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Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940)

Author of News of the Devil

38+ Works 79 Members 1 Review

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Includes the names: WOLFE HUMBERT, Humbert ed Wolfe

Works by Humbert Wolfe

News of the Devil (1926) 7 copies

The uncelestial city (1930) 6 copies

Troy (1928) 4 copies

Shylock Reasons with Mr. Chesterton, and Other Poems (2020) 4 copies

Cursory Rhymes (1927) 4 copies

Snow: Poems (1931) 4 copies

Circular Saws (1923) 3 copies

London Sonnets (2015) 3 copies

This Blind Rose (1932) 3 copies

Requiem (1927) 3 copies

Lampoons 2 copies

GEORGE MOORE (1977) 2 copies

Dialogues and monologues (1970) 2 copies

The Unknown Goddess (1925) 2 copies

Humbert Wolfe 2 copies

Others Abide 2 copies

A Winter Miscellany 2 copies

Notes on English Verse Satire (1978) 2 copies

Kensington Gardens (1924) 2 copies

Silver Cat and Other Poems, The 2 copies

Out of Great Tribulation - New Poems (2007) 1 copy

Frederick William Harvey 1 copy

Circular Saws - Scholar's Choice Edition (2015) 1 copy

The Augustan Books of Poetry - Poems from the Greek No 64 (1932) 1 copy

Rare REQUIEM - George H. Doran Co, New York [Hardcover] Humbert Wolfe 1 copy

The Explorers 1 copy

Kensington Gardens in war-time 1 copy

Don J. Ewan 1 copy

Early Poems 1 copy

Humoresque (1926) 1 copy

The Augustan Books of Modern Poetry: Latin Anthology 1 copy

Poems from the Irish (1930) 1 copy

Portraits by inference 1 copy

Homage to Meleager 1 copy, 1 review

P.L.M.: People, Landfalls, Mountains 1 copy

Edward Thomas 1 copy

Neither Moon Nor Candle-Light: Selected Poems of Humbert Wolfe (2002) 1 copy

SIGNPOST TO POETRY; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF VERSE (1931) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Flowers of Evil (1857) — Translator, some editions — 9,009 copies, 90 reviews

The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Contributor — 129 copies, 1 review

The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick (1915) — Preface, some editions — 58 copies, 1 review

Poems of Magic and Spells (1960) — Contributor — 16 copies

Great Poets of the 20th Century: W.H. Auden (2008) — Contributor — 12 copies

Selected Lyrics of Heine: Translated with preface by Humbert Wolfe (1950) — Editor, some editions — 8 copies

The Greater Omnibus of Private Books — Translator — 2 copies

Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’, 1921–35. Together with Some Illustrations, etc. (1935) — Contributor — 2 copies

Round about Eight: Poems for Today (1972) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1885-01-05
Date of death: 1940-01-05
Gender: male
Education: Bradford Grammar School
University of Oxford (Wadham College)
Occupations: poet
man of letters
civil servant
Awards and honors: Order of the Bath (Companion)
Order of the British Empire (Commander)
Relationships: Frankau, Pamela (lover)
Nationality: Italy (birth)
UK (naturalized)
Birthplace: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Places of residence: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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Homage To Meleager by Humbert Wolfe

Limited edition of 464 copies, which this is copy no. 88, signed by the author

Humbert Wolfe, 1885-1940

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Works: 38
Also by: 9
Members: 79
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Rating: 4.2

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ISBNs: 16

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