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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)
- £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 Tolkien Bestiary
- £35.00
- A comprehensive, sumptuously illustrated reference guide by David Day, to all the living creatures - races, flora and fauna - that inhabited JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. A Tolkien Bestiary is scholarly, definitive and enchantingly beautiful, identifying, analysing and describing 129 separate races. Included are a map, a chronology…
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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
- £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]
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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
- £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
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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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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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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
- £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)
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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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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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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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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 Earth. Travels in Burma
- £22.00
- Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breathtaking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist belief spares even the rats, where the Director of Prisons quotes Chaucer and where three-day theatrical shows are staged to celebrate a monk taking…
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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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Grief is the Thing With Feathers (SIGNED, LIMITED)
- £100.00
- A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Winner of the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. In a London flat, two young boys…
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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
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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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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
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- 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
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- 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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Malcolm
- £18.00
- This towering 1875 novel, set in the Scottish fishing village of Cullen, is considered by many to be George MacDonaldÕs fictional masterwork. The intricate tale is more true to place than any of MacDonaldÕs books. As Malcolm is drawn into the web of secrets surrounding majestic Lossie House, with 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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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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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
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- 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
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- 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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Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
- £9.00
- ÒSelected Poems of Francis ThompsonÓ is a fantastic collection of some of Francis Thompson's best poetry, together with an introductory chapter by editor Paul Beard. Contents include: ÒPoems on ChildrenÓ, ÒFrom Sister SongsÓ, ÒLove in Dian's LapÓ, and ÒMiscellaneous PoemsÓ. Francis Thompson (1859Ð1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson…
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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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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 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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The Brownings, a biography compiled from contemporary sources (Folio Society)
- £10.00
- A biography of the Brownings - Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning , with four black and white illustrations of the poets.
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The Christmas Stories (Complete Short Stories vol. I of V)
- £25.00
- Undated hardback reprint for the Trollope Society with a foreword by Joanna Trollope. Nine short stories
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The Civilisation Of The Renaissance In Italy: An Essay (Folio)
- £24.00
- Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Basel, May 25, 1818 Ð August 8, 1897 in Basel) was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history,albeit in a form very different from how…
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The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters (7 volumes)
- £150.00
- The Brontë sisters' complete works in a beautiful Folio edition; Agnes Grey 172 pp (illus. Harry Brockway); The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 385 pp (illus. Ian Stephens), Wuthering Heights, 293 pp (illus. Peter Forster) The Professor 226 pp (illus. George Tute), Villette, 450 pp (illus. Peter Reddick); Jane Eyre, 436…
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The Confessions of St Augustine (vol XIV in Complete Works)
- £40.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become one of…
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
- £18.00
- The Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In spellbinding detail, Jane Mayer relates the impact of…
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The Defence of the Realm: the authorized history of MI5 (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Sensationally good ... A riveting story, the real-life spooks and spies far more compelling than anything you will see on the screen ... history doesn't come more fascinating than this' Evening Standard. For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have defended Britain against enemy subversion. Their work has remained…
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The Devil’s Lieutenant
- £10.00
- A darkly compelling novel of the single-minded pursuit of justice and of a man whose major crime was seeing all too clearly the shape of the war that was to come and how it would destroy the very monarch that it was his duty to protect. It presents in vivid…
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The Diary of a Country Parson
- £12.00
- Parson Woodforde's diary provides an unrivalled portrayal of traditional rural life in Georgian England, but it is the diarist's humour and unpretentiousness which ensure its continuing place among the classics of English literature.
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The English Gentleman
- £12.00
- Tongue in cheek treatment of the legendary upper class man which examines his habits, actions and viewpoints concerning such diverse considerations as wardrobe, war, the Church and domestic habits. "Extremely funny" Jilly Cooper "Douglas Sutherland is a most witty exemplar of this vanishing species, and he has written a perfect…
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The Esther Scroll (Facsimile of 1746)
- £900.00
- A true discovery: The Esther Scroll of 1746. The use of scrolls dates back to ancient times, and one of the best known examples in history is the Esther scroll, or Hebrew megillah, which is devoted solely to the story of Queen Esther and is read on the feast of…
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The Flame
- £14.00
- THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRY The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics,…
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The General Vs. The President: MacArthur And Truman At The Brink Of Nuclear War
- £12.00
- From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent…
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The Giant Crab and other tales told from Old India
- £35.00
- Rouse's collection of these short stories were based on the Buddhist collection called The Jātaka, about the Buddha's former births, and originally published in 1897 by David Nutt. This edition beautifully produced with Heath Robinson's illustations.
