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David Rayvern Allen


A Breathless Hush(Editor): The MCC Anthology of Cricket Verse
'A rich bespoke treasury of cricket poetry...a sumptuous Semprini selection: old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones' Spectator

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234x153mm | ISBN: 9780413775917 | £14.99 | 26 Apr 2007 | Find out more

Edward Bond


Poems 1978-1985
One of Britain's greatest living contemporary dramatists, Edward Bond is widely studied by schools and colleges. Bond's poems are an integral part of his creative work and are often intended to accompany his plays.

This edition: Paperback
216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413165008 | £6.95 | 11 Nov 1987 | Find out more

Bertolt Brecht


Bad Time For Poetry
"Brecht was that rare phenomenon: a great poet for whom poetry is an almost everyday visitation and drawing of breath...there is no doubt that the two great German poets of the first half of this century were Rilke and Brecht" George Steiner (Th

This edition: Paperback
198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413690500 | £7.99 | 11 Sep 1995 | Find out more

Poems 1913-1956
The definitive collection of Brecht's poems in translation

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413152107 | £12.99 | 11 Feb 1987 | Find out more

Poems and Songs From the Plays
"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" (Observer)

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413668301 | £9.99 | 10 Aug 1992 | Find out more

Lewis Carroll


The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
A new edition of one of Carroll's most popular works in the classic illustrated version by Mervyn Peake author of the Gormenghast trilogy

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413743800 | £9.99 | 09 Jan 2000 | Find out more

Noël Coward


Collected Verse
Includes an introduction by Martin Tickner and Coward's long-time companion, Graham Payn

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413551504 | £9.99 | 11 Feb 1987 | Find out more

Complete Lyrics of Noël Coward
Includes over 200 newly found lyrics. This is the first time that the complete lyrics of Noël Coward have been published together. Includes sheet music, programmes and photos from original productions

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413732309 | £30.00 | 11 Nov 1998 | Find out more

The Lyrics of Noël Coward
Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Don't Put your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington and over 250 more lyrics from Coward's musical masterpieces

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413732408 | £9.99 | 27 Mar 2002 | Find out more

Brian Gardner


The Terrible Rain: The War Poets 1939-1945
The Terrible Rain, a companion volume to Brian Gardner's anthology of the poetry of the First World War, Up the Line to Death, has established itself as a classic collection of poetry of the Second World War

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413150103 | £8.99 | 15 Nov 2007 | Find out more

Up the Line To Death: The War Poets 1914-1918
Since its original publication over forty years ago, Brian Gardner's Up the Line to Death has established itself as a classic anthology of the poetry of the First World War

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413595706 | £8.99 | 15 Nov 2007 | Find out more

Thomas Hardy


Thomas Hardy - Selected Poems
The work of Britain's best loved poets based on an original 1918 series

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413775054 | £3.99 | 16 Jun 2005 | Find out more

John Hegley


Beyond Our Kennel
"One of the funniest men alive" (New Statesman); "As a comic poet he's unrivalled" (Time Out)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413732101 | £5.99 | 11 Oct 1999 | Find out more

Can I Come Down Now Dad?
This volume from John Hegley contains poems about Luton and string, dogs and logs, trains and Roman remains

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413773104 | £7.99 | 14 Mar 1999 | Find out more

Dog
The bestselling poetry collection from "one of the funniest men alive" (New Statesman) - a sniffing, growling, yowling, yelping, eighth helping of Hegley

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413755605 | £9.99 | 05 Oct 2000 | Find out more

The Family Pack
Includes: The Brother-in-Law and Other Animals; Can I Come Down Now Dad?; These Were Your Father's
"Guerrilla wordsmith to the bold and the beautiful, John Hegley crafts poetry which is deceptively simple; wisely foolish; funnily particular, and peculiarly funny...Embrace The Family Pack as if it were a long-lost brother" (Glasgow Herald)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413717306 | £9.99 | 11 Sep 1997 | Find out more

Five Sugars Please
A freshly re-jacketed classic from "comedy's poet laureate" (Independent)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413773005 | £6.99 | 14 Mar 1999 | Find out more

The Hegley Box
Includes: Boxed Set: Five Sugars Please; Can I Come Down Now Dad?; These Were Your Father's; Love Cuts
Deluxe box set of four bestselling titles by 'comedy's poet laureate' (Independent)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413739605 | £19.99 | 28 Oct 1999 | Find out more

Love Cuts
"The poet on peak form, as Cupid stomps on his glasses" (Independent)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413740205 | £7.99 | 13 Sep 1999 | Find out more

The Sound of Paint Drying
The magnificent new collection from one of Britain's most popular poets, published to coincide with his new tour of the same name

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413731708 | £10.99 | 01 May 2003 | Find out more

These Were Your Father's
"One of the funniest men alive. He's in the tradition of Edward Lear, Stevie Smith, Ivor Cutler and Roger McGough" (Adrian Mitchell, New Statesman & Society)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413773203 | £6.99 | 14 Mar 1999 | Find out more

Uncut Confetti: A loose collection of celebratory pieces
A major new volume from 'comedy's poet laureate' (Independent)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775702 | £9.99 | 27 Apr 2006 | Find out more

Gerard Manley Hopkins


Gerard Manley Hopkins - Selected Poems
The work of Britain's best loved poets based on an original 1918 series

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413775047 | £3.99 | 16 Jun 2005 | Find out more

John Keats


John Keats - Selected Poems
The work of Britain's best loved poets based on an original 1918 series

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413775085 | £3.99 | 16 Jun 2005 | Find out more

Judy Rickman


The Methuen Book of Poems for Every Day(Editor)
A practical treasury of the best-loved verse in the English language

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413774576 | £9.99 | 13 Sep 2007 | Find out more

Christina Rossetti


Christina Rossetti - Selected Poems
The work of Britain's best loved poets based on an original 1918 series

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413775061 | £3.99 | 16 Jun 2005 | Find out more

William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare - Selected Sonnets
The work of Britain's best loved poets based on an original 1918 series

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413775078 | £3.99 | 16 Jun 2005 | Find out more

Wole Soyinka


Samarkand and Other Markets
A major new volume of poetry from the Nobel prize-winner

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413772558 | £9.99 | 17 Oct 2002 | Find out more

Selected Poems
Includes: A Shuttle in the Crypt; Idanre; Mandela's Earth
The first collection of poetry from Methuen's Nobel prize-winning author

This edition: Paperback
198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413764607 | £9.99 | 20 Feb 2002 | Find out more

William Wordsworth


William Wordsworth - Selected Poems
The work of Britain's best loved poets based on an original 1918 series

This edition: Paperback
186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413775030 | £3.99 | 16 Jun 2005 | Find out more





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