The minor poems
List the minor poems
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street "the aim of this volume is to present a trustworthy text of the minor poems of spencer, based upon a collation of the editions published in the poet's lifetime with the folio ofdust jacket is in good condition, but has sun damage on the spine and inner edges of the covers, with slight tears in the paper at the top of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy is published in , reprinted lithographically in great britain at the university press, oxford from the corrected sheets of the first editionthe cover itself is in very good condition, tiny bumps on two of the corners, a bit of shelf wear on the bottom of the spinepossibly a hint of water damage at the bottom of the spine on the dust jacketcover is board with navy cloth, stamped on front, with gold writing on spineno visible damage to any of the pages
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Oxfam books & music fareham the poona poems by madhurithese are poems about romantic love gone good or bad, about discipleship, about the mysteries of being in a buddhafield, and a few adventures on enfields  a new book of poems by madhuri written between and , in osho's communes in poona and the ranch; also some from goa, the himalayas, sri lankaotherwise in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback book in good conditionsmall stain to bottom right page edges published in by lulucover shows some wear with slightly bent corners
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This edition of the complete poems and plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from prufrock and other observations () to four quartets (), and includes such literary landmarks as the waste land, old possum's book of practical cats and murder in the cathedral' ted hughes see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetryoxfam shop colne road poet, dramatist, critic and editor, t'each year eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the collected poems from to with a memoir by edward marsh and an appendix see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Internally clean and binding tight with minor foxing and discolouration to page edgesboards and spine bumped and faded; some marking to edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon collected poems, by a e houseman london, jonathan cape th impression of st edition; 8vo, 256ppcondition: good
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Maud and other poems was alfred tennyson's first collection after becoming poet laureate in , published inamong the "other poems" was "the charge of the light brigade", which had already been published in the examiner a few months before"maud, and other poems" by lord alfred tennyson edward moxon, first uk edition (first issue) - 154p, 15cmx13cm - hardcover"maud, and other poems" by tennysonedward moxon, first edition, half-title, 8pppublisher's catalogue at front, original cloth, spine faded, wear to spine, corners bumpedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damagethe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intactinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brightduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30edward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyoxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"b/w frontispiece portrait of the poetfrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meathtitle etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinehowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomhis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneyour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)born to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availablesometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war i
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The hesiodic poems are then treated in the same waythe two poems are then presented in a continuous summary, accompanied by detailed explanationsthe title is in gilt with two decorated capitalsa2 see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop sherwood this a volume from the series 'the dawn of european literature'blue-grey boards with black lettering and simple design on both front and spinein his introduction the author explains that this is aimed at those who wish to study the topic in earnestafter an historical preface there is an introductory survey of the iliad and odysseyinternally there is a prize plate to the back of the front board but otherwise the book is impeccablethe fold-out map 'to illustrate the catalogue of the ships' is present and in perfect conditionjust slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the bottom corners
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In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in the blue poetry bookandrew lang () was a scots poet, novelist, and literary criticmore scans of the book available" the 12 coloured fairy books were illustrated by hbook is tight, no looseness, pages with odd finger marks and foxing, spine is undamaged if pulled to head and tail a littlehe is best recognized for the works he did not writewallis mills also contributed some illustrationsedited by andrew lang, 9 plates and numerous illustrations in text by h j ford blue cloth bindinggold gilt titled design to boards is missing and spine is fadedthe best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales known as andrew lang's "coloured" fairy books or andrew lang's fairy books of many coloursfour of the volumes from to were published by "mrshe made most of the selections, while his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the actual stories, as acknowledged in the prefacesford (henry justice ford)—the first two volumes shared with guse your credit card and pay me with paypaljacomb-hood and lancelot speed respectively, and the sequels alonefree uk postage! andrew lang's fairy books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between andaccording to anita silvey, "the irony of lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel
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Oxfam bookshop kingsbridge the complete poems arranged in categories for easy referencea good copy for its agesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe green cloth cover is marked and bumped and the gilt titling is a little fadedthere are bumps to both ends of the spineinside, there is light tanning throughout, but the binding is tight and the text is clear sharp
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Oxfam shop dumfries charming book of poems and songs by thomas murray, shepherdthis third edition published by the brechin advertiser office in carsphairn, galloway see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop ipswich the dozen poems in this pamphlet celebrate the quirks and curiosities of chickens, increasingly kept and cherished by besotted owners whose gardens and smallholdings will never be the same again see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This volume brings together work from stevens's first 6 published volumes and a number of unpublished poems to celebrate his 75th birthday in see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop leeds 534pp 19th printing black boards with silver and gilt titles to cover and spine dust jacket is in good condition, with a lightly sunned spine and shelf wear including small tears around the edges excellent condition
