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The Life of Charlemagne (Folio)
- £18.00
- Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts…
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The Monk (Folio)
- £20.00
- Ambrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiend-inspired wanton who, disguised as a boy, has entered his monastery as a novice. Ambrosio then falls in love with one of his penitents and finally kills her in order to escape detection. However,…
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The Retreat from Moscow: The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne 1812-1813 (Folio Society)
- £16.00
- Folio edition. n June 1812, NapoleonÕs 680,000 strong Grande Arme crossed the Neman River and invaded Russia. When the remnants of Napoleon's army returned over the Berezina River in November, only 27,000 effective soldiers remained. Adrien BourgogneÕs Memoirs is one of the most vivid and moving accounts of this dramatic…
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The Rubiyt of Omar Khayym (Folio Society)
- £15.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of the famous translation by Fitzgerald (31 March 1809 - 14 June 1883). Omar Khayym (18 May 1048 - 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. Illustrated by Virgil Burnett.
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The Secret History (Folio)
- £30.00
- A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be…
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The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79 (Folio)
- £40.00
- A detailed and comprehensive study of the discovery of the remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the eighteenth century. With chapters on the volcano itself, discoveries and the reawakening of the story, the Romantics, science and methodology, the stones of Pompeii, and more. Written by Walter Raleigh Trevelyan, a British…
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The Two Heroines of Plumplington and other stories
- £15.00
- Folio edition of Trollope's short stories: In the Barsetshire town of Plumplington the daughter of the townÕs leading banker and the daughter of its brewer have each chosen their future husbands. But both young men are regarded by the fathers as unsuitable, even though each suitor is, in fact, much…
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The Unbearable Bassington (FOLIO)
- £20.00
- "I'm living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart." Saki is the penname of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro. In The Unbearable Bassington, he tells the story of the whimsical Francesca Bassington, an upper middle class woman whose main concerns in…
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The Warden (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 1) – Folio
- £30.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 1 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. In "The Warden", a crusading young physician seeks to expose corruption in the operation of an old age home by the facility's administrator, the respected Rev. Septimus Harding. Unfortunately, the young doctor fancy's Harding's daughter. Trollope's…
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Three Stories: Bartleby; Benito Cereno; Billy Budd
- £18.00
- ÔStruck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!Õ It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the navy recruits the eponymous hero Ð the ÔHandsome SailorÕ Ð to its fleet. Accused of mutinous behaviour, Billy Budd is forced to defend himself, but his fearful, silent…
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- £15.00
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. It is also one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. It tells of the commissioning of one…
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Venice: the most triumphant city
- £10.00
- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
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The Life of Charlemagne (Folio)
- £18.00
- Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts…
- Add to basket
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The Monk (Folio)
- £20.00
- Ambrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiend-inspired wanton who, disguised as a boy, has entered his monastery as a novice. Ambrosio then falls in love with one of his penitents and finally kills her in order to escape detection. However,…
- Add to basket
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The Retreat from Moscow: The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne 1812-1813 (Folio Society)
- £16.00
- Folio edition. n June 1812, NapoleonÕs 680,000 strong Grande Arme crossed the Neman River and invaded Russia. When the remnants of Napoleon's army returned over the Berezina River in November, only 27,000 effective soldiers remained. Adrien BourgogneÕs Memoirs is one of the most vivid and moving accounts of this dramatic…
- Add to basket
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The Rubiyt of Omar Khayym (Folio Society)
- £15.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of the famous translation by Fitzgerald (31 March 1809 - 14 June 1883). Omar Khayym (18 May 1048 - 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. Illustrated by Virgil Burnett.
- Add to basket
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The Secret History (Folio)
- £30.00
- A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be…
- Add to basket
-
The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79 (Folio)
- £40.00
- A detailed and comprehensive study of the discovery of the remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the eighteenth century. With chapters on the volcano itself, discoveries and the reawakening of the story, the Romantics, science and methodology, the stones of Pompeii, and more. Written by Walter Raleigh Trevelyan, a British…
- Add to basket
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The Two Heroines of Plumplington and other stories
- £15.00
- Folio edition of Trollope's short stories: In the Barsetshire town of Plumplington the daughter of the townÕs leading banker and the daughter of its brewer have each chosen their future husbands. But both young men are regarded by the fathers as unsuitable, even though each suitor is, in fact, much…
- Add to basket
-
The Unbearable Bassington (FOLIO)
- £20.00
- "I'm living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart." Saki is the penname of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro. In The Unbearable Bassington, he tells the story of the whimsical Francesca Bassington, an upper middle class woman whose main concerns in…
- Add to basket
-
The Warden (Barsetshire Chronicles vol. 1) – Folio
- £30.00
- Beautiful Folio edition of Book 1 of Anthony Trollope's popular "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. In "The Warden", a crusading young physician seeks to expose corruption in the operation of an old age home by the facility's administrator, the respected Rev. Septimus Harding. Unfortunately, the young doctor fancy's Harding's daughter. Trollope's…
- Add to basket
-
Three Stories: Bartleby; Benito Cereno; Billy Budd
- £18.00
- ÔStruck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!Õ It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the navy recruits the eponymous hero Ð the ÔHandsome SailorÕ Ð to its fleet. Accused of mutinous behaviour, Billy Budd is forced to defend himself, but his fearful, silent…
- Add to basket
-
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- £15.00
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. It is also one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. It tells of the commissioning of one…
- Add to basket
-
Venice: the most triumphant city
- £10.00
- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
- Add to basket