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POETRY BOOK SOCIETY. 1986-1990. Ed. J BARKER et al
with POETRY BOOK SOCIETY ANTHOLOGIES
New Series, Nos 1 & 2. 1990 & 1991.
All poems are first printings or first bookform including those from G Greene,
P Larkin, S Heaney, T Hughes, R S Thomas, S Spender & most other contemporary poets. Neat fine in original stiff wraps. 6 volumes. £48.00

POETRY BOOK SOCIETY. THE FIRST 25 YEARS. 1954-1978.
Ed. E W White. 1979. Dw. Facs of Auden poems & list of P B S Choice & Recommendations for the stated period. First book form of articles by poets relating totheir books, the Society choices by E Jennings, J Betjeman, T Hughes, K Raine, S Spender, R Graves, R Fuller, E Muir, Roethke, W H Auden, V Watkins, L MacNeice, G Barker, E Blunden, G Hill,T Gunn, S Heaney, C Causley, P Larkin, R S Thomas.) £8.00

THIRTY YEARS OF THE POETRY BOOK SOCIETY. 1956-1986.
Ed. JONATHAN BAKER. 1988. Dw. Introduced by B Morrison. A Selection of the poems which have appeared in the annual antholgies over the past 30 years-available for the first time in book formo.. (R S Thomas, P Larkin.....) £8.00

POETRY BOOK SOCIETY ANTHOLOGY. 1986/87. Ed. J BARKER. 1987. Includes poems previously unpublished in book form. (M Hamburger, S Heaney, T Hughes, P Larkin, N MacCaig, P Porter, Craig Raine, Jeremy Reed, Carol Rumens, C Tomlinson, D Abse, G Barker, A Browjohn, C Causley, D J Enright, G Ewart, J Fuller, R Fuller, W S Graham, G Greene-3 poems,etc. Original wraps. £8.00

POETRY BOOK SOCIETY BULLETIN together with sundry correspondence giving details of the years programs. Bulletins from May 1958 – Spring 93. Nos. 18-20, 24, 27, 31, 33-35, 38, 39, 56-103, 109, 112, 115, 20, 122, 134-141, 143, 145, 156.
(L MacNeice, Austin Clarke, G Grigson, R Church, M Baldwi, R Graves, K Nott,
J Betjeman, T Kinsella, R Fuller, D Abse, V Scannell, P Redgrove, R Kell, J Silkin, P Levi, R S Thomas, A S J Tessimond, P Beer, D O'Driscoll, R Peadingm G Ewart, P Shuttle, C Rumens, M Hamburger, A Stevenson, C Tomlinson, Craig Raine, A Thwaite, D Mahon, G MacBeth, N Nicholson, M Longley, S Heaney, T Tiller, etc.) £250.00

No.20. Nov 1958. Kathleen Nott writes about New Poems 1958-the Christmas Choice. £3.00

No.64. Spring 1970. W S Graham writes about M Mooney's Land – the Spring Choice. £3.00

No.72. Spring 1972. W Plomer writes about his poetry in his book, “Celebrations”; A Ridler on her book, “Some Time After.” £3.00

No.75. Christmas 1972. Stewart Conn writes about An Ear to the Ground-Christmas Choice. Wayne Brown & Charles Tomlinson also write about their poetry. £3.00

No.96. Spring 1978. Peter Porter writes about his poetry-the main choice, as do C Tomlinson& Jeffrey Wainwright. £3.00

No.103. Christmas 1979. M Longley, D Mahon & Craig Raine all write about their work. £3.00

No.141. Summer 1989. G Ewart , R Johnstone, E Boland , M Schmidt - all write about their work. £3.00

POETRY SUPPLEMENTS. Poetry Book Society. 1957-1981, 1984-1985.
A Series of 29 booklets of previously unpublished poems together with 3 check lists for 1963, 1957 & 1959 edited individually by D Abse, P Larkin, C Osborne, A Ross, D Davie, R & J Fuller, I Hamilton, W S Merwin, P Dickinson, E W White, V Watkins, et al Poems by J Heath-Stubbs, W H Auden, T Roethke, T Hughes, J Holloway, J Silkin, David Jones, C Causley, J Cotton, L Whistler, S Goodsir Smith, E Blunden, T Kinsella, R Creeley, P Redgrove, A Brownjohn, P Porter,
J Mole, G MacBeth, G Ewart, C A Duffy, A Brownjohn, etc. £240.00

INDIVIDUAL SUPPLEMENTS:-

LANDMARKS AND VOYAGES. 1957. Ed. V WATKINS.
(W H Auden, L Lee, David Jones, F Cornford, T Roethke, A Ridler, C A Trypanis, T Hughes, etc.) £5.00

POETRY SUPPLEMENT. 1958. Ed. P DICKINSON. (F Cornford, L Whistler, A S J Tessimond, Stevie Smith, J Holloway, P Beer, H Summers, D Witherby, etc.) £5.00

EIGHT POETS. 1968. Ed. Ian HAMILTON. (A Brownjohn, D Harsent, D Davie , C Falck, J Fuller, M Fried, A Thwaite, J Stallworthy. ) £5.00

POEMS FOR 84. Published by the Poetry Society, National Poetry Centre.
(P McGough, P Porter, E Morgan, D M Thomas, W Cope, A Brownjohn, G Macbeth, G Ewart, J Heath-Stubbs, J Jospeh, C Causley, K Crossley-Holland,
P Regrove, D Abse, J Silkin, J Berry, etc.) Original wraps. £5.00

POET'S WORKSHOP. Readings held by The Poetry Society.
Printed for private circulation only as some material is in an "unfinished form. "
April-July 1969. (G MacBeth, J Carey, J O Fuller, R Hobdell, J Cartland, etc. ) £6.00
Jan -March 1970. (G Wightman, M Booth, R Bennett, A Baird, G Mayer, T Clark, etc.) £6.00

P.S. 1976. Ed. Padraic MACANNA. A current anthology of poetry published by The Reform Movement of The Poetry Society to counterbalance the Poetry Review, which they considered too influenced by a clique led by Eric Mottram and Bob Cobbing. Contributors include C Rumens, J Carey, V West, etc. 56pp. Very good in original wraps. £6.00

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