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A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (10 books 5 volumes)
- £150.00
- From Tauchnitz's series Collection of British Authors, as follows (vol, # in series, date etc) - I, #172, 1849 - Bks 1 & 2, 413pp - II, #174, 1849 - Bks 3 & 4, 332pp - III, #338, 1855 - Bks 5 & 6, 300pp - IV, #340, 1855 -…
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A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (in 2 volumes)
- £110.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
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A Modern Comedy (I-III)
- £36.00
- The sequel to the Forsyte Saga , with 3 novels and 2 'interludes' made up A Modern Comedy: 19: The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing (1924, 1927); 20: The Silver Spoon, Passersby (1926, 1927); 21: Swan Song (1928) in the Grove complete Galsworthy series
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C. S. Lewis trilogy: Becoming C. S. Lewis; The Making of C. S. Lewis; The Completion of C. S. Lewis (3 vols)
- £95.00
- Becoming C. S. Lewis (3-Volume Set) by scholar Harry Lee Poe represents a landmark achievement in the study of one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the modern era. This groundbreaking trilogy provides an in-depth look into literary scholar, novelist, and apologist C. S. Lewis. Each book painstakingly unfolds Lewis's…
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Departmental Ditties and other verses (in 2 vols)
- £25.00
- Methuen 'Service Edition' of Kipling's works: Poetry with a military theme, particularly of the English Raj period of time late in Queen Victoria's reign.
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Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
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End of the Chapter (I-III)
- £30.00
- Final Forsyte trilogy: Maid in Waiting (24: 1931), Flowering Wilderness (25: 1932), Over the River (26: 1933)
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Festivals and Prayers (6 vols) according to the ritual of the German and Polish Jews
- £250.00
- 6-volume set of Jewish liturgies from the traditions of Polish and German Jews, in Hebrew with parallel English translation by Rev. D. A. de Sola of the Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London. Ex-Library (Latimer Trust)
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History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (vols 1 & II but missing III)
- £50.00
- Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubign (1794-1872) was a Swiss protestant minister who became a renowned church historian. His Reformation history became an instant classic and was translated into many languages soon after its publication. This combined edition is scarce.
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Hume’s History of England (vols I & II only)
- £75.00
- Hume set out at first only to write a history of England under the Stuart monarchs James I and Charles I, which appeared in 1754. He followed this with a second history that continued to the Revolution of 1688. With the relative success of these two volumes, Hume researched the…
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Kate Atkinson Boxed Set (Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Human Croquet, Emotionally Weird)
- £15.00
- Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat…
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Le Morte Darthur (2 vols)
- £120.00
- Two volumes in Macmillan's Library of English Classics, of Thomas Malory's classic fable. Central figures in the Matter of Britain, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table still inspire many books and films today. Drawing on the legends of Camelot from French and English sources, Sir Thomas Malory…
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Life and Correspondence of Arnold (vols I & II)
- £60.00
- The biography of the famous Victorian educator and headmaster of Rugby, by one of this former pupils.
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Lord of the Rings (3 vols)
- £350.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps
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Lord of the Rings (Boxed set of 3 vols)
- £350.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps in the Revised version (2nd edition, 4th impression) in box.
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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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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley Esq. (Vols I & II)
- £450.00
- Full title: Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley Esq. the friend and biographer of Cowper written by himself. With extracts from his private correspondence and unpublished poetry and memoirs of his son Thomas Alphonso Hayley the young sculptor edited by John Johnson.
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Novels and Tales (4 vols): Tancred, Coningsby, Alroy Etc, Contarini Fleming
- £60.00
- From the Hughenden Edition of 'The Novels & Tales of the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.' Vol. III: Contarini Fleming, and the Rise of Iskander Vol. IV: Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; The Infernal Marriage; And Popanilla. Vol. VIII: Tancred, or the New Crusade Vol. IX: Coningsby, or the New Generation.
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Palmer’s Treatise on the Church (2 vols)
- £60.00
- A Treatise on the Church of Christ: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Students in Theology, in 2 volumes
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Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (vols I & II)
- £40.00
- Standard Edition of Complete Works Originally published in 1898, this set of George Bernard Shaw's plays Vol. 1. Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses; The Philanderer, a Topical Comedy; Mrs Warren's Profession Vol. 2. Pleasant: Arms and the Man, a comedy; Candida, a Mystery; The Man of Destiny, a Trifle; You Never Can…
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Poetiske Skrifter (vol 1&2)
- £80.00
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) was a Danish poet, literary critic, playwright and historian. These are the first two volumes of several anthologies of his own works of "Poetic Writing".