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The Gone-Away World (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out - but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our…
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The Grand Tour 1592-1796
- £15.00
- Generously illustrated Folio Society volume presenting an account of the Grand Tour - the 'edifying' excursion many young Englishmen took to continental europe - through the writings of a selection of authors. Many of the writers assembled here do not strictly fall within the strict definition of Grand Tourists being…
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The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany
- £5.00
- In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother's house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her 'soul place' now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall…
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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- £45.00
- The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight Fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his…
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The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- £50.00
- Washington Irving (1783Ð1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way…
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The Last of the Mohicans; The Pioneers; The Prairie
- £200.00
- A bound early serialization of three novels 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826), 'The Pioneers or The Sources of the Susquehanna...' (1823) and 'The Prairie, A Tale' (1827); Holt Novel Newspaper 1838 in decorative binding.
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The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 (Folio)
- £12.00
- The love letters written by Dorothy Osborne to William Temple (from the last two years of a seven year courtship which ended with their marriage in 1654) stand with the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn as fascinating personal documents of one of the most eventful periods in British history.
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson I: 1868-1880 (Scotland, France, California)
- £12.00
- First of the 4-volume edition edited by Sidney Colvin (containing 150 new letters previously unavailable).
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The Letters of St Augustine – 2 vols (VI & XIII in Complete Works)
- £30.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. Two Volumes of his letters compiled and translated by J. G. Cunningham. Vols VI & XIII in the complete series The Works of Aurelius Augstine, Bishop of Hppo, A New…
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The Life of Charlemagne (Folio)
- £18.00
- Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
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The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
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The Magus, a revised version
- £40.00
- On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human…
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- £250.00
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. The Standard Edition by E. T. Bennett. Thoroughly revised, with additional Notes, by James Edmund Harting. Stereotyped Edition. With Ten Letters not included in any other Edition. Illustrated with Engravings by Thomas Bewick and Others.
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THE NEAR AND THE FAR Containing The Root And The Flower & The Pool Of Vishnu
- £15.00
- Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881-1944) was a British novelist who took his own life during the war. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] His trilogy/tetralogy The Root and the Flower, set in India at the time of Akbar, is his major work and was recognised by the…
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The Only Story
- £10.00
- From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending comes "a brilliant, rueful look at love--what we do for it, how we experience it and what makes it die" (People). One summer in the sixties, in a staid suburb south of London, nineteen-year-old Paul comes home from…
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The Princess and the Curdie
- £12.00
- The Princess and Curdie are back in this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. Princess Irene and Curdie are a year or two older, and must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning IreneÕs father, the king. IreneÕs grandmother is also back and she gives Curdie a…
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The Road to Xanadu – A Study in the Ways of the Imagination
- £30.00
- This vintage book contains John Livingston Lowes's most famous work, 'The Road to Xanadu'. In this text Lowes examines the various sources of Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan', exploring the books that he believed Coleridge would have read. It offers a fascinating insight into the…
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The Sacred Wood, essays on poetry and criticism
- £12.00
- First published by Methuen in 1920 and compiled from various journals, this University Paperbacks edition was first published in 1960.
