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A is for Ox, a short history of the alphabet
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- A short history of the western alphabet, starting with its earliest roots, Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs etc. A detailed explanation is given of the conceptual change from Logograms and Syllabograms (signs for words or syllables) to a true alphabetical script where each sign signifies a sound (ideally) invented by the…
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A Town like Alice
- £7.00
- A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner of World War II in Malaya, and after liberation emigrates to Australia…
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Ballades (French and English)
- £20.00
- François Villon (c. 1431 – c. 1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems. A limited edition (5000 on ordinary paper) of…
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Beowulf
- £25.00
- The Anglo-Saxon classic, probably written in the eighth century, which is one of the world's most famous epics. The story is retold in rhythmical and quick-paced prose. Introduction by Bruce Mitchell and lithographs by Virgil Burnett. 125 pages including genealogical tables and list of proper names.
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Bestiary, in the Bodleian Library
- £15.00
- Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library , Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated and introduced by Richard Barber.
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Bhowani Junction
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- The tensions and conflicts that accompanied the birth of modern India are grippingly evoked in John Masters' classic 'Bhowani Junction'. Set in the late 1940s and first published in 1954 in the wake of Partition, the novel has increased in stature over the years. 'Bhowani Junction', along with Masters' other…
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Brave New World
- £50.00
- EVERYONE BELONGS TO EVERYONE ELSE. Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is take your Soma pills. Discover…
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Brideshead Revisited, the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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- Brideshead Revisited is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World…
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Church Poems
- £25.00
- This volume gathers together all of Betjeman's "Church poems," as well as some new poems and others previously been out of print. John Betjeman enlarges any scene, not only into his own personal significances, but into those of us all, and never more so than in his Anglican explorations. In…
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Collected Poems 1909-1935
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- An early anthology of Eliot's poetry, published in this form in Faber paper covered editions in 1958.
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Collected Stories (Including May We Borrow Your Husband?, a Sense of Reality, Twenty-One Stories)
- £75.00
- From Greene's introduction: "The following three stories in this collection are published in book form for the the first time: The Blessing, Church Militant, Dear Dr Falkenheim." "Looking over these stories now which stretch in time from 1929 to the eve of the 1970's I am struck by an odd…
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Commenting and Commentaries
- £20.00
- First published in 1876, Banner of Truth republished this with an additional textual index to Spurgeon's sermons included. Spurgeon originally wrote this having reviewed between 3000 and 4000 volumes.
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Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine
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- Full title: Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light by Honor de Balzac. Short stories collected under the first, second and third decade. Dedicated by the translator to 'all who understand the spirit of humane laughter'.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: Selected Poems and Prose
- £30.00
- The poems in this edition follow the fourth edition of "The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins"; the prose follows the text of "Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Works." (OUP, 2002) with 1 b/w photograph (fpc) and 8 colour plates.
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Justification: the doctrine of Karl Barth and a catholic reflection
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- Hans Kung's groundbreaking study--acclaimed as a model for ecumenical discussion--has become a classic work. Looking at the doctrine of justification as understood by the Protestant theologian Karl Barth in comparison to classic Roman Catholic theology, Kung found that the two had similar ideas about the main elements of justification. He…
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A is for Ox, a short history of the alphabet
- £15.00
- A short history of the western alphabet, starting with its earliest roots, Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs etc. A detailed explanation is given of the conceptual change from Logograms and Syllabograms (signs for words or syllables) to a true alphabetical script where each sign signifies a sound (ideally) invented by the…
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A Town like Alice
- £7.00
- A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner of World War II in Malaya, and after liberation emigrates to Australia…
- Add to basket
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Ballades (French and English)
- £20.00
- François Villon (c. 1431 – c. 1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems. A limited edition (5000 on ordinary paper) of…
- Add to basket
-
Beowulf
- £25.00
- The Anglo-Saxon classic, probably written in the eighth century, which is one of the world's most famous epics. The story is retold in rhythmical and quick-paced prose. Introduction by Bruce Mitchell and lithographs by Virgil Burnett. 125 pages including genealogical tables and list of proper names.
- Add to basket
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Bestiary, in the Bodleian Library
- £15.00
- Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library , Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated and introduced by Richard Barber.
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Bhowani Junction
- £15.00
- The tensions and conflicts that accompanied the birth of modern India are grippingly evoked in John Masters' classic 'Bhowani Junction'. Set in the late 1940s and first published in 1954 in the wake of Partition, the novel has increased in stature over the years. 'Bhowani Junction', along with Masters' other…
- Add to basket
-
Brave New World
- £50.00
- EVERYONE BELONGS TO EVERYONE ELSE. Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is take your Soma pills. Discover…
- Add to basket
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Brideshead Revisited, the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
- £20.00
- Brideshead Revisited is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World…
- Add to basket
-
Church Poems
- £25.00
- This volume gathers together all of Betjeman's "Church poems," as well as some new poems and others previously been out of print. John Betjeman enlarges any scene, not only into his own personal significances, but into those of us all, and never more so than in his Anglican explorations. In…
- Add to basket
-
Collected Poems 1909-1935
- £20.00
- An early anthology of Eliot's poetry, published in this form in Faber paper covered editions in 1958.
- Add to basket
-
Collected Stories (Including May We Borrow Your Husband?, a Sense of Reality, Twenty-One Stories)
- £75.00
- From Greene's introduction: "The following three stories in this collection are published in book form for the the first time: The Blessing, Church Militant, Dear Dr Falkenheim." "Looking over these stories now which stretch in time from 1929 to the eve of the 1970's I am struck by an odd…
- Add to basket
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Commenting and Commentaries
- £20.00
- First published in 1876, Banner of Truth republished this with an additional textual index to Spurgeon's sermons included. Spurgeon originally wrote this having reviewed between 3000 and 4000 volumes.
- Add to basket
-
Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine
- £15.00
- Full title: Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light by Honor de Balzac. Short stories collected under the first, second and third decade. Dedicated by the translator to 'all who understand the spirit of humane laughter'.
- Add to basket
-
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Selected Poems and Prose
- £30.00
- The poems in this edition follow the fourth edition of "The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins"; the prose follows the text of "Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Works." (OUP, 2002) with 1 b/w photograph (fpc) and 8 colour plates.
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Justification: the doctrine of Karl Barth and a catholic reflection
- £15.00
- Hans Kung's groundbreaking study--acclaimed as a model for ecumenical discussion--has become a classic work. Looking at the doctrine of justification as understood by the Protestant theologian Karl Barth in comparison to classic Roman Catholic theology, Kung found that the two had similar ideas about the main elements of justification. He…
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