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Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (vols I & II SIGNED)
- £800.00
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) chronicled the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in this well-illustrated two-volume memoir of 1905, controversially presenting himself as the movement's founding father. Popular when first published, it illuminates the search for authenticity of treatment and depth of meaning in his own work and that of Millais, Rossetti and their…
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Rudyard Kipling’s Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1918 (3 Vols)
- £60.00
- Rudyard Kipling, writer and poet, whose production sank in the years between the end of the 1st World War and his death in 1936. Most important of the retrospective publications he made is this 3-part collection of his Verse in 1919: an effort to arrange his poetical work, and was…
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Stories; Plays and Poems; Essays and Letters (Folio)
- £100.00
- Folio 3-volume set of Wilde's work: includes 'Essays and Letters'; 'Stories', and 'Plays and Poems'.
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The Collected Plays (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's plays were first published togheter in 1931. This reprint version was published to conform to the style of Complete Short Stories & Selected Novels. Vol 1 - Lady Frederick / Mrs Dot / Jack Straw / Penelope / Smith / The Land of Promise; Vol II - Our Betters…
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The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston (3 vols.)
- £55.00
- A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal realities of war. The first, Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man, is picked up immediately in 1916 with…
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The Complete Novels
- £150.00
- Folio edition of complete Austen novels, originally published in 1975, with an introduction by the poet Richard Church, and illustrated by Joan Hassall. Volumes are: Sense & Sensibility; Pride & Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Shorter Works.
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The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
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The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £120.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
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The Gurneys of Earlham (2 volumes)
- £50.00
- The two-volume account of the extraordinary Quaker banking family from Norfolk that included Elizabeth Fry and the abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton, by famed Victorian writer Augustus Hare (1834-1903). Frontispieces and 30 illustrations.
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The History Of England From The Accession Of James II (2 volumes)
- £80.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
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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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The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers (in 3 vols)
- £150.00
- The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers chiefly written by themselves from Christopher Hopper to John Pritchard
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The Lord of the Rings (paperback boxed set)
- £100.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy in the revised version. 1. Fellowship (6th impression, 1978); 2. Two Towers (5th impression, 1977); 3. Return of the King (5th impression, 1977).
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot (vols I & II) – the annotated text
- £100.00
- The Poems of T. S. Eliot is the authoritative edition of one of our greatest poets, scrupulously edited by Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue. It provides, for the first time, a fully scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in over…
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The Poetical Works of George Macdonald (in 2 volumes)
- £80.00
- George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors. MacDonald has been credited with founding…
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The Selected Novels (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's greatest novels combined: Vol I - Liza of Lambeth / Cakes and Ale / Theatre; Vol II - The Moon and Sixpence . The Narrow Corner / The Painted Veil; Vol III - Christmas Holiday / Up at the Villa / The Razor's Edge
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The Vicar Of Wakefield: A tale (in 2 vols)
- £1,200.00
- The Vicar of Wakefield is a Victorian novel that is narrated by Dr. Charles Primrose, the fictional Vicar of Wakefield. Specifically, it follows the Primrose family, humble and moral in spite of its material wealth and indicative of Goldsmith's idealization of pastoral life, after they fall into poverty and subsequent…
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The Works of Francis Thompson (3 volumes)
- £100.00
- This set of Thompson's works (2 vols of poetry, 1 vol of prose) was edited by Wilfrid Meynell, a British newspaper publisher and editor. Francis Thompson was an English poet and mystic. He lived on the streets of London for years supporting himself with menial labour in order to pursue…
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The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life (4 vol)
- £350.00
- Full title: Burns (Robert). The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life, and A Criticism On His Writings, To Which Are Prefixed, Some Observations On The Character And Condition Of The Scottish Peasantry. 4 volumes, 4th edition (1st in 1800)
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Usborne History Of Britain Collection (box set)
- £30.00
- All ten books in the Usborne History of Britain series, beautifully presented in an attractive, sturdy slipcase. The perfect addition to any family bookshelf, this fabulous collection is sure to become an heirloom of the future.Covering British history from prehistoric times to the dawn of the 21st century.
