About this title: Alfred Noyes's famous poem still has the power to thrill us as we read the story of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord's black-eyed daughter. Charles Keeping's stunning illustrations won this book the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1982. The paperback is now reissued with a new cover.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 1553374258 This book is gently used. May have very minor scuffs or shelf wear, but otherwise clean and tight. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! read more
Description: Good. 1553374258 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781554533848ISBN:1554533848
Description: Kimber, Murray. New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Visions in Poetry. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781554533848ISBN:1554533848
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kids Can Pr, Tonawanda, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781553374251ISBN:1553374258
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover has marks, minor edgewear-Stickers on FPD-Few marks-Very light wear, almost new apart from these flaws. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kids Can Pr, Tonawanda, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781553374251ISBN:1553374258
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover has marks, minor edgewear, bumping-Stickers on FPD-Few marks, stamp residue on FFEP-Very light wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kids Can Pr, Tonawanda, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781553374251ISBN:1553374258
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover has marks, minor edgewear-Stickers on FPD-Few marks-Very light wear, almost new apart from these flaws. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kids Can Pr, Tonawanda, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781553374251ISBN:1553374258
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover has marks, minor edgewear-Stickers on FPD-Few marks-Very light wear, almost new apart from these flaws. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Kids Can Pr
Date Published: 2009-04-01
ISBN-13:9781554533848ISBN:1554533848
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781554533848. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 1999-09-23
ISBN-13:9780192723703ISBN:0192723707
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780192723703. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780192723703ISBN:0192723707
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: None Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall Inc, New Jersey
Date Published: 1969
Description: Riswold. Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR WITH SMALL TEAR TO EDGES AND LIGHTLY SOILED. ILLUSTRATED CLOTH COVER, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: KCP Poetry
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781553374251ISBN:1553374258
Description: Kimber, Murray. New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Visions in Poetry. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kids Can Pr
Date Published: 2005-04-01
ISBN-13:9781553374251ISBN:1553374258
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781553374251. read more
"Excellent short story... I had read it in college but read it again today. A great example of what literature is supposed to look, sound, and feel like."
"The poem is always a beautiful, tragic classic. However, I have to specifically point out the illustrations for isbn 0688021174 by Charles Mikolaycak (unfortunately out of print). This particular rendering of the poem features stunning black and white images accompanied by the sole color red to highlight important areas. You'll find the red-coats, of course, in red, as well as Bess's ribbon and other major highlights. The effect is really beautiful. If you have the opportunity to pick this version up, certainly do so."
"I couldn't find the edition I really wanted, and this one they say was the closest match. This book is apparently out of print and hard to find. My version was published in 1983 by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard books and illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak.
I forgot how much I love this poem. It's so romantic and heartbreaking to read (though you really must read it out loud). Plus the illustrations are amazing. It is the story of the Highwayman, a robber, who is in love with as she is with him, Bess the landlord's daughter. She is a lovely raven-haired beauty and she sacrifices herself to save her love the Highwayman, once the British soldiers realize that she is his lover and try to spring a trap to catch him. Even though you know the Highwayman is a robber, you find yourself rooting for him to beat the Redcoats and come back to his love. But alas, both of them are killed."
"I absolutely love The Highwayman poem, and the illustratins in the book, although more modern then the original setting, provides a neat take on the poem."
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