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The 20th century witnessed a rich tapestry of poetic voices, each leaving an indelible mark on literary history. Figures like T.S. Eliot, with his groundbreaking modernist works like “The Waste Land,” challenged traditional forms and explored themes of disillusionment and cultural fragmentation. Sylvia Plath’s raw, confessional poetry delved into the complexities of the human psyche, while Langston Hughes gave voice to the African American experience with his evocative verses. Pablo Neruda’s passionate odes celebrated love and nature, while Seamus Heaney’s lyrical reflections on Irish identity resonated deeply. These poets, among others, illuminated the diverse facets of the human condition, shaping the landscape of 20th-century poetry with their innovation and insight.
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Allen Ginsberg – Collected Poems 1947-1980 – SIGNED & DATED First Edition 1985
£175.00First UK edition, first printing of Collected Poems 1947-1980 by Allen Ginsberg, published by Viking, London in 1985. A near fine book signed and dated by the author in black…
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Edith Sitwell [Wilfred Owen] – Wheels 1919 – Fourth Cycle – First Edition – First appearance of Owen’s Poetry
£950.00A first edition, first printing of the Fourth Cycle of ‘Wheels’, published by C. Daniel in 1919. Cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards featuring a magnificent colour design by William Roberts who…
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Allen Ginsberg – Collected Poems 1947-1980 – SIGNED First Edition 1985
£185.00First UK edition, first printing of Collected Poems 1947-1980 by Allen Ginsberg, published by Viking, London in 1985. A near fine book signed and dated by the author in black…
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Edith Sitwell [Wilfred Owen] – Wheels 1919 – Fourth Cycle – First appearance of Owen’s Poetry
£1,500.00A first edition, first printing, published by C. Daniel in 1919. Cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards featuring a magnificent colour design by William Roberts who also contributes colour decorations to the…
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Michael Hofmann and James Lasdun – After Ovid – New Metamorphoses – First Edition 1998 – SIGNED by 11 POETS
£375.00First UK edition, first printing of the LIMITED UK EDITION – 1998. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is bright and clean but slightly toned at the…
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Ezra Pound – Poems 1918-21 – FIRST US EDITION 1921- Including Three Portraits and Four Cantos
£225.00A first edition, first US printing of Poems 1918-21 by Ezra Pound, published by Boni and Liveright, New York in 1921. A very good book without dust-wrapper, internals free from…
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Seamus Heaney – Field Work – First Edition 1979
£485.00A first edition, first paperback printing of Field Work by Seamus Heaney, published by Faber in 1979. A near fine book inscribed by the author on the half title page…
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Peter Eads / Richard Bates / Lynne Evans – Give Them Their Life – The Poetry Of H.E. Bates – First Limited Edition 1990 – SIGNED by contributors
£50.00A first edition, first printing of Give Them Their Life by H. E. Bates, limited to 1,000 copies of which this is number 25, published by Evensford Productions in 1990….
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Robert Graves – Stories, Talks, Essays, Poems, Studies In History – First Edition 1958
£50.00First edition, first printing. Published by Cassell in London, 1958. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, plainly designed with a quirky title, is worn at…
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John Betjemen – Summoned By The Bells – SIGNED by the author with TLS from his secretary
£600.00A first edition, first printing published by John Murray in 1960. A very good book with a few light stains to the front board. In a very good unclipped wrapper…
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W.B. Yeats – Poems
£325.00First REVISED edition, first printing. Published by T. Fisher Unwin in London, 1908. This is a very good copy. The gilt tooling to the front, rear and spine is bright…
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William Bell [Philip Larkin] – Poetry From Oxford In Wartime – First Edition 1945
£150.00First edition, first printing of ‘Poetry From Oxford In Wartime’. Published by The Fortune Press in London, 1945. This is a very good copy. The plain dust wrapper, with deep…
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John Wain – Feng – SIGNED First Edition 1975
£85.00First edition, first printing. Published by Macmillan in London, 1975. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some mild wear throughout and has not been…
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W.H. Auden – Collected Shorter Poems 1930-1944 – First Edition 1950
£95.00First edition, first printing of Collected Shorter Poems 1930-1944 by WH Auden, published by Faber & Faber, London in 1950. A very good book, a previous owner’s name stamp to…
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Philip Larkin – The Whitsun Weddings – First UK Edition 1964
£600.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ by Philip Larkin, published by Faber in 1964. A fine book in the publisher’s original purple cloth boards with gilt titles…
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Isaac Rosenberg – Poems By Isaac Rosenberg – First UK Edition 1922
£600.00A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1922. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper with some wear to the foot of the…
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