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Father Damien: An Open Letter to th Reverend Dr Hyde of Honolulu
- £20.00
- Stevenson's famous open letter from 1890 rebutting the claims of Presbyterian minister Charles Hyde that Father Damien (a catholic missionary to Hawaii) was a 'coarse, dirty man' who had contracted leprosy due to 'carelessness'.
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Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951): The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten
- £35.00
- The third volume of the annotated selected letters of composer Benjamin Britten covers the years 1946-51, during which he wrote many of his best-known works, founded and developed the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival, and toured widely in Europe and the United States as a pianist and conductor.…
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LETTERS FROM A LIFE: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. (Two vols) I: 1923-1939; II: 1939-1945
- £60.00
- This two-volume set of letters sheds new light on the composer Benjamin Britten's personal and musical life. "Volume One, 1923-39" opens with a letter from Britten, aged ten, to his mother Edith. This first volume includes the period he spent at the Royal College of Music where he meets influential…
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Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer Spiritual Reality in the Personal Christian Life
- £20.00
- In this collection of Francis Schaeffer's letters, the personal, spiritual, and practical side of Dr. Schaeffer's work comes shining through so clearly. Each of us will find here something of ourselves, our frailty and our human need, but also something of what we might become through the transforming presence of…
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More Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
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Poetical Works of Ben Jonson
- £17.00
- Contemporary and probable rival of Shakespeare, Jonson was a towering literary figure, and his influence was enormous for he has been described as 'One of the most vigorous minds that ever added to the strength of English literature'.
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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 Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
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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 White/Garnett Letters
- £20.00
- Sylvia Warner Townsend Warner's biography of T. H. White, which had an enthusiastic reception, recvealed in the author of The Sword in the Stone a gnarled and tormented personality, fascinating in its diversity. The series of letters between White and David Garnett, the author of Aspects of Love and many…
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Father Damien: An Open Letter to th Reverend Dr Hyde of Honolulu
- £20.00
- Stevenson's famous open letter from 1890 rebutting the claims of Presbyterian minister Charles Hyde that Father Damien (a catholic missionary to Hawaii) was a 'coarse, dirty man' who had contracted leprosy due to 'carelessness'.
- Add to basket
-
Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951): The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten
- £35.00
- The third volume of the annotated selected letters of composer Benjamin Britten covers the years 1946-51, during which he wrote many of his best-known works, founded and developed the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival, and toured widely in Europe and the United States as a pianist and conductor.…
- Add to basket
-
LETTERS FROM A LIFE: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. (Two vols) I: 1923-1939; II: 1939-1945
- £60.00
- This two-volume set of letters sheds new light on the composer Benjamin Britten's personal and musical life. "Volume One, 1923-39" opens with a letter from Britten, aged ten, to his mother Edith. This first volume includes the period he spent at the Royal College of Music where he meets influential…
- Add to basket
-
Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer Spiritual Reality in the Personal Christian Life
- £20.00
- In this collection of Francis Schaeffer's letters, the personal, spiritual, and practical side of Dr. Schaeffer's work comes shining through so clearly. Each of us will find here something of ourselves, our frailty and our human need, but also something of what we might become through the transforming presence of…
- Add to basket
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More Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
- Add to basket
-
Poetical Works of Ben Jonson
- £17.00
- Contemporary and probable rival of Shakespeare, Jonson was a towering literary figure, and his influence was enormous for he has been described as 'One of the most vigorous minds that ever added to the strength of English literature'.
- Add to basket
-
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.
- Add to basket
-
The Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
- Add to basket
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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…
- Add to basket
-
The White/Garnett Letters
- £20.00
- Sylvia Warner Townsend Warner's biography of T. H. White, which had an enthusiastic reception, recvealed in the author of The Sword in the Stone a gnarled and tormented personality, fascinating in its diversity. The series of letters between White and David Garnett, the author of Aspects of Love and many…
- Add to basket
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