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- At the age of 45, Bill Drummond is less concerned with setting the record straight as making sure it revolves at the correct speed. Whether he's recording 'Justified and Ancient' with Tammy Wynette; contemplating the dull lunacy of the Turner prize; resisting the urge to paint landscapes; or glorying in…
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A Brief History of the Great Moghuls: India’s Most Flamboyant Rulers
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- A paperback edition of a book, previously published in 1971 by Cape, recounting the history of the six Moghul emperors who ruled India for nearly two hundred years. Contains 52 colour pages and 78 black and white illustrations.
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A Holy Commonwealth (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
- £45.00
- A Holy Commonwealth was written in 1659 by the Puritan minister Richard Baxter (1615Ð91), and proved to be the most controversial of all his works. He publicly repudiated it in 1670, and in 1683 the Oxford University authorities ordered it to be part of a book-burning that included the works…
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A Passage to India (Folio Society)
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- Folio edition of Forster's classic: A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India depicts the fate of individuals caught in the great political and cultural conflicts of their age. It begins when Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian…
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A Small Town in Germany
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- West Germany in the 1960s is a simmering cauldron of radical protests. Amid the turmoil Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than forty Confidential embassy files. Alan Turner of the Foreign Office must travel to Bonn to recover them. As…
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A Spy’s London
- £45.00
- In 'this remarkable book' (as intelligence historian Nigel West describes it in his Foreword), the reader will be struck by the vibrancy of history made real. Author Roy Berkeley has gone behind the facades of ordinary buildings, in the city that West calls 'the espionage capital of the World', to…
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A Town like Alice
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- 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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A Visit to Grandpa’s and Other Stories
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- Thomas's paternal grandparents, Anne and Evan Thomas, lived at The Poplars in Johnstown, just outside Carmarthen. Anne was the daughter of William Lewis, a gardener in the town. She had been born and brought up in Llangadog, as had her father, who is thought to be "Grandpa" in Thomas's short…
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Aesop’s Fables. (Arthur Rackham SIGNED)
- £1,200.00
- "The peculiar secret of Rackham's success in seizing upon the essence of the human and portraying it in animal form, which is after all the basic device of the morality, is unwittingly touched upon in Chesterton's delightful introduction to the 1912 edition of Aesop's Fables: 'There can be no good…
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Agents and Patients
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- Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for FreudÑsuch are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds his comedies on the foibles of British high society between…
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Agents and Patients
- £60.00
- Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for FreudÑsuch are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds his comedies on the foibles of British high society between…
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Asparagus (SIGNED by Mim Hain)
- £100.00
- This special edition of one of TS Eliot's Cats (Gus the Cat at the Theatre Door) book was never offered for general sale. A limited edition of 200 privately printed for The Friends of the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables.
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At Lady Molly’s [A Dance to the Music of Time 4]
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- He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. It stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers. In…
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At the Court of the Borgia (Folio)
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- At the Court of the Borgia: Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI. Johann Burchard (c.1450Ð1506) was an Alsatian-born priest and chronicler during the Italian Renaissance. He spent his entire career at the papal Courts of Sixtus IV, Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, Pius III, and Julius II,…
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Atlas
- £25.00
- A 1982 collection of cartoons first published in the Netherlands, featuring more of Baxter's Amazing People, more Great Failures of History, and more Great Culinary Disasters of Our Time
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Ballades (French and English)
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- 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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Banksy: Wall and Piece
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- Banksy. His work. Photographed. With comments by Banksy. In a book. This is that book.
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Banksy: Wall and Piece
- £15.00
- Banksy. His work. Photographed. With comments by Banksy. In a book. This is that book.
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Barchester Towers (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 2) – Folio
- £30.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 2 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the decision is finally made to appoint the evangelical Dr Proudie, rather than the…
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Barchester Towers (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 2) – Folio
- £18.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 2 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the decision is finally made to appoint the evangelical Dr Proudie, rather than the…
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Benjamin Britten: his life and operas
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- Long regarded as the best and most comprehensive introduction to the life and words of Benjamin Britten, it was out of print for many years. This 2nd edition was updated posthumously (after Britten's death in 1976) to include penetrating studies of the last two operas, Owen Wingrave (1970) and Death…
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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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Betjeman’s Britain – Folio
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- An anthology of Betjeman's writing about Britain, selected and edited by Candida Lycett-Green, together with extracts from his and others' poetry (with numerous b/w images)
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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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Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
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- A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2020 'What happened to us?' For decades, the question has haunted the Arab and Muslim world, heard across Iran and Syria, Saudi…
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Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
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- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
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Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
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- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
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Britten (The Dent Master Musicians)
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- Part of the Master Musicians series providing comprehensive coverage of the life and works of great composers, this revised edition focuses on Benjamin Britten and includes his posthumously published works and new biographical material. All the reference sections have been updated, including the discography of Britten's performances of his own…
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Britten (The Great Composers – 3rd Edition)
