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The Oxford Anthology of Great English Poetry

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The Oxford Library of English Poetry: FIRST EDITION THUS. THREE VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE. Chosen & edited by John Wain. Quarter leather over blue cloth with gilt titles, decorative gilt lineal borders. Gilt title, gilt bands to spines. Navy sl

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Binding, English Poetry, Du Bartas' Weeks, 1608: Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste. [BARTAS HIS DIVINE WEEKES AND WORKS TRANSLATED.] London, 1608. 7.25" x 4.75". [10, *of 32], 544, 193, [23], 96, [8] pp., *lacks title and most other prelims. "Histori

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1778 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry: 1778 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry Illustrated Allegory 3v French ed “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ― John Milton, Paradis

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1833 The Byron Gallery Illustrated English Poetry: 1833 The Byron Gallery Illustrated English Poetry Henry James Richter ART Poems ‘The Byron Gallery’ is a fine, 19th-century collection of engravings illustrating the works of famed poet Lord Byron

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1779 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry: 1779 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry Illustrated Allegory Adam & Eve “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ― John Milton, Paradise

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1855 The Ladies’ Wreath English Poetry Poems Feminism: 1855 The Ladies’ Wreath English Poetry Poems Feminism Female Poets BINDING “The Ladies’ Wreath” is a mid-19th-century book of poems written by notable female poets and authors. This book is bo

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1823 Thomas Maude Legend of Ravenswood English Poetry: 1823 Thomas Maude Legend of Ravenswood English Poetry Bride of Lammer-Muir Thomas Maude was a 19th-century English poet whose works were published in both the Gentleman’s and Ladies’ Magazines in

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1836 EXQUISITE Samuel Rogers ITALY Poem English Poetry: 1836 EXQUISITE Samuel Rogers ITALY a Poem English Poetry Florence Rome Venice “Oh! she was good as she was fair. None-none on earth above her! As pure in thought as angels are, To know her was to lo

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1883 BEAUTIFUL Sketches in ITALY Symonds English Poetry: 1883 BEAUTIFUL Sketches in ITALY Symonds English Poetry Sienna Syracuse Generoso John Addington Symonds was an English poet and cultural historian, renowned for his work from the Renaissance. This col

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1870 Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning English Poetry: 1870 Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning English Poetry Feminism Wheres Agnes 2v Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a prominent English poet of the Victorian era. She was quite popular in both England and

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The Oxford Anthology of Great English Poetry

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Title: The Oxford Anthology of Great English Poetry

Description: FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES, IN SLIPCASE. Publishers grey cloth with gilt embossed title and vignette. Red leather spine with gilt title, gilt bands, gilt vignette. Red slipcase with gilt title and gilt vignette. VOLUME I: 'Spencer to Crabbe'. VOLUME II: 'Blake to Heaney'. This two volume anthology celebrates four centuries of English Poetry, from the Elizabethan era to the present day. Representing this tradition of unfailing richness and variety are all the great and familiar names, Shakespeare, Donne, Marvell, Dryden, Pope, Keats, Wordsworth, Browning, Eliot, Auden, as well as poets writing today such as Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. A very beautiful set in excellent condition.

Publisher: Book Club Associates., London

Editor: John Wain

Date Published: 1996

Binding: Hardback in slipcase

Condition: As New

Weight: 1896g

Reserve: $15.00

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