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The Secret History (Folio)
- £30.00
- A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be…
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The Sermon on the Mount Expounded, and The Harmony of the Evangelists (VIII in Complete Works)
- £50.00
- A lengthy work by one of the first systematic theologians, Augustine goes over the details on the major sermon that Jesus gave otherwise known as ÒThe Sermon the Mount.Ó He goes over what each verse and line entails so that we can get a clearer picture of what Augustine believes…
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The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79 (Folio)
- £40.00
- A detailed and comprehensive study of the discovery of the remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the eighteenth century. With chapters on the volcano itself, discoveries and the reawakening of the story, the Romantics, science and methodology, the stones of Pompeii, and more. Written by Walter Raleigh Trevelyan, a British…
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The Two Heroines of Plumplington and other stories
- £15.00
- Folio edition of Trollope's short stories: In the Barsetshire town of Plumplington the daughter of the townÕs leading banker and the daughter of its brewer have each chosen their future husbands. But both young men are regarded by the fathers as unsuitable, even though each suitor is, in fact, much…
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The Warden (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 1) – Folio
- £30.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 1 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. In "The Warden", a crusading young physician seeks to expose corruption in the operation of an old age home by the facility's administrator, the respected Rev. Septimus Harding. Unfortunately, the young doctor fancy's Harding's daughter. Trollope's…
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The Wasteland and other poems
- £5.00
- April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain . . . Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none…
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The Willow Cabin
- £12.00
- Pamela Sydney Frankau (1908-1967) was a popular English novelist from a prominent artistic and literary family. She was abandoned by her novelist father Gilbert Frankau at an early age, and she became a prolific writer. She stopped writing for a decade after the death of her lover, the poet Humbert…
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The Works of Jonathan Swift D.D., Dean of St Patrick’s Dublin
- £150.00
- The Works Of The Rev. Jonathan Swift D.D. Dean Of St. Patrick's Dublin. Carefully Selected With a Life of the Author and original and Authentic Notes.
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The World Elsewhere and other stories
- £25.00
- Nirmal Verma (1929Ð2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani (New Story) literary movement of Hindi literature, wherein his first collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered its first signature. This anthology collects a number of…
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The World of Nagaraj
- £10.00
- Narayan's 14th novel to be set in the imaginary town of Malgudi is the tale of Nagaraj, a contentedly aimless man whose only mission in life is to write a great treatise on the sanskrit scholar Narada. His comfortable existence of writing and drinking coffee and observing the world from…
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The Young King and other stories
- £50.00
- Three stories, The Young King, The Star child and The Happy Prince illustarted in full-page brown toned drawings by Georg Ehrlich.
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There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
- £7.00
- In There Is a God, one of the world's preeminent atheists discloses how his commitment to "follow the argument wherever it leads" led him to a belief in God as Creator. This is a compelling and refreshingly open-minded argument that will forever change the atheism debate.
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This Immoral Trade: Slavery In The 21st Century (SIGNED)
- £15.00
- Slavery remains rampant worldwide. It is estimated that more than 27m slaves exist today, ranging from prostitutes in London to indentured workers in Burma. This popularly written but carefully researched volume has been comprehensively updated. It includes a chapter on different forms of contemporary slavery, a chapter on the Christian…
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Three Stories: Bartleby; Benito Cereno; Billy Budd
- £18.00
- ÔStruck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!Õ It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the navy recruits the eponymous hero Ð the ÔHandsome SailorÕ Ð to its fleet. Accused of mutinous behaviour, Billy Budd is forced to defend himself, but his fearful, silent…
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Tom Stoppard: Plays I (SIGNED) ‘The Real Inspector Hound’, ‘Dirty Linen’, ‘Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth’, ‘After Magritte’
- £200.00
- The plays in this collection reveal in combination the 'frivolous' and 'serious' aspects of Tom Stoppard's talent: his sense of fun, his sense of theatre, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire. The author rounds off his brief introduction, giving the genesis of each piece,…
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Tommy & Co. Etc (+ Roberts’ The Way of A Man + Albanesi’s Cissy)
- £20.00
- Tommy and Co was published in 1904. A series of short stories, pen portraits of a cast of different characters. The first is Peter Hope, described as follows, "Peter Hope was tall and thin, clean-shaven but for a pair of side whiskers close-cropped and terminating just below the ear, with…
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Tomorrow Lies in Ambush
- £22.00
- Ace Books 81656. Shaw's first collection of short fiction. Includes "The Cosmic Cocktail Party," a fine SF satire in which the brains of selected humans are scanned and used by Biosyn to create a super computer that has become an artificial intelligence. The Gollancz and Ace editions were both published…
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- £15.00
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. It is also one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. It tells of the commissioning of one…
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Tsotsi
- £10.00
- Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. The box…
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Tsotsi
- £10.00
- Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. The box…
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Venice: the most triumphant city
- £10.00
- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
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Venusberg
- £20.00
- An English journalist encounters dangerous hijinks on the Baltic Sea in this satirical novel by the author of A Dance to the Music of Time. Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of Anthony Powell nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would define…
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Vermeer’s Family Secrets
- £35.00
- Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work. In Vermeer's Family Secrets, Benjamin Binstock revolutionizes how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer, The Sphinx of Delft, is famously a mystery in art:…
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War in Heaven
- £15.00
- A 1930 novel by Charles W. S. Williams. Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886 Ð 1945) was a British theologian, novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic. He was also a member of the ÒThe InklingsÓ, a literary discussion group connected to the University of Oxford, England. They were exclusively literary enthusiasts…
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Watership Down
- £140.00
- One of the best-loved children's classics of all time, this is the complete, original story of Watership Down. Something terrible is about to happen to the warren - Fiver feels sure of it. And Fiver's sixth sense is never wrong, according to his brother Hazel. They had to leave immediately,…
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Wayfaring (The Travellers’ Library)
- £30.00
- An anthology of essays by the poet and writer Alice Meynell on the theme of travel and different locations.
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Wayfaring (The Travellers’ Library)
- £30.00
- An anthology of essays by the poet and writer Alice Meynell on the theme of travel and different locations.
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What’s Become of Waring
- £15.00
- In WhatÕs Become of Waring, Powell lampoons a world with which he was intimately acquainted: the inner workings of a small London publisher. But even as Powell eviscerates the publishersÕ less than scrupulous plotting in his tale of wild coincidences, mistaken identity, and romance, he never strays to the far…
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What’s Become Of Waring
- £30.00
- The hugely successful early novel which established Anthony Powell as a leading voice in English comic fiction, What's Become of Waring is the teasing and wittily contrived story about a famous but elsuive travel author who seems to have some very good reasons for concealing his life behind a screen…
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Writing Home
- £9.00
- Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. As a memoir it covers the production of his very first play, Forty Years…
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- £10.00
- 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 Tolkien Bestiary
- £35.00
- A comprehensive, sumptuously illustrated reference guide by David Day, to all the living creatures - races, flora and fauna - that inhabited JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. A Tolkien Bestiary is scholarly, definitive and enchantingly beautiful, identifying, analysing and describing 129 separate races. Included are a map, a chronology…
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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
- £20.00
- 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
- £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…
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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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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
- £14.00
- 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
- £40.00
- 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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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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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'.
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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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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 Earth. Travels in Burma
- £22.00
- Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breathtaking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist belief spares even the rats, where the Director of Prisons quotes Chaucer and where three-day theatrical shows are staged to celebrate a monk taking…
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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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Grief is the Thing With Feathers (SIGNED, LIMITED)
- £100.00
- A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Winner of the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. In a London flat, two young boys…
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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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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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Malcolm
- £18.00
- This towering 1875 novel, set in the Scottish fishing village of Cullen, is considered by many to be George MacDonaldÕs fictional masterwork. The intricate tale is more true to place than any of MacDonaldÕs books. As Malcolm is drawn into the web of secrets surrounding majestic Lossie House, with 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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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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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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Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
- £9.00
- ÒSelected Poems of Francis ThompsonÓ is a fantastic collection of some of Francis Thompson's best poetry, together with an introductory chapter by editor Paul Beard. Contents include: ÒPoems on ChildrenÓ, ÒFrom Sister SongsÓ, ÒLove in Dian's LapÓ, and ÒMiscellaneous PoemsÓ. Francis Thompson (1859Ð1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson…
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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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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 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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The Brownings, a biography compiled from contemporary sources (Folio Society)
- £10.00
- A biography of the Brownings - Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning , with four black and white illustrations of the poets.
