William Barnes

Paperback / softback. New. William Barnes was born in 1801 near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, of a farming family. He learned Greek, Latin and Music, taught himself wood-engraving, and in 1823 became a schoolmaster in Mere. Among his best-known books of poetry are "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect" (1844) and "Hwomely Rhymes" (1859).

Wimborne: The Dovecote Press, 1998. Reprint in soft cover format, 8vo, 244pp, introduced and selected by Chris Wrigley, card covers; VG Copy. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dorset : Dovecote, 2003. 4th Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Dovecote Press Paperbacks. Physical description: xii, 244p. : ill. ; 22cm. Subjects: Barnes, William (1801-1886). Dorset (England) in literature.

Carcanet Press. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A nice association copy; part of the library of American poet and critic William Matchett, with his notation on the front endpaper that it was a gift from Robert Gittings, Thomas Hardy scholar. (Hardy discovered and popuarized Barnes's work). A Very Good copy. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, toning to pages, foxing to… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Carcanet Press, January 1988. Soft Cover. Very Good. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

Oxford: Fyfield Books, 1972. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket as Published. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine. Foxing to page edges. (POETRY)

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Oxford, England: 1972: Fyfield Books, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1972 Softcover. Tight copy w/light smudging and wear to cover and extremities, very clean and free from markings/marginalia within. Very Good.

Faber and Faber, 2007. Paperback. New. 144 pages. 7.80x4.72x0.39 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.