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- This revised third edition of Holst's profile of Britten describes the final years leading up to Britten's death in 1976. Holst had worked with him for 24 years and thus able to write with insight and sympathy. 'An essential book for anyoneÉ who wants to get a clearer, more personal…
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BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission
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- BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-ChiefÕs Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind Ôenemy linesÕ ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until the fall…
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Caravan of Dreams
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- Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the worldÕs leading experts in Oriental philosophy. Idries Shah builds up a complete picture of a single consciousness, relating mythology to reality, illuminating historical patterns, and presenting philosophical…
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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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Church Poems
- £45.00
- 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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Churchill, by his Granddaughter (SIGNED)
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- From his birthplace at Blenheim Palace to his tumultuous political life in Westminster, Celia Sandys is uniquely placed to examine the life of one of the most revered Britons in history. This book accompanies the launch of the Churchill Museum and includes many previously unpublished images and artifacts displayed in…
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Collected Poems 1908-1956
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- Sassoon's fame as a novelist and autobiographer, and the success of his posthumously published Diaries, have somewhat obscured his achievement as a poet. Apart from the famousWar Poemsof 1919, which firmly established his reputation, he published eight volumes of verse during his lifetime. This collected edition represents his own choice…
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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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Commenting and Commentaries
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- 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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Conspirators
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- Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 1913. In the castle of a frontier town, on the border between Europe and the East, the worldly, corrupt Count-Governor Wiladowski watches helplessly while a wave of assassinations sweeps the Empire. When a member of his own family is murdered, the Count gives broad police powers to his…
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Corts and Montezuma
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- From publisher: Landing on the Mexican coast on Good Friday, 1519, Hernn Corts felt himself the bearer of a divine burden to conquer and convert the first advanced civilization Europeans had yet encountered in the West. For Montezuma, leader of the Mexicans, April 21, 1519 (known in their sophisticated astronomical…
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Cyrano De Bergerac Comdie Hroque En Cinq Acte En Vers
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- Cyrano De Bergerac Comdie Hroque En Cinq Acte En Vers, reprsent Paris, sur le thatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin le 28 decembre 1897, 10 Hors-texte en couleurs de A. Galland, broch, non coup. / Since its premier in 1897, Edmond RostandÕs Cyrano de Bergerac has remained a classic of the…
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Daniel Deronda, complete in one volume (Works of George Eliot vol 2)
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- As Daniel Deronda opens, Gwendolen Harleth is poised at the roulette-table, prepared to throw away her family fortune. She is observed by Daniel Deronda, a young man groomed in the finest tradition of the English upper-classes. And while Gwendolen loses everything and becomes trapped in an oppressive marriage, Deronda's fortunes…
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David Hockney, a Life
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- "Catherine Cusset's book caught a lot of me. I recognised myself" DAVID HOCKNEY "A perfect short expos of Hockney's life as seen through the eyes of an admiring novelist" Kirkus Reviews With clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate, moving portrait of the most famous living English…
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Did Jesus Rise From The Dead? The Resurrection Debate
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- [This] is the most important question regarding the claims of the Christian faith. Certainly no question in modern religious history demands more attention or interest, as witnessed by the vast body of literature dealing with the Resurrection. James I. Packer says it well in his response to this debate: 'When…
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Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict
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- A noted conflict-resolution expert explores dignity, its role in human conflict, and its power to improve relationships Drawing on her extensive experience in international conflict resolution and on insights from evolutionary biology, psychology, and neuroscience, Donna Hicks explains what the elements of dignity are, how to recognize dignity violations, how…
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Dragon Seed
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- Dragon Seed styled as Dragon Seed: A Novel of China Today is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1942. It describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing, China, immediately prior to and during the Japanese invasion in 1937. Some characters seek protection in…
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Drawing Masterclass: 100 Creative Techniques of Great Artists
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- Analyses the visual approaches and techniques of 100 great artists, and shows you how to weave some of this magic into your own drawings. Drawing Masterclass analyses some of the most fascinating drawings by some of the best artists the world has ever known: the way they were made, what…
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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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Earth’s Enigmas: a volume of stories
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- This early work by Charles G. D. Roberts was originally published in 1896, a collection of short stories that include 'The Perdu', 'In the Accident Ward', 'The Stone Dog', and many more. Charles G. D. Roberts was born on 10th January 1860, in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada. Roberts's most successful…
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Europe Today and Tomorrow: Addressing Fundamental Issues
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- Written in late 2004, shortly before Joseph Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI, this book addresses the serious issues concerning the new European Union and the drafting of a European Constitution, events with far-reaching consequences for the West and, indeed, the world. The main questions Cardinal Ratzinger raise include: How…
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Faade: an Entertainment (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- Faade is a series of poems by Edith Sitwell, best known as part of Faade Ð An Entertainment in which the poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by William Walton. The poems and the music exist in several versions. Sitwell began to publish some of the Faade poems in…
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Framley Parsonage (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 4) – Folio
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- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 4 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. In an attempt to make connections with high society, young vicar Mark Robarts foolishly guarantees a loan to the corrupt MP, Nate Sowerby. With Mr Sowerby not repaying the loan, MarkÕs friend Lord Lufton eventually steps…
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From a View to a Death
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- From a View to a Death takes us to a dilapidated country estate where an ambitious artist of questionable talent, a family of landed aristocrats wondering where the money has gone, and a secretly cross-dressing squire all commingle among the ruins.
