Railway Rhymes by Peter Ashley - ISBN: 9781841597782
Hardcover
Poetry on rails: journey through verse, a timeless gift.

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  • Hardcover

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    15 January 2008

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Summary

A beautiful gift book for lovers of poetry and railways! The ideal Christmas present. Includes poets such as John Betjeman, Edward Thomas, Walter de la Mare, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, WH Auden, TS Eliot, Philip Larkin and many more.

Railway Rhymes is probably the first time that the poetry of railways has been brought together into one dedicated volume. Here will certainly be found the old favourites - Philip Larkin’s ‘Whitsun Weddings’, W.H. Auden’s ‘Night Mail’,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781841597782
ISBN-10:1841597783
Author:Peter Ashley
Publisher:Everyman
Imprint:Everyman's Library
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:15 January 2008
Weight:185g
Dimensions:166mm x 114mm x 15mm
Series:Everyman's Library POCKET POETS
About The Author

Peter Ashley

Peter Ashley is the author and photographer of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Unmitigated England, a record of his truly English passions, London Peculiars, More London Peculiars and Pastoral Peculiars. His love of stations and railway engineering was fully realised in Whistle Stops, an Everyman Pocket Book. He collaborated with Philip Wilkinson on books accompanying the BBC Restoration programmes and the ultimate guide to building types- The English Buildings Book. This year will see the publication of his More from Unmitigated England.

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