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Paperback. George Chapman's translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. This volume presents the original (1611) text of Chapman's translation of the "Iliad", making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. It also provides an introduction and a glossary. Editor(s): Nicoll, Allardyce. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 648 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Princeton pbk. ed
Number of pages
741
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002361
ISBN
9780691002361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.20

Paperback. Homer bidding farewell to his wife, Odysseus bound to the mast, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been portrayed in every generation. Chapman's translations are argued to be two of the liveliest and readable. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 54. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221176
ISBN
9781840221176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.05

Paperback. Presents the text of Chapman's translation of the "Odyssey" (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. This book also examines Chapman's "fine touch" in translating "the warm and human sense of comedy" in the "Odyssey". Editor(s): Nicoll, Allardyce. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048918
ISBN
9780691048918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. Presents the original text of the translation of the Homeric hymns. This title also includes epigrams and poems attributed to Homer and known as "The Lesser Homerica," as well as his famous "The Battle of Frogs and Mice." Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136769
ISBN
9780691136769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Roddick, Alan. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578052
ISBN
9781877578052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Rounce, Adam. Num Pages: 122 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nottingham Trent University
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842330968
ISBN
9781842330968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.25

Hardcover. Brings together Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first collection of poetry alongside 79 previously uncollected verses. Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary; Knight, Denise D. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632955
ISBN
9780815632955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.19

Hardcover. Features beautifully worded pieces of work-poems of author that illuminate grand gestures and small glimpses, poems that celebrate the beauty of a life spent chasing the light. Num Pages: 144 pages, 136. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Particular Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781846148934
ISBN
9781846148934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a page from a broken book he was buying for $2, he typed a poem without thinking. This is a collection of poems typed onto found scraps of paper or created via blackout method. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Perigee Trade
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399169731
ISBN
9780399169731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.97

Paperback. This work is a dual book project involving a new translation of Catallus together with the author's own book of poems, versions and translations. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 113.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246464
ISBN
9781852246464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.22

hardcover. The Chaucer Bibliography series aims to provide annotated bibliographies for all of Chaucer's work. This book summarizes 20th-century commentaries on Chaucer's "Pardoner's Prologue" and "Tale." Editor(s): Sutton, Marilyn. Series: Chaucer Bibliographies. Num Pages: 517 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC; GBCR; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
517
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802047441
ISBN
9780802047441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.85

Paperback. Hannah Lowe's first book of poems takes you on a journey round her father, a Chinese-black Jamaican migrant who disappeared at night to play cards or dice in London's old East End to support his family, an unstable and dangerous existence that took its toll on his physical and mental health. 'Chick' was his gambling nickname. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122. 64 pages. Hannah Lowe's first book of poems takes you on a journey round her father, a Chinese-black Jamaican migrant who disappeared at night to play cards or dice in London's old East End to support his family, an unstable and dangerous existence that took its toll on his physical and mental health. 'Chick' was his gambling nickname. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight: 122.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249601
ISBN
9781852249601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.08

Paperback. First substantial selection of for English-language readers of the poetry of Harry Martinson, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 Translator(s): Fulton, Robin. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248871
ISBN
9781852248871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.89

Paperback. A collation of poems that tells the stories of author's life in four sections: childhood and early adulthood; motherhood; meditations on light; and love and art. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234. New and Selected Poems 1991-2011. 180 pages. A collation of poems that tells the stories of author's life in four sections: childhood and early adulthood; motherhood; meditations on light; and love and art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 15. Weight: 232.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847770943
ISBN
9781847770943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing to edges and ffep, with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Faber
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0008754
ISBN
9780571054442
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A collection of poems. Using a variety of forms, Peter Carpenter explores political, artistic, emotional and childhood contexts with technical assurance and a range of tones. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Worple Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953094707
ISBN
9780953094707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.16

Paperback. The last word from one of our wisest and most compassionate poets. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 274 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509801695
ISBN
9781509801695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Hardback. Marco Girolamo Vida, humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. Vida's famous epic, the "Christiad", a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, was published in 1535. It was translated into dozens of languages, including Persian and Croatian. This is a translation of his work. Translator(s): Gardner, James. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034082
ISBN
9780674034082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.67

Christmas Broadside for 1994, First Edition, Third Series, Number Six. 8.5in by 11in. Single sheet folded to make two leaves. Illustration by Gail McCarthy faces the poem. Very fine. One of 1,750 copies. Keywords: Broadside - Poetry.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0077665
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 95.00

Hardback. Christmas Broadside for 1988, Second Series, Number Ten, 8.5x11in. Single sheet folded to make two leaves. Quilt design by Evelyn Montague faces the poem. Very fine. Published under the auspices of the Friends of the University Libraries in an edition of 2,000 of which the first 50 have been numered and signed by the poet and illustrator.
Condition
Used, Like New
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo
Publication date
1988
SKU
KEPH000003
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 95.00

paperback. A book of poems by an Irish poet forms a vision of Christmas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvill Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0004747
ISBN
9781860462887
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features Christmas poems from a range of years, in a range of styles. Num Pages: 64 pages, 20 drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5HC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Second Edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900564137
ISBN
9781900564137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Hayes, Albert M.; Laughlin, James. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 104 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218085
ISBN
9780811218085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Verlenden, John; Ghazoul, Ferial. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610373
ISBN
9780815610373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.24

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