Search results for: 'poems'
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OWEN, Wilfred. Poems.London : 1920
First edition, first impression, with the rare dust jacket, of perhaps the greatest collection of First World War poetry. This slim volume, promoted and published by Sassoon after Owen's death and backed by Edith Sitwell, contains all Owen's best known poems, including "Dulce et decorum est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility" and... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 136149
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OWEN, Wilfred. The Poems.London : 1931
First Blunden edition of Wilfred Owen's poems, first impression, number 3 of 160 large paper copies, and signed by Blunden on page 41 at the end of his "Memoir". This edition was expanded by fellow war-poet Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) from the first edition of 1920 edited by Siegfried Sassoon, who of all the war poets had known Owen best, albeit briefly.... Learn More£1,350.00Stock Code: 142396
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O'CONNOR, Frank. The Wild Bird's Nest: Poems from the Irish.Dublin : 1932
First edition, first impression; one of 250 copies printed. O'Connor's poems are translations from Gaelic epic, and A.E.'s essay is a compelling apology for the imaginative world of Celtic myth, and its unique importance to modern literature. Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 84005
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OWEN, Wilfred. Mapping Golgotha.Wales : 2007
First edition, first impression, one of 200 copies only, Jeremy Hooker's own copy with "Editor's copy" instead of a number written on the limitation page. This is a handsomely bound selection of Owen's letters and poems, mostly written and completed between 1917 and 1918, before the author was killed in action in November 1918. Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 137877
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OMAR KHAYYÁM. One Hundred Quatrains from the Rubáiyát.Worcester, Mass. : 1910
First edition in Japanese, number 31 of 100 copies, and invariably scarce; this a particularly well preserved copy of a fragile publication.
In his introduction, Hikozo Kikase remarks that his translation was undertaken as the behest of "my friend Mr. F. L. Coes so as to add a new variety to his collection of seven hundred copies of the original... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 141753
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ORWELL, George. Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher, Victor Gollancz, relating to the publication of Down and Out in Paris and London.3 May 1932-25 Sep 1972
Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence relating to their publication of George Orwell's first book, Down and Out in Paris and London, including the original contract for the book. Down and Out was Orwell's memoir of his life among the poor and destitute in and around the two cities, and remains among his best-known non-fiction works.
After abandoning... Learn More£25,000.00Stock Code: 131747
