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Lady Anna
- £9.00
- When it appeared in 1874, Lady Anna met with little success, and positively outraged the conservative - `This is the sort of thing the reading public will never stand...a man must be embittered by some violent present exasperation who can like such disruptions of social order as this.' (Saturday Review)…
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Last Poems (Housman)
- £20.00
- Last Poems (1922) was the last of the two volumes of poems which A. E. Housman published during his lifetime. Of the 42 poems there, seventeen were given titles, a greater proportion than in his previous collection, A Shropshire Lad (1896). Although it was not quite so popular with composers,…
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Limits and Renewals
- £8.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: Limits and Renewals, Kipling’s last collection of short stories, was written shortly after the death of his only son. Unsurprisingly therefore, many of the stories take on the themes of pain, inner suffering and mental anguish, with an on-going exploration into the level of physical and psychological…
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Looking at Art (with your eyes closed)
- £15.00
- LOOKING AT ART (WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED) contains Michael Atavar's teaching from his three courses at Tate. The book helps you to build a relationship with contemporary art, using the gallery as a conduit to feeling and includes 52 exercises (with plenty of tips to assist you) for your next…
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Lord Jim
- £15.00
- Everyman's Library (#925). First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. Its themes also…
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Lord Ormont and His Aminta, a Novel
- £10.00
- Lord Ormont and his Aminta (1894) depicts a woman breaking free from a humiliating marriage and re-establishing her self-worth through a new relationship. It contains a sketch of a school that resembles the one he attended in Neuwied.
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Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor
- £9.00
- The book is set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water and East Lyn Valley region of Exmoor in North Devon and Somerset, England. John (in West Country dialect, pronounced "Jan") Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer who was murdered in cold blood by one of the…
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Louise de la Vallière
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- The second volume in the trilogy which begins with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and concludes with The Man in the Iron Mask. It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turmoil. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess d'Orleans?…
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Many Inventions
- £15.00
- 14 short stories , 12 of which appeared in various publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and the Strand Magazine. The title refers to a verse from Ecclesiastes (Eccl 7:29).
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Mature Reflections and Devotions of the Rev. Rowland Hill in his old age
- £100.00
- Rowland Hill (1744-1833) was a celebrated evangelical non-conformist preacher, who built Surrey Chapel in London, with an inheritance from his welathy father. He was an associate of the Countess of Huntingdon, but Surrey Chapel was not part of the Connexion. Sidney had published his biography of Hill in 1834 with…
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Milton’s Earlier Poems
- £14.00
- Cassell's National Library #34, includes William Cowper's translations of Milton's Latin and Italian poems. Includes Psalms paraphrased, Elegy for Lancelot Andrews, Ode on Nativity etc.
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More Rough Rhymes of a Padre
- £25.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
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Multitude and Solitude
- £15.00
- Sometimes an actor hesitated for his lines, forgot a few words, or improvised others. He drew in his breath sharply, whenever this happened, it was like a false note in music, but he knew that he was the only person there who felt the discord. He found himself admiring the…
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On Forsyte ‘Change
- £15.00
- No. 22 in Grove series. First published in 1930, deals in the main with the older Forsytes before the events chronicled in The Man of Property. Galsworthy states in a foreword that "They have all been written since Swan Song was finished but in place they come between the Saga…
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Paradise Lost
- £100.00
- Milton's great epic poem first published in 1667 with 10 books, then in 1674 with 12. The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, as stated…
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Lady Anna
- £9.00
- When it appeared in 1874, Lady Anna met with little success, and positively outraged the conservative - `This is the sort of thing the reading public will never stand...a man must be embittered by some violent present exasperation who can like such disruptions of social order as this.' (Saturday Review)…
- Add to basket
-
Last Poems (Housman)
- £20.00
- Last Poems (1922) was the last of the two volumes of poems which A. E. Housman published during his lifetime. Of the 42 poems there, seventeen were given titles, a greater proportion than in his previous collection, A Shropshire Lad (1896). Although it was not quite so popular with composers,…
- Add to basket
-
Limits and Renewals
- £8.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: Limits and Renewals, Kipling’s last collection of short stories, was written shortly after the death of his only son. Unsurprisingly therefore, many of the stories take on the themes of pain, inner suffering and mental anguish, with an on-going exploration into the level of physical and psychological…
- Add to basket
-
Looking at Art (with your eyes closed)
- £15.00
- LOOKING AT ART (WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED) contains Michael Atavar's teaching from his three courses at Tate. The book helps you to build a relationship with contemporary art, using the gallery as a conduit to feeling and includes 52 exercises (with plenty of tips to assist you) for your next…
- Add to basket
-
Lord Jim
- £15.00
- Everyman's Library (#925). First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. Its themes also…
- Add to basket
-
Lord Ormont and His Aminta, a Novel
- £10.00
- Lord Ormont and his Aminta (1894) depicts a woman breaking free from a humiliating marriage and re-establishing her self-worth through a new relationship. It contains a sketch of a school that resembles the one he attended in Neuwied.
- Add to basket
-
Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor
- £9.00
- The book is set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water and East Lyn Valley region of Exmoor in North Devon and Somerset, England. John (in West Country dialect, pronounced "Jan") Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer who was murdered in cold blood by one of the…
- Add to basket
-
Louise de la Vallière
- £8.00
- The second volume in the trilogy which begins with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and concludes with The Man in the Iron Mask. It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turmoil. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess d'Orleans?…
- Add to basket
-
Many Inventions
- £15.00
- 14 short stories , 12 of which appeared in various publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and the Strand Magazine. The title refers to a verse from Ecclesiastes (Eccl 7:29).
- Add to basket
-
Mature Reflections and Devotions of the Rev. Rowland Hill in his old age
- £100.00
- Rowland Hill (1744-1833) was a celebrated evangelical non-conformist preacher, who built Surrey Chapel in London, with an inheritance from his welathy father. He was an associate of the Countess of Huntingdon, but Surrey Chapel was not part of the Connexion. Sidney had published his biography of Hill in 1834 with…
- Add to basket
-
Milton’s Earlier Poems
- £14.00
- Cassell's National Library #34, includes William Cowper's translations of Milton's Latin and Italian poems. Includes Psalms paraphrased, Elegy for Lancelot Andrews, Ode on Nativity etc.
- Add to basket
-
More Rough Rhymes of a Padre
- £25.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
- Add to basket
-
Multitude and Solitude
- £15.00
- Sometimes an actor hesitated for his lines, forgot a few words, or improvised others. He drew in his breath sharply, whenever this happened, it was like a false note in music, but he knew that he was the only person there who felt the discord. He found himself admiring the…
- Add to basket
-


On Forsyte ‘Change
- £15.00
- No. 22 in Grove series. First published in 1930, deals in the main with the older Forsytes before the events chronicled in The Man of Property. Galsworthy states in a foreword that "They have all been written since Swan Song was finished but in place they come between the Saga…
- Add to basket
-
Paradise Lost
- £100.00
- Milton's great epic poem first published in 1667 with 10 books, then in 1674 with 12. The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, as stated…
- Add to basket
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