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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
€ 150.00
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
€ 22.00
Paperback. Can Shakespeare help us with the question of how to live? This title argues that although Shakespeare strikingly dramatizes various kinds of uncertainty and scepticism, including scepticism about what it is to be human, his work can still serve as as source of existential wisdom and guidance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691234
- ISBN
- 9780748691234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.11
€ 38.99
€ 35.11
Paperback. This is a fascinating exploration of the influence of Shakespeare within Cambridge, both through its university and annual festival. Num Pages: 176 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445641058
- ISBN
- 9781445641058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. Argues that cultural politics - specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts - played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154152
- ISBN
- 9780691154152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763507936
- ISBN
- 9788763507936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. A collection of essays by political theorists on Agamben's Homo Sacer. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335375
- ISBN
- 9780822335375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
paperback.
- Publisher
- Liberties Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781909718371
- ISBN
- 9781909718371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.87
€ 12.99
€ 9.87
paperback. Some light scuffing and shelfwear, otherwise a very good copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liberties Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2233477
- ISBN
- 9781909718371
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 9.87
€ 12.99
€ 9.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Paterson, Don. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226726
- ISBN
- 9780571226726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. This volume offers Burns's work as it was first encountered by contemporary readers, presenting the texts in the contexts in which they were originally published. It includes the whole of Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786), a generous selection of songs with full scores, comprehensive notes, some important letters and a glossary. Editor(s): Irvine, Robert P. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 black and white illustrations; 2 maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199682324
- ISBN
- 9780199682324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, index. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728. 640 pages, index. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 33. Weight: 726.
- Publisher
- Alloway Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Bi-centenary ed revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907526636
- ISBN
- 9780907526636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.37
€ 16.99
€ 16.37
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849342322
- ISBN
- 9781849342322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. A selection of Burns's poems and songs, arranged in the order of composition and using the original texts where possible. This edition gives equal weight to Burns as song-writer and poet, providing lyrics and tunes where applicable. Editor(s): McGuirk, Carol. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140423822
- ISBN
- 9780140423822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that tells the story of the period in our cultural and political life. This book is filled both with personal story and the power of documentary witness. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571238866
- ISBN
- 9780571238866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.96
€ 23.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. Hugh Bawn, modern Scottish hero and legendary social reformer, lies dying in one of the high-rise tower blocks he helped establish. His grandson Jamie comes home to watch over him, and it is Jamie who tells the story of their family, of three generations of pride and delusion, of Catholic faith and the end of the old left. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ0049171
- ISBN
- 9780571201068
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This title explores how the concept of childhood in the Victorian era was constructed through ideological work in children's literature, as well as contemporary pedagogical and medical writing. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415514682
- ISBN
- 9780415514682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.18
€ 71.18
Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853232384
- ISBN
- 9780853232384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.31
€ 43.31
Paperback. Andrew Parker undertakes a critical reconsideration of the frequently absent, or troubled, figure of the mother in theorists including Marx, Freud, Lacan, and Derrida. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352327
- ISBN
- 9780822352327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813108353
- ISBN
- 9780813108353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.54
€ 46.54
Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212761
- ISBN
- 9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. These memoirs of a senior civil servant based in Dublin, London and Belfast provide an insight into the conflicts associated with Home Rule, revolution and partition in Ireland. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183441
- ISBN
- 9781859183441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. Much ink has been spilled lamenting or championing the decline of printed books. The author shows that the rich history of reading itself offers unexpected clues to what lies in store for books. From medieval manuscript books to today's interactive urban fictions, he explores the manifold ways that physical media have shaped how we read. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103488
- ISBN
- 9780226103488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.29
€ 19.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, this title tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103518
- ISBN
- 9780226103518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
€ 27.99
€ 22.94