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Paperback. A delightfully wise and playful collection from one of our most senior poets, offering a feast of sensory experience. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 4. Weight in Grams: 77.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548198
ISBN
9781857548198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547726
ISBN
9781857547726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547672
ISBN
9781857547672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.08

Paperback. In her third collection, one of South Africa's finest poets explores public and personal histories, confronting her nation's continuing, painful dialogue with its own past in poems of poignancy and thoughtfulness. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547634
ISBN
9781857547634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.10

Paperback. Approach places, times and states of mind in a mosaic of knowledge, invention, memory and entertainment with this collection of poems. The personal and the public interact in many poems and others address personal histories and their creative consequences, alongside mythological motifs. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547528
ISBN
9781857547528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. This title is a selection of the poetry of John Gay (1685-1732) who was part of the 'association of wits' that included Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. His wit is characterised by a benign and ironic sense of the fallibility of humankind. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
95
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547023
ISBN
9781857547023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. In 1997 Matthew Welton received an Eric Gregory award for his poetry, the next day he threw his only copies of the prize winning poems into the Thames, he took the train back to Manchester and started writing again. This book includes everything he has written since. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546439
ISBN
9781857546439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. This is a comprehensive selection of poetry written over seven decades. Dawson Jackson's style emphasises belief in a unity between inner and outer worlds, between subjective and objective, between the poetry, the philosophy and his private life of the poet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546156
ISBN
9781857546156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.17

Hardback. "Antigua, Penny, Puce" is a tale of sibling rivalry in which Jane and Oliver fight for posession of a never-issued one-penny stamp from Antigua. "They Hanged my Saintly Billy" tells of Dr William Palmer, a notorious surgeon, racehorse owner and confessed forger who was also a thief. Editor(s): McCormick, Ian. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857545845
ISBN
9781857545845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.19
€ 51.33

paperback. This collection is comprised mainly of new works, previously unpublished by Edward Lucie-Smith, as well as his most-anthologized poem, "The Lesson". Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
Edition
Revised
SKU
V9781857545494
ISBN
9781857545494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. An anthology of Portuguese writer Tamen Pedro's work, here translated into English by Richard Zimmler. Translator(s): Zimmler, Richard. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857545401
ISBN
9781857545401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.51

Paperback. A first collection from Jeremy Over in which he manages to retain a narrative core, yet challenge the current orthodoxy of poetry as storytelling on every level. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857545272
ISBN
9781857545272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.91

paperback. The "Contes et nouvelles en vers" are the fruit of the author's wicked delight in the tales he found in Boccacio's "Decameron", Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso", Rabelais and elsewhere. Marital misdemeanours, resourceful females, addled males, proved the inspiration for some richly inventive plotting. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Series: Poetry pleiade. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781857544824
ISBN
9781857544824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543605
ISBN
9781857543605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. This is a volume of celebratory, vivid and witty poems from a poet whose blindness has never severed his links with the sensual world. Fables, fairy tales and fun only heighten the serious concerns which underly his work. He has a rich sense of humour and a wry turn of phrase. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 111.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543537
ISBN
9781857543537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Some of the speakers in this poetry collection are ancient, some modern, and all ask questions dictated by their situations in life and history. The characters are for the most part stoical and pessimistic, but their pessimism is remote from the cynicism and irony of our age. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543032
ISBN
9781857543032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.76

Paperback. From the author of "Time Signatures", this is a collection of love poems which explore the cultural and individual difficulties of desire and loss. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857542554
ISBN
9781857542554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.59

Paperback. At the time of her death in 1999, Patricia Beer had been planning a collection of her essays. She liked the title "As I Was Saying Yesterday": it caught at once the speaking quality of the essays and the consistency of concern which runs through a body of work disparate in subject-matter. Editor(s): Rigby, Sarah. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857540574
ISBN
9781857540574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. This volume is intended as an introduction to the poetry of the New Zealand poet Gregory O'Brien. The poems are set where sea, land and sky, present and future, meet in different lights and moods. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857540475
ISBN
9781857540475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854114402
ISBN
9781854114402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854114396
ISBN
9781854114396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113757
ISBN
9781854113757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113627
ISBN
9781854113627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 95.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113368
ISBN
9781854113368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.38

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