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Paperback. John Clare's verse is a celebration of country life. Clare ended his life in an asylum, yet his work expresses an innate wisdom and a profound understanding of nature and of his contemporary rural society. This is a selection of his work. Editor(s): Thornton, R. K. R. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460878234
ISBN
9780460878234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.92

Paperback. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as provide a passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets of our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234639
ISBN
9780571234639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.79

Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the authors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328741
ISBN
9780571328741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. A timely look at John Buchan's much-loved pre-First-World-War novel - what inspired it, its themes and metaphors - and at how much of the author's own swlf and experiences are in it. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 b/w illus + 3 b/w maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267873
ISBN
9781905267873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.34

Paperback. Explores the parallel worlds of a prolific master of science fiction Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078811
ISBN
9780252078811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.34

Hardback. John Betjeman was the popular Poet Laureate since Tennyson. But beneath the modern window on Britain that he opened during his lifetime lay the influence of his nineteenth-century forbears. This book explores his identity through such Victorianism via the verse of that period, but also its architecture, religious faith and religious doubt. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192716
ISBN
9781845192716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.14

Hardcover. Editor(s): Glancey, Jonathan. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DB; DNF; WGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 105 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413776129
ISBN
9780413776129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. This is the definitive John Betjeman collection reissued for the centenary of his birth, and includes his verse autobiography Summoned by Bells in its entirety Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719568503
ISBN
9780719568503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.66

Hardback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898478
ISBN
9780859898478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.62

Paperback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898485
ISBN
9780859898485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.91

hardcover. Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. His poetry enjoyed immense popularity, as did his personality, and his knighthood in 1969 and appointment as Poet Laureate in 1972 were universally welcomed. Editor(s): Williams, Hugo. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571247028
ISBN
9780571247028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

paperback. With a contemporary poet selecting and introducing Sir John Betjeman, a poet of the past, this book offers insights into their own work, as well provides an accessible introduction to several important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Williams, Hugo. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022845
ISBN
9780571230990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild. Editor(s): Sutherland, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555574
ISBN
9780199555574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Hardcover. John B. Keane. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KAK0008954
ISBN
9781856350037
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardcover. Approaches John Ashbery's critically neglected poetry with an ear to his use of the supremely elastic pronoun "you" and an eye toward his construction of his books as books. This book argues the poet has been paying increasingly keen and affectionate attention to his readers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329734
ISBN
9780820329734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Granary Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781887123488
ISBN
9781887123488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900715768
ISBN
9781900715768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425446
ISBN
9781848425446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. A host of modern authors have portrayed Joan of Arc as a heroine, telling her story as a way of commenting on their own situation in a world where the power of art has decreased. Astell argues that many authors have seen their own artistic vocation in the visions and voices that inspired Joan. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268032609
ISBN
9780268032609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 105 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
77
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559363044
ISBN
9781559363044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.54

Paperback. World war breaks out in Discworld play script Discworld goes to war, with armies of sardines, warriors, fishermen, squid and at least one very camp follower. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh- Morpork City Watch faces unpleasant foes who are out to get him..and that's just the people on his side. The enemy might be even worse. Editor(s): Briggs, Stephen. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413774460
ISBN
9780413774460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807084861
ISBN
9780807084861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.60

Hardcover. Good clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some minor wear and tear to edges but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Poolbeg
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KOC0001843
ISBN
9781853711084
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.18

paperback. "One of the wonderful things about Jimmy & Rita is that Kim Addonizio never imposes herself in any way, so the poems sing themselves into us. We experience the victories and defeats of Jimmy and Rita as they struggle through the boundless claustrophobia of their world." - Hubert Selby, Jr Num Pages: 89 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
STEPHEN F AUSTIN ST UNIV PR
Condition
New
SKU
9781936205684
ISBN
9781936205684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.43

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