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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
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House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A year in and out of lockdown as experienced by Alan Bennett. The diary takes us from the filming of Talking Heads to thoughts on Boris Johnson, from his father's short-lived craze for family fishing trips, to stair lifts, junk shops of old, having a haircut, and encounters on the…
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Living the Cold War: Memoirs of a British Diplomat
- £18.00
- The centrepiece of this memoir by Sir Christopher Mallaby, former British Ambassador in Germany and France, is the unification of Germany in 1990, the culmination of years of work by Sir Christopher and his colleagues. He held different views from the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He saw unification as the…
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Morning Flight: a book of Wildfowl
- £35.00
- Peter Scott made most of his wildfowl studies in the marshes of East Anglia, and this book (his first of many) first came out in 1936. The Times: It is safe to say that no one else could bring off the right and left, write the text and paint these…
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The Noel Coward Diaries
- £20.00
- Journals chronicling the last thirty years of Coward's life provide a candid account of his theatrical career on both sides of the Atlantic and a revealing, entertaining portrait of Coward, himself
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83_ Years Old (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 _ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC…
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The White Road: a piligrimage of sorts (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain Ð translucent, luminous, white. Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins…
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Travel Diaries 1936-1978 (Aldeburgh Studies in Music vol 2)
- £35.00
- This volume brings together for the first time all the travel diaries of distinguished tenor Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986), friend of Benjamin Britten and principal interpreter of his works. The first diary dates from 1936, the year before Pears' friendship with Britten began, when he went on tour of North…
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
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Wild Chorus
- £20.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
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Wild Chorus
- £35.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
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Wild Geese and Eskimos: A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
- £20.00
- A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
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Writing Home
- £9.00
- Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. As a memoir it covers the production of his very first play, Forty Years…
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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
- Add to basket
-
House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A year in and out of lockdown as experienced by Alan Bennett. The diary takes us from the filming of Talking Heads to thoughts on Boris Johnson, from his father's short-lived craze for family fishing trips, to stair lifts, junk shops of old, having a haircut, and encounters on the…
- Add to basket
-
Living the Cold War: Memoirs of a British Diplomat
- £18.00
- The centrepiece of this memoir by Sir Christopher Mallaby, former British Ambassador in Germany and France, is the unification of Germany in 1990, the culmination of years of work by Sir Christopher and his colleagues. He held different views from the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He saw unification as the…
- Add to basket
-
Morning Flight: a book of Wildfowl
- £35.00
- Peter Scott made most of his wildfowl studies in the marshes of East Anglia, and this book (his first of many) first came out in 1936. The Times: It is safe to say that no one else could bring off the right and left, write the text and paint these…
- Add to basket
-
The Noel Coward Diaries
- £20.00
- Journals chronicling the last thirty years of Coward's life provide a candid account of his theatrical career on both sides of the Atlantic and a revealing, entertaining portrait of Coward, himself
- Add to basket
-
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83_ Years Old (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 _ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC…
- Add to basket
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The White Road: a piligrimage of sorts (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain Ð translucent, luminous, white. Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins…
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries 1936-1978 (Aldeburgh Studies in Music vol 2)
- £35.00
- This volume brings together for the first time all the travel diaries of distinguished tenor Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986), friend of Benjamin Britten and principal interpreter of his works. The first diary dates from 1936, the year before Pears' friendship with Britten began, when he went on tour of North…
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
- Add to basket
-
Wild Chorus
- £20.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
- Add to basket
-
Wild Chorus
- £35.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
- Add to basket
-
Wild Geese and Eskimos: A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
- £20.00
- A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
- Add to basket
-
Writing Home
- £9.00
- Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. As a memoir it covers the production of his very first play, Forty Years…
- Add to basket