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hardcover. Depicting the ravages of modern warfare through reported speech, redacted documents, and vivid evocations of place, this book includes poems that are moving and measured, delicate and clear-eyed, and bear witness to the futility of war and the suffering of those left behind. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap. As new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031157
ISBN
9780571325474
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 22.00

paperback. "The Pleasure Steamers" is Andrew Motion's first collection of poems. Formally adventurous, in the way his work has continued to be, the collection explores relationships, geographies and the legacy of the past to the present. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 214 x 5. Weight in Grams: 104. From the library of Gerard Fanning. With two (2) MS letters from Motion to Fanning in which the subsequent poet laureate discusses providing a poem for publishing in Fanning's next broadsheet, and also discusses Motion's new collection 'The Pleasure Steamers' (this title), both letters dated September 1978, on University of Hull letterhead, Fanning has made MS notes on the later letter. Signed and dated by Fanning on half title. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd Manchester
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030169
ISBN
9780856352478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 150.00

Hardcover. Clean copy with dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KEX0246378
ISBN
9781854795991
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Andrew Miller's extraordinarily acclaimed and prizewinning debut, featuring an 18th-century surgeon who is unable to feel pain Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Slight scuffing to cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Sceptre London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025698
ISBN
9780340682081
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. This user-friendly textbook for students of creative writing explores the issue of picture books, literacy and writing for children in their early years. Andrew Melrose encourages students to examine the critical questions in child literacy through an exploration of the fusion of text and images. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones, 6 blac. BIC Classification: DSY; JNLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415617505
ISBN
9780415617505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. Features poems that are hymns to the male body - to male friendship and male love - muscular, sometimes shocking, but always deeply moving. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224102131
ISBN
9780224102131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. New collection of astonishing variety and virtuosity from the leading English poet of his generation. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447287513
ISBN
9781447287513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Hardcover. Features poetry that is both passionate and brilliant, erotic and comic, cool courtly and seductive. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 211 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151534
ISBN
9781857151534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Member of Parliament, tutor to Oliver Cromwell's ward, satirist and friend of John Milton, Andrew Marvell was one of the most interesting and important poets of the seventeenth century. The Complete Poems demonstrates his unique skill and immense diversity to the full, and includes lyrical love-poetry, religious works and biting satire. Editor(s): Donno, Elizabeth Story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424577
ISBN
9780140424577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780571249602
ISBN
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817872
ISBN
9780753817872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. A magical short novel from the author of All My Friends are Superheroes. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780007439232
ISBN
9780007439232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon. BIC Classification: 4KLR; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. .
Publisher
Connell Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776663
ISBN
9781907776663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

paperback. Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 768 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSK; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099116417
ISBN
9780099116417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. At the centre of the novel is the crumbling seastack of the Old Man of Hoy and the consuming relationship between a young artist, Kim, coldly passionate, talented, secretive, and Jimmy, a North Sea roughneck, engineer and climber. It deals with the possibility of friendship between men and women. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0001728
ISBN
9780571212859
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780571212583
ISBN
9780571212583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.44

Paperback. What are the contours of a life? This collection of poems features: childhood, adolescence, the country then the city, sex, love, marriage, break-ups and breakdowns personal and political, mountain adventures, illness and recovery, and increased awareness of mortality and the preciousness of the moments left. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 330 x 374 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394. Selected Poems 1970-2006. 224 pages. What are the contours of a life? This collection of poems features: childhood, adolescence, the country then the city, sex, love, marriage, break-ups and breakdowns personal and political, mountain adventures, illness and recovery, and increased awareness of mortality and the preciousness of the moments left. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 330 x 374 x 14. Weight: 394.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247133
ISBN
9781852247133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. A stunning novel set in the stark beauty of Orkney and the heady atmosphere of Penang in the 1930s Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820070
ISBN
9780753820070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Hardback. From the sixteenth-century Baltic to the American Revolution, from colonial India to the skyscrapers of modern-day Shanghai, Shakespeare's plays appear at the most fascinating of times. Both cultural history and literary travelogue, it is shows how Shakespeare has become the international phenomenon he is - and why. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922458
ISBN
9781847922458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, 80 illustrations (b/w) with possible 16 page colour section. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781256343
ISBN
9781781256343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.42

Paperback. This annotated anthology of poems makes available a rich variety of Irish texts depicting the relationship between humans and the environment between the years 1580 and 1820. More than a hundred poems are printed here, together with an extensive critical introduction, notes on each text, and a full bibliography. Editor(s): Carpenter, Andrew; Collins, Lucy. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051190
ISBN
9781782051190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. This anthology of poetry from 16th- and 17th-century Ireland overturns the accepted view that very little English language poetry was written in Ireland between Spenser and Swift. Num Pages: 598 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork, Ireland
Number of pages
598
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183731
ISBN
9781859183731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. This annotated anthology of poems makes available a rich variety of Irish texts depicting the relationship between humans and the environment between the years 1580 and 1820. More than a hundred poems are printed here, together with an extensive critical introduction, notes on each text, and a full bibliography. Editor(s): Carpenter, Andrew; Collins, Lucy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DCQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 42. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050643
ISBN
9781782050643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Carpenter, Andrew. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227. 8vo. Good copy.Poetry
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Salmon Poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0286329
ISBN
9781903392799
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

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