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Paperback. Selima Hill is one of Britain's leading poets, the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award (the forerunner of the Costa). "People Who Like Meatballs" is her 14th book of poetry - her 11th from Bloodaxe. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 178. 128 pages. Selima Hill is one of Britain's leading poets, the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award (the forerunner of the Costa). "People Who Like Meatballs" is her 14th book of poetry - her 11th from Bloodaxe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight: 178.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249458
ISBN
9781852249458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Three contrasting but complementary, familial poem sequences by the TS Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet: Buttercup the Sloth, about mothers; Lobo-Lobo, about sisters; and Behold My Father on His Bicycle, about exactly that. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373492
ISBN
9781780373492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Covers Selima Hill's books from "Saying Hello at the Station" (1984) to "Red Roses" (2006), and "The Hat" (2008). This book is a selection drawn from ten collections, each offering variations on her abiding themes: women's identities, love and loss, repression and abuse, family conflict and mental illness, men, animals and human civilisation. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248055
ISBN
9781852248055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

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. A translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the "Tale of Genji", it is one of the major Japanese classics. Editor(s): McKinney, Meredith. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448061
ISBN
9780140448061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. Winner of the 2008 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, selected by Mark Doty Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 77.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Saturnalia United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981859118
ISBN
9780981859118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.09

Paperback. Perceptive and darkly funny poetry from the Forward-prize-winning poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330481953
ISBN
9780330481953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Hardcover. This bilingual edition of Sean O Tuama's selected poems aims to reintroduce the work of Ireland's foremost Irish language poet to a new generation of readers." Translator(s): O'Tuama, Sean; Denman, Peter. Series: Literature. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 283.
Publisher
GILL &MACMILLAN/CORK UNI.
Number of pages
150
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181577
ISBN
9781859181577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 14.20

Hardback. The first bilingual volume of poems by leading Irish twentieth-century poet Sean O Riordain Editor(s): Sewell, Frank. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300190588
ISBN
9780300190588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 99 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Playdead Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957449121
ISBN
9780957449121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. A poem-journal of beekeeping that chronicles the life of the hive. It observes the living architecture of the comb, the range and locality of the colony; its flights, flowers, water sources, parasites, lives and deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871130
ISBN
9781784871130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Letters Against the Firmament is a user's report on the end of the world, a treatise against Tory terror, a proposal for a new zodiac, a defence of poetry, a hex against the devourers of planet earth. The Letters are fierce epistolary poems, a vivid account of the sheer panic and brutality of the Austerity years. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392157
ISBN
9781910392157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Seamus Heaney's best-selling ?Beowulf? is now wedded to more than one hundred glorious images. Translator(s): Heaney, Seamus. Num Pages: 288 pages, 80 color and 41 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 192 x 19. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co New York
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330106
ISBN
9780393330106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.45

hardcover. A collection that elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. It also broaches questions of transmission, as lifelines to the inherited past. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine, otherwise like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber and Faber Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031388
ISBN
9780571269228
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 32.00

paperback. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, the author acknowledged the importance of the poem to his writing, noting that 'there's one Virgilian journey that has indeed been a constant presence, and that is Aeneas' venture into the underworld. In this book, he brings the ancient poem back to life. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031160
ISBN
9780571327317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 30.00

paperback. An updated selection of all Heaney's books, up to and including "The Haw Lantern", which was published in 1987. The book also includes selections from "Stations", prose poems of 1975 which have never appeared except as a pamphlet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300. Inscribed to Édith Fournier, translator of Samuel Beckett's work, from Eoin O'Brien, friend of Beckett. Very good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0029658
ISBN
9780571143726
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 125.00

Paperback. Starts 'in an age of bare hands and cast iron' and ends 'as the automatic lock/clunks shut' in the eerie conditions of a menaced twentieth-first century. This book includes a number of prose poems and translations. It offers resistance as the poet gathers his staying powers and stands his ground in the hiding places of love and excited language. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000421
ISBN
9780571230976
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. A collection that elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. It also broaches questions of transmission, as lifelines to the inherited past. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber and Faber Ltd
Edition
First
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028241
ISBN
9780571269228
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

Paperback. Elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. This title broaches larger questions of transmission, as lifelines to the inherited past. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
9780571269242
ISBN
9780571269242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.87

paperback. An updated selection of all Heaney's books, up to and including "The Haw Lantern", which was published in 1987. The book also includes selections from "Stations", prose poems of 1975 which have never appeared except as a pamphlet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571143726
ISBN
9780571143726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Features poems that graphically depict the author's rural upbringing, from the local forge to the banks of Lough Neagh, concluding in the preserving waters of the bogland. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571101269
ISBN
9780571101269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230839
ISBN
9780571230839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. Robert Henryson was profoundly influenced by Chaucer's vision of the frailty and pathos of human life. His greatest poem is the narrative "Testament of Cresseid", set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, which completes the story of Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde". This work features the translated Seven of the Fables. Translator(s): Heaney, Seamus. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571249664
ISBN
9780571249664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Including a number of prose poems and translations, this book offers resistance as the poet gathers his staying powers and stands his ground in the hiding places of love and excited language. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571279418
ISBN
9780571279418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.79

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