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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 Enchantress of Florence: A Novel (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A tall, yellow-haired, young European traveler calling himself "Mogor dell'Amore," the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the Emperor Akbar, lord of the great Mughal empire, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the imperial capital, a tale about a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed…
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The English: a portrait of a people (SIGNED)
- £24.00
- In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are? Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is…
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The Eye of the Wind: an autobiography (SIGNED)
- £1,000.00
- Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 Ð 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.…
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The Eyre Affair: Thursday Next 1 (SIGNED)
- £90.00
- The first book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. 'Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters' - Time Out.…
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A PeopleÕs History of Afghanistan (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan Ð the first book from one of the worldÕs leading war correspondents. In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected AfghanistanÕs hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the…
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The First Year
- £50.00
- The 4th novel by Andrews (pseudonym of Lucilla Crichton) in her series of hospital romances.
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The Folding Star
- £60.00
- Set in London and Bruges, this story takes the narrative of "The Swimming Pool Library" into the late 1980s. Alan Hollinghurst is also the author of "Bajazet", and was selected as one of the Best of Young British Writers for 1993.
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The Fothergill Omnibus (limited & SIGNED)
- £450.00
- The Fothergill Omnibus 'for which Seventeen Eminent Authors have written short stories upon one and the same plot: A man gets into a correspondence with a woman whom he doesn't know and he finds romance in it. Then he sees a girl, falls in love with her in the ordinary…
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The Fraud (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? Zadie Smith returns with her first historical novel. Kilburn, 1873. The 'Tichborne Trial' has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims…
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The Future of Geography (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isnÕt science fiction. ItÕs astropolitics. WeÕre entering a new space race Ð and it could revolutionise life on Earth. Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication,…
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The Future of Songwriting (Futures) (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh meditates on the future of her craft in this wry, existential and passionate addition to Melville House UKÕs new FUTURES series. Over a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwriter. Is it possible to…
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The Ghost Road (Regeneration 3) (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- An extraordinary tour de force. One of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' Jonathan Coe 'Powerful, deeply moving... A triumph' Sunday Times 'Harrowing, original, unforgettable' Independent 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in…
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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…
- 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
-
The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A tall, yellow-haired, young European traveler calling himself "Mogor dell'Amore," the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the Emperor Akbar, lord of the great Mughal empire, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the imperial capital, a tale about a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed…
- Add to basket
-
The English: a portrait of a people (SIGNED)
- £24.00
- In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are? Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is…
- Add to basket
-
The Eye of the Wind: an autobiography (SIGNED)
- £1,000.00
- Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 Ð 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.…
- Add to basket
-
The Eyre Affair: Thursday Next 1 (SIGNED)
- £90.00
- The first book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. 'Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters' - Time Out.…
- Add to basket
-
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A PeopleÕs History of Afghanistan (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan Ð the first book from one of the worldÕs leading war correspondents. In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected AfghanistanÕs hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the…
- Add to basket
-
The First Year
- £50.00
- The 4th novel by Andrews (pseudonym of Lucilla Crichton) in her series of hospital romances.
- Add to basket
-
The Folding Star
- £60.00
- Set in London and Bruges, this story takes the narrative of "The Swimming Pool Library" into the late 1980s. Alan Hollinghurst is also the author of "Bajazet", and was selected as one of the Best of Young British Writers for 1993.
- Add to basket
-
The Fothergill Omnibus (limited & SIGNED)
- £450.00
- The Fothergill Omnibus 'for which Seventeen Eminent Authors have written short stories upon one and the same plot: A man gets into a correspondence with a woman whom he doesn't know and he finds romance in