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Memoir of Henry Venn
- £15.00
- Henry Venn was the grandson of the Henry Venn of Clapham Sect fame and a follower in his footsteps; a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral and honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society. First published in 1880 without the appendix, this memoir includes selections from Venn's letters and journal.
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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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Memoirs Of The Rev. David Brainerd: With An Introduction On The Life And Character
- £25.00
- An edition of Jonathan Edwards' classic biography of the missionary to Native Americans, David Brainerd. Edited and introduced by J. M. Sherwood with an essay 'On God's Hand In Missions' by Arthur T. Pierson.
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Meredith
- £20.00
- The great war poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) turned his attention to the great Victorian man of letters George Meredith (who had been nominated for the Nobel Literature prize 7 times).
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Meredith
- £25.00
- The great war poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) turned his attention to the great Victorian man of letters George Meredith (who had been nominated for the Nobel Literature prize 7 times).
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Meredith
- £25.00
- The great war poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) turned his attention to the great Victorian man of letters George Meredith (who had been nominated for the Nobel Literature prize 7 times).
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Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot
- £25.00
- A fresh and engaging account of the life of the great English poet and pamphleteer John Milton. For centuries John Milton, author of Paradise Lost and many other poetic works, and of radical pamphlets on free speech, divorce and political rights, has emerged from biographies as a woman-hating domestic tyrant…
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Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
- £300.00
- "In 1842 his Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa appeared, to become a widely read Victorian missionary classic" (DNB). Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a missionary in Africa and linguist. One of Moffat's greatest achievements was the translation and printing of the New Testament into Tswana, for the use of…
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Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World For Women
- £20.00
- A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights. In 1912, Dorothy L. Sayers and five friends founded a writing group at Somerville College, Oxford; they dubbed themselves the 'Mutual Admiration Society.' Brilliant, bold, serious, and funny,…
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My Old Man: a Personal History of Music Hall
- £20.00
- Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British music hall. Music hall was one of the glories of Victorian England. Sentimental, vulgar, but patriotic and champion of the…
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No Compromise: The Life Story Of Keith Green (revised & expanded)
- £10.00
- An intimate and moving account from the widow of the great writer, musician, and minister Keith Green chronicles Green's career through to his untimely death at only 28, discussing his unpublished songs and journals and showing how his inspirational ministry lives on.
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Not far from Brideshead: Oxford between the Wars
- £15.00
- Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia - a dreamworld - from which pain could be shut out. Soldiers arrived with pictures of the university fully formed in their heads, and women finally won…
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Notes on Thought, Preceded by a Biographical Sketch
- £80.00
- Charles Buxton (1822-1871) was an MP and son of the renowned Abolitionist MP Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. He was a brewer and writer as well as politician. This is a posthumously published book of his commonplace book, complete with Llewellyn Davies's brief biography at the start.
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Oliver Cromwell
- £30.00
- From the series: Twelve English Statsmen. Frederic Harrison (1831–1923) was a lawyer and teacher, later positivist and author, who dabbled extensively in politics, education, philosophy and history. Harrison's judgements and reminiscences of other writers are found in The Choice of Books(1886), Studies in Early Victorian Literature (1895), and Tennyson, Ruskin,…
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Orwell: the Authorised Biography
- £15.00
- This biography draws on a range of new sources, from a very candid letter giving evidence of Orwell's romantic attachments to other boys at Eton, to records in the India Office Library which alter the conventional view of his service in Burma.
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Memoir of Henry Venn
- £15.00
- Henry Venn was the grandson of the Henry Venn of Clapham Sect fame and a follower in his footsteps; a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral and honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society. First published in 1880 without the appendix, this memoir includes selections from Venn's letters and journal.
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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,…
- Add to basket
-
Memoirs Of The Rev. David Brainerd: With An Introduction On The Life And Character
- £25.00
- An edition of Jonathan Edwards' classic biography of the missionary to Native Americans, David Brainerd. Edited and introduced by J. M. Sherwood with an essay 'On God's Hand In Missions' by Arthur T. Pierson.
- Add to basket
-
Meredith
- £20.00
- The great war poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) turned his attention to the great Victorian man of letters George Meredith (who had been nominated for the Nobel Literature prize 7 times).
- Add to basket
-
Meredith
- £25.00
- The great war poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) turned his attention to the great Victorian man of letters George Meredith (who had been nominated for the Nobel Literature prize 7 times).
- Add to basket
-
Meredith
- £25.00
- The great war poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) turned his attention to the great Victorian man of letters George Meredith (who had been nominated for the Nobel Literature prize 7 times).
- Add to basket
-
Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot
- £25.00
- A fresh and engaging account of the life of the great English poet and pamphleteer John Milton. For centuries John Milton, author of Paradise Lost and many other poetic works, and of radical pamphlets on free speech, divorce and political rights, has emerged from biographies as a woman-hating domestic tyrant…
- Add to basket
-
Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
- £300.00
- "In 1842 his Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa appeared, to become a widely read Victorian missionary classic" (DNB). Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a missionary in Africa and linguist. One of Moffat's greatest achievements was the translation and printing of the New Testament into Tswana, for the use of…
- Add to basket
-
Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World For Women
- £20.00
- A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights. In 1912, Dorothy L. Sayers and five friends founded a writing group at Somerville College, Oxford; they dubbed themselves the 'Mutual Admiration Society.' Brilliant, bold, serious, and funny,…
- Add to basket
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My Old Man: a Personal History of Music Hall
- £20.00
- Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British music hall. Music hall was one of the glories of Victorian England. Sentimental, vulgar, but patriotic and champion of the…
- Add to basket
-
No Compromise: The Life Story Of Keith Green (revised & expanded)
- £10.00
- An intimate and moving account from the widow of the great writer, musician, and minister Keith Green chronicles Green's career through to his untimely death at only 28, discussing his unpublished songs and journals and showing how his inspirational ministry lives on.
- Add to basket
-
Not far from Brideshead: Oxford between the Wars
- £15.00
- Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia - a dreamworld - from which pain could be shut out. Soldiers arrived with pictures of the university fully formed in their heads, and women finally won…
- Add to basket
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Notes on Thought, Preceded by a Biographical Sketch
- £80.00
- Charles Buxton (1822-1871) was an MP and son of the renowned Abolitionist MP Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. He was a brewer and writer as well as politician. This is a posthumously published book of his commonplace book, complete with Llewellyn Davies's brief biography at the start.
- Add to basket
-
Oliver Cromwell
- £30.00
- From the series: Twelve English Statsmen. Frederic Harrison (1831–1923) was a lawyer and teacher, later positivist and author, who dabbled extensively in politics, education, philosophy and history. Harrison's judgements and reminiscences of other writers are found in The Choice of Books(1886), Studies in Early Victorian Literature (1895), and Tennyson, Ruskin,…
- Add to basket
-
Orwell: the Authorised Biography
- £15.00
- This biography draws on a range of new sources, from a very candid letter giving evidence of Orwell's romantic attachments to other boys at Eton, to records in the India Office Library which alter the conventional view of his service in Burma.
- Add to basket