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1	Walden and Civil Disobedience: 150th Anniversary more books like this by Henry David Thoreau, W S Merwin (Introduction by) Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, WALDEN vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| SVS
2	Unframed Originals: Recollections more books like this by W S Merwin This is Merwin's memoir about growing up in a stern and dour Presbyterian family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Migration: New & Selected Poems more books like this by W S Merwin This definitive volume by one of America's greatest poets is essential for all poetry collections. see all copies from $16.30! new only from $16.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Folding Cliffs: A Narrative more books like this by W S Merwin Merwin's verse narrative tells the tale, set in 19th-century Hawaii, of a family that is forced to flee into the wilderness pursued by colonial government troops to avoid being sent to an internment camp for lepers. Merwin, who lives in Hawaii, knows his subject well, particularly the landscape of the islands, which he recreates in moving, ... see all copies from $2.78! new only from $9.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation more books like this by W S Merwin The classic medieval tale, translated by W. S. Merwin, tells the story of the green knight and his appalling challenge, and the way it is answered by a young knight in Arthur's court. see all copies from $3.96! new only from $14.66! \| first editions
6	Travels more books like this by W S Merwin This series of 49 unpunctuated poems, Merwin's 19th collection, includes narratives based on the lives of such historical personages as Rimbaud, the explorer Cordova, the naturalist David Douglas, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions more books like this by Maurice Manning, W. S. Merwin (Foreword by) Winner of the 2000 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, this collection documents the allegorical wanderings of the fictional character Lawrence Booth as he travels through the deep south in a landscape rich with history and even richer with symbolic meaning. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $12.22! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The River Sound: Poems more books like this by W. S. Merwin Merwin's 18th book of poetry concentrates on landscape, and also includes "Lament for the Makers", a memorial poem to poets who have influenced him, and "Testimony", an autobiographical poem incorporating a poetic last will and testament. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. see all copies from $4.48! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Song of Roland more books like this by W S Merwin (Translator) The greatest surviving medieval French epic, The Song of Roland chronicles the deeds and doings of the valiant Roland, nephew to Charlemagne, who fights to his death against the Saracens. Against the bloody backdrop of the struggle between Christianity and Islam, The Song of Roland remains a vivid portrayal of medieval life and ideals, of knightly ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Purgatorio: A New Verse Translation more books like this by Dante Alighieri, W S Merwin (Translator) In what may be his most ambitious project to date, Merwin has translated, in verse, the central section of Dante's "Divine ComedyQPurgatorio, " a journey up the Mountain of Purgatory, where souls are cleansed in preparation for their ultimate ascent to heaven. see all copies from $6.69! new only from $8.73! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Second Four Books of Poems more books like this by W. S. Merwin W.S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and has translated from French, Spanish, Latin and Portugese. He has published more than a dozen volumes of orignal poetry and several volumes of prose. Mr. Merwin has been awarded the Tanning Prize, the ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $11.86! \| signed copies \| SVS
12 view cover	Selected Poems more books like this by W S Merwin (William Stanley) One hundred poems from his vast oeuvre, chosen by Merwin himself. The selection enables the reader to follow the evolution of Merwin's style, and it showcases the enormous range of his interests, including mythology, time and memory, family concerns, animals, and the threat of nuclear and ecological disaster. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight more books like this by W S Merwin (Translator) A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text. It is the height of Christmas and New Year's revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthur's court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $8.80! \| first editions \| SVS
14	The carrier of ladders more books like this by W. S. Merwin see all copies from $4.33! new only from $14.90! \| signed copies
15 view cover	The First Four Books of Poems more books like this by W S Merwin Half RoundelFor the spoilt season, The weed of Eden. Save us the green In the weed of time. Now is November; In night uneasy Nothing I say. Save us from the water That washes us away. What do I ponder? All smiled disguise, Lights in cold places, Save us from air That wears us loosely. The leaf of summer To cold has come In little time. From ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam more books like this by Osip Mandelstam, W S Merwin (Introduction by), Clarence Brown (Introduction by) Osip Mandelstam is a central figure not only in modern Russian but in world poetry, the author of some of the most haunting and memorable poems of the twentieth century. A contemporary of Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetayeva, and Boris Pasternak, a touchstone for later masters such as Paul Celan and Robert Lowell, Mandelstam was a crucial instigator ... see all copies from $7.02! new only from $9.08! \| SVS
17	The Miner's Pale Children more books like this by W. S. Merwin A collection of prose parables. see all copies from $2.95! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Present Company more books like this by W S Merwin "The intentions of Merwin's poetry are as broad as the biosphere yet as intimate as a whisper. He conveys in the sweet simplicity of grounded language a sense of the self where it belongs, floating between heaven, earth, and underground."-"The Atlantic Monthly" "W.S. Merwin is our strongest poet."-"The New York Times Review of Books" In this new ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $10.54! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	In parenthesis : seinnyessit e gledyf ym penn mameu. more books like this by David Jones "This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of": with quiet modesty, David Jones begins a work that is among the most powerful imaginative efforts to grapple with the carnage of the First World War, a book celebrated by W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot as one of the masterpieces of modern literature. Fusing poetry and prose, gutter ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $9.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Lament for the Makers more books like this by W S Merwin A 208-line poem about Merwin's mentors and influences is accompanied by a poem from each of these inspirational figures, a photograph, and a small obituary. Patterned on a memorial work by 16th century poet William Dunbar, "Lament for the Makers" includes entries from Robert Frost, Sylvia Plath, Theodore Roethke, and James Merrill, among others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	Houses and Travellers more books like this by W S Merwin Prose narratives by the poet W. S. Merwin. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $54.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	Opening the Hand: Poems more books like this by W S Merwin see all copies from $6.88! signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Ends of the Earth more books like this by W S Merwin These essays by the W. S. Merwin cover a variety of subjects, including his love of his Hawaiian home, his sojourns in Greece, his fascination with monasteries and travel stories, and an extensive and poignant memoir of the Nation magazine publisher George Kirstein. Merwin is an award-winning poet, but it is obvious from this prose collection--his ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $6.65! \| first editions
24	The Lost Upland: Stories of Southwest France more books like this by W S Merwin Technically short stories, these three pieces are heavily autobiographical evocations of the fading agricultural world of the Dordogne, where Merwin lived for many years. Selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the nine best books of 1992. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes more books like this by W S Merwin (Translator) Spain has produced two books that changed world literature: "Don Quixote" and "Lazarillo de Tormes," the first picaresque novel ever written and the inspired precursor to works as various as "Vanity Fair" and "Huckleberry Finn," Banned by the Spanish Inquisition after publication in 1554, Lazarillo was soon translated throughout Europe, where it ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $6.13! \| first editions \| SVS

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