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Whodunnit Boxed Set of 10 Bestselling Crime Novels
- £15.00
- Set of Crime novels by Sue Grafton, Andrea Badenoch, Jane Adams, Colin Dexter, Dick Francis. John Burns. Simon Brett, Jo Bannister, Deborah Crombie, Adam Baron
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A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (10 books 5 volumes)
- £150.00
- From Tauchnitz's series Collection of British Authors, as follows (vol, # in series, date etc) - I, #172, 1849 - Bks 1 & 2, 413pp - II, #174, 1849 - Bks 3 & 4, 332pp - III, #338, 1855 - Bks 5 & 6, 300pp - IV, #340, 1855 -…
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A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (in 2 volumes)
- £110.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
- Add to basket
-
A Modern Comedy (I-III)
- £36.00
- The sequel to the Forsyte Saga , with 3 novels and 2 'interludes' made up A Modern Comedy: 19: The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing (1924, 1927); 20: The Silver Spoon, Passersby (1926, 1927); 21: Swan Song (1928) in the Grove complete Galsworthy series
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C. S. Lewis trilogy: Becoming C. S. Lewis; The Making of C. S. Lewis; The Completion of C. S. Lewis (3 vols)
- £95.00
- Becoming C. S. Lewis (3-Volume Set) by scholar Harry Lee Poe represents a landmark achievement in the study of one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the modern era. This groundbreaking trilogy provides an in-depth look into literary scholar, novelist, and apologist C. S. Lewis. Each book painstakingly unfolds Lewis's…
- Add to basket
-
Departmental Ditties and other verses (in 2 vols)
- £25.00
- Methuen 'Service Edition' of Kipling's works: Poetry with a military theme, particularly of the English Raj period of time late in Queen Victoria's reign.
- Add to basket
-
Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
- Add to basket
-
End of the Chapter (I-III)
- £30.00
- Final Forsyte trilogy: Maid in Waiting (24: 1931), Flowering Wilderness (25: 1932), Over the River (26: 1933)
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-
Festivals and Prayers (6 vols) according to the ritual of the German and Polish Jews
- £250.00
- 6-volume set of Jewish liturgies from the traditions of Polish and German Jews, in Hebrew with parallel English translation by Rev. D. A. de Sola of the Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London. Ex-Library (Latimer Trust)
- Add to basket
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History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (vols 1 & II but missing III)
- £50.00
- Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubign (1794-1872) was a Swiss protestant minister who became a renowned church historian. His Reformation history became an instant classic and was translated into many languages soon after its publication. This combined edition is scarce.
- Add to basket
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Hume’s History of England (vols I & II only)
- £75.00
- Hume set out at first only to write a history of England under the Stuart monarchs James I and Charles I, which appeared in 1754. He followed this with a second history that continued to the Revolution of 1688. With the relative success of these two volumes, Hume researched the…
- Add to basket
-
Kate Atkinson Boxed Set (Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Human Croquet, Emotionally Weird)
- £15.00
- Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat…
- Add to basket
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Le Morte Darthur (2 vols)
- £120.00
- Two volumes in Macmillan's Library of English Classics, of Thomas Malory's classic fable. Central figures in the Matter of Britain, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table still inspire many books and films today. Drawing on the legends of Camelot from French and English sources, Sir Thomas Malory…
- Add to basket
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Life and Correspondence of Arnold (vols I & II)
- £60.00
- The biography of the famous Victorian educator and headmaster of Rugby, by one of this former pupils.
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Lord of the Rings (3 vols)
- £350.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps
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Lord of the Rings (Boxed set of 3 vols)
- £350.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps in the Revised version (2nd edition, 4th impression) in box.
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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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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley Esq. (Vols I & II)
- £450.00
- Full title: Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley Esq. the friend and biographer of Cowper written by himself. With extracts from his private correspondence and unpublished poetry and memoirs of his son Thomas Alphonso Hayley the young sculptor edited by John Johnson.
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Novels and Tales (4 vols): Tancred, Coningsby, Alroy Etc, Contarini Fleming
- £60.00
- From the Hughenden Edition of 'The Novels & Tales of the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.' Vol. III: Contarini Fleming, and the Rise of Iskander Vol. IV: Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; The Infernal Marriage; And Popanilla. Vol. VIII: Tancred, or the New Crusade Vol. IX: Coningsby, or the New Generation.
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Palmer’s Treatise on the Church (2 vols)
- £60.00
- A Treatise on the Church of Christ: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Students in Theology, in 2 volumes
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Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (vols I & II)
- £40.00
- Standard Edition of Complete Works Originally published in 1898, this set of George Bernard Shaw's plays Vol. 1. Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses; The Philanderer, a Topical Comedy; Mrs Warren's Profession Vol. 2. Pleasant: Arms and the Man, a comedy; Candida, a Mystery; The Man of Destiny, a Trifle; You Never Can…
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Poetiske Skrifter (vol 1&2)
- £80.00
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) was a Danish poet, literary critic, playwright and historian. These are the first two volumes of several anthologies of his own works of "Poetic Writing".
