John Masefield: 41 books

“I’m Satan, newly come from hell…” On the first page of John Masefield’s The Everlasting Mercy, the poet rhymed ‘whored’ with ‘Lord’. The work caused a literary sensation. This was a strange beginning for a future poet laureate of Great Britain. Masefield’s...

The Best Works of John Masefield Jim Davis John M. Synge A Few Personal King Cole Martin Hyde On the Spanish Main Right Royal The Old Front Line William Shakespeare

John Edward Masefield, OM (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including "The...

Few accounts of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign are as famous as that of John Masefield, and justly so, for so few have captured the danger, death and heroism on the Peninsula. He saw service as a Red Cross orderly in France and sought to alleviate the plight of the soldier and volunteered his services...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Daffodil Fields. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by John Masefield,...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Everlasting Mercy. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by John Masefield,...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Widow in the Bye Street. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by John...

Many chronicles have been written about life at sea, but few, if any, can compare with John Masefield’s masterpiece, On The Spanish Main. It can be found on countless lists of the finest literary works of all time, and is one of his major achievements. Masefield's familiar association with...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Story of a Round-House and Other Poems. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important...

CONTENTS H. W. COLLINGWOOD 1. Indian Pete's Christmas Gift HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 2. The Fir-Tree HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 3. The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 4. The Little Match Girl HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 5. Betty's Bright Idea HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 6. Christmas In Poganuc...

Sale with the iconic pirate-villains and outlaws, experience great sea adventures and dangerous treasure hunts! You will find it all in this passionately edited collection: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini) Sea Hawk (Sabatini) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces...

This stark little volume, orignally published in 1922, is Masefield's tribute to his deceased friend Charles Daniel, a former provost of Worcester College, Oxford. Based on a dream of the poet's, it consists of a 168 line poem accompanied by four striking illustrations by Masefield's eighteen-year-old daughter Judith.

This romance of the Spanish Main, set in the 17th century, was Masefield's first novel.  A contemporary review in the Observer noted:  "His style is crisp, curt and vigorous.  He has the Stevensonian sea-swagger, the Stevensonian sense of beauty and poetic spirit.  Mr. Masefield's descriptions ring true and his characters carry conviction."

The Midnight Folk introduces readers to Kay Harker, the orphaned boy who is also the hero of John Masefield’s classic Christmas fantasy, The Box of Delights. Kay lives in a vast old country house, and is looked after by an unpleasant duo: the oily and egregious Sir Theopompous and the petulant and...