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Published to commemorate the centenary of , this stunning set of books, with specially commissioned covers by leading print makers, is an essential gathering of our most beloved war poets introduced by leading poets and biographers of our present dayoxfam bookshop cheltenham no poetry has touched readers' hearts more deeply than the soldier poets of the first world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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We specialize in fine books in the categories of art, architecture, photography, cinema, nature, literature, including poetry and many anthologies
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Despite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contents2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardhowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldspetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by ccondition: binding copies with decent blocks
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The minor issues are the software seems slow nowyou can not see when using the ipad but in the correct light you can see if when the screen is off, so i took a picture of it for you to seeit does always work in the end but you can have to wait
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The minor mounting traces were neatly removed by a jewellercomposition: silver (country: the netherlandsdiameter: 38 mmtype: standard circulation coinnumber originally struckvery rare rijksdaalder (2½ guilder coin) fromking: willem iii ()value: 2½ guilders (2this jeweller, however, had 'barrelled' it after removal, which has given the coin a cleaned appearancecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeorientation: coin alignment ? ?currency: guilder ()
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minor superficial foxing and occasional marks throughoutvolume vi: a midsummer holiday; astrophel; a channel passage; and other poems all six volumes: dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spinevolume i: poems and ballads, first series volume ii: songs before sunrise; songs of two nations volume iii: poems and ballads, second and third series; songs of the springtides volume iv: tristram of lyonesse; the tale of balen; atalanta in calydon; erechtheus volume v: studies in song; a century of roundels; sonnets on english dramatic poets; the heptalogia; etcoxfam bookshop newport a six-volume set of works by the renowned victorian poet, playwright, novelist, and criticendpapers discolouredsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs, marks, discolouration and signs of wear to boards, edges and top and bottom of spinestext blocks are lightly and evenly tanned
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Oxfam books & music fareham jean sibelius complete syphomies with tone poemssymphony no 4 in a minor, op22: no 3, swan of tuonela period: romantic written: ; finland52 period: romantic written: ; finland11 period: romantic written: ; finlandsymphony no 6 in d minor, opsymphony no 5 in e flat major, op26 period: romantic written: finland see oxfam website for delivery information read more112 by jean sibelius period: romantic written: ; finland43 period: romantic written: ; finlandkarelia suite, op64 by jean sibelius period: romantic written: ; finland 982 period: romantic written: ; finland44 no 1 period: romantic written: ; finland63 period: 20th century written: ; finlandsymphony no 1 in e minor, op bournemouth symphony orchestra works on this recording: 1lemminkäinen suite, opsymphony no 2 in d major, opsymphony no 7 in c major, opsymphony no 3 in c major, op39 period: romantic written: ; finland105 period: romantic written: ; finland104 period: romantic written: ; finlandkuolema: valse triste, op
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The poems span the entire range of verse from high drama to stuff-and-nonsense and are presented in nine sections: poems of childhood and youth; poems of love and marriage; poems of life; poems of loss and comfort; poems of war and peace; poems to read aloud; poems to read quietly; poems of animals and nature and poems of magic and mysterythe poems have all been chosen and arranged by neil philip and the volume is illustrated throughout with watercolour borders and decorative motifs by isabelle brent, glowing with her trademark gold leafsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe anthology includes works by william blake, dylan thomas, seamus heaney, robert burns, t s eliot, rudyard kipling, w b yeats and many, many moreoxfam bookshop carlisle this highly accessible collection gathers together the best-loved gems of english language verse, from the deeply moving to the hilariously sillyoverall in very good condition
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Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and a shropshire lad and other poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexitieshousman, was an english poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems a shropshire ladthis volume brings together the works housman published in his lifetime, a shropshire lad () and last poems (), along with the posthumous selections more poems and additional poems, and three translations of extracts from aeschylus, sophocles and euripides that display his mastery of classical literaturetheir scope is wide - ranging from religious doubt and doomed love to intense nostalgia for the countryside and patriotic celebration of the life of the soldier - and they are made all the more memorable by their distinctive diction and perfectly modulated rhythm and soundsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealfred edward housman () usually known as aif you enjoyed a shropshire lad and other poems, you might like john clare's selected poems, also available in penguin classicsoxfam bookshop cheltenham athis edition has been revised by archie burnett and includes updated notes on the text and indexes of first lines and titleshousman's poems, including'to an athlete dying young', 'loveliest of trees, the cherry now' and 'when i was one-and-twenty', conjure up a potent and idyllic rural world imbued with a poignant sense of loss and sadnessin his afterword, john sparrow discusses housman's methods of writing and melancholic temperamentthis penguin classics edition is introduced by nick laird with revisions by archie burnett and an afterword by john sparrow'what are those blue remembered hills,what spires, what farms are those?'in this collection, a