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Galgenlieder (‘Gallows songs’) Nebst Dem “Gingganz”
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- A collection of poems by Christian Morgenstern. Following ten years of writing work, it was first published in March 1905 by Bruno Cassirer. And illustrations in a different edition were done by the famous Switzerland Cuban and surrealist artist, Paul Klee in 1914. These poems are weird and half macabre…
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Golden Hill (SIGNED – Faber Members)
- £250.00
- A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from England pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street, with a suspicious…
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Goodbye to all that (Folio)
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- The tectonic shifts in English society following the First World War were so great that Robert Graves left England permanently, vowing never to return. He recounts here his experiences in the war. The introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan is new to this edition, which follows that of the 1957 revised edition,…
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Gregorius
- £18.00
- Ageing and unattractive, the widowed Pastor Gregorius seems to have been granted a second chance at happiness when Helga, the young girl he has been fascinated by since her childhood, accepts his offer of marriage. Yet before long, the relationship turns sour and brutal and Gregorius suspects that his wife's…
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Gulliver’s Travels and Selected Writings in Prose and Verse (Nonesuch Press)
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- First published in 1934, this volume gives a representative selection from the whole body of Swift's work. There are selections from such prose as "Directions to Servants", and the verse selections display the many-sidedness of Swift.
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Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks’s Hunt
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- ÒThe best dialogue in Victorian fictionÕ says Raymond Carr in his excellent introduction to the SocietyÕs edition. he goes on to call this book Ôa great, if misshapen monument to (SurteesÕ) genius.Õ For Surtees himself it was much more, and he called it the best thing he had ever written.…
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Hints on Girl Guide Tests: Tenderfoot, etc
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- Full title: Hints on Girl Guide Tests: Tenderfoot, Second Class, First class, and Able Sea Guide. Official Girl Guides publication - 1st thus of revisred edition (1st in 1939).
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Hoffnung’s Birds, Bees and Storks
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- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
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Hoffnung’s Bookworms
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- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
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Honeymoons through writers’ eyes
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- "A brilliant collection of writings on the subject of the honeymoon. Offering context and commentary where necessary, the editors have canvassed history, fact and fiction for the gamut of newlywed experience, from the Brownings' blissful elopement and Napoleon and Marie-Louise's swift exit from the marriage supper, to Charles Kingsley's bizarre…
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Jane Austen (Thames & Hudson Literary Lives)
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- This work is a study of the life and work of Jane Austen, who sprang from the upper-middle class society of late 18th-century southern England. Self-contained, orthodox in morals and religion, depending for its strength on the professions and on the ownership of the land - this was the milieu…
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull: a story
- £22.00
- The timeless classic by Richard Bach. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. ÔMost gulls donÕt bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight Ð how to get from shore to food…
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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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Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat
- £10.00
- Kai Lung is a Chinese storyteller whose travels and exploits serve mainly as excuses to introduce substories. He is a man of very simple motivations; most frequently, he is animated by a desire for enough taels to be able to feed and clothe himself. This character usually comes into conflict…
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Komorn hudba / Chamber Music
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- Parallel English and Czech translations of poetry from renowned Irish literary giant, James Joyce. Chamber Music is James JoyceÕs debut collection of poetry, thirty-six lyrical, delicately wrought verses that reveal a softer, more musical side of one of modernismÕs most celebrated authors. Though often overshadowed by his later novels, Chamber…
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The BelgicaÕs Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- £9.00
- The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the…
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Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
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MLA Handbook (8th edition)
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- The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Works are published today in a dizzying range of formats. A book, for example, may be read in print, online, or as an e-book or…
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Monkey Grip (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD 'Seductive as hell. Brilliant, unusual, breathtaking' Lauren Groff 'There are very few writers that I admire more than Helen Garner' David Nicholls 'A revelation. Its pages radiate sex and heat, chlorine and rock'n'roll' Madelaine Lucas In 1970s Melbourne, Nora is…
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Mornings in the Dark: The Graham Greene Film Reader
- £18.00
- Few novelists have taken films as seriously, or been closely involved in so many aspects of the film business all their lives, as Graham Greene. Even at University he was touching on it. His long-term experience of the evolving art included producing, performing, script-writing and adaptation. Not to mention the…
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Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour
- £40.00
- Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour was written by Robert Smith Surtees, he is an English novelist and sporting writer. The Sporting novelist, a country gentleman of Durham, whom was in the business as a solicitor, but he is not success, started since 1831 for the Sporting Magazine. Then he took to…
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Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne (Folio Society)
- £30.00
- Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne. He notes everything from the habits of an eccentric tortoise…
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On Christian Doctrine; The Enchiridion; On Catechising the Creed; On Faith & The Creed (IX in Complete Works)
- £50.00
- The Enchiridion, Manual, or Handbook of Augustine of Hippo is alternatively titled, "Faith, Hope, and Love". The Enchiridion is a compact treatise on Christian piety, written in response to a request by an otherwise unknown person, named Laurentius, shortly after the death of Saint Jerome in 420. It is intended…
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Orison for a Curlew: In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction
- £12.00
- The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, 'the slim beak of the new moon', is one of the world's rarest birds. It once bred in Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passing through the wetlands and estuaries of Italy, Greece, the Balkans and Central Asia. Today the Slender-billed Curlew exists as…
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Pather Panchali: Song of the Road (Folio)
- £12.00
- In the idyllic village of the Abode of Contentment, Durga and her little brother, Opu, grow up in a world of woods, orchards and adventure. Nurtured on their aunt's songs and stories, they dream of secret magical lands, forbidden gardens and the distant railroad. The grown-up world of debts, resentment…
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Paul Bunyan: the libretto of the opera
- £20.00
- Libretto for the operetta Paul Bunyan, the story of the American folk hero follows the development of the American continent from virgin forest to civilization. It does so in a deliberately eclectic style. Spoken dialogue is interspersed with set numbers and interludes with narrative and guitar accompaniment. Although often light-hearted,…
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Plays, Prose, Pieces, Poetry
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- Richard Ayoade edits and introduces this defining work of the great midcentury visionary of stage and screen -- rediscovered and republished by Faber & Faber. Comprising Hughes's monumental works for the stage, poetry, lyrics, interviews, acceptance speeches, written warnings and wordless sketches, this essential volume includes extensive critical reflections by…
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Poems 1909-1925
- £50.00
- An early anthology of Eliot's poetry (the first to include the Waste Land) first published in 1925, reset in 1932.
