a great mixture of autobiographical and more general subjects; on dreams, states of mind, and above all on the divisiveness of language, used in Porter's various `Babel' of forms. Porter was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of…
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The Cocktail Party: A Comedy
- £15.00
- Eliot’s play was first produced at the 1949 Edinburgh Festival, after which a few amendments were made. Provenance: BBC Political journalist Peter Hardiman Scott (plate on ffep)
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Poetiske Skrifter (vol 1&2)
- £80.00
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) was a Danish poet, literary critic, playwright and historian. These are the first two volumes of several anthologies of his own works of "Poetic Writing".
- Add to basket
-
Poetry supplement / for Poetry Book Society, Christmas ’80 (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Poetry Book Society's Christmas supplement edited by Peter Porter, including contributions from Dannie Abse, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, Gavin Ewart, Evan Jones, George MacBeth, Rolland Munro, Peter Redgrave, Penelope Shuttle, Jacqueline Simms, George Szirtes, Anthony Thwaite, and Robert Preston Wells. Porter was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal…
- Add to basket
-
Possible Worlds (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £25.00
- A collection by Australian/British poet and writer Peter Porter, it contains 42 poems, some of which were published here for the first time. Porter was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 2007, an honour only given to a maximum of ten living writers.
- Add to basket
-
Practical Discourses upon the Divinity and Wonderful Works of Jesus Christ
- £40.00
- Companion to the 1st volume of Reeve's work, Practical Discourses on the Perfections and Wonderful Works of God
- Add to basket
-
Preaching to the Converted (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- The sixth published anthology of the Australian/British poet Peter Porter OAM (1929-2010). Influences on his work include W. H. Auden, John Ashbery and Wallace Stevens. He went through distinct poetic stages, from the epigrams and satires of his early works Once Bitten Twice Bitten, to the elegiac mode of his…
- Add to basket
-
Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Five stories, two of which concern the supernatural, written by the Welsh-born Scottish poet and writer, military historian and travel writer. For The Wind on the Moon, a children's fantasy novel, Eric Linklater won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for the year's best children's book by a…
- Add to basket
-
Songs of Botrel, France’s War Poet (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Theodore Botrel (1868-1925) was a popular singer-songwriter in France, known particularly for his songs about his native Brittany. During the First World War he was appointed as official War Poet or Bard of the Armies in 1915, granted access to perform throughout French lines. This collection of poems was translated…
- Add to basket
-
Strange Gravity: Songs Physical And Metaphysical (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- Paul Petrie (1928-2012) was an American poet and professor at the university of Rhode Island. The drawings are by Charles E. Wadsworth ('Waddy')was an american painter and poet in the Great Cranberry Isles artistic community.
- Add to basket
-
Telling the Truth: The gospel as tragedy comedy and fairy tale (SIGNED)
- £150.00
- A fresh, creative look at the underlying meaning of the Gospels that stresses the many dimensions of God's relationship to humanity.
- Add to basket
-
The Ascent of Everest
- £25.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
- Add to basket
-
The Ascent of Everest (SIGNED by Hillary and Evans)
- £2,000.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
- Add to basket
-
The Automatic Oracle (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £30.00
- With this new collection, Peter Porter shows his maturity as a poet and displays his ability to work in a variety of forms. The "oracle" of the title is the English language, with the poet acting as a "priest" bound to carry messages to the outside world. Porter's themes here…
- Add to basket
-
The Battle of Britain and other poems (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Sir Thomas White (1866-1955) was a Canadian politician and this collection of his poems was privately published in Canada immediately after the war.
- Add to basket
-
The Chair of Babel (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £25.00
- This is a collection of 50 new poems, on a great mixture of autobiographical and more general subjects; on dreams, states of mind, and above all on the divisiveness of language, used in Porter's various `Babel' of forms. Porter was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of…
- Add to basket
-
The Cocktail Party: A Comedy
- £15.00
- Eliot’s play was first produced at the 1949 Edinburgh Festival, after which a few amendments were made. Provenance: BBC Political journalist Peter Hardiman Scott (plate on ffep)
- Add to basket