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The Gurneys of Earlham (2 volumes)
- £50.00
- The two-volume account of the extraordinary Quaker banking family from Norfolk that included Elizabeth Fry and the abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton, by famed Victorian writer Augustus Hare (1834-1903). Frontispieces and 30 illustrations.
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The Haienda: How Not To Run A Club (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and the bestselling 12-inch single ever, 'Blue Monday' among many other songs. As co-owner of Manchester's…
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The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
- £14.00
- Many people continue to believe that only a small percentage of the New Testament accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth reflect what he really said and did. The reasons for scepticism may vary over the years, but some arguments have proved remarkably persistent - for example,…
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The History Of England From The Accession Of James II (2 volumes)
- £80.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
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The History Today Companion to British History
- £14.00
- Six British historians contribute to a comprehensive dictionary which not only is a reference work for events, people and places from 43 AD, but also acknowledges that history is as much about the writing of what happened as what actually did happen. It also includes information on historical concepts and…
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The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany
- £5.00
- In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother's house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her 'soul place' now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall…
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The House of Mitford
- £10.00
- The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families.' A rare glimpse of the tangled undergrowth of English snobbery, prejudice and reactionary politics' New York Times 'A fine group portrait of a truly remarkable tribe' Atlantic Among the six daughters and one son born to David, second…
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The Immortal Evening – A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb
- £14.00
- On December 28, 1817, the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon hosts what he refers to in his diaries and autobiography as the immortal dinner. He wants to introduce his young friend John Keats to the great William Wordsworth and to celebrate with his friends his progress on his most important historical…
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The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism
- £20.00
- Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, hailed the work as the world's most important book since the Bible. As a Fabian and lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic…
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The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit
- £14.00
- Families are societies in miniature.' The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1987. A lesson in the fragility of fame, it tells the tragic story of three generations: George, one of Australia's leading painters; his talented composer-conductor son Constant; and grandson Kit, who managed the…
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The Life and Times of ‘England’s Patriot King’ William the Fourth, with a brief memoir of HM Queen Adelaide
- £160.00
- Biography of King William IV and his Queen Adelaide, published in 1831, the year of his coronation. He would of course die in 1837, succeeded by his niece, the young Victoria.
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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 Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robt Sanderson
- £50.00
- Izaak Walton is best known today for The compleat Angler (first published in 1653). He was celebrated in his lifetime for his biographies, however, with the first on John Donne published in 1640 and Bishop Sanderson in 1678 (5 years before his death). Three at least of them were anglers…
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The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers (in 3 vols)
- £150.00
- The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers chiefly written by themselves from Christopher Hopper to John Pritchard
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944. The D-Day Story
- £65.00
- Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. With 28 plates and colour endpaper maps.
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The Gurneys of Earlham (2 volumes)
- £50.00
- The two-volume account of the extraordinary Quaker banking family from Norfolk that included Elizabeth Fry and the abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton, by famed Victorian writer Augustus Hare (1834-1903). Frontispieces and 30 illustrations.
- Add to basket
-
The Haienda: How Not To Run A Club (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and the bestselling 12-inch single ever, 'Blue Monday' among many other songs. As co-owner of Manchester's…
- Add to basket
-
The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
- £14.00
- Many people continue to believe that only a small percentage of the New Testament accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth reflect what he really said and did. The reasons for scepticism may vary over the years, but some arguments have proved remarkably persistent - for example,…
- Add to basket
-
The History Of England From The Accession Of James II (2 volumes)
- £80.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
- Add to basket
-
The History Today Companion to British History
- £14.00
- Six British historians contribute to a comprehensive dictionary which not only is a reference work for events, people and places from 43 AD, but also acknowledges that history is as much about the writing of what happened as what actually did happen. It also includes information on historical concepts and…
- Add to basket
-
The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany
- £5.00
- In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother's house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her 'soul place' now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall…
- Add to basket
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The House of Mitford
- £10.00
- The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families.' A rare glimpse of the tangled undergrowth of English snobbery, prejudice and reactionary politics' New York Times 'A fine group portrait of a truly remarkable tribe' Atlantic Among the six daughters and one son born to David, second…
- Add to basket
-
The Immortal Evening – A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb
- £14.00
- On December 28, 1817, the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon hosts what he refers to in his diaries and autobiography as the immortal dinner. He wants to introduce his young friend John Keats to the great William Wordsworth and to celebrate with his friends his progress on his most important historical…
- Add to basket
-
The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism
- £20.00
- Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, hailed the work as the world's most important book since the Bible. As a Fabian and lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic…
- Add to basket
-
The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit
- £14.00
- Families are societies in miniature.' The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1987. A lesson in the fragility of fame, it tells the tragic story of three generations: George, one of Australia's leading painters; his talented composer-conductor son Constant; and grandson Kit, who managed the…
- Add to basket
-
The Life and Times of ‘England’s Patriot King’ William the Fourth, with a brief memoir of HM Queen Adelaide
- £160.00
- Biography of King William IV and his Queen Adelaide, published in 1831, the year of his coronation. He would of course die in 1837, succeeded by his niece, the young Victoria.
- Add to basket
-
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
-
The Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robt Sanderson
- £50.00
- Izaak Walton is best known today for The compleat Angler (first published in 1653). He was celebrated in his lifetime for his biographies, however, with the first on John Donne published in 1640 and Bishop Sanderson in 1678 (5 years before his death). Three at least of them were anglers…
- Add to basket
-
The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers (in 3 vols)
- £150.00
- The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers chiefly written by themselves from Christopher Hopper to John Pritchard
- Add to basket
-
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944. The D-Day Story
- £65.00
- Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. With 28 plates and colour endpaper maps.
- Add to basket