About this title: Using the poet's native Italian landscapes, Gilbert Highet recreates these poets "in situ" to evoke the essence of their work. His translations summon a land enchanted by presences - from Horace's beloved Tivoli to Ovid in the Abruzzi. Highet lets each poet tell his own story - their pleasures and agonies, passions and hates and above all their ...
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperbachk
Publisher: Penguin, London
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tal8l Ex-Library Tightly bound with contents clean and bright, good overall condition, we post daily from our UK warehouse, if you have any questions or require images then please don't hesitate to contact us for an immediate courteous response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
Date Published: 1960
Description: Dust jacket in fair condition. Binding loose. Front endpaper has been removed. Illsutrated. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy., 650grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by Penguin in 1959. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PELICAN
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by Pelican in 1959. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Cloth
Date Published: 1957
Description: Good. No Jacket. Binding G, Edge & shelf wear. Corners bumped. Binding soiled. Book smells musty. Former owners name in ink on FFE. No DJ. Personal Name: Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978. Main Title: Poets in a landscape. Edition Information: 2nd Printing. Published/Created: New York, Knopf, 1957. Description: 267 p. illus. 25 cm. Subjects: Latin poetry--History and criticism. Poets, Latin--Homes and haunts. Landscape in literature. Rome--Intellectual life. Rome--In literature. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PELICAN
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by PELICAN in 1959, 270 pages, reprint, paperback, medium size, wear to edges, internally good. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1959, 270 pages, paperback, medium size, paperback, covers good, internally good, boards good, with photographs. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1959, paperback, medium size. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1959, paperback, small size. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by PENGUIN BOOKS in 1959, 270 pages, paperback, small size, wear to edges, without inscription, black & white plates, index, front hinge weak. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS
Date Published: 1959
Description: Published by PENGUIN BOOKS in 1959, 270 pages, paperback, small size, wear to edges, corners bumped, black & white plates, index, some ink annotations. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, edgewear to dj with chips, tears and tonning. 267 p. illus. 25 cm. Includes Illustrations. read more
Description: Good. 0394440714 Dust jacket missing. Some wear to hardcovers and corners of pages. Tanning to pages. Otherwise binding tight, pages clean and crisp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Date Published: 1957
Description: Good. CLOTH HARDBACK in a worn and lightly chipped dust jacket. Clean and sound with some reading wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
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