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Some minor foxingoxfam bookshop sevenoaks dorset dialect poems by william barnes first collectioncorners bumped and exposed owner's name on title page and half title pagespine piece missing head and tail and remains of a sticker/label halfway down spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebound in brown cloth which has faded at the edges and towards the spinesticker from the beverley historical society (incsixteen page book catalogue to rear of bookthird edition published by john russell smith inin good used condition for age, block is good and tightblind embossed design front and back) inside front cover
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Have been discarded, in accordance with browning's own omission of them in the final edition of his poems (this vcolume includes (1) the contents of the three-volume edition of browning's poems published in ) pauline, taken from the first edition () the contents of the second edition of hte volume entitled dramatis personae ; (4) two short poems, a sonnet and ben karshook's wisdom, not reprinted by browning in any collected edition of his poems; and (5) orpheus and eurydice, which appeared first in the royal academy catalogue forsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno other alterations have been made in the texta few obvious misprints have been corrected, and the 'elucidatory headings' to sordello, which first appeared in the edition of
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By organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see poets in a new lightall the major events of the twentieth century are reflected in the choice of poems within these pagesoxfam shop inverness this ground-breaking anthology presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the twentieth centurythe authors, both published poets themselves, give an overview of each period of history, while notes to the poems place each one in its historical context and trace the century's poetic developmentbook is in good conditionsome discolouration on edges from dust and storage wear otherwise sharp copyconcise biographies for each poet complete the anthologyhere are poets rescued from oblivion, such as the suffragette who wrote a compelling poem about her mistreatment in holloway prison in or the medical offer who went into belsen with the british troops producing an eye-witness poem of lasting powerhouseman, for example, rubs shoulders with teliot, showing that traditional forms can hold their own against the modernist orthodoxy see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis richly rewarding collection makes invaluable reading for poetry lovers all over the world
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It contains 30 poems and begins with 'a charade' called "paid on both sides"for the second edition () he omitted seven items and added new poems in their placeoxfam bookshop brigg auden's electrifying, enigmatic and extraordinarily influential debut collection was published by faber in , and simply entitled poemssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are clean and unmarkedthe book covers are in fine conditioninside, old brown areas have appeared on the free end papers as a result of the binding processbinding is soundthe jacket has darkened from handling around edges; the spine is noticeably discoloured and has chips and closed tears to endsthis volume is a reprint edition from
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Smith prize for her collected poemsthis new selected poems comes forty years on from her first carcanet selected, which it honours by retaining her original choices while adding a substantial number of poems from her several later collectionsas the author and editor of almost fifty books of poetry, criticism and theology, she received numerous awards, including the wsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedited by rebecca watts, whose debut poetry collection was shortlisted for the seamus heaney prize, this book is a new take on a poet whose human sympathy and religious faith are transferable and timelessoxfam shop hebden bridge elizabeth jennings () is one of the twentieth century's best-loved and bestselling poets
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Oxfam shop colne road concentrating on the classic poems by the greatest poets of world war one, this collection contains 250 poems by 80 poetsthere are also examples of the once hugely popular poems which were written as propagandait includes such enduringly popular poems of the war as brooke's sonnets and mccrae's "in flanders fields"poets featured include wilfred owen, siegfried sassoon, edward thomas, charles sorley, isaac rosenberg, herbert read, robert graves, vera brittain, rose macauley, eleanor farjeon, dsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelawrence, john galsworthy, edmund blunden, thomas hardy, rudyard kipling, walter de la mare, john masefield, lawrence binyon, john mccrae, ivor gurney, john oxenham, arthur graeme west and rupert brookehistorical and biographical background material, extracts from diaries, personal letters and autobiographies illuminate the poetry
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One of akhmatova's 'magic choir' of young leningrad poets, he was joseph brodsky's mentor and lifetime friendoxfam bookshop hexham evgeny rein is one of russia's major living poetshe is an elegist, but of a tragic stripehis main theme is the end of things, the end, to put it more broadly, of a world order that is dear – or at least acceptable – to himbrodsky figures in many of his poems, and brodsky's essay on rein introduces this bilingual selection: 'rein is unquestionably an elegiac poetborn in , he belongs to that tragic generation of russian poets who for decades went unpublished in the soviet unionindeed, for rein’s work – and in my view he is the most gifted russian poet of the second half of the 20th century – the cadences of soviet popular music from that era probably had a greater influence than the technical achievements of the best among the russian futurists and constructivists… rein not only radically extended the poetic vocabulary and sound palette of russian poetry; he also broadened and shook up the psychological sweep of russian lyricsthe incarnation of this order in his poetry is the city in which he grew up, the city of leningrad… but in contrast to the dramatic effect usually found in elegiac poets… the death of the world order in rein is accompanied by a vulgar ditty from the 30s or 40sfew among his compatriots would dispute the depth of the despair and exhaustion that darkens these poems… ' see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Very minor marks to end papers and inside a few grubby finger marksbotanically accurateno date, circasmall printed numbers and letters at foot of some pages, example, (d835) b celandine fairyflower fairy pictures by cicely mary barker with their accompanying music and poems/songsthis book has a blind stamphardback cover in near very good condition, front, back and spine, just very faint penned name, tiny, top righta very good condition cicely barker plate to the centre of the cover, picture of the hawthorne fairypublished and printed by blackiecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeexquisite colour tipped plates, all signed, all in lovely conditionvery collectable, a nice copy of this charming book
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