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Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
- £9.00
- ÒSelected Poems of Francis ThompsonÓ is a fantastic collection of some of Francis Thompson's best poetry, together with an introductory chapter by editor Paul Beard. Contents include: ÒPoems on ChildrenÓ, ÒFrom Sister SongsÓ, ÒLove in Dian's LapÓ, and ÒMiscellaneous PoemsÓ. Francis Thompson (1859Ð1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson…
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Shirley
- £8.00
- Charlotte Bronte (1816-55) is perhaps the most admired of the Bronte sisters. Jane Eyre is her greatest and most loved novel. The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male…
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Smut: Stories
- £7.00
- One of England's finest and most loved writers explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people's public appearance and their private desires in two tender and surprising stories. In The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson, a recently bereaved widow finds interesting ways to supplement her income by performing as a patient…
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St Thomas Aquinas
- £15.00
- For Chesterton, Thomas Aquinas is a man of mystery, who though born into a noble Neapolitan family chose the life of a mendicant friar. Shy and lumbering, his classmates dubbed him "the Dumb Ox". However he was to lead a revolution in Christian thought. Chesterton's portrayal will engage, enlighten and…
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St. Ives, being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
- £15.00
- An unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British.
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Stalky & Co
- £10.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: Stalky & Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of school stories whose juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority. It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor…
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Strong Meat
- £18.00
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers (13 June 1893 Ð 17 December 1957) was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages. She is best known for her mysteriesthat feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, that…
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Tales from Shakespeare
- £20.00
- A pocket edition of the classic retelling of Shakespeare's plays for children.
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Tales of a Wayside Inn
- £40.00
- In his lifetime Longfellow was recognized as one of the America's great poets, though he became temporarily less fashionable after his death. A great admirer of the European tradition, he contributed greatly to the American intellectual life against the contemporary grain of isolationalism.
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Tales of Unrest, and Typhoon
- £25.00
- Collection of short stories: Karain - a memory; The Idiots; An Outpost of Progress; The Return; The Lagoon
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The Arrow Of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes (Benn’s Essex Library)
- £9.00
- Published in 1919 and originally titled "The Laugh" and published serially in Lloyd's Magazine from December 1918 to February 1920. Set in Marseille in the 1870s during the Third Carlist War. The characters of the novel are supporters of the Spanish Pretender Carlos, Duke of Madrid. Curiously, the novel features…
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The Bird-Cage (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Andrew Young (1885-1971) was a Scottish poet and Presbyterian then Anglican clergyman. This is his 7th volume of poems to be published. Sometimes associated with the Georgian poets who were his contemporaries.
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The Book of Snobs Etc Etc
- £20.00
- The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England,…
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The Cloister and the Hearth
- £9.00
- Everyman's Library #29. The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) is a historical novel by the English author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the story revolving about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries. The Cloister and the Hearth often…
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The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed
- £10.00
- Small, pocket edition (135cm x 105cm) of Sheridan's masterpiece. It was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779, and is a burlesque on stage acting and play production conventions, and Sheridan considered the first act to be his finest piece of writing. One of its major roles, Sir Fretful…
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Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
- £9.00
- ÒSelected Poems of Francis ThompsonÓ is a fantastic collection of some of Francis Thompson's best poetry, together with an introductory chapter by editor Paul Beard. Contents include: ÒPoems on ChildrenÓ, ÒFrom Sister SongsÓ, ÒLove in Dian's LapÓ, and ÒMiscellaneous PoemsÓ. Francis Thompson (1859Ð1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson…
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Shirley
- £8.00
- Charlotte Bronte (1816-55) is perhaps the most admired of the Bronte sisters. Jane Eyre is her greatest and most loved novel. The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male…
- Add to basket
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Smut: Stories
- £7.00
- One of England's finest and most loved writers explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people's public appearance and their private desires in two tender and surprising stories. In The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson, a recently bereaved widow finds interesting ways to supplement her income by performing as a patient…
- Add to basket
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St Thomas Aquinas
- £15.00
- For Chesterton, Thomas Aquinas is a man of mystery, who though born into a noble Neapolitan family chose the life of a mendicant friar. Shy and lumbering, his classmates dubbed him "the Dumb Ox". However he was to lead a revolution in Christian thought. Chesterton's portrayal will engage, enlighten and…
- Add to basket
-
St. Ives, being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
- £15.00
- An unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British.
- Add to basket
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Stalky & Co
- £10.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: Stalky & Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of school stories whose juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority. It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor…
- Add to basket
-
Strong Meat
- £18.00
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers (13 June 1893 Ð 17 December 1957) was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages. She is best known for her mysteriesthat feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, that…
- Add to basket
-
Tales from Shakespeare
- £20.00
- A pocket edition of the classic retelling of Shakespeare's plays for children.
- Add to basket
-
Tales of a Wayside Inn
- £40.00
- In his lifetime Longfellow was recognized as one of the America's great poets, though he became temporarily less fashionable after his death. A great admirer of the European tradition, he contributed greatly to the American intellectual life against the contemporary grain of isolationalism.
- Add to basket
-
Tales of Unrest, and Typhoon
- £25.00
- Collection of short stories: Karain - a memory; The Idiots; An Outpost of Progress; The Return; The Lagoon
- Add to basket
-
The Arrow Of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes (Benn’s Essex Library)
- £9.00
- Published in 1919 and originally titled "The Laugh" and published serially in Lloyd's Magazine from December 1918 to February 1920. Set in Marseille in the 1870s during the Third Carlist War. The characters of the novel are supporters of the Spanish Pretender Carlos, Duke of Madrid. Curiously, the novel features…
- Add to basket
-
The Bird-Cage (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Andrew Young (1885-1971) was a Scottish poet and Presbyterian then Anglican clergyman. This is his 7th volume of poems to be published. Sometimes associated with the Georgian poets who were his contemporaries.
- Add to basket
-
The Book of Snobs Etc Etc
- £20.00
- The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England,…
- Add to basket
-
The Cloister and the Hearth
- £9.00
- Everyman's Library #29. The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) is a historical novel by the English author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the story revolving about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries. The Cloister and the Hearth often…
- Add to basket
-
The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed
- £10.00
- Small, pocket edition (135cm x 105cm) of Sheridan's masterpiece. It was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779, and is a burlesque on stage acting and play production conventions, and Sheridan considered the first act to be his finest piece of writing. One of its major roles, Sir Fretful…
- Add to basket