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Golden Treasury : The Best of Classic English Verse, Hardcover by Palgrave, Francis Turner (EDT); Duffy, Carol Ann (FRW), ISBN 1509888764, ISBN-13 9781509888764, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Designed to appeal to th lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library ars to love and treasure. The Golden Treasury is one of the best loved anthologies of English poetry ever published. Th was meticulously compiled by poet and scholar, Francis Turner Palgrave, in collaboration with Alfred Tennyson, who was then poet laureate. It’s arranged chronologically into four books which each celebrate a different era in the evolution of English poetry. All the greats are here from Shakespeare and Milton, Marvell and Pope, Wordsworth and Keats. First published in 1861 it became the standard anthology for over 100 years. This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition includes a foreword by poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, and is published to mark Macmillan’s 175th anniversary.