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The Politics of Nature: William Wordsworth and some contemporaries
Nicholas Roe
£20.99
Taking into account developments in historical and ecological criticism, and incorporating fresh research into poetry and politics in the 1790s, this second edition enlarges and updates Roes study of Romanticism.
Published by :
Palgrave
Published date :
2002
Format :
Paperback.
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The Prelude: A Parallel Text
William Wordsworth
£8.99
This volume contains the 1805-6 and 1850 versions of this great autobiographical poem.
Published by :
Penguin
Published date :
1986
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Paperback.
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The Prelude: The 1805 Text
William Wordsworth
£8.99
An autobiographical poem, subtitled Growth of a Poets Mind.
Published by :
Oxford
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Paperback.
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The Prelude: The Four Texts (1798, 1799, 1805 1850)
Jonathan Wordsworth (ed)
£9.99
This new edition contains the brief first draft, Was It For This, from 1798, the two books of The Prelude completed in 1799, and the text in its 1805 and 1850 versions.The editor, Jonathan Wordsworth, provides an invaluable introduction to the texts.
Published by :
Penguin
Published date :
1995
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Paperback.
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The Pyrates
George MacDonald Fraser
£8.99
Another bestseller from the Carlisle author. An hilarious and over-the-top story - with tall ships and desert islands, gallant adventurers and glamorous heroines, buried treasure and dungeons, duels, escapes, savage rituals, and tender romance.
Published by :
HarperCollins
Published date :
1996
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Paperback.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
£8.95
One of the greatest and most evocative narrative poems in English.
Published by :
Dover
Published date :
1970
Format :
Large paperback.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
£1.25
One of the great narrative poems in English, the title poem can be enjoyed here along with over 20 other poems in this inexpensive edition.
Published by :
Dover
Published date :
1992
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Paperback.
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The Season Ticket
Jonathan Tulloch
£6.99
The funny, sad and utterly convincing story of Sewell and Gerry and their quest for a season ticket to see their beloved Newcastle United.
Published by :
Vintage
Published date :
2000
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Paperback.
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The Secret Valley: The Real Romance of Unconquered Lakeland
Nicholas Size
£8.00
The Secret Vally tells the story of how the people of Lakeland held out for half a century against the Norman conquerors. The headquarters of the resistance were in a hidden location, the upper part of the valley which contains Crummock Water and Buttermere. The historical facts concerning Lakeland in the Norman period are scant, and Size has therefore written his book in the form of a historical novel.
Published by :
Llanerch
Published date :
1996
Format :
Paperback.
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The Water Garden
Sally E. Dalglish
£9.99
This is an illustrated anthology of poetry with water being the common theme. All royalties from this book will be donated to WaterAid, which is dedicated to the provision of safe domestic water to the worlds poorest people.
Published by :
Authors Online
Published date :
2004
Format :
Paperback.
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The Works of William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
£2.99
A full edition of Wordsworths poetry, including The Prelude.
Published by :
Wordsworth Editions
Published date :
1994
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Paperback.
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Thomas Denton: A Perambulation of Cumberland 1687-8
Angus Winchester; Mary Wane (eds)
£50.00
This is the most detailed surviving description of Cumberland in the 17th century. It includes contemporary detail for almost every parish and township in the county, concerning land tenure, estate valuations, population estimates, descriptions of
Published by :
Boydell Press
Published date :
2003
Format :
Hardback.
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Thomas Gray's Journal of his Visit to the Lake District in October 1769
William Roberts (ed)
£11.95
One of the earliest and finest essays in travel-writing in English, Thomas Grays journal is frequently quoted but has never been published as a separate work. The journal captures for us the freshness of the first discovery of the Lake District.
Published by :
Liverpool University Press
Published date :
2001
Format :
Paperback.
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Through the Pages of My Life and My Encounters with Beatrix Potter
Willow Taylor
£11.99
An affectionate and informative short biography of the much loved author and countrywoman.
Published by :
Beatrix Potter Society
Published date :
2000
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Paperback.
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Tibet's Secret Mountain
Chris Bonington; Charles Clarke
£7.99
The story of the authors attempts to reach the summit of the Great White Snow God and how the 22,800 ft secret mountian rejected them, but as they say, "only just".
Published by :
Phoenix
Published date :
2000
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Paperback.
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Traces - New Writings from the Pennines
Maureen Lawrence
£10.00
Traces is a new anthology featuring over 30 poems, stories, impressions and recollections from people across the rural areas of Lancashire and the North Pennines.
Published by :
Hayloft
Published date :
October 2007
Format :
200mm x 240mm
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Treasures of the Wordsworth Trust
Robert Woof
£20.00
Treasures of the Wordsworth Trust was published to celebrate the opening of the Jerwood Centre by Seamus Heaney in June 2005. It gives a selection of one hundred items from the Trust's collections of books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings and engravings that have been bulit up since the Trust's foundation in 1891.
Published by :
Wordsworth Trust
Published date :
2005
Format :
Large Paperback
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Unto This Last
John Ruskin
£6.99
A facsimile edition to mark the centenary of the death of John Ruskin. A collection of four essays on the first principles of political economy.
Published by :
Hendon Publishing
Published date :
2000
Format :
Small paperback.
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Unto This Last and other writings
John Ruskin
£11.99
The most influential art theorist and critic of his age, an outstanding man of letters, a sensitive painter and draughtsman, Ruskin's social criticism shocked and angered the establishment and many of his admirers. First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto This Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period.
Published by :
Penguin
Published date :
1997
Format :
Paperback.
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Unwritten Lives
Kathleen Jones
£3.75
Poems include Unwritten Lives, The Fell Gate, Private View, Uncle John, Alone at Night, On Leaving Children and An Emphasis of Want, dedicated to Christina Rosetti.
Published by :
Redbeck Press
Published date :
1994
Format :
Paperback.
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W.H. Auden: Pennine Poet
Alan Myers; Robert Forsythe
£3.50
Published by :
North Pennines Heritage Trust
Published date :
1999
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Paperback.
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William Wordsworth
Ronald Sands
£2.99
A short history of the poets life, richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, with selected poems.
Published by :
Pitkin Pictorials
Published date :
1997
Format :
Large paperback.
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
£2.00
Edited by Stephen Logan, this collection of selected poetry also includes a chronology of Wordsworths life and times, a note on the text and a short note on Wordsworth himself.
Published by :
Everyman
Published date :
1998
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Paperback.
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William Wordsworth: Favorite Poems
William Wordsworth
£0.95
An unabridged selection of 39 poems, all written between 1798 and 1806, the period for which the most influential of the English Romantic poets is best remembered.
Published by :
Dover
Published date :
1992
Format :
Paperback.
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William Wordsworth: Selected Poems
William Wordsworth
£7.99
A collection of some of Wordsworths greatest poems, including Lyrical Ballads and over half of the magnificent Prelude.
Published by :
Penguin
Published date :
1994
Format :
Paperback.
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