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Poems 1909-1925 (SIGNED)
- £2,500.00
- An early anthology of Eliot's poetry (the first to include 1922's The Waste Land) first published in 1925, reset in 1932.
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Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language
- £10.00
- Clive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry was nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and…
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Pure Drivel
- £10.00
- Steve Martin's talent has always defied definition: a seasoned actor, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright, and, of course, the ingenious comedian who turned King Tut into a national craze. In this widely praised collection of humourous riffs, Martin shows he is also a master of the written word. From…
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Restoration & Eighteenth Century Comedy (2nd ed.)
- £15.00
- The plays are fully annotated for the modern reader and are accompanied by six illustrations. The close relationship between theater and society during the period continues to be the focus of ÒContexts.Ó The editor offers contemporary discussions of the following topics: ÒOn Wit, Humour, and Laughter: 1660Ð1775,Ó ÒThe Collier Controversy:…
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Return to Mars, a story of Interplanetary Flight
- £20.00
- Professor Brane and his crew, of Kings of Space fame, return in their spaceship to Mars to investigate the situation, to see whether they can find any inhabitants, and to try out the effects of a new insecticide. They find more than they have bargained for, but in spite of…
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Revivals in the Midst of the Years
- £15.00
- Originally published 1n 1943 by the John Knox Press." These are the "Smyth Lectures" given in 1942. Contents: Preparatory revivals - The Great Awakening - The revival of 1800 - Five decades of Revivals: 1810-1860 - The revival in the Confederate Army - Post-war and future revivals - Preface to…
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Rudyard Kipling – a new appreciation
- £12.00
- A wartime appreciation and biography of the Nobel-prize winning writer.
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Scott’s Poetical Works
- £35.00
- After Lachlan Watt's introduction contains: THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: Cantos I - VI MARMION: Cantos I - VI; THE LADY OF THE LAKE: Cantos I - VI; THE VISION OF DON RODERICK; ROKEBY: Cantos I - VI; LORD OF THE ISLES: Cantos I - VI; and various poems…
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Screenwriting Unchained: Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure
- £25.00
- In Screenwriting Unchained, Emmanuel Oberg sets out a dogma-busting, innovative method for developing screenplays. This practical, no-nonsense guide leaves behind one-size-fits-all story theories and offers a refreshingly modern approach to story structure, making it a precious resource for anyone involved creatively in the Film and TV industry (or aspiring to…
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Veritas)
- £14.00
- ÒOne of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.Ó_John Gray, New York Times Book Review ÒA powerful, and in many [ways] insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of social reform, not to mention revolution, so often end in tragedy. .…
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Selected Poems
- £12.00
- In compiling her Collected Poems, Kathleen Raine was uniquely placed to look back on more than six decades of her poetry and to decide the canon by which she wished to be judged and remembered. From its first appearance her poetry has been recognised as possessing a rare imaginative integrity,…
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Selected Poems (1968-1983)
- £30.00
- A collection of poems from "the most significant English-language poet born since the second world war." The Times Literary Supplement
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Shostakovich: A Life Remembered (new edition)
- £18.00
- Shostakovich: A Life Remembered is a unique study of the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich, based on reminiscences from his contemporaries: family members, friends, fellow musicians and other prominent figures of the time. Elizabeth Wilson covers the composerÕs life from his early successes to his struggles under the Stalinist regime, and…
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Silent House: a novel
- £9.00
- In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, first arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden,…
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (SIGNED)
- £200.00
- Simon ArmitageÕs Òcompulsively readable, energetic, free-flowing, high-spirited versionÓ (Edward Hirsch, The New York Times) of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight offers Òa brilliantly well-tuned modern score for one of the finest surviving examples of Middle English poetryÓ (Poetry Review) that Òrecreates the originalÕs gnarled, hypnotic muscle, its tableaux and…
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Stephen Spender: The Authorized Biography
- £9.00
- A biography of a remarkable writer - a hero of the 1930s - a panoramic portrait of a troubled century. Seven years after Spender's death, John Sutherland offers the first authorized life of this brilliant, but famously enigmatic, man. As wellas knowing him personally Sutherland has had unhindered access to…
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Studies in Words (Second edition)
- £25.00
- LanguageÑin its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meaningsÑis a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and…
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The Billiard Table Murders: A Gladys Babbington Morton Mystery
- £30.00
- Ever since the two bizarre deaths on the tennis courts of St Drunston's, the shadow of suspicion has fallen on the shoulders of Gladys Babbington Morton. Detective Inspector Trubcock of Scotland Yard is sent to investigate the murders.
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The Blunders of Our Governments
- £10.00
- Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps.A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness. There are a handful of cock-ups that we remember all too well, from the poll tax to the Millennium Dome. However, the list is longer than most of…
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The Book of Snobs Etc Etc
- £20.00
- The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England,…
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- At the age of 45, Bill Drummond is less concerned with setting the record straight as making sure it revolves at the correct speed. Whether he's recording 'Justified and Ancient' with Tammy Wynette; contemplating the dull lunacy of the Turner prize; resisting the urge to paint landscapes; or glorying in…
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A Brief History of the Great Moghuls: India’s Most Flamboyant Rulers
- £10.00
- A paperback edition of a book, previously published in 1971 by Cape, recounting the history of the six Moghul emperors who ruled India for nearly two hundred years. Contains 52 colour pages and 78 black and white illustrations.
