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Diaries and Selected Letters
- £12.00
- The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature - was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was…
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From Sea to Sea and other sketches (vol I)
- £10.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: I want to go Home! I want to go back to India! I am miserable. The steamship Nawab at this time of the year ought to have been empty, instead of which we have one hundred first-class passengers and sixty-six second. All the pretty girls are in…
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In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor
- £150.00
- Bubbling with gaiety and humour, these letters will delight Leigh Fermor and Mitford fans alike
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Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951): The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten
- £35.00
- The third volume of the annotated selected letters of composer Benjamin Britten covers the years 1946-51, during which he wrote many of his best-known works, founded and developed the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival, and toured widely in Europe and the United States as a pianist and conductor.…
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LETTERS FROM A LIFE: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. (Two vols) I: 1923-1939; II: 1939-1945
- £60.00
- This two-volume set of letters sheds new light on the composer Benjamin Britten's personal and musical life. "Volume One, 1923-39" opens with a letter from Britten, aged ten, to his mother Edith. This first volume includes the period he spent at the Royal College of Music where he meets influential…
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Letters from Iceland
- £45.00
- As the cover says, "This book takes the form of a series of letters, some in verse, written from Iceland in the summer of 1936. The recipients of the letters include Lord Byron, a tourist, an employee of Shell-Mex, a member of the Oxford City Council, a Cambridge lady don,…
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Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer Spiritual Reality in the Personal Christian Life
- £20.00
- In this collection of Francis Schaeffer's letters, the personal, spiritual, and practical side of Dr. Schaeffer's work comes shining through so clearly. Each of us will find here something of ourselves, our frailty and our human need, but also something of what we might become through the transforming presence of…
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Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
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More Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
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Satires and Personal Writings
- £10.00
- Several Swift essays, combined with letters, prayers and poems. First published with Eddy's introduction and notes in 1932
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The Creevey Papers
- £15.00
- A selection from the correspondence & diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M. P. (1768-1838)
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The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 (Folio)
- £12.00
- The love letters written by Dorothy Osborne to William Temple (from the last two years of a seven year courtship which ended with their marriage in 1654) stand with the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn as fascinating personal documents of one of the most eventful periods in British history.
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The Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson I: 1868-1880 (Scotland, France, California)
- £12.00
- First of the 4-volume edition edited by Sidney Colvin (containing 150 new letters previously unavailable).
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The Letters of St Augustine – 2 vols (VI & XIII in Complete Works)
- £30.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. Two Volumes of his letters compiled and translated by J. G. Cunningham. Vols VI & XIII in the complete series The Works of Aurelius Augstine, Bishop of Hppo, A New…
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Diaries and Selected Letters
- £12.00
- The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature - was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was…
- Add to basket
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From Sea to Sea and other sketches (vol I)
- £10.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: I want to go Home! I want to go back to India! I am miserable. The steamship Nawab at this time of the year ought to have been empty, instead of which we have one hundred first-class passengers and sixty-six second. All the pretty girls are in…
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In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor
- £150.00
- Bubbling with gaiety and humour, these letters will delight Leigh Fermor and Mitford fans alike
- Add to basket
-
Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951): The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten
- £35.00
- The third volume of the annotated selected letters of composer Benjamin Britten covers the years 1946-51, during which he wrote many of his best-known works, founded and developed the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival, and toured widely in Europe and the United States as a pianist and conductor.…
- Add to basket
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LETTERS FROM A LIFE: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. (Two vols) I: 1923-1939; II: 1939-1945
- £60.00
- This two-volume set of letters sheds new light on the composer Benjamin Britten's personal and musical life. "Volume One, 1923-39" opens with a letter from Britten, aged ten, to his mother Edith. This first volume includes the period he spent at the Royal College of Music where he meets influential…
- Add to basket
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Letters from Iceland
- £45.00
- As the cover says, "This book takes the form of a series of letters, some in verse, written from Iceland in the summer of 1936. The recipients of the letters include Lord Byron, a tourist, an employee of Shell-Mex, a member of the Oxford City Council, a Cambridge lady don,…
- Add to basket
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Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer Spiritual Reality in the Personal Christian Life
- £20.00
- In this collection of Francis Schaeffer's letters, the personal, spiritual, and practical side of Dr. Schaeffer's work comes shining through so clearly. Each of us will find here something of ourselves, our frailty and our human need, but also something of what we might become through the transforming presence of…
- Add to basket
-
Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
- Add to basket
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More Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
- Add to basket
-
Satires and Personal Writings
- £10.00
- Several Swift essays, combined with letters, prayers and poems. First published with Eddy's introduction and notes in 1932
- Add to basket
-
The Creevey Papers
- £15.00
- A selection from the correspondence & diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M. P. (1768-1838)
- Add to basket
-
The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 (Folio)
- £12.00
- The love letters written by Dorothy Osborne to William Temple (from the last two years of a seven year courtship which ended with their marriage in 1654) stand with the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn as fascinating personal documents of one of the most eventful periods in British history.
- Add to basket
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The Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson
- £12.00
- Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to…
- Add to basket
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson I: 1868-1880 (Scotland, France, California)
- £12.00
- First of the 4-volume edition edited by Sidney Colvin (containing 150 new letters previously unavailable).
- Add to basket
-
The Letters of St Augustine – 2 vols (VI & XIII in Complete Works)
- £30.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. Two Volumes of his letters compiled and translated by J. G. Cunningham. Vols VI & XIII in the complete series The Works of Aurelius Augstine, Bishop of Hppo, A New…
- Add to basket