Poetry from Washburn Books
New Arrivals
The New Golden Treasury of English Verse
by Edward Leeson
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1994
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780333616499
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SGD 9.45
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London: Papermac, 1994 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Comprehensive survey of English poetry, with a fresh look at eight centuries of poetic achievement. 506pp with index. Single reading crease to spine, some marking to edges and a few turned page corners, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 9.45
Gleanings after Harvest: or Idylls of the Home - Studies and Sketches
by The Rev. John R. Vernon
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Presumed First Edition.
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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SGD 51.57
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London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Limited, 1890 Book. Good. Green Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Verse and prose concerning rural life. 332pp plus publisher's data to rear. Gilt design and lettering to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Section193-206pp slightly loose, slight bumping to spine and corners and top edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Hound of Heaven
by Francis Thompson
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
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- 1928
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- Hardcover
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SGD 25.78
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London: Burns Oates & Washbourns Ltd / George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1928 Book. Very Good. Brown Leatherette Boards. Reprint. The most famous and highly influential poem by the English poet and Catholic mystic, Francis Thompson (1859-1907). This volume, published by Burns Oates & Washbourne in 1928, appears to have been reissued as an undated hardback edition by George… Read more about this item Item Price
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Picture Book
by Hannah Hoch, Gunda Luyken
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 2012
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9783941644137
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SGD 42.98
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Berlin: The Green Box, 2012 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. 2nd Edition. 9" Tall x 11" Wide. A magical world created with photomontages and accompanied by short verses by the German Dada artist Hannah Hoch (1889-1979). Text in English with the original German text to the rear. Minimal marking to boards and endpapers, otherwise very good/near fine copy.. Item Price
SGD 42.98
A Fiery Glow in the Darkness - Woodbine Willie, Padre and Poet
by Michael Grundy
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781872962511
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Worcester: Osborne Heritage, 1997 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 7.25" Tall x 6.5" wide. Tribute to Geoffrey Ankerell Studdert Kennedy, the diminutive but legendary World War I chaplain and poet. 96pp illustrated with black and white photographs. This copy presented to Dr Ingrid Roscoe, the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, on the occasion of her opening the Woodbine… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Choice of Shelley's Verse
by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Stephen Spender (selected and with introduction by)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1973
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780571087907
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SGD 11.17
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London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1973 Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Faber paper covered editions. 92pp. Some creasing to cover, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 11.17
Final Harvest - Emily Dickinson's Poems
by Emily Dickinson, Thomas H Johnson (selections and introduction by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1961
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780316184151
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SGD 13.75
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Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company Inc, 1961 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection of 576 poems by the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). 331pp with index. Minor shelfwear and very slight marking ro edges, otherwise very good plus copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 13.75
Gerard Manley Hopkins - The Major Poems
by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Walford Davies (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1979
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780460119290
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, GBR
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SGD 10.31
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London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1979 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of all Hopkins's major poems, with full explanatory notes and an introduction by Walford Davies. 156pp. Minor rubbing to edges of cover and slight sunning to page edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 10.31
Stevie Smith - A Selection
by Stevie Smith, Hermione Lee (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1983
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780571130306
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London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1983 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection for students and general readers, drawn from all Stevie Smith's poetry, prose and drawings. 224pp with index, illustrated in black and white. Minor fading to edges of cover, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 25.78
The Twilight Readings
by Simon Armitage
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781871480634
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SGD 51.57
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2008 Book. Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A series of poetry readings at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2008. complete with accompanying CD to rear. Red lettering to top board and spine. Minimal bumping to lower edges, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 51.57
Birthday Letters
by Ted Hughes
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571194728
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SGD 10.74
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London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1998 Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Poems written by Ted Hughes over a period of more than 25 years and largely addressed to his wife, the poet Sylvia Plath, following her suicide in 1963. 197pp. Very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper.. Item Price
SGD 10.74
England's Best Loved Poems - The Enchantment of England
by George Courtauld
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780091909666
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London: Ebury Press, 2007 Book. Very Good. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Poems for every occasion, selected by author George Courtauld, with his notes and a short biography of each poet. 196pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Faint underlining to one poem and marks left by paper clips at the top… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poems of George Herbert
by George Herbert, Helen Gardner (Introduction)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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SGD 11.17
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London: Oxford University Press, 1961 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 2nd Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The World's Classics No.109. Book of verse by the poet, orator and priest George Herbert (1593-1633), with an introduction by Helen Gardner. 285pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edges slightly dust-marked and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise very good… Read more about this item Item Price
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Islay - A Love Poem
by Ronnie Duncan
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Edition limited to 50 copies
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- 1994
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- Paperback
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SGD 25.78
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Otley, West Yorkshire: Privately printed, 1994 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Edition limited to 50 copies. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Poem dedicated to Islay by the Yorkshire poet Ronnie Duncan. Stapled booklet, 40pp. Slight fading to edges and minor creasing to corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 25.78
Marginal Land
by M R Peacocke
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1988
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780905291949
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Calstock, Cornwall: Peterloo Poets, 1988 Book. Near Fine. Card Covers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First collection of verse by the English poet Margaret Ruth Peacocke (also known as Meg). Some of the poems have previously appeared in various publications. 55pp. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 11.17
John Keats - Selected Poetry
by John Keats, Paul de Man (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus, First Printing
- Published
- 1966
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780451520357
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New York & Ontario: New American Library, 1966 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus, First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Signet Classic Poetry Series. Contains the major works of the English Romantic poet John Keats in full, with a selection of his sonnets and letters. 352pp. Minor wear to spine and corners, otherwise very good… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kingfisher Days
by Mary Sheepshanks
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780906744178
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SGD 12.89
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Heckmondwike: Fighting Cock Press, 1998 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of verse by the English writer Mary Sheepshanks. 46pp. Cover illustration by Graham Rust. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 12.89
Thinning Grapes
by Mary Sheepshanks
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1992
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781870556729
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Fareham, Hants: The National Poetry Foundation, 1992 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of verse by the English writer Mary Sheepshanks. Some of the poems have appeared previously in periodicals. 62pp. Cover illustration by Graham Rust. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions.. Item Price
SGD 12.89
Patterns in the Dark
by Mary Sheepshanks
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781870556019
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SGD 21.49
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Fareham, Hants: The National Poetry Foundation, 1990 Book. Near Fine. Card Covers. Enclosures Signed By Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First collection of verse by the English writer Mary Sheepshanks. 40pp. Cover Illustration by Graham Rust. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Loosely enclosed, a letter from the author thanking the book's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poems of Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
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London: Roger Schlesinger, R.H.S. (Publications) Ltd, 1969 Book. Illus. by Bill Greer. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Poems written by the Russian writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) as an integral part of his major novel Doctor Zhivago. Translated from the Russian by Eugene M Kayden. 61pp illustrated with monochrome drawings, also to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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