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Not That Kind of Girl: a young woman tells you what she’s ‘learned’ (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham Ð the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBOÕs ÔGirlsÕ Ð as one of the brightest and most original writers working today. ÒIf I could take what…
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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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Papers Presented to the PAST & PRESENT CONFERENCE on Literature and the Historians (1967 UCL)
- £20.00
- Papers from a conference held July 10, 1967, forcusing on literature in a historical context with seven scholarly papers presented, covering the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
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Pound Wise
- £25.00
- This superb collection of essays bears the strong stamp of Osbert Sitwell's (1892-1967) own character and outlook, as well as that of his genius. They are extremely idiosyncratic, elegant and eloquent; graceful and angry; sometimes prophetic; always generous-hearted, courageous, intensely civilized.The first-rate journalist within the radical aristocrat makes this book…
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Promenades: a historian’s appreciation of modern French literature
- £12.00
- As Edward Lucie-Smith said on BBC Radio 3 critics forum 'the discourses of a wonderful eccentric.'
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Promenades: a historian’s appreciation of modern French literature
- £12.00
- As Edward Lucie-Smith said on BBC Radio 3 critics forum 'the discourses of a wonderful eccentric.'
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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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Queen Mary and Others
- £20.00
- A posthumous anthology of essays by Osbert Sitwell published 5 years after his death, including some previously unpublished. Foreword by his close friend Sir Harold Acton.
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Redefining Christian Britain Post-1945 Perspectives
- £15.00
- Redefining Christian Britain brings together distinguished writers from a number of fields - history, sociology, theology - to reassess the role of Christianity in Britain. This is an area that has been of increasing public debate and interest in recent years, but the debate has followed rather predictable grooves. This…
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Roundabout Papers, from “The Cornhill Magazine”
- £45.00
- Three years before he died, Thackeray took on the editorship of The Cornhill Magazine in 1860, despite far prefering the job of writing pieces for his 'Roundabout Papers' column. These were published in this anthology soon after his death in 1863. This is the 1st edition, with occasional illustrations by…
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Satires and Personal Writings
- £10.00
- Several Swift essays, combined with letters, prayers and poems. First published with Eddy's introduction and notes in 1932
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Selected Essays 1917-1932
- £100.00
- In this magisterial volume, Eliot gathered his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917 when he became assistant editor of The Egoist. In his preface to the third edition in 1951 he wrote: 'For myself this book is a kind of historical record of…
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Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £7.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
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Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £16.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
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Splendours and Miseries
- £40.00
- Sacherverell Sitwell's anthology of short stories and essays. Sitwell was an English writer and poet. He produced many works on art, music and architecture and over 50 volumes of poetry. He was best known as an art and music critic. This book was published in the context of the Second…
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Not That Kind of Girl: a young woman tells you what she’s ‘learned’ (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham Ð the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBOÕs ÔGirlsÕ Ð as one of the brightest and most original writers working today. ÒIf I could take what…
- 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
-
Papers Presented to the PAST & PRESENT CONFERENCE on Literature and the Historians (1967 UCL)
- £20.00
- Papers from a conference held July 10, 1967, forcusing on literature in a historical context with seven scholarly papers presented, covering the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
- Add to basket
-
Pound Wise
- £25.00
- This superb collection of essays bears the strong stamp of Osbert Sitwell's (1892-1967) own character and outlook, as well as that of his genius. They are extremely idiosyncratic, elegant and eloquent; graceful and angry; sometimes prophetic; always generous-hearted, courageous, intensely civilized.The first-rate journalist within the radical aristocrat makes this book…
- Add to basket
-
Promenades: a historian’s appreciation of modern French literature
- £12.00
- As Edward Lucie-Smith said on BBC Radio 3 critics forum 'the discourses of a wonderful eccentric.'
- Add to basket
-
Promenades: a historian’s appreciation of modern French literature
- £12.00
- As Edward Lucie-Smith said on BBC Radio 3 critics forum 'the discourses of a wonderful eccentric.'
- Add to basket
-
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…
- Add to basket
-
Queen Mary and Others
- £20.00
- A posthumous anthology of essays by Osbert Sitwell published 5 years after his death, including some previously unpublished. Foreword by his close friend Sir Harold Acton.
- Add to basket
-
Redefining Christian Britain Post-1945 Perspectives
- £15.00
- Redefining Christian Britain brings together distinguished writers from a number of fields - history, sociology, theology - to reassess the role of Christianity in Britain. This is an area that has been of increasing public debate and interest in recent years, but the debate has followed rather predictable grooves. This…
- Add to basket
-
Roundabout Papers, from “The Cornhill Magazine”
- £45.00
- Three years before he died, Thackeray took on the editorship of The Cornhill Magazine in 1860, despite far prefering the job of writing pieces for his 'Roundabout Papers' column. These were published in this anthology soon after his death in 1863. This is the 1st edition, with occasional illustrations by…
- Add to basket
-
Satires and Personal Writings
- £10.00
- Several Swift essays, combined with letters, prayers and poems. First published with Eddy's introduction and notes in 1932
- Add to basket
-
Selected Essays 1917-1932
- £100.00
- In this magisterial volume, Eliot gathered his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917 when he became assistant editor of The Egoist. In his preface to the third edition in 1951 he wrote: 'For myself this book is a kind of historical record of…
- Add to basket
-
Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £7.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
- Add to basket
-
Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £16.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
- Add to basket
-
Splendours and Miseries
- £40.00
- Sacherverell Sitwell's anthology of short stories and essays. Sitwell was an English writer and poet. He produced many works on art, music and architecture and over 50 volumes of poetry. He was best known as an art and music critic. This book was published in the context of the Second…
- Add to basket