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Paperback. With writers ranging from Shakespeare and Blake to Sylvia Plath and T S Eliot, this title brings together an inspired and diverse selection, ranging from undisputed masterpieces to rare discoveries, as well as drawing upon works in translation and traditional poems from oral cultures. Editor(s): Hughes, Ted; Heaney, Seamus. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 37. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225835
ISBN
9780571225835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. A breathtaking new collection of translations of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most loved mystical teachers. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with Persian calligraphy, this is an ideal gift for every MBS reader. Num Pages: 128 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCF; HRLK; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Thorsons
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780722539811
ISBN
9780722539811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Redefines Katherine Mansfield as a critic, translator and poet. Bringing together all of Mansfield's poetry (some 179 poems and several songs), her literary translations, her witty, sometimes scorching, parodies and pastiches, her imaginative aphorisms, her many incisive and heartfelt reviews of the novels of the day, and her essays. Editor(s): Kimber, Gerri; Smith, Angela; Plumridge, Anna. Series: Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685011
ISBN
9780748685011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 238.44
€ 210.21

Paperback. Offers an anthology that is suitable for poetry lovers and romantics everywhere. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962633
ISBN
9780241962633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 123 x 47. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Random House Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600763
ISBN
9780679600763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 25.93

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

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Arc Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910345641
ISBN
9781910345641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Michael Ondaatje has called Sharon Olds's poetry 'pure fire in the hands', and cheered the 'roughness and humour and brag and tenderness and completion in her work as she carries the reader through rooms of passion and loss'. This work exhibits those qualities in poems, reflecting an experimentation with rhythm and language. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224076883
ISBN
9780224076883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295988
ISBN
9780803295988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. 168pp. Minor shelf wear on bottom of spine
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
SKU
KHS1003649
ISBN
9780905169118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Polygon
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846973451
ISBN
9781846973451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. A selection of poems from one of the greatest female poets of the Nineteenth Century. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840225884
ISBN
9781840225884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. Modern poetry is often represented as difficult or remote from most people's experience. This is a passionate attempt to introduce and examine all aspects of contemporary poetry and make it a familiar part of our lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429159
ISBN
9780099429159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Contains poems which give a treatment of love and death as well as to subjects as diverse - and improbable - as economic boom, business travel and Alzheimer's disease. By contrast, this book also includes lyrical and personal poems, including the tender and evocative childhood sequence with which the collection ends. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140. First edition. Signed and inscribed by author. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KOC0003630
ISBN
9780856463150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Features such poems as "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Strange Meeting", "Requiem", "The Silent One", "Break of Day in the Trenches", and "Louse Hunting". This title reflects the disparate experiences of ordinary soldiers in war, and attempts to capture man's humanity in the inhumane of circumstances. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182070
ISBN
9780141182070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781851321162
ISBN
9781851321162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. This is a superb new translation of the great Augustan poet Horace's Odes and Epodes - brilliantly crafted and diverse poems of politics, friendship, love, and wine. The edition is supplemented by a lucid introduction, extensive notes, and glossary of names. Translator(s): West, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; DCF. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555277
ISBN
9780199555277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man as to other poets. Part love poem, part political diatribe and the most autobiographical of Mayakovsky's works, this title confirms Mayakovsky as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. Illustrator(s): Rodchenko, Alexander. Translator(s): Hyde, George; Gureyeva, Larissa. Series: Arc Translations. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228. That's What. Series: Arc Translations. 174 pages, Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Rodchenko, Alexander. Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man as to other poets. Part love poem, part political diatribe and the most autobiographical of Mayakovsky's works, this title confirms Mayakovsky as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 9. Weight: 320. Translator(s): Hyde, George; Gureyeva, Larissa.
Publisher
Central Books
Number of pages
174
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904614319
ISBN
9781904614319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Presents a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), who as a poet, philosopher and critic, stands as one of the seminal figures of his time. His some of the many works include: "Lyrical Ballads" (1799), "Biographia Literaria" (1817), and "Poetical Works". Editor(s): Fenton, James. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
9780571209811
ISBN
9780571209811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 230. 256 pages. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 156 x 141 x 29. Weight: 228. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492968
ISBN
9781847492968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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.
Publisher
Dedalus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906614539
ISBN
9781906614539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The re-issue of AND STILL I RISE, first published in 1986, from Maya Angelou - one of the most celebrated writers and poets of the world. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
1st.Ed.1978,Reprinted1999(8th)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860687573
ISBN
9780860687573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. These witty, sharp and carefully crafted poems focus on marriage, intimacy, relationships, power and the body, looking both at the minutiae of domestic space and wider contexts of family, church, village and nation. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVVS; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 206 x 319. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232948
ISBN
9781845232948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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