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A Holy Commonwealth (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
- £45.00
- A Holy Commonwealth was written in 1659 by the Puritan minister Richard Baxter (1615Ð91), and proved to be the most controversial of all his works. He publicly repudiated it in 1670, and in 1683 the Oxford University authorities ordered it to be part of a book-burning that included the works…
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A Passage to India (Folio Society)
- £35.00
- Folio edition of Forster's classic: A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India depicts the fate of individuals caught in the great political and cultural conflicts of their age. It begins when Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian…
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A Small Town in Germany
- £40.00
- West Germany in the 1960s is a simmering cauldron of radical protests. Amid the turmoil Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than forty Confidential embassy files. Alan Turner of the Foreign Office must travel to Bonn to recover them. As…
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A Spy’s London
- £45.00
- In 'this remarkable book' (as intelligence historian Nigel West describes it in his Foreword), the reader will be struck by the vibrancy of history made real. Author Roy Berkeley has gone behind the facades of ordinary buildings, in the city that West calls 'the espionage capital of the World', to…
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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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A Visit to Grandpa’s and Other Stories
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- Thomas's paternal grandparents, Anne and Evan Thomas, lived at The Poplars in Johnstown, just outside Carmarthen. Anne was the daughter of William Lewis, a gardener in the town. She had been born and brought up in Llangadog, as had her father, who is thought to be "Grandpa" in Thomas's short…
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Aesop’s Fables. (Arthur Rackham SIGNED)
- £1,200.00
- "The peculiar secret of Rackham's success in seizing upon the essence of the human and portraying it in animal form, which is after all the basic device of the morality, is unwittingly touched upon in Chesterton's delightful introduction to the 1912 edition of Aesop's Fables: 'There can be no good…
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Agents and Patients
- £45.00
- Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for FreudÑsuch are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds his comedies on the foibles of British high society between…
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Agents and Patients
- £60.00
- Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for FreudÑsuch are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds his comedies on the foibles of British high society between…
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Asparagus (SIGNED by Mim Hain)
- £100.00
- This special edition of one of TS Eliot's Cats (Gus the Cat at the Theatre Door) book was never offered for general sale. A limited edition of 200 privately printed for The Friends of the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables.
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At Lady Molly’s [A Dance to the Music of Time 4]
- £10.00
- He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. It stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers. In…
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At the Court of the Borgia (Folio)
- £18.00
- At the Court of the Borgia: Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI. Johann Burchard (c.1450Ð1506) was an Alsatian-born priest and chronicler during the Italian Renaissance. He spent his entire career at the papal Courts of Sixtus IV, Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, Pius III, and Julius II,…
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Atlas
- £25.00
- A 1982 collection of cartoons first published in the Netherlands, featuring more of Baxter's Amazing People, more Great Failures of History, and more Great Culinary Disasters of Our Time
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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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Banksy: Wall and Piece
- £15.00
- Banksy. His work. Photographed. With comments by Banksy. In a book. This is that book.
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Banksy: Wall and Piece
- £15.00
- Banksy. His work. Photographed. With comments by Banksy. In a book. This is that book.
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Barchester Towers (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 2) – Folio
- £30.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 2 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the decision is finally made to appoint the evangelical Dr Proudie, rather than the…
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Barchester Towers (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 2) – Folio
- £18.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 2 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the decision is finally made to appoint the evangelical Dr Proudie, rather than the…
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Benjamin Britten: his life and operas
- £14.00
- Long regarded as the best and most comprehensive introduction to the life and words of Benjamin Britten, it was out of print for many years. This 2nd edition was updated posthumously (after Britten's death in 1976) to include penetrating studies of the last two operas, Owen Wingrave (1970) and Death…
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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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Betjeman’s Britain – Folio
- £20.00
- An anthology of Betjeman's writing about Britain, selected and edited by Candida Lycett-Green, together with extracts from his and others' poetry (with numerous b/w images)
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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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Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
- £12.00
- A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2020 'What happened to us?' For decades, the question has haunted the Arab and Muslim world, heard across Iran and Syria, Saudi…
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Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
- £10.00
- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
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Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
- £20.00
- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
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Britten (The Dent Master Musicians)
- £12.00
- Part of the Master Musicians series providing comprehensive coverage of the life and works of great composers, this revised edition focuses on Benjamin Britten and includes his posthumously published works and new biographical material. All the reference sections have been updated, including the discography of Britten's performances of his own…
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Britten (The Great Composers – 3rd Edition)
- £20.00
- This revised third edition of Holst's profile of Britten describes the final years leading up to Britten's death in 1976. Holst had worked with him for 24 years and thus able to write with insight and sympathy. 'An essential book for anyoneÉ who wants to get a clearer, more personal…
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BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission
- £12.00
- BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-ChiefÕs Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind Ôenemy linesÕ ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until the fall…
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Caravan of Dreams
- £12.00
- Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the worldÕs leading experts in Oriental philosophy. Idries Shah builds up a complete picture of a single consciousness, relating mythology to reality, illuminating historical patterns, and presenting philosophical…
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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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Church Poems
- £45.00
- 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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Churchill, by his Granddaughter (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- From his birthplace at Blenheim Palace to his tumultuous political life in Westminster, Celia Sandys is uniquely placed to examine the life of one of the most revered Britons in history. This book accompanies the launch of the Churchill Museum and includes many previously unpublished images and artifacts displayed in…
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Collected Poems 1908-1956
- £25.00
- Sassoon's fame as a novelist and autobiographer, and the success of his posthumously published Diaries, have somewhat obscured his achievement as a poet. Apart from the famousWar Poemsof 1919, which firmly established his reputation, he published eight volumes of verse during his lifetime. This collected edition represents his own choice…
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Collected Poems 1909-1935
- £20.00
- An early anthology of Eliot's poetry, published in this form in Faber paper covered editions in 1958.
