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Hoffnung’s Musical Chairs
- £12.00
- 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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In-laws & Outlaws
- £10.00
- Parkinson's advice for how to succeed in the world. Step one is finding the right father-in-law…
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Literary Life
- £25.00
- This book consists of approximately fifty 'Literary Life' cartoons which were serialised weekly every Saturday in the Guardian's Review section from November 2002 until December 2004, and two short stories, 'Murder at Matabele Mansions' and 'Cinderella'. Posy Simmonds examines the pretensions of the literary world with her customary flair for…
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O Rare Hoffnung: a memorial garland
- £40.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. This compilation of reflections and memories by some of his many friends and admirers was published the following year, with a foreward by his widow, Annetta, including several colour plates and of course b/w…
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Sailing to Byzantium: an architectural companion
- £30.00
- Lancaster's unique guide to the Byzantine architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean illustrated in his own inimitable style.
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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 Broons – 1981 album
- £15.00
- 1981 album of the famous strip in Scots published in the weekly Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post. It features the Brown family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 Glebe Street in (since the late 1990s) the fictional Scottish town of Auchentogle or Auchenshoogle. Originally created by writer/editor R.…
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The Broons – 1983 album
- £15.00
- 1983 album of the famous strip in Scots published in the weekly Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post. It features the Brown family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 Glebe Street in (since the late 1990s) the fictional Scottish town of Auchentogle or Auchenshoogle. Originally created by writer/editor R.…
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The Female Approach
- £30.00
- "Hearties and Half-Wits" - the Female approach with masculine sidelights by Ronald Searle. With a letter from Max Beerbohm
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The Hoffnung Music Festival
- £12.00
- 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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The Littlehampton Bequest
- £14.00
- A tour of the portraits at Drayneflete, Lancaster's sublimely funny stately home, given added credibility by Roy Strong's foreword (as director of the National Portrait Gallery). Lancaster's mastery of the stages of European portraiture on display in these glorious pastiches. Dedicated to Antony and Violet Powell.
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The Maestro
- £15.00
- 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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The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £35.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
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The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £40.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
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The Secret Sketchbook of a Bloomsbury Lady
- £40.00
- Until Kenneth Mahood's recent discovery of his grandmother's sketchbook, little if anything was known of Maud Mahood. As it is, nobody knows why she spent so much of her life drawing the Bloomsbury Group. D. H. Lawrence said it was because she didn't know anyone else, but she was much…
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Hoffnung’s Musical Chairs
- £12.00
- 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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In-laws & Outlaws
- £10.00
- Parkinson's advice for how to succeed in the world. Step one is finding the right father-in-law…
- Add to basket
-
Literary Life
- £25.00
- This book consists of approximately fifty 'Literary Life' cartoons which were serialised weekly every Saturday in the Guardian's Review section from November 2002 until December 2004, and two short stories, 'Murder at Matabele Mansions' and 'Cinderella'. Posy Simmonds examines the pretensions of the literary world with her customary flair for…
- Add to basket
-
O Rare Hoffnung: a memorial garland
- £40.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. This compilation of reflections and memories by some of his many friends and admirers was published the following year, with a foreward by his widow, Annetta, including several colour plates and of course b/w…
- Add to basket
-
Sailing to Byzantium: an architectural companion
- £30.00
- Lancaster's unique guide to the Byzantine architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean illustrated in his own inimitable style.
- Add to basket
-
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.
- Add to basket
-
The Broons – 1981 album
- £15.00
- 1981 album of the famous strip in Scots published in the weekly Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post. It features the Brown family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 Glebe Street in (since the late 1990s) the fictional Scottish town of Auchentogle or Auchenshoogle. Originally created by writer/editor R.…
- Add to basket
-
The Broons – 1983 album
- £15.00
- 1983 album of the famous strip in Scots published in the weekly Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post. It features the Brown family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 Glebe Street in (since the late 1990s) the fictional Scottish town of Auchentogle or Auchenshoogle. Originally created by writer/editor R.…
- Add to basket
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The Female Approach
- £30.00
- "Hearties and Half-Wits" - the Female approach with masculine sidelights by Ronald Searle. With a letter from Max Beerbohm
- Add to basket
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The Hoffnung Music Festival
- £12.00
- 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…
- Add to basket
-
The Littlehampton Bequest
- £14.00
- A tour of the portraits at Drayneflete, Lancaster's sublimely funny stately home, given added credibility by Roy Strong's foreword (as director of the National Portrait Gallery). Lancaster's mastery of the stages of European portraiture on display in these glorious pastiches. Dedicated to Antony and Violet Powell.
- Add to basket
-
The Maestro
- £15.00
- 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…
- Add to basket
-
The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £35.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
- Add to basket
-
The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £40.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
- Add to basket
-
The Secret Sketchbook of a Bloomsbury Lady
- £40.00
- Until Kenneth Mahood's recent discovery of his grandmother's sketchbook, little if anything was known of Maud Mahood. As it is, nobody knows why she spent so much of her life drawing the Bloomsbury Group. D. H. Lawrence said it was because she didn't know anyone else, but she was much…
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