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paperback. A collection of Ovid's poems that deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. It features poems such as "Amores" and "Cures for Love". Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140443608
ISBN
9780140443608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Guided by the poet Virgil, the author plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned, who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in his life. Editor(s): Sayers, Dorothy L. Translator(s): Sayers, Dorothy L. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140440065
ISBN
9780140440065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. A selection of Rossetti's poems that includes an introduction, a chronology of Rossetti's life and works, and explanatory notes. Editor(s): Roe, Dinah. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424690
ISBN
9780140424690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. 'Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils', wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy of life. Gently pointing out human follies and the absurdities of the conventional Victorian society in which he lived, Lear's nonsense has enchanted children and adults alike for generations. Editor(s): Noakes, Vivien. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424652
ISBN
9780140424652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

paperback. Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Editor(s): Steffan, T.G.; Steffan, E.; Pratt, W.W. Series Editor(s): Ricks, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424522
ISBN
9780140424522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.29

paperback. One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William Wordsworth inspired some of his best-known poems, from "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Kubla Khan" to "Dejection: An Ode" and the ballad "Christabel". Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140423532
ISBN
9780140423532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

paperback. Traces the story of Arthur's rule, from his first encounter with Guinevere and the quest for the Holy Grail to the adultery of his Queen with Launcelot and the King's death in a final battle that spells the ruin of his kingdom. The author's depiction of the Round Table reflects a longing for a past age of valour and chivalry. Editor(s): Gray, J. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140422535
ISBN
9780140422535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Combines medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. This title recounts the quests of knights including Sir Guyon, Knight of Constance, who resists temptation, and Artegall, Knight of Justice, whose story alludes to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Editor(s): O'Donnell, C.; Roche, Thomas P. Num Pages: 1248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140422078
ISBN
9780140422078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 18.66

hardcover. Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish life first came to public attention in the 1970s, the author has been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene. This title draws on nearly four decades of poetry and translation, updating and expanding upon the Selected Poems 1972-1990. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031172
ISBN
9780571307982
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

hardcover. The first instalment of Tom Paulin's poem about World War II. Affirming the struggle and memory of a generation upon whom the doors of living memory are now closing, it looks at the relation of art to war and to questions of national identity, the search for peace and for a shared civic culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 341. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 'First edition' label on front dw, showing light shelf wear. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031169
ISBN
9780571209156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 24.00

hardcover. Presents a collection of poems about early life and marriage beside minutely registered perceptions of post-settlement Ireland. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 215. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031168
ISBN
9780571271535
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 78.00

hardcover. A major literary event: the first Collected Poems of Carol Ann Duffy (1985-2015) Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1070. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, v. light shelfwear to dw, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031167
ISBN
9781447231431
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 28.00

hardcover. Focuses on an outlandish meditation on a failed poem that draws on the vocabulary of entomological forensics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 'First edition' label on front dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031165
ISBN
9780571269259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 22.00

hardcover. A poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann) and hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Paul Muldoon seems almost to defy definition in his work. This selection, chosen by the poet himself, will serve new readers as an introduction to his work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031164
ISBN
9780571327959
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

hardcover. Offers the essential meaning of the term 'lyric' - a short poem sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. This title includes the classic themes of song: lost love, lost wars. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031163
ISBN
9780571299065
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 15.00

hardcover. Presents poetry that is concerned with permeability: voices, places, the real and the dreamed, the present and the past, colliding and intersecting and spilling over into each other. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031161
ISBN
9780571305599
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 22.00

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. The author is well-known for his Homeric versions, and the Iliad is a presiding presence - both in poems about the Great War and in the range of imagery that gives his twin's death a mythic dimension. In this book, the poems encompass birth as well as death, childhood and age, nature and art, the animal and human worlds, tenderness and violence. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear, otherwise as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031159
ISBN
9780224101684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 18.00

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

hardcover. Addressed to children, friends and enemies, the living and the dead, musicians, poets and dogs, this title features poems that display an ambition in their scope and tonal range matched by the breadth of their concerns. It has as its central themes - contradiction and strangeness, tension and transformation, the dream world, and the divided self. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 225 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap. As new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031156
ISBN
9780571310890
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 32.00

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9781509815760
ISBN
9781509815760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.54

hardcover. Editor(s): Rossington, Michael; Donovan, Jack; Everest, Kelvin; Rognoni, Francesco. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138016644
ISBN
9781138016644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.80

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. In 2013 poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination. Num Pages: 87 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penned in the Margins
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908058225
ISBN
9781908058225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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