Book Binding Course ‘Printing Presses and Private Collectors’ (advanced) – 29, 30 August 2020

Daniel Albright’s edition of Yeats’s poems is the most scholarly available. Not only are the poems newly edited to present a close approximation to the ‘sacred book’ Yeats hoped to bequeath to the world, but they are accompanied by detailed explanatory notes and a long introductory essay which help make accessible the work of a poet who pushed imagination to its outer limits yet disciplined his images by confining them to strict lyrical forms.

Now available in a unique hand bound version.

A selection of song lyrics and poems from the long and influential career of one of the most acclaimed and admired poet-songwriters in the world. For more than half a century, Leonard Cohen’s music and poetry have made him an international cult figure, transcending genres and generations. Here is a fascinating cross-section of his work, including such legendary songs as ‘Suzanne’, ‘Sisters of Mercy’, ‘Bird on the Wire’, ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ and ‘I’m Your Man’ and searingly memorable poems from many collections including Flowers for Hitler, Beautiful Losers and Death of a Lady’s Man. Encompassing the erotic and the melancholy, the sacred and the secular, the mystical and the sardonic, this volume showcases a writer of remarkable passion, humour and depth.

Now available in a unique hand bound version.