war poets
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October and other poems, with occasional verses on the war
- £15.00
- Bridges had become Poet Laureate in 1913 and inevitably the First World War preoccupied much of his writing subsequently. He, along with several other writers, worked at the War Propaganda Bureau in Wellington House.
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Poems (Rupert Brooke)
- £10.00
- Collection of Rupert Brooke's pre-1WW poems, including sonnets, Choriambics etc
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Poems from the Desert – verses by members of the Eighth Army
- £12.00
- An anthology of poems by a range of soldiers who fought in the North African campaign against Rommel in the Second World War. Foreword by Montgomery
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Poems from the Desert – verses by members of the Eighth Army
- £11.00
- An anthology of poems by a range of soldiers who fought in the North African campaign against Rommel in the Second World War. Foreword by Montgomery
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Poetry of the First World War (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- This anthology of First World War poetry consists of the works of a wide range of poets, many of whom were killed in the war. Accompanying each poem is a contemporary photograph, taken in such areas as the forward trenches, behind the lines and in the base camps. The anthology…
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R. Brooke’s Poems
- £50.00
- Combination of various publications of Brooke's work. 1908-1911 poems; 1914 & othe poems; The South Seas; Other poems
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Satirical Poems (Sassoon)
- £40.00
- 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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Sherston’s Progress
- £850.00
- As the capstone of Sassoon's masterful Sherston trilogy, Sherston's Progress--whose evocation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is not at all accidental--literally brings home the unforgettable journey of George Sherston from aristocratic childhood through war hero and anti-war martyr, all the way to wounded veteran trying to move on from the Great…
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Sherston’s Progress
- £25.00
- As the capstone of Sassoon's masterful Sherston trilogy, Sherston's Progress--whose evocation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is not at all accidental--literally brings home the unforgettable journey of George Sherston from aristocratic childhood through war hero and anti-war martyr, all the way to wounded veteran trying to move on from the Great…
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Siegfried Sassoon, a Life
- £16.00
- A biography of the soldier and poet who inspired Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, and Thomas Hardy, among others, reconstructs the life of this twentieth-century icon in vivid detail.
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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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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 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 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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-
October and other poems, with occasional verses on the war
- £15.00
- Bridges had become Poet Laureate in 1913 and inevitably the First World War preoccupied much of his writing subsequently. He, along with several other writers, worked at the War Propaganda Bureau in Wellington House.
- Add to basket
-
Poems (Rupert Brooke)
- £10.00
- Collection of Rupert Brooke's pre-1WW poems, including sonnets, Choriambics etc
- Add to basket
-
Poems from the Desert – verses by members of the Eighth Army
- £12.00
- An anthology of poems by a range of soldiers who fought in the North African campaign against Rommel in the Second World War. Foreword by Montgomery
- Add to basket
-
Poems from the Desert – verses by members of the Eighth Army
- £11.00
- An anthology of poems by a range of soldiers who fought in the North African campaign against Rommel in the Second World War. Foreword by Montgomery
- Add to basket
-
Poetry of the First World War (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- This anthology of First World War poetry consists of the works of a wide range of poets, many of whom were killed in the war. Accompanying each poem is a contemporary photograph, taken in such areas as the forward trenches, behind the lines and in the base camps. The anthology…
- Add to basket
-
R. Brooke’s Poems
- £50.00
- Combination of various publications of Brooke's work. 1908-1911 poems; 1914 & othe poems; The South Seas; Other poems
- Add to basket
-
Satirical Poems (Sassoon)
- £40.00
- 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
-
Sherston’s Progress
- £850.00
- As the capstone of Sassoon's masterful Sherston trilogy, Sherston's Progress--whose evocation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is not at all accidental--literally brings home the unforgettable journey of George Sherston from aristocratic childhood through war hero and anti-war martyr, all the way to wounded veteran trying to move on from the Great…
- Add to basket
-
Sherston’s Progress
- £25.00
- As the capstone of Sassoon's masterful Sherston trilogy, Sherston's Progress--whose evocation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is not at all accidental--literally brings home the unforgettable journey of George Sherston from aristocratic childhood through war hero and anti-war martyr, all the way to wounded veteran trying to move on from the Great…
- Add to basket
-
Siegfried Sassoon, a Life
- £16.00
- A biography of the soldier and poet who inspired Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, and Thomas Hardy, among others, reconstructs the life of this twentieth-century icon in vivid detail.
- 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
-
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 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
-
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