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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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Conspirators
- £17.00
- Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 1913. In the castle of a frontier town, on the border between Europe and the East, the worldly, corrupt Count-Governor Wiladowski watches helplessly while a wave of assassinations sweeps the Empire. When a member of his own family is murdered, the Count gives broad police powers to his…
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Corts and Montezuma
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- From publisher: Landing on the Mexican coast on Good Friday, 1519, Hernn Corts felt himself the bearer of a divine burden to conquer and convert the first advanced civilization Europeans had yet encountered in the West. For Montezuma, leader of the Mexicans, April 21, 1519 (known in their sophisticated astronomical…
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Cyrano De Bergerac Comdie Hroque En Cinq Acte En Vers
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- Cyrano De Bergerac Comdie Hroque En Cinq Acte En Vers, reprsent Paris, sur le thatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin le 28 decembre 1897, 10 Hors-texte en couleurs de A. Galland, broch, non coup. / Since its premier in 1897, Edmond RostandÕs Cyrano de Bergerac has remained a classic of the…
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Daniel Deronda, complete in one volume (Works of George Eliot vol 2)
- £60.00
- As Daniel Deronda opens, Gwendolen Harleth is poised at the roulette-table, prepared to throw away her family fortune. She is observed by Daniel Deronda, a young man groomed in the finest tradition of the English upper-classes. And while Gwendolen loses everything and becomes trapped in an oppressive marriage, Deronda's fortunes…
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David Hockney, a Life
- £10.00
- "Catherine Cusset's book caught a lot of me. I recognised myself" DAVID HOCKNEY "A perfect short expos of Hockney's life as seen through the eyes of an admiring novelist" Kirkus Reviews With clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate, moving portrait of the most famous living English…
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Did Jesus Rise From The Dead? The Resurrection Debate
- £18.00
- [This] is the most important question regarding the claims of the Christian faith. Certainly no question in modern religious history demands more attention or interest, as witnessed by the vast body of literature dealing with the Resurrection. James I. Packer says it well in his response to this debate: 'When…
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Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict
- £15.00
- A noted conflict-resolution expert explores dignity, its role in human conflict, and its power to improve relationships Drawing on her extensive experience in international conflict resolution and on insights from evolutionary biology, psychology, and neuroscience, Donna Hicks explains what the elements of dignity are, how to recognize dignity violations, how…
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Dragon Seed
- £12.00
- Dragon Seed styled as Dragon Seed: A Novel of China Today is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1942. It describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing, China, immediately prior to and during the Japanese invasion in 1937. Some characters seek protection in…
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Drawing Masterclass: 100 Creative Techniques of Great Artists
- £14.00
- Analyses the visual approaches and techniques of 100 great artists, and shows you how to weave some of this magic into your own drawings. Drawing Masterclass analyses some of the most fascinating drawings by some of the best artists the world has ever known: the way they were made, what…
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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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Earth’s Enigmas: a volume of stories
- £35.00
- This early work by Charles G. D. Roberts was originally published in 1896, a collection of short stories that include 'The Perdu', 'In the Accident Ward', 'The Stone Dog', and many more. Charles G. D. Roberts was born on 10th January 1860, in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada. Roberts's most successful…
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Europe Today and Tomorrow: Addressing Fundamental Issues
- £16.00
- Written in late 2004, shortly before Joseph Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI, this book addresses the serious issues concerning the new European Union and the drafting of a European Constitution, events with far-reaching consequences for the West and, indeed, the world. The main questions Cardinal Ratzinger raise include: How…
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Faade: an Entertainment (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- Faade is a series of poems by Edith Sitwell, best known as part of Faade Ð An Entertainment in which the poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by William Walton. The poems and the music exist in several versions. Sitwell began to publish some of the Faade poems in…
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Framley Parsonage (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 4) – Folio
- £30.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 4 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. In an attempt to make connections with high society, young vicar Mark Robarts foolishly guarantees a loan to the corrupt MP, Nate Sowerby. With Mr Sowerby not repaying the loan, MarkÕs friend Lord Lufton eventually steps…
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From a View to a Death
- £13.00
- From a View to a Death takes us to a dilapidated country estate where an ambitious artist of questionable talent, a family of landed aristocrats wondering where the money has gone, and a secretly cross-dressing squire all commingle among the ruins.
