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The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- William Manchester's evocative history of the events surrounding the assassination and funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Working with the cooperation of the Kennedy family and top Kennedy associates, Manchester illuminates the many dimensions of the tragedy at the public and private level and constructs a vivid portrait of the…
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The Edge of Day: a boyhood in the West of England
- £35.00
- The American edition of Laurie Lee's much loved memoir, Cider with Rosie. A wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie…
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The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: for Nov 1814É Feb 1815 (vol XXIV)
- £50.00
- Started on 10 October 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Brougham, and Francis Horner, it was published by Archibald Constable in quarterly issues until 1929. It began as a literary and political review.
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The Family Reunion: A Play
- £5.00
- This was Eliot's second verse play, first produced at the westminster Theatre in 1939 and revived at the Mercury Theatre in 1946. Provenance: BBC Political journalist Peter Hardiman Scott (plate on ffep)
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The Hawk in the Rain
- £120.00
- Ted Hughes' first published book (which won the Galbraith Prize in USA on publication) - a collection of forty poems, dedicated to Sylvia Plath, whom he had married the previous year.
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The Hawk in the Rain
- £130.00
- Ted Hughes' first published book (which won the Galbraith Prize in USA on publication) - a collection of forty poems, dedicated to Sylvia Plath, whom he had married the previous year.
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The Lady and the Unicorn (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The second of Porter's collaborations with Australian artist Arthur Boyd. 'The moral of the story is that acquisitiveness leads to disappointment, if not to wanton destruction although Boyd and Porter focussed their attention on the changing relationship between the Lady and the Unicorn, rather than the acquisitive Emperor. The final…
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The Last of England (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- The fourth published anthology of the Australian/British poet Peter Porter OAM (1929-2010) and the first with OUP. 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…
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The Life and Times of ‘England’s Patriot King’ William the Fourth, with a brief memoir of HM Queen Adelaide
- £160.00
- Biography of King William IV and his Queen Adelaide, published in 1831, the year of his coronation. He would of course die in 1837, succeeded by his niece, the young Victoria.
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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 Song of the Sword & Other Poems
- £50.00
- The second anthology of Henley’s poetry, which was published in 2nd edition as London Voluntaries in 1893
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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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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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Vicomte de Bragelonne (D’Artagnan Romances, vol IV)
- £16.00
- It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the heart of Louise de la Valliere. D'Artagnan, meanwhile, is perplexed by a mysterious stranger, and soon…
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The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- William Manchester's evocative history of the events surrounding the assassination and funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Working with the cooperation of the Kennedy family and top Kennedy associates, Manchester illuminates the many dimensions of the tragedy at the public and private level and constructs a vivid portrait of the…
- Add to basket
-
The Edge of Day: a boyhood in the West of England
- £35.00
- The American edition of Laurie Lee's much loved memoir, Cider with Rosie. A wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie…
- Add to basket
-
The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: for Nov 1814É Feb 1815 (vol XXIV)
- £50.00
- Started on 10 October 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Brougham, and Francis Horner, it was published by Archibald Constable in quarterly issues until 1929. It began as a literary and political review.
- Add to basket
-
The Family Reunion: A Play
- £5.00
- This was Eliot's second verse play, first produced at the westminster Theatre in 1939 and revived at the Mercury Theatre in 1946. Provenance: BBC Political journalist Peter Hardiman Scott (plate on ffep)
- Add to basket
-
The Hawk in the Rain
- £120.00
- Ted Hughes' first published book (which won the Galbraith Prize in USA on publication) - a collection of forty poems, dedicated to Sylvia Plath, whom he had married the previous year.
- Add to basket
-
The Hawk in the Rain
- £130.00
- Ted Hughes' first published book (which won the Galbraith Prize in USA on publication) - a collection of forty poems, dedicated to Sylvia Plath, whom he had married the previous year.
- Add to basket
-
The Lady and the Unicorn (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The second of Porter's collaborations with Australian artist Arthur Boyd. 'The moral of the story is that acquisitiveness leads to disappointment, if not to wanton destruction although Boyd and Porter focussed their attention on the changing relationship between the Lady and the Unicorn, rather than the acquisitive Emperor. The final…
- Add to basket
-
The Last of England (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- The fourth published anthology of the Australian/British poet Peter Porter OAM (1929-2010) and the first with OUP. 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…
- Add to basket
-
The Life and Times of ‘England’s Patriot King’ William the Fourth, with a brief memoir of HM Queen Adelaide
- £160.00
- Biography of King William IV and his Queen Adelaide, published in 1831, the year of his coronation. He would of course die in 1837, succeeded by his niece, the young Victoria.
- 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 Song of the Sword & Other Poems
- £50.00
- The second anthology of Henley’s poetry, which was published in 2nd edition as London Voluntaries in 1893
- 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
-
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
-
Vicomte de Bragelonne (D’Artagnan Romances, vol IV)
- £16.00
- It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the heart of Louise de la Valliere. D'Artagnan, meanwhile, is perplexed by a mysterious stranger, and soon…
- Add to basket