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Poetry by individual poets

Paperback. Born in 1759 into miserable rustic poverty, by the age of 18 Burns had acquired a good knowledge of both classical and English literature. This collection includes some of his most famous works such as the ballad "Auld Lang Syne", and "Tam o'Shanter". Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 624 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264153
ISBN
9781853264153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781400065585
ISBN
9781400065585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. The time has come for the revered Prophet to leave Orphalese. Before he departs, people ask him to speak of love, marriage, time, sorrow, friendship and children. The Prophet's replies are illuminating and humane and provide a guide to living. First publication in 1923, this title has been translated into more than 20 languages. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099528449
ISBN
9780099528449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.30

Paperback. A companion volume to "The Echoing Green" (1983), that collects three laments - in memory of Charles Haldeman, Caryl Brahms and Alasdair Clayre. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. Weight in Grams: 65. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and discolouring
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0001071
ISBN
9780856461422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. Editor(s): Yitah, Helen. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803296947
ISBN
9780803296947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. First published in the 1920s, the author attempts to provide the reader with a guide to living. He lets his protagonist, called simply the prophet, deliver homilies on a variety of topics central to daily life: love marriage and children, work and play, possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow and death. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099416937
ISBN
9780099416937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. A poem by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, celebrating the magic of Christmas during World War One. Published as a large format book with colour illustrations by David Roberts Illustrator(s): Roberts, David. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447218449
ISBN
9781447218449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.80

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Hawthorne, Lara. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781509834570
ISBN
9781509834570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A title that deals in the cut-and-thrust of warfare and politics: the ever-topical matter of Britain's relationship with continental Europe, and of its military interests overseas. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298419
ISBN
9780571298419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Offers an adulation of love as both mystery and revelation. This book is dedicated to defying "the widespread opinion that love wears out, like the diamond, in its own dust." Translator(s): Caws, Mary Ann. Series: French Modernist Library. Num Pages: 131 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260726
ISBN
9780803260726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.63

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571299065
ISBN
9780571299065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Hardback. Bernard O'Donoghue is the author of six poetry collections, including Gunpowder (1995), winner of the Whitbread/Costa prize, and Farmers Cross, which was shortlisted for both the T S Eliot and the Forward prizes in 2011. This collection poems movingly animates the characters of his childhood in County Cork. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571330461
ISBN
9780571330461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A collection of poems that takes us on a journey through states of gain and loss, alienation and belonging. It explores our chances, records our traces - in the marks on skin, home movies, stone walls, the pressure of our blood, or the clearing of a dying father's study: foraging backwards until something is revealed, however tentative. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780224094177
ISBN
9780224094177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571081622
ISBN
9780571081622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. This collection moves between private and public realms, pondering each from the other's borders. In a series of elegiac idylls, Motion conjures expeditionary narratives of a rural childhood and reconsiders moments of the Victorian past from reticent and surprising angles. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571218592
ISBN
9780571218592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A collection of peom that opens with a sonnet sequence, "Horse Latitudes", written as the United States embarked on its foray into Iraq. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571232352
ISBN
9780571232352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
9780571271535
ISBN
9780571271535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571325474
ISBN
9780571325474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. [-------]: placeholder for all the things we can't name. Rob Halpern's *Common Place* series is here selected down to a single short volume, ending with the new poem Weak Link. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781907587894
ISBN
9781907587894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000225
ISBN
9781852245627
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. An intensely philosophical and religious poet, Olga Sedakova writes of nature, music, and the inner, spiritual life. This volume introduces to an English-speaking audience a selection of her poems. Translator(s): Kelly, Catriona. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838755587
ISBN
9780838755587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.72

Hardcover. Bringing together translation theory and literary history, this volume conveys how Pound in his influential and controversial Homage to Sextus Propertius enriched the art of translation. The work of Louis Zukofsky, Basil Bunting, J. V. Cunningham, and Peter Porter is also discussed. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941664820
ISBN
9780941664820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.79

Paperback. Explores the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence. In this title, the author produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time, populated by a memorable gallery of grotesques. Editor(s): Leonard, John. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424393
ISBN
9780140424393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of Turkey. Little remains of her writings, which are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after her death. This title covers this surviving texts that consists of fragmented body of lyric poetry. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455571
ISBN
9780140455571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.32

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