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Galgenlieder (‘Gallows songs’) Nebst Dem “Gingganz”
- £25.00
- A collection of poems by Christian Morgenstern. Following ten years of writing work, it was first published in March 1905 by Bruno Cassirer. And illustrations in a different edition were done by the famous Switzerland Cuban and surrealist artist, Paul Klee in 1914. These poems are weird and half macabre…
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Golden Hill (SIGNED – Faber Members)
- £250.00
- A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from England pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street, with a suspicious…
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Goodbye to all that (Folio)
- £12.00
- The tectonic shifts in English society following the First World War were so great that Robert Graves left England permanently, vowing never to return. He recounts here his experiences in the war. The introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan is new to this edition, which follows that of the 1957 revised edition,…
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Gregorius
- £18.00
- Ageing and unattractive, the widowed Pastor Gregorius seems to have been granted a second chance at happiness when Helga, the young girl he has been fascinated by since her childhood, accepts his offer of marriage. Yet before long, the relationship turns sour and brutal and Gregorius suspects that his wife's…
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Gulliver’s Travels and Selected Writings in Prose and Verse (Nonesuch Press)
- £35.00
- First published in 1934, this volume gives a representative selection from the whole body of Swift's work. There are selections from such prose as "Directions to Servants", and the verse selections display the many-sidedness of Swift.
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Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks’s Hunt
- £40.00
- ÒThe best dialogue in Victorian fictionÕ says Raymond Carr in his excellent introduction to the SocietyÕs edition. he goes on to call this book Ôa great, if misshapen monument to (SurteesÕ) genius.Õ For Surtees himself it was much more, and he called it the best thing he had ever written.…
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Hints on Girl Guide Tests: Tenderfoot, etc
- £16.00
- Full title: Hints on Girl Guide Tests: Tenderfoot, Second Class, First class, and Able Sea Guide. Official Girl Guides publication - 1st thus of revisred edition (1st in 1939).
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Hoffnung’s Birds, Bees and Storks
- £20.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
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Hoffnung’s Bookworms
- £20.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
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Honeymoons through writers’ eyes
- £12.00
- "A brilliant collection of writings on the subject of the honeymoon. Offering context and commentary where necessary, the editors have canvassed history, fact and fiction for the gamut of newlywed experience, from the Brownings' blissful elopement and Napoleon and Marie-Louise's swift exit from the marriage supper, to Charles Kingsley's bizarre…
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Jane Austen (Thames & Hudson Literary Lives)
- £13.00
- This work is a study of the life and work of Jane Austen, who sprang from the upper-middle class society of late 18th-century southern England. Self-contained, orthodox in morals and religion, depending for its strength on the professions and on the ownership of the land - this was the milieu…
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull: a story
- £22.00
- The timeless classic by Richard Bach. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. ÔMost gulls donÕt bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight Ð how to get from shore to food…
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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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Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat
- £10.00
- Kai Lung is a Chinese storyteller whose travels and exploits serve mainly as excuses to introduce substories. He is a man of very simple motivations; most frequently, he is animated by a desire for enough taels to be able to feed and clothe himself. This character usually comes into conflict…
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Komorn hudba / Chamber Music
- £20.00
- Parallel English and Czech translations of poetry from renowned Irish literary giant, James Joyce. Chamber Music is James JoyceÕs debut collection of poetry, thirty-six lyrical, delicately wrought verses that reveal a softer, more musical side of one of modernismÕs most celebrated authors. Though often overshadowed by his later novels, Chamber…
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The BelgicaÕs Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- £9.00
- The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the…
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Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
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MLA Handbook (8th edition)
- £9.00
- The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Works are published today in a dizzying range of formats. A book, for example, may be read in print, online, or as an e-book or…
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Monkey Grip (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD 'Seductive as hell. Brilliant, unusual, breathtaking' Lauren Groff 'There are very few writers that I admire more than Helen Garner' David Nicholls 'A revelation. Its pages radiate sex and heat, chlorine and rock'n'roll' Madelaine Lucas In 1970s Melbourne, Nora is…
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Mornings in the Dark: The Graham Greene Film Reader
- £18.00
- Few novelists have taken films as seriously, or been closely involved in so many aspects of the film business all their lives, as Graham Greene. Even at University he was touching on it. His long-term experience of the evolving art included producing, performing, script-writing and adaptation. Not to mention the…
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Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour
- £40.00
- Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour was written by Robert Smith Surtees, he is an English novelist and sporting writer. The Sporting novelist, a country gentleman of Durham, whom was in the business as a solicitor, but he is not success, started since 1831 for the Sporting Magazine. Then he took to…
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Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne (Folio Society)
- £30.00
- Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne. He notes everything from the habits of an eccentric tortoise…
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On Christian Doctrine; The Enchiridion; On Catechising the Creed; On Faith & The Creed (IX in Complete Works)
- £50.00
- The Enchiridion, Manual, or Handbook of Augustine of Hippo is alternatively titled, "Faith, Hope, and Love". The Enchiridion is a compact treatise on Christian piety, written in response to a request by an otherwise unknown person, named Laurentius, shortly after the death of Saint Jerome in 420. It is intended…
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Orison for a Curlew: In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction
- £12.00
- The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, 'the slim beak of the new moon', is one of the world's rarest birds. It once bred in Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passing through the wetlands and estuaries of Italy, Greece, the Balkans and Central Asia. Today the Slender-billed Curlew exists as…
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Pather Panchali: Song of the Road (Folio)
- £12.00
- In the idyllic village of the Abode of Contentment, Durga and her little brother, Opu, grow up in a world of woods, orchards and adventure. Nurtured on their aunt's songs and stories, they dream of secret magical lands, forbidden gardens and the distant railroad. The grown-up world of debts, resentment…
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Paul Bunyan: the libretto of the opera
- £20.00
- Libretto for the operetta Paul Bunyan, the story of the American folk hero follows the development of the American continent from virgin forest to civilization. It does so in a deliberately eclectic style. Spoken dialogue is interspersed with set numbers and interludes with narrative and guitar accompaniment. Although often light-hearted,…
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Plays, Prose, Pieces, Poetry
- £12.00
- Richard Ayoade edits and introduces this defining work of the great midcentury visionary of stage and screen -- rediscovered and republished by Faber & Faber. Comprising Hughes's monumental works for the stage, poetry, lyrics, interviews, acceptance speeches, written warnings and wordless sketches, this essential volume includes extensive critical reflections by…
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Poems 1909-1925
- £50.00
- An early anthology of Eliot's poetry (the first to include the Waste Land) first published in 1925, reset in 1932.
