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1066 and all that
- £8.00
- "Canute began by being a Bad King on the advice of his Courtiers, who informed him (owing to a misunderstanding of the Rule Britannia) that the King of England was entitled to sit on the sea without getting wet." 1066 And All That is a book that has itself become…
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A Generation Risen
- £15.00
- 24 poems by Masefield and 43 of Edward Seago's atmospheric b/w paintings and drawings of the people and places at the sharp end of World War II - soldiers, sailors, and airmen, land-girls and technicians, drawn at work or rest.
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A Long Drink of Cold Water
- £30.00
- Collection of Campbell's articles from Lilliput magazine
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Aesop’s Fables. (Arthur Rackham SIGNED)
- £1,200.00
- "The peculiar secret of Rackham's success in seizing upon the essence of the human and portraying it in animal form, which is after all the basic device of the morality, is unwittingly touched upon in Chesterton's delightful introduction to the 1912 edition of Aesop's Fables: 'There can be no good…
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Bestiary, in the Bodleian Library
- £15.00
- Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library , Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated and introduced by Richard Barber.
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Brave New World
- £50.00
- EVERYONE BELONGS TO EVERYONE ELSE. Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is take your Soma pills. Discover…
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Brideshead Revisited, the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
- £20.00
- Brideshead Revisited is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World…
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Danny the Champion of the World
- £12.00
- Danny lives in a caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes. Nobody likes him, not one-little bit. So one day,…
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Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine
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- Full title: Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light by Honor de Balzac. Short stories collected under the first, second and third decade. Dedicated by the translator to 'all who understand the spirit of humane laughter'.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: Selected Poems and Prose
- £30.00
- The poems in this edition follow the fourth edition of "The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins"; the prose follows the text of "Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Works." (OUP, 2002) with 1 b/w photograph (fpc) and 8 colour plates.
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Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey
- £50.00
- Dean Stanley's detailed work over several volumes was revised and issued in this 3rd edition in 1869, with 17 leaves of plates and scores of in text etchings.
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House at the Corner
- £15.00
- Although she loves the House at the Corner, Aunt Grace is easily irritated by the self-absorbed Farrell children - vain Pam always preening herself, mischievous Tony throwing away his education and the twins who only have time for their nature-loving pastimes and each other. Lizzie is Aunt Grace's favourite but…
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Letters from Italy
- £25.00
- Karel _apek (1890 -1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He also published a number of travel books, of which this was the first (originally published in Czech in 1923).
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New Cautionary Tales
- £35.00
- A follow up to Belloc's wildly successful Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years (1907). Like its predecessor, this a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century.
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New York
- £50.00
- After four visits during the 1920s, Paul Morand wrote a profile of the city of New York in 1930. This English translation came out the following year. Theodore Purdy, Jr. wrote about the book: "There is a good deal in it that is inaccurate, and the spellings of American names…
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1066 and all that
- £8.00
- "Canute began by being a Bad King on the advice of his Courtiers, who informed him (owing to a misunderstanding of the Rule Britannia) that the King of England was entitled to sit on the sea without getting wet." 1066 And All That is a book that has itself become…
- Add to basket
-
A Generation Risen
- £15.00
- 24 poems by Masefield and 43 of Edward Seago's atmospheric b/w paintings and drawings of the people and places at the sharp end of World War II - soldiers, sailors, and airmen, land-girls and technicians, drawn at work or rest.
- Add to basket
-
A Long Drink of Cold Water
- £30.00
- Collection of Campbell's articles from Lilliput magazine
- Add to basket
-
Aesop’s Fables. (Arthur Rackham SIGNED)
- £1,200.00
- "The peculiar secret of Rackham's success in seizing upon the essence of the human and portraying it in animal form, which is after all the basic device of the morality, is unwittingly touched upon in Chesterton's delightful introduction to the 1912 edition of Aesop's Fables: 'There can be no good…
- Add to basket
-
Bestiary, in the Bodleian Library
- £15.00
- Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library , Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated and introduced by Richard Barber.
- Add to basket
-
Brave New World
- £50.00
- EVERYONE BELONGS TO EVERYONE ELSE. Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is take your Soma pills. Discover…
- Add to basket
-
Brideshead Revisited, the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
- £20.00
- Brideshead Revisited is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World…
- Add to basket
-
Danny the Champion of the World
- £12.00
- Danny lives in a caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes. Nobody likes him, not one-little bit. So one day,…
- Add to basket
-
Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine
- £15.00
- Full title: Droll Stories, collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light by Honor de Balzac. Short stories collected under the first, second and third decade. Dedicated by the translator to 'all who understand the spirit of humane laughter'.
- Add to basket
-
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Selected Poems and Prose
- £30.00
- The poems in this edition follow the fourth edition of "The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins"; the prose follows the text of "Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Works." (OUP, 2002) with 1 b/w photograph (fpc) and 8 colour plates.
- Add to basket
-
Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey
- £50.00
- Dean Stanley's detailed work over several volumes was revised and issued in this 3rd edition in 1869, with 17 leaves of plates and scores of in text etchings.
- Add to basket
-
House at the Corner
- £15.00
- Although she loves the House at the Corner, Aunt Grace is easily irritated by the self-absorbed Farrell children - vain Pam always preening herself, mischievous Tony throwing away his education and the twins who only have time for their nature-loving pastimes and each other. Lizzie is Aunt Grace's favourite but…
- Add to basket
-
Letters from Italy
- £25.00
- Karel _apek (1890 -1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He also published a number of travel books, of which this was the first (originally published in Czech in 1923).
- Add to basket
-
New Cautionary Tales
- £35.00
- A follow up to Belloc's wildly successful Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years (1907). Like its predecessor, this a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century.
- Add to basket
-
New York
- £50.00
- After four visits during the 1920s, Paul Morand wrote a profile of the city of New York in 1930. This English translation came out the following year. Theodore Purdy, Jr. wrote about the book: "There is a good deal in it that is inaccurate, and the spellings of American names…
- Add to basket
