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Poet in the making : the notebooks of Dylan Thomas

Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953); Maud, Ralph (1928-)

1968

Bibliography: page [351].

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Out of battle : the poetry of the Great War

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1978

Originally published: 1972.

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The life of the late William Cowper, esq

Hayley, William (1745-1820)

1803

Abridged edition. Russell's "Bibliography of William Cowper", 351, p. 254.

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1975-1996

312 items of correspondence covering the period 1975-1996, relating to the publication of Crossley-Holland's 'The Norse Myths'. Includes letters to and from publishers André Deutsch, Penguin, Simon &...

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Francis Hueffer

c. 2 Dec 1873

'Dear Hüffer/I send on the last proofs today to Tauchnitz, unless indeed you are sending me a revise of the Memoir...'

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A collection of all the dialogues written by Mr. Thomas Brown: one of them entituled, Democratici Vapulantes, being a dialogue between Julian, and others, was never before printed. To which are added, his translations and imitations of several odes of Horace, of Martial's epigrams, &c

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1704

Pages 71-94, 199-201, 257-266, 313-315, and 351-352, carrying the prefaces to the Dialogues 2-6 respectively, are numbered in Roman. Page 351 is wrongly numbered cccxlix, and there are other irregul...

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Cæsarion, or, Historical, political, and moral discourses : in four days entertainment between two gentlemen, very pleasant and useful for all orders of men whatsoever

Saint-Réal M. l'abbé de (1639-1692); Walker, Joseph C (1810)

1685

Marginal notes. Joseph Walker's name foots the dedication.

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The first ode of the first book of Horace. Inscribed to the Earl of Chesterfield

Orrery, John Boyle Earl of (1707-1762); Horace; Stanhope, Philip Dormer 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

1741

By Orrery, in imitation of Horace's work. Foxon B352: 'the precedence of London [B351] and Dublin editions is not clear'. Parallel Latin (selected lines only) and English texts. Faulkner's adver...

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This business of living : diaries, 1935-1950

Pavese, Cesare (1908-1950)

1980

This translation originally published: as 'The burning brand', New York : Walker, 1961; and as 'This business of living'. London : P. Owen, 1961. - Translation of: 'Il mestiere di vivere', Toronto : E...

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The fatal legacy : a tragedy

Robe, Jane (fl. 1723); Racine, Jean (1639-1699)

1723

"The first four acts are taken chiefly from Racine [La Thébaïde]; but the last is (excepting a few lines) entirely new"--Dedication. Written by Jane Robe; cf. Nicoll, A. A hist. of Eng. drama, 166...

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