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Poems 1909-1925 (SIGNED)
- £2,500.00
- An early anthology of Eliot's poetry (the first to include 1922's The Waste Land) first published in 1925, reset in 1932.
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Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language
- £10.00
- Clive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry was nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and…
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Pure Drivel
- £10.00
- Steve Martin's talent has always defied definition: a seasoned actor, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright, and, of course, the ingenious comedian who turned King Tut into a national craze. In this widely praised collection of humourous riffs, Martin shows he is also a master of the written word. From…
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Restoration & Eighteenth Century Comedy (2nd ed.)
- £15.00
- The plays are fully annotated for the modern reader and are accompanied by six illustrations. The close relationship between theater and society during the period continues to be the focus of ÒContexts.Ó The editor offers contemporary discussions of the following topics: ÒOn Wit, Humour, and Laughter: 1660Ð1775,Ó ÒThe Collier Controversy:…
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Return to Mars, a story of Interplanetary Flight
- £20.00
- Professor Brane and his crew, of Kings of Space fame, return in their spaceship to Mars to investigate the situation, to see whether they can find any inhabitants, and to try out the effects of a new insecticide. They find more than they have bargained for, but in spite of…
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Revivals in the Midst of the Years
- £15.00
- Originally published 1n 1943 by the John Knox Press." These are the "Smyth Lectures" given in 1942. Contents: Preparatory revivals - The Great Awakening - The revival of 1800 - Five decades of Revivals: 1810-1860 - The revival in the Confederate Army - Post-war and future revivals - Preface to…
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Rudyard Kipling – a new appreciation
- £12.00
- A wartime appreciation and biography of the Nobel-prize winning writer.
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Scott’s Poetical Works
- £35.00
- After Lachlan Watt's introduction contains: THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: Cantos I - VI MARMION: Cantos I - VI; THE LADY OF THE LAKE: Cantos I - VI; THE VISION OF DON RODERICK; ROKEBY: Cantos I - VI; LORD OF THE ISLES: Cantos I - VI; and various poems…
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Screenwriting Unchained: Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure
- £25.00
- In Screenwriting Unchained, Emmanuel Oberg sets out a dogma-busting, innovative method for developing screenplays. This practical, no-nonsense guide leaves behind one-size-fits-all story theories and offers a refreshingly modern approach to story structure, making it a precious resource for anyone involved creatively in the Film and TV industry (or aspiring to…
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Veritas)
- £14.00
- ÒOne of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.Ó_John Gray, New York Times Book Review ÒA powerful, and in many [ways] insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of social reform, not to mention revolution, so often end in tragedy. .…
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Selected Poems
- £12.00
- In compiling her Collected Poems, Kathleen Raine was uniquely placed to look back on more than six decades of her poetry and to decide the canon by which she wished to be judged and remembered. From its first appearance her poetry has been recognised as possessing a rare imaginative integrity,…
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Selected Poems (1968-1983)
- £30.00
- A collection of poems from "the most significant English-language poet born since the second world war." The Times Literary Supplement
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Shostakovich: A Life Remembered (new edition)
- £18.00
- Shostakovich: A Life Remembered is a unique study of the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich, based on reminiscences from his contemporaries: family members, friends, fellow musicians and other prominent figures of the time. Elizabeth Wilson covers the composerÕs life from his early successes to his struggles under the Stalinist regime, and…
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Silent House: a novel
- £9.00
- In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, first arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden,…
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (SIGNED)
- £200.00
- Simon ArmitageÕs Òcompulsively readable, energetic, free-flowing, high-spirited versionÓ (Edward Hirsch, The New York Times) of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight offers Òa brilliantly well-tuned modern score for one of the finest surviving examples of Middle English poetryÓ (Poetry Review) that Òrecreates the originalÕs gnarled, hypnotic muscle, its tableaux and…
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Stephen Spender: The Authorized Biography
- £9.00
- A biography of a remarkable writer - a hero of the 1930s - a panoramic portrait of a troubled century. Seven years after Spender's death, John Sutherland offers the first authorized life of this brilliant, but famously enigmatic, man. As wellas knowing him personally Sutherland has had unhindered access to…
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Studies in Words (Second edition)
- £25.00
- LanguageÑin its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meaningsÑis a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and…
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The Billiard Table Murders: A Gladys Babbington Morton Mystery
- £30.00
- Ever since the two bizarre deaths on the tennis courts of St Drunston's, the shadow of suspicion has fallen on the shoulders of Gladys Babbington Morton. Detective Inspector Trubcock of Scotland Yard is sent to investigate the murders.
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The Blunders of Our Governments
- £10.00
- Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps.A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness. There are a handful of cock-ups that we remember all too well, from the poll tax to the Millennium Dome. However, the list is longer than most of…
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The Book of Snobs Etc Etc
- £20.00
- The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England,…
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