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The Christmas Stories (Complete Short Stories vol. I of V)
- £25.00
- Undated hardback reprint for the Trollope Society with a foreword by Joanna Trollope. Nine short stories
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The Civilisation Of The Renaissance In Italy: An Essay (Folio)
- £24.00
- Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Basel, May 25, 1818 Ð August 8, 1897 in Basel) was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history,albeit in a form very different from how…
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The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters (7 volumes)
- £150.00
- The Brontë sisters' complete works in a beautiful Folio edition; Agnes Grey 172 pp (illus. Harry Brockway); The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 385 pp (illus. Ian Stephens), Wuthering Heights, 293 pp (illus. Peter Forster) The Professor 226 pp (illus. George Tute), Villette, 450 pp (illus. Peter Reddick); Jane Eyre, 436…
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The Confessions of St Augustine (vol XIV in Complete Works)
- £40.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become one of…
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
- £18.00
- The Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In spellbinding detail, Jane Mayer relates the impact of…
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The Defence of the Realm: the authorized history of MI5 (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Sensationally good ... A riveting story, the real-life spooks and spies far more compelling than anything you will see on the screen ... history doesn't come more fascinating than this' Evening Standard. For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have defended Britain against enemy subversion. Their work has remained…
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The Devil’s Lieutenant
- £10.00
- A darkly compelling novel of the single-minded pursuit of justice and of a man whose major crime was seeing all too clearly the shape of the war that was to come and how it would destroy the very monarch that it was his duty to protect. It presents in vivid…
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The Diary of a Country Parson
- £12.00
- Parson Woodforde's diary provides an unrivalled portrayal of traditional rural life in Georgian England, but it is the diarist's humour and unpretentiousness which ensure its continuing place among the classics of English literature.
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The English Gentleman
- £12.00
- Tongue in cheek treatment of the legendary upper class man which examines his habits, actions and viewpoints concerning such diverse considerations as wardrobe, war, the Church and domestic habits. "Extremely funny" Jilly Cooper "Douglas Sutherland is a most witty exemplar of this vanishing species, and he has written a perfect…
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The Esther Scroll (Facsimile of 1746)
- £900.00
- A true discovery: The Esther Scroll of 1746. The use of scrolls dates back to ancient times, and one of the best known examples in history is the Esther scroll, or Hebrew megillah, which is devoted solely to the story of Queen Esther and is read on the feast of…
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The Flame
- £14.00
- THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRY The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics,…
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The General Vs. The President: MacArthur And Truman At The Brink Of Nuclear War
- £12.00
- From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent…
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The Giant Crab and other tales told from Old India
- £35.00
- Rouse's collection of these short stories were based on the Buddhist collection called The Jātaka, about the Buddha's former births, and originally published in 1897 by David Nutt. This edition beautifully produced with Heath Robinson's illustations.
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The Gone-Away World (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out - but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our…
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The Grand Tour 1592-1796
- £15.00
- Generously illustrated Folio Society volume presenting an account of the Grand Tour - the 'edifying' excursion many young Englishmen took to continental europe - through the writings of a selection of authors. Many of the writers assembled here do not strictly fall within the strict definition of Grand Tourists being…
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The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany
- £5.00
- In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother's house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her 'soul place' now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall…
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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- £45.00
- The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight Fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his…
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The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- £50.00
- Washington Irving (1783Ð1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way…
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The Last of the Mohicans; The Pioneers; The Prairie
- £200.00
- A bound early serialization of three novels 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826), 'The Pioneers or The Sources of the Susquehanna...' (1823) and 'The Prairie, A Tale' (1827); Holt Novel Newspaper 1838 in decorative binding.
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The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 (Folio)
- £12.00
- The love letters written by Dorothy Osborne to William Temple (from the last two years of a seven year courtship which ended with their marriage in 1654) stand with the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn as fascinating personal documents of one of the most eventful periods in British history.
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson I: 1868-1880 (Scotland, France, California)
- £12.00
- First of the 4-volume edition edited by Sidney Colvin (containing 150 new letters previously unavailable).
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The Letters of St Augustine – 2 vols (VI & XIII in Complete Works)
- £30.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. Two Volumes of his letters compiled and translated by J. G. Cunningham. Vols VI & XIII in the complete series The Works of Aurelius Augstine, Bishop of Hppo, A New…
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The Life of Charlemagne (Folio)
- £18.00
- Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
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The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
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The Magus, a revised version
- £40.00
- On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human…
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- £250.00
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. The Standard Edition by E. T. Bennett. Thoroughly revised, with additional Notes, by James Edmund Harting. Stereotyped Edition. With Ten Letters not included in any other Edition. Illustrated with Engravings by Thomas Bewick and Others.
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THE NEAR AND THE FAR Containing The Root And The Flower & The Pool Of Vishnu
- £15.00
- Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881-1944) was a British novelist who took his own life during the war. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] His trilogy/tetralogy The Root and the Flower, set in India at the time of Akbar, is his major work and was recognised by the…
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The Only Story
- £10.00
- From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending comes "a brilliant, rueful look at love--what we do for it, how we experience it and what makes it die" (People). One summer in the sixties, in a staid suburb south of London, nineteen-year-old Paul comes home from…
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The Princess and the Curdie
- £12.00
- The Princess and Curdie are back in this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. Princess Irene and Curdie are a year or two older, and must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning IreneÕs father, the king. IreneÕs grandmother is also back and she gives Curdie a…
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The Road to Xanadu – A Study in the Ways of the Imagination
- £30.00
- This vintage book contains John Livingston Lowes's most famous work, 'The Road to Xanadu'. In this text Lowes examines the various sources of Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan', exploring the books that he believed Coleridge would have read. It offers a fascinating insight into the…
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The Sacred Wood, essays on poetry and criticism
- £12.00
- First published by Methuen in 1920 and compiled from various journals, this University Paperbacks edition was first published in 1960.
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The Secret History (Folio)
- £30.00
- A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be…
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The Sermon on the Mount Expounded, and The Harmony of the Evangelists (VIII in Complete Works)
- £50.00
- A lengthy work by one of the first systematic theologians, Augustine goes over the details on the major sermon that Jesus gave otherwise known as ÒThe Sermon the Mount.Ó He goes over what each verse and line entails so that we can get a clearer picture of what Augustine believes…
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The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79 (Folio)
- £40.00
- A detailed and comprehensive study of the discovery of the remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the eighteenth century. With chapters on the volcano itself, discoveries and the reawakening of the story, the Romantics, science and methodology, the stones of Pompeii, and more. Written by Walter Raleigh Trevelyan, a British…
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The Two Heroines of Plumplington and other stories
- £15.00
- Folio edition of Trollope's short stories: In the Barsetshire town of Plumplington the daughter of the townÕs leading banker and the daughter of its brewer have each chosen their future husbands. But both young men are regarded by the fathers as unsuitable, even though each suitor is, in fact, much…
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The Warden (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 1) – Folio
- £30.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 1 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. In "The Warden", a crusading young physician seeks to expose corruption in the operation of an old age home by the facility's administrator, the respected Rev. Septimus Harding. Unfortunately, the young doctor fancy's Harding's daughter. Trollope's…
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The Wasteland and other poems
- £5.00
- April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain . . . Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none…
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The Willow Cabin
- £12.00
- Pamela Sydney Frankau (1908-1967) was a popular English novelist from a prominent artistic and literary family. She was abandoned by her novelist father Gilbert Frankau at an early age, and she became a prolific writer. She stopped writing for a decade after the death of her lover, the poet Humbert…
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The Works of Jonathan Swift D.D., Dean of St Patrick’s Dublin
- £150.00
- The Works Of The Rev. Jonathan Swift D.D. Dean Of St. Patrick's Dublin. Carefully Selected With a Life of the Author and original and Authentic Notes.
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The World Elsewhere and other stories
- £25.00
- Nirmal Verma (1929Ð2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani (New Story) literary movement of Hindi literature, wherein his first collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered its first signature. This anthology collects a number of…
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The World of Nagaraj
- £10.00
- Narayan's 14th novel to be set in the imaginary town of Malgudi is the tale of Nagaraj, a contentedly aimless man whose only mission in life is to write a great treatise on the sanskrit scholar Narada. His comfortable existence of writing and drinking coffee and observing the world from…
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The Young King and other stories
- £50.00
- Three stories, The Young King, The Star child and The Happy Prince illustarted in full-page brown toned drawings by Georg Ehrlich.
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There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
- £7.00
- In There Is a God, one of the world's preeminent atheists discloses how his commitment to "follow the argument wherever it leads" led him to a belief in God as Creator. This is a compelling and refreshingly open-minded argument that will forever change the atheism debate.
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This Immoral Trade: Slavery In The 21st Century (SIGNED)
- £15.00
- Slavery remains rampant worldwide. It is estimated that more than 27m slaves exist today, ranging from prostitutes in London to indentured workers in Burma. This popularly written but carefully researched volume has been comprehensively updated. It includes a chapter on different forms of contemporary slavery, a chapter on the Christian…
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Three Stories: Bartleby; Benito Cereno; Billy Budd
- £18.00
- ÔStruck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!Õ It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the navy recruits the eponymous hero Ð the ÔHandsome SailorÕ Ð to its fleet. Accused of mutinous behaviour, Billy Budd is forced to defend himself, but his fearful, silent…
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Tom Stoppard: Plays I (SIGNED) ‘The Real Inspector Hound’, ‘Dirty Linen’, ‘Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth’, ‘After Magritte’
- £200.00
- The plays in this collection reveal in combination the 'frivolous' and 'serious' aspects of Tom Stoppard's talent: his sense of fun, his sense of theatre, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire. The author rounds off his brief introduction, giving the genesis of each piece,…
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Tommy & Co. Etc (+ Roberts’ The Way of A Man + Albanesi’s Cissy)
- £20.00
- Tommy and Co was published in 1904. A series of short stories, pen portraits of a cast of different characters. The first is Peter Hope, described as follows, "Peter Hope was tall and thin, clean-shaven but for a pair of side whiskers close-cropped and terminating just below the ear, with…
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Tomorrow Lies in Ambush
- £22.00
- Ace Books 81656. Shaw's first collection of short fiction. Includes "The Cosmic Cocktail Party," a fine SF satire in which the brains of selected humans are scanned and used by Biosyn to create a super computer that has become an artificial intelligence. The Gollancz and Ace editions were both published…
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- £15.00
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. It is also one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. It tells of the commissioning of one…
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Tsotsi
- £10.00
- Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. The box…
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Tsotsi
- £10.00
- Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. The box…
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Venice: the most triumphant city
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- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
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Venusberg
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- An English journalist encounters dangerous hijinks on the Baltic Sea in this satirical novel by the author of A Dance to the Music of Time. Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of Anthony Powell nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would define…
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Vermeer’s Family Secrets
- £35.00
- Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work. In Vermeer's Family Secrets, Benjamin Binstock revolutionizes how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer, The Sphinx of Delft, is famously a mystery in art:…
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War in Heaven
- £15.00
- A 1930 novel by Charles W. S. Williams. Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886 Ð 1945) was a British theologian, novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic. He was also a member of the ÒThe InklingsÓ, a literary discussion group connected to the University of Oxford, England. They were exclusively literary enthusiasts…
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Watership Down
- £140.00
- One of the best-loved children's classics of all time, this is the complete, original story of Watership Down. Something terrible is about to happen to the warren - Fiver feels sure of it. And Fiver's sixth sense is never wrong, according to his brother Hazel. They had to leave immediately,…
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Wayfaring (The Travellers’ Library)
- £30.00
- An anthology of essays by the poet and writer Alice Meynell on the theme of travel and different locations.
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Wayfaring (The Travellers’ Library)
- £30.00
- An anthology of essays by the poet and writer Alice Meynell on the theme of travel and different locations.
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What’s Become of Waring
- £15.00
- In WhatÕs Become of Waring, Powell lampoons a world with which he was intimately acquainted: the inner workings of a small London publisher. But even as Powell eviscerates the publishersÕ less than scrupulous plotting in his tale of wild coincidences, mistaken identity, and romance, he never strays to the far…
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What’s Become Of Waring
- £30.00
- The hugely successful early novel which established Anthony Powell as a leading voice in English comic fiction, What's Become of Waring is the teasing and wittily contrived story about a famous but elsuive travel author who seems to have some very good reasons for concealing his life behind a screen…
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Writing Home
- £9.00
- Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. As a memoir it covers the production of his very first play, Forty Years…
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