The Love Poems

The Love Poems (1990) by Ovid – Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192821942 | Condition: Good | Ex-School Copy from Croham Hurst School

Once upon a classroom in Croham Hurst School, this very volume of The Love Poems by Ovid sat quietly on a desk, enduring the doodles of daydreamers, the underlines of over-enthusiastic students, and perhaps the occasional sigh of someone wishing they were outside instead of conjugating Latin verbs. And now—having survived chalk dust, homework panic, and the intellectual stampede of teenage scholars—it has made its way to Crappy Old Books, where we specialise in rehoming slightly world-weary but utterly charming tomes.

This 1990 Oxford University Press edition comes in good condition—which in Crappy Old Books language means: “It’s not pristine, but it’s still standing tall and perfectly readable, like a wise old professor with a scuffed elbow patch.” Expect a sturdy binding, pages that have known the gentle turning of time, and possibly faint traces of its scholastic past. Don’t worry—Ovid’s verses are still as intoxicating as ever, whether you’re in it for the myth, the metre, or the mischief.

Inside you’ll find Ovid at his most playful, writing of love, longing, and general Roman flirtation—proof that two thousand years ago, people were just as hopeless, cheeky, and delightfully dramatic about romance as they are today. This isn’t just a book; it’s a piece of academic history, with Croham Hurst School whispering through its margins.

So, if you’ve ever wanted to impress someone at a dinner party with the line “I’m currently re-reading Ovid’s Love Poems in a battered ex-school copy from Croham Hurst,” this is your chance. Own it, read it, cherish it—or simply let it sit on your shelf radiating classical cool.

From the hallowed halls of education to your slightly less hallowed bedside table—this copy has seen things, taught things, and is now ready to fall in love with you.

This is an ex-school book from Croham Hurst School and Old Palace school in Croydon.

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