WATTS, VICTOR. (TRANSLATOR).

Pearl. A Modernised Version of the Middle English Poem.

London: Enitharmon Press, 2005. 1904634206. 1st edition. With an introduction by Kathleen Raine and the original text glossed and edited by David Fuller and Corinne Saunders. "Pearl is one of the greatest English Medieval poems, a dream vision that is both a profoundly personal elegy for the dreamer's lost daughter and a subtle theological debate about the most difficult existential questions." Pp.91, modernised translation printed opposite the original poem, signed by editors David Fuller and Corinne Saunders to title page, gold foil effect endpapers. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 49729

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Keywords: Victor Watts David Fuller Corinne Saunders Signed Pearl Middle English Poem Modernised Poetry 50981 Poetry

WEBB, PHILIP G.L.

Poems.

London: Nisbet & Co,1927. 1st ed. Pp.8/67, uneven toning to endpapers. Green cloth,d/w rubbed. G+/G+.

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Book number: 29208

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Webb Poems Poetry Verse 27198 Poetry

WEEKES, A.R.

Shelley: Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats Author or Endymion, Hyperion, etc.

London: University Tutorial Press. 1941. Pp 83. P/b, slight creasing to cover, small tears to top and lower edge of spine. G+.

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Book number: 25791

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Weekes Shelley Adonais Elegy Death Keats Poetry Endymion 22538 Poetry

WENDELL HOLMES, OLIVER.

The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes.

London: George G.Harrap & Company, nd.(c.1910). 0. Authorised Copyright Edition. Pp.xvi/426, portrait frontispiece. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt and green lyre motif to centre, gilt title to spine, minor rubbing to edges. VG.

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Book number: 38953

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Oliver Wendell Holmes Complete Poetical Works Poetry Poems Songs Verses Old Ironsides American Poet 39899 Poetry

WEST, TESSA.

The Other Vikings.

Glemsford: Fox Books, 2009. 9780954362737. 1st edition. Poems written from the female Viking point of view. 21cms 21cms. Unpaginated. Inscribed by the author + a gift message to title page. Paperback, minor bumps to top corners. G+.

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Book number: 44969

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Keywords: Tessa West Signed the Other Vikings Women Female Poems Poetry 46448 Poetry

VAN DE WEYER, ROBERT. & SAUNDERS, PAT. (COMPILED BY.)

The Easter Spirit. An Anthology.

London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1990. 0232518351. 1st.ed. "This anthology of prose and poetry reflects the great themes of Easter. It draws from a whole range of English literature." Pp. 8/134. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 5384

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Van de Weyer Saunders Anthology Poetry Easter Jesus God 18309 Poetry

WHETTON, RONALD.

Looking for a King. An Anthology for Christmas.

London: SPCK. 1980. "The blend of traditional and contemporary authors expresses many moods of Christmas, but, above all, the peace and good-will we associate with the season, a time when all are looking for a King". Pp 134. P/b. VG.

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Book number: 15821

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Whetton Looking King Anthology Christmas Poetry A10407 Poetry

WHIMSTER, D.C.

A Century of Lyrics. 1550-1650.

London: Edward Arnold,1952. Rep. Pp.127, owners details to fep,some underlining and marginal notes,spotting to endpapers. Green cloth, title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 1687

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Whimster Lyrics 16thc 17thc Donne Campion Jonson Herbert Shakespeare Herrick Browne Verse 12548 Poetry

WHIMSTER, D.C.

A Century of Lyrics. 1550-1650.

London: Edward Arnold,1952. Rep. Pp.127, owners details to fep,some underlining and marginal notes,spotting to endpapers. Green cloth, title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 1826

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Whimster Lyrics 16thc 17thc Donne Campion Jonson Herbert Shakespeare Herrick Browne Verse 12548 Poetry

WHISHAW, CONSTANCE M.

Being and Doing : A Selection of Helpful Thoughts from Various Authors Arranged for Daily Reading By Constance M. Whishaw. Fifteenth Issue (Pocket Edition) .

Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1909 . 0. A very good full leather binding by "Bumpus". 16mo. 5.25" x 3.75" x 0.25". pp.viii./pp.371/[4pp. - Index] . Green full calf with gilt filet border. Corners rubbed and bumped. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt banding and gilt title: "Being And Doing". Top page edge gilt. Green leather turn-ins with gilt binder's stamp: "Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. W." Light staining to endpapers (from the leather ). otherwise clean text throughout. VG.

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Book number: 49268

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 51002 Being and Doing : A Selection of Helpful Thoughts from Various Authors Arranged for Daily Reading Constance M. Whishaw Edward Howell Liverpool Poetry

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF / WILLIAM FINGLAND BOOKPLATE .

The King's Missive, Mabel Martin and Later Poems. By John Greenleaf Whittier .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, 1881 . 0. Clean parchment covered boards with black and red titles to front cover. pp.192. Browning to endpapers. Bookplate to verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Gulielmi Fingland." Clean text throughout. VG. ** Bookplate: A scene in which an older man dressed in a long fur-trimmed coat and cap, carrying a satchel, is standing at a lab bench. Laboratory glassware and books are in front of him. Additionally he is surrounded by animal specimens, both live and preserved. A skeleton is in the lower left-hand corner, offering him a round bundle. Behind him, in the upper right-hand corner, appears the head of an angel cast in a heavenly light.

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Book number: 48932

Catalogue: Poetry: : 19th Century

Keywords: 50389 Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington the King's Missive, Mabel Martin and Later Poems. By John Greenleaf Whittier . Poetry: : 19th Century

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.

Miriam and Other Poems.

Boston: James R.Osgood and Company, 1871. Pp.106, toning to pages. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges rubbed. Good. **John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets.(wiki).

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Book number: 41421

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: John Greenleaf Whittier Miriam Other Poems Poetry 42561 Poetry

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. With Memoir, notes, etc.

London: Frederick Warne,nd. The Albion edition. Teg. Pp.576, portrait frontis,3 woodcut illustrations to prefatory notice. Brown cloth, gilt signature to front,gilt title to spine, spine slightly rubbed, small identation to front. G+.

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Book number: 1692

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Whittier Poetry Works Poetical Warne Verse American Poet Haverhill 4497 Poetry

WIGNALL, MARY.

Intentions.

Privately published, nd. 0712500596. Collection of poetry, accompanied by photographs by the author. Mary Wignall (1912-1986) "was head of the Art Department of Sudbury Girls High School from 1962-1969, when she opened her own pottery, which ran successfully for eight years. Throughout her life she travelled extensively, spending some months in California. She exhibited in London, and throughout Great Britain, and in 1957 held an exhibition of paintings and wood carvings in Florida." Pp.112, occasional black & white photos throughout. Printed sheet, from The Mill House Gallery (Lavenham, Suffolk) detailing the author's life, Paperback with front illustration of tree bark by the author. VG.

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Book number: 38776

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Mary Wignall Intentions Poetry Photographs Poems Lavenham Suffolk 39685 Poetry

WILSON, ANGUS. (EDITOR).

East Anglia in Verse and Prose.

London: Secker & Warburg,1982. 0436576074. 1st edition. "A book of contrasts; between aristocratic households and rural villages; between the religious heart of the land and the bawdy irreverence of those who work it. Always present is a sense of history, of a world still touched by the memory of Boudicca, Cromwell, the Enclosures, a world of Roman and Anglo-Saxon invaders and modern defenders." Pp.x/101, occasional black & white illustrations and photos, gift message to front free endpaper, Brown cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed. G+/G+.

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Book number: 44597

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Angus Wilson East Anglia Verse Prose Suffolk Norfolk Cambridgeshire Walpole Woodforde Kemp Motion Doughty Marvell Byron Cowper Tennyson Bloomfield Dickens Ingelow Thomas Clare Brooke Watts 46078 Poetry