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Manhattan ’45
- £25.00
- In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. Never again would the city possess the unique mixture of innocence and sophistication, romance and formality, generosity and confidence which characterized it in this moment of triumph. In Manhattan '45, acclaimed travel writer and historian…
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Marx and Engels’ ‘Communist Manifesto’: A Reader’s Guide
- £20.00
- Introducing the most famous work of the nineteenth-century radical thinkers Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, this comprehensive reader's guide to the Communist Manifesto explores the key themes, ideas and issues of the revolutionary pamphlet. Beginning with a discussion of the intellectual, political and social context of the Manifesto, the Reader's…
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Marxism vs Liberalism – an Interview
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- Interview of Stalin by Wells conducted July 23, 1934 in Moscow. Introduction by Granville Hicks.
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Mary Slessor of Calabar, pioneer missionary
- £15.00
- A pioneering woman missionary hailing from Aberdeen in Scotland, Mary Slessor's journey to Nigeria set an example to all Christian missions; she gained the trust, respect and thanks of the local peoples, and introduced the gospel of Christ. Most notably from a social viewpoint, Slessor managed to convince the Ibibio…
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Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (Translation From The Latin, And Biographical Notes)
- £18.00
- Helen Waddell (31 May 1889 Ð 5 March 1965) was an Irish poet, translator and playwright. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal. was born in Tokyo, the tenth and youngest child of Hugh Waddell, a Presbyterian minister and missionary who was lecturing in the Imperial University. She spent…
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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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Memories of Bygone Eton
- £30.00
- Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt (1851-1939) was an English writer and campaigner for social reform in the fields of prisons, schools, economic institutions, and the treatment of animals. He was a noted ethical vegetarian, anti-vivisectionist, socialist, and pacifist, and was well known as a literary critic, biographer, classical scholar and naturalist.…
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Meredith
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- 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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MI5: British Security Service Operations 1909-1945
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- Nigel West is the nom de plume of former MP, Rupert Allason, under which he has written many books on espionage and the Cold War.
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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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Morning, Noon and Night in London
- £16.00
- These slight pages are an invitation to walk with Mr. Sitwell along the pavements and into the music-halls of London upon an August afternoon and evening of the eighteen-sixties. A fantasy begun while London was being daily and nightly blitzed and bombed, and a tribute, therefore, to the eternal London.…
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Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World War (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The popular view of the First World War remains that of 'Blackadder': incompetent generals sending our soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to…
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Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1600
- £30.00
- In the years following the Act of Uniformity in 1549, musicians seemed to thrive on the challenge of the New Prayer Book, and the successive reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I bought a rich and varied repertory of vernacular church music. Peter Le Huray traces these developments…
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Manhattan ’45
- £25.00
- In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. Never again would the city possess the unique mixture of innocence and sophistication, romance and formality, generosity and confidence which characterized it in this moment of triumph. In Manhattan '45, acclaimed travel writer and historian…
- Add to basket
-
Marx and Engels’ ‘Communist Manifesto’: A Reader’s Guide
- £20.00
- Introducing the most famous work of the nineteenth-century radical thinkers Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, this comprehensive reader's guide to the Communist Manifesto explores the key themes, ideas and issues of the revolutionary pamphlet. Beginning with a discussion of the intellectual, political and social context of the Manifesto, the Reader's…
- Add to basket
-
Marxism vs Liberalism – an Interview
- £25.00
- Interview of Stalin by Wells conducted July 23, 1934 in Moscow. Introduction by Granville Hicks.
- Add to basket
-
Mary Slessor of Calabar, pioneer missionary
- £15.00
- A pioneering woman missionary hailing from Aberdeen in Scotland, Mary Slessor's journey to Nigeria set an example to all Christian missions; she gained the trust, respect and thanks of the local peoples, and introduced the gospel of Christ. Most notably from a social viewpoint, Slessor managed to convince the Ibibio…
- Add to basket
-
Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (Translation From The Latin, And Biographical Notes)
- £18.00
- Helen Waddell (31 May 1889 Ð 5 March 1965) was an Irish poet, translator and playwright. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal. was born in Tokyo, the tenth and youngest child of Hugh Waddell, a Presbyterian minister and missionary who was lecturing in the Imperial University. She spent…
- Add to basket
-
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.
- Add to basket
-
Memories of Bygone Eton
- £30.00
- Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt (1851-1939) was an English writer and campaigner for social reform in the fields of prisons, schools, economic institutions, and the treatment of animals. He was a noted ethical vegetarian, anti-vivisectionist, socialist, and pacifist, and was well known as a literary critic, biographer, classical scholar and naturalist.…
- 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
-
MI5: British Security Service Operations 1909-1945
- £20.00
- Nigel West is the nom de plume of former MP, Rupert Allason, under which he has written many books on espionage and the Cold War.
- 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
-
Morning, Noon and Night in London
- £16.00
- These slight pages are an invitation to walk with Mr. Sitwell along the pavements and into the music-halls of London upon an August afternoon and evening of the eighteen-sixties. A fantasy begun while London was being daily and nightly blitzed and bombed, and a tribute, therefore, to the eternal London.…
- Add to basket
-
Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World War (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The popular view of the First World War remains that of 'Blackadder': incompetent generals sending our soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to…
- Add to basket
-
Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1600
- £30.00
- In the years following the Act of Uniformity in 1549, musicians seemed to thrive on the challenge of the New Prayer Book, and the successive reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I bought a rich and varied repertory of vernacular church music. Peter Le Huray traces these developments…
- Add to basket