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Albert Moore, his life and works
- £250.00
- Biography and account of Albert Moore's influential paintings written by a former student in the year of Moore's death. He was known for his classical portraits often in the context of luxury and decadence.
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Anne Thackeray Ritchie, a biography
- £12.00
- Winifred Gérin (1901-1981) was a noted literary biographer, known for writing on each of the Brontë siblings, as well as Horatio Nelson and Elizabeth Gaskell. Anne Thackeray Ritchie was the daughter of W.M. Thackeray and also Virginia Woolf's aunt, thus bridging two extraordinary periods in English letters.
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Assorted Espionage book bundle
- £50.00
- Espionage books from 2WW and Cold War
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Born Free – A Lioness of Two Worlds (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- There have been many accounts of the return to the wild of tame animals, but since its original publication in 1960, when the New York Times hailed it as a "fascinating and remarkable book," Born Free has stood alone in its power to move us. Joy Adamson's story of a…
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Boswell’s Life of Johnson (2 vols in 1)
- £25.00
- "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order. A seriesw of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons…" Published in two volumes by OUP in 1904, this is the first combined edition.
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Branwell Brontë, a biography
- £25.00
- Winifred Gérin (1901-1981) was a noted literary biographer, known for writing on each of the Brontë siblings, as well as Horatio Nelson and Elizabeth Gaskell. While her seminal work was about Charlotte Brontë, this biography was greatly respected.
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Brave Dame Mary, or the Siege of Corfe Castle
- £15.00
- Historical novel set in the English Civil War, about the Roundheads' siege of Corfe, held by the staunchly royalist Lady Mary Bankes.
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Broome Stages
- £25.00
- A biography of this theatrical family, opening with the first Richard Broome born in 1715 who seemingly made brooms during his childhood. Follows the lives of the rest of the Broome family.
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Byron: The Last Journey April 1823-April 1824
- £35.00
- Lord Byron's first epic poem, "Childe Harold", was published in 1812. Only 12 years later after a life including exile, marriage and fatherhood, he died aged 36 at Missolonghi in Greece. First written in 1924, this is an acclaimed narrative of the final months of Lord Byron's life when he…
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C. S. Lewis: a life – eccentric genius, reluctant prophet
- £75.00
- ECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction)
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Charles Simeon of Cambridge
- £12.00
- Charles Simeon ministered for over fifty years in one parish at the heart of Cambridge during the bleak period of English national life between the French Wars and the passing of the Reform Bill. He was considered by Lord Macaulay to have had greater influence on the life of the…
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Chesterton’s Christian Writings
- £40.00
- An omnibus of Chesterton's larger works of theology and fiction, unabridged. Includes: Everlasting Man, Orthodoxy, Heretics, St Francis Of Assisi, St. Thomas Aquinas And The Man Who Was Thursday
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Christian Singers of Germany
- £40.00
- Preface dated on p. vi: 'Clifton, April 1869'. Illustrated with Vignette in sepia to title-page. Frontispiece and four other full-page plates. Plates are portraits of Paul Gerhardt (frontispiece), Hans Sachs (vignette on title page), Ulrich von Hutten, Justus Jonas, Paul Eber, and Friedrich Gottlieb Kloostock: 'The Sunday library for household…
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Delius as I Knew Him
- £40.00
- A memoir of the last six years of the composer's life when Fenby, then a young organist from Scarborough, volunteered to live in Grez-sur-Loing to help the blind and partly paralysed Delius to continue to compose. The vivid account of the painful and exasperating process whereby Fenby was able to…
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Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
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Albert Moore, his life and works
- £250.00
- Biography and account of Albert Moore's influential paintings written by a former student in the year of Moore's death. He was known for his classical portraits often in the context of luxury and decadence.
- Add to basket
-
Anne Thackeray Ritchie, a biography
- £12.00
- Winifred Gérin (1901-1981) was a noted literary biographer, known for writing on each of the Brontë siblings, as well as Horatio Nelson and Elizabeth Gaskell. Anne Thackeray Ritchie was the daughter of W.M. Thackeray and also Virginia Woolf's aunt, thus bridging two extraordinary periods in English letters.
- Add to basket
-
Assorted Espionage book bundle
- £50.00
- Espionage books from 2WW and Cold War
- Add to basket
-
Born Free – A Lioness of Two Worlds (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- There have been many accounts of the return to the wild of tame animals, but since its original publication in 1960, when the New York Times hailed it as a "fascinating and remarkable book," Born Free has stood alone in its power to move us. Joy Adamson's story of a…
- Add to basket
-
Boswell’s Life of Johnson (2 vols in 1)
- £25.00
- "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order. A seriesw of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons…" Published in two volumes by OUP in 1904, this is the first combined edition.
- Add to basket
-
Branwell Brontë, a biography
- £25.00
- Winifred Gérin (1901-1981) was a noted literary biographer, known for writing on each of the Brontë siblings, as well as Horatio Nelson and Elizabeth Gaskell. While her seminal work was about Charlotte Brontë, this biography was greatly respected.
- Add to basket
-
Brave Dame Mary, or the Siege of Corfe Castle
- £15.00
- Historical novel set in the English Civil War, about the Roundheads' siege of Corfe, held by the staunchly royalist Lady Mary Bankes.
- Add to basket
-
Broome Stages
- £25.00
- A biography of this theatrical family, opening with the first Richard Broome born in 1715 who seemingly made brooms during his childhood. Follows the lives of the rest of the Broome family.
- Add to basket
-
Byron: The Last Journey April 1823-April 1824
- £35.00
- Lord Byron's first epic poem, "Childe Harold", was published in 1812. Only 12 years later after a life including exile, marriage and fatherhood, he died aged 36 at Missolonghi in Greece. First written in 1924, this is an acclaimed narrative of the final months of Lord Byron's life when he…
- Add to basket
-
C. S. Lewis: a life – eccentric genius, reluctant prophet
- £75.00
- ECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction)
- Add to basket
-
Charles Simeon of Cambridge
- £12.00
- Charles Simeon ministered for over fifty years in one parish at the heart of Cambridge during the bleak period of English national life between the French Wars and the passing of the Reform Bill. He was considered by Lord Macaulay to have had greater influence on the life of the…
- Add to basket
-
Chesterton’s Christian Writings
- £40.00
- An omnibus of Chesterton's larger works of theology and fiction, unabridged. Includes: Everlasting Man, Orthodoxy, Heretics, St Francis Of Assisi, St. Thomas Aquinas And The Man Who Was Thursday
- Add to basket
-
Christian Singers of Germany
- £40.00
- Preface dated on p. vi: 'Clifton, April 1869'. Illustrated with Vignette in sepia to title-page. Frontispiece and four other full-page plates. Plates are portraits of Paul Gerhardt (frontispiece), Hans Sachs (vignette on title page), Ulrich von Hutten, Justus Jonas, Paul Eber, and Friedrich Gottlieb Kloostock: 'The Sunday library for household…
- Add to basket
-
Delius as I Knew Him
- £40.00
- A memoir of the last six years of the composer's life when Fenby, then a young organist from Scarborough, volunteered to live in Grez-sur-Loing to help the blind and partly paralysed Delius to continue to compose. The vivid account of the painful and exasperating process whereby Fenby was able to…
- Add to basket
-
Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
- Add to basket
