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The Child in Time (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch. On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single…
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The Collected Poems of John Masefield (New and Enlarged Edition) – signed
- £200.00
- The new and enlarged edition of Masefield's original 1923 collection, including incidental poems from Sard Harker, Odraa, and The 'Wanderer', together with the poetic volume Midsummer Night. (166pp of additional matter).
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The Collected Poems: 1959-2024 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- The patron saint of poetry' Carol Ann Duffy. For sixty years, Roger McGough has thrilled and delighted generations of readers with his irreverent, intimate and ever-original poetry. The Collected Poems presents the definitive selection of his very best work, from the Mersey-soaked sound of his quintessential Sixties start, through to…
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The Cost of Seriousness (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Though only a few of the poems in this collection (Porter's seventh) are directly autobiographical, the whole book is haunted by one event--the death of his wife at the end of 1974. 'The cost of seriousness will be death' says the title poem. Porter was made a Companion of Literature…
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The Customs House (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Andrew Motion's new book opens with a sequence of war poems (first published as the pamphlet Laurels and Donkeys, on Armistice Day 2010), drawing on soldiers' experiences of war from 1914 until today - beginning with a story about Siegfried Sassoon and moving via World War Two and Korea to…
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The Daughters of Mars (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on…
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The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- William Manchester's evocative history of the events surrounding the assassination and funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Working with the cooperation of the Kennedy family and top Kennedy associates, Manchester illuminates the many dimensions of the tragedy at the public and private level and constructs a vivid portrait of the…
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The Distance Between Us (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Gripping, insightful and deft, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of HAMNET. It was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller 2004 and won the Somerset Maugham Award. On a cold February afternoon, Stella…
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The Door On Half-Bald Hill (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- "They believed they had come to the last turning of the wheel." When the Bloodmoon rose, death came rushing into the world. Now the water is bitter, blight consumes everything, and the Crone haunts the hills. While the Druid of Blackthorn searches desperately for hope, the Ovate returns from the…
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The Dreams of Bethany Melmoth (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year relationship backwards, from awkward reunion…
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The Dreamwalker’s Child (signed)
- £35.00
- Sam Palmer hates living in the country - he has no friends and life is dull. Until a bizarre bicycle crash leaves his body in a coma. Now he has far bigger problems. Sam wakes in Aurobon, a world similar to his own, and discovers that his accident was part…
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The Dungeon (signed)
- £10.00
- A medieval tragedy and tale of retribution – The Dungeon is a powerful story from a writer of great skill and potency. The setting is medieval Scotland, a land dominated by skirmishes and battles on the borders, a land of fortresses and castles in Scotland, England and Wales. We meet…
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The Early Lives of Dante (SIGNED)
- £250.00
- Brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio. Along with the other sources included in this volume, they provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his…
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- When we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the ways that ecosystems have changed over time. In The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, one of the world's leading historians, shows that the natural environment is a…
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The Enchantress of Florence (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- When a young European traveller arrives at Sikri, the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the tale he spins brings the whole imperial capital to the brink of obsession. He calls himself ÔMogor dellÕAmoreÕ, the Mughal of Love, and claims to be the son of a lost princess, whose name and…
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The Child in Time (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch. On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single…
- Add to basket
-
The Collected Poems of John Masefield (New and Enlarged Edition) – signed
- £200.00
- The new and enlarged edition of Masefield's original 1923 collection, including incidental poems from Sard Harker, Odraa, and The 'Wanderer', together with the poetic volume Midsummer Night. (166pp of additional matter).
- Add to basket
-
The Collected Poems: 1959-2024 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- The patron saint of poetry' Carol Ann Duffy. For sixty years, Roger McGough has thrilled and delighted generations of readers with his irreverent, intimate and ever-original poetry. The Collected Poems presents the definitive selection of his very best work, from the Mersey-soaked sound of his quintessential Sixties start, through to…
- Add to basket
-
The Cost of Seriousness (Oxford Poets SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Though only a few of the poems in this collection (Porter's seventh) are directly autobiographical, the whole book is haunted by one event--the death of his wife at the end of 1974. 'The cost of seriousness will be death' says the title poem. Porter was made a Companion of Literature…
- Add to basket
-
The Customs House (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Andrew Motion's new book opens with a sequence of war poems (first published as the pamphlet Laurels and Donkeys, on Armistice Day 2010), drawing on soldiers' experiences of war from 1914 until today - beginning with a story about Siegfried Sassoon and moving via World War Two and Korea to…
- Add to basket
-
The Daughters of Mars (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on…
- Add to basket
-
The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- William Manchester's evocative history of the events surrounding the assassination and funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Working with the cooperation of the Kennedy family and top Kennedy associates, Manchester illuminates the many dimensions of the tragedy at the public and private level and constructs a vivid portrait of the…
- Add to basket
-
The Distance Between Us (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Gripping, insightful and deft, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of HAMNET. It was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller 2004 and won the Somerset Maugham Award. On a cold February afternoon, Stella…
- Add to basket
-
The Door On Half-Bald Hill (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- "They believed they had come to the last turning of the wheel." When the Bloodmoon rose, death came rushing into the world. Now the water is bitter, blight consumes everything, and the Crone haunts the hills. While the Druid of Blackthorn searches desperately for hope, the Ovate returns from the…
- Add to basket
-
The Dreams of Bethany Melmoth (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year relationship backwards, from awkward reunion…
- Add to basket
-
The Dreamwalker’s Child (signed)
- £35.00
- Sam Palmer hates living in the country - he has no friends and life is dull. Until a bizarre bicycle crash leaves his body in a coma. Now he has far bigger problems. Sam wakes in Aurobon, a world similar to his own, and discovers that his accident was part…
- Add to basket
-
The Dungeon (signed)
- £10.00
- A medieval tragedy and tale of retribution – The Dungeon is a powerful story from a writer of great skill and potency. The setting is medieval Scotland, a land dominated by skirmishes and battles on the borders, a land of fortresses and castles in Scotland, England and Wales. We meet…
- Add to basket
-
The Early Lives of Dante (SIGNED)
- £250.00
- Brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio. Along with the other sources included in this volume, they provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his…
- Add to basket
-
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- When we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the ways that ecosystems have changed over time. In The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, one of the world's leading historians, shows that the natural environment is a…
- Add to basket
-
The Enchantress of Florence (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- When a young European traveller arrives at Sikri, the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the tale he spins brings the whole imperial capital to the brink of obsession. He calls himself ÔMogor dellÕAmoreÕ, the Mughal of Love, and claims to be the son of a lost princess, whose name and…
- Add to basket