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Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (vols I & II SIGNED)
- £800.00
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) chronicled the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in this well-illustrated two-volume memoir of 1905, controversially presenting himself as the movement's founding father. Popular when first published, it illuminates the search for authenticity of treatment and depth of meaning in his own work and that of Millais, Rossetti and their…
- Add to basket
-
Rudyard Kipling’s Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1918 (3 Vols)
- £60.00
- Rudyard Kipling, writer and poet, whose production sank in the years between the end of the 1st World War and his death in 1936. Most important of the retrospective publications he made is this 3-part collection of his Verse in 1919: an effort to arrange his poetical work, and was…
- Add to basket
-
Stories; Plays and Poems; Essays and Letters (Folio)
- £100.00
- Folio 3-volume set of Wilde's work: includes 'Essays and Letters'; 'Stories', and 'Plays and Poems'.
- Add to basket
-
The Collected Plays (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's plays were first published togheter in 1931. This reprint version was published to conform to the style of Complete Short Stories & Selected Novels. Vol 1 - Lady Frederick / Mrs Dot / Jack Straw / Penelope / Smith / The Land of Promise; Vol II - Our Betters…
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston (3 vols.)
- £55.00
- A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal realities of war. The first, Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man, is picked up immediately in 1916 with…
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Novels
- £150.00
- Folio edition of complete Austen novels, originally published in 1975, with an introduction by the poet Richard Church, and illustrated by Joan Hassall. Volumes are: Sense & Sensibility; Pride & Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Shorter Works.
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £120.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
- Add to basket
-
The Gurneys of Earlham (2 volumes)
- £50.00
- The two-volume account of the extraordinary Quaker banking family from Norfolk that included Elizabeth Fry and the abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton, by famed Victorian writer Augustus Hare (1834-1903). Frontispieces and 30 illustrations.
- Add to basket
-
The History Of England From The Accession Of James II (2 volumes)
- £80.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
- 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
-
The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers (in 3 vols)
- £150.00
- The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers chiefly written by themselves from Christopher Hopper to John Pritchard
- Add to basket
-
The Lord of the Rings (paperback boxed set)
- £100.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy in the revised version. 1. Fellowship (6th impression, 1978); 2. Two Towers (5th impression, 1977); 3. Return of the King (5th impression, 1977).
- Add to basket
-
The Poems of T. S. Eliot (vols I & II) – the annotated text
- £100.00
- The Poems of T. S. Eliot is the authoritative edition of one of our greatest poets, scrupulously edited by Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue. It provides, for the first time, a fully scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in over…
- Add to basket
-
The Poetical Works of George Macdonald (in 2 volumes)
- £80.00
- George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors. MacDonald has been credited with founding…
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-
The Selected Novels (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's greatest novels combined: Vol I - Liza of Lambeth / Cakes and Ale / Theatre; Vol II - The Moon and Sixpence . The Narrow Corner / The Painted Veil; Vol III - Christmas Holiday / Up at the Villa / The Razor's Edge
- Add to basket
-
The Vicar Of Wakefield: A tale (in 2 vols)
- £1,200.00
- The Vicar of Wakefield is a Victorian novel that is narrated by Dr. Charles Primrose, the fictional Vicar of Wakefield. Specifically, it follows the Primrose family, humble and moral in spite of its material wealth and indicative of Goldsmith's idealization of pastoral life, after they fall into poverty and subsequent…
- Add to basket
-
The Works of Francis Thompson (3 volumes)
- £100.00
- This set of Thompson's works (2 vols of poetry, 1 vol of prose) was edited by Wilfrid Meynell, a British newspaper publisher and editor. Francis Thompson was an English poet and mystic. He lived on the streets of London for years supporting himself with menial labour in order to pursue…
- Add to basket
-
The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life (4 vol)
- £350.00
- Full title: Burns (Robert). The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life, and A Criticism On His Writings, To Which Are Prefixed, Some Observations On The Character And Condition Of The Scottish Peasantry. 4 volumes, 4th edition (1st in 1800)
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Usborne History Of Britain Collection (box set)
- £30.00
- All ten books in the Usborne History of Britain series, beautifully presented in an attractive, sturdy slipcase. The perfect addition to any family bookshelf, this fabulous collection is sure to become an heirloom of the future.Covering British history from prehistoric times to the dawn of the 21st century.
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Whodunnit Boxed Set of 10 Bestselling Crime Novels
- £15.00
- Set of Crime novels by Sue Grafton, Andrea Badenoch, Jane Adams, Colin Dexter, Dick Francis. John Burns. Simon Brett, Jo Bannister, Deborah Crombie, Adam Baron
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