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The House at Pooh Corner
- £125.00
- One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing.' This is the second classic childrenÕs story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In…
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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- £45.00
- The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight Fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his…
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The Iron Woman
- £35.00
- Mankind has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge. Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction. She needs help. Who…
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The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- £50.00
- Washington Irving (1783Ð1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way…
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The Lady and the Unicorn (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The second of Porter's collaborations with Australian artist Arthur Boyd. 'The moral of the story is that acquisitiveness leads to disappointment, if not to wanton destruction although Boyd and Porter focussed their attention on the changing relationship between the Lady and the Unicorn, rather than the acquisitive Emperor. The final…
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy (set, SIGNED by Alan Lee)
- £750.00
- Three-volume set edition lavishly illustrated in full color by Alan LeeOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged…
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The Maestro
- £15.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
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The Man Who Stopped To Help
- £16.00
- Enid Blyton's storybook retelling of Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan, with illustrations from Elsie Walker (who worked on 8 of Blyton's biblical storybooks).
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The Modern “Rake’s Progress”
- £45.00
- Dame Rebecca West was a brilliant, versatile writer: columnist, reviewer, historian and travel writer as well as novelilst. She turns her hand, with the help of David Low's iconic images (on 12 full colour plates), to updating the narrative depicted by Hogarth in his famous 8-painting sequence.
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The Modern “Rake’s Progress”
- £45.00
- Dame Rebecca West was a brilliant, versatile writer: columnist, reviewer, historian and travel writer as well as novelilst. She turns her hand, with the help of David Low's iconic images (on 12 full colour plates), to updating the narrative depicted by Hogarth in his famous 8-painting sequence.
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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 Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- £250.00
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. The Standard Edition by E. T. Bennett. Thoroughly revised, with additional Notes, by James Edmund Harting. Stereotyped Edition. With Ten Letters not included in any other Edition. Illustrated with Engravings by Thomas Bewick and Others.
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The Primrose Path
- £25.00
- UK edition of Nash's work drawing pieces from his 'The Primrose Path' and 'Happy Days' as well as a number of other subsequent pieces.
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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 Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication
- £25.00
- Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife…
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The House at Pooh Corner
- £125.00
- One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing.' This is the second classic childrenÕs story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In…
- Add to basket
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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- £45.00
- The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight Fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his…
- Add to basket
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The Iron Woman
- £35.00
- Mankind has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge. Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction. She needs help. Who…
- Add to basket
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The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- £50.00
- Washington Irving (1783Ð1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way…
- Add to basket
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The Lady and the Unicorn (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The second of Porter's collaborations with Australian artist Arthur Boyd. 'The moral of the story is that acquisitiveness leads to disappointment, if not to wanton destruction although Boyd and Porter focussed their attention on the changing relationship between the Lady and the Unicorn, rather than the acquisitive Emperor. The final…
- Add to basket
-
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (set, SIGNED by Alan Lee)
- £750.00
- Three-volume set edition lavishly illustrated in full color by Alan LeeOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged…
- Add to basket
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The Maestro
- £15.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
- Add to basket
-
The Man Who Stopped To Help
- £16.00
- Enid Blyton's storybook retelling of Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan, with illustrations from Elsie Walker (who worked on 8 of Blyton's biblical storybooks).
- Add to basket
-
The Modern “Rake’s Progress”
- £45.00
- Dame Rebecca West was a brilliant, versatile writer: columnist, reviewer, historian and travel writer as well as novelilst. She turns her hand, with the help of David Low's iconic images (on 12 full colour plates), to updating the narrative depicted by Hogarth in his famous 8-painting sequence.
- Add to basket
-
The Modern “Rake’s Progress”
- £45.00
- Dame Rebecca West was a brilliant, versatile writer: columnist, reviewer, historian and travel writer as well as novelilst. She turns her hand, with the help of David Low's iconic images (on 12 full colour plates), to updating the narrative depicted by Hogarth in his famous 8-painting sequence.
- 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
-
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- £250.00
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. The Standard Edition by E. T. Bennett. Thoroughly revised, with additional Notes, by James Edmund Harting. Stereotyped Edition. With Ten Letters not included in any other Edition. Illustrated with Engravings by Thomas Bewick and Others.
- Add to basket
-
The Primrose Path
- £25.00
- UK edition of Nash's work drawing pieces from his 'The Primrose Path' and 'Happy Days' as well as a number of other subsequent pieces.
- Add to basket
-
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
-
The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication
- £25.00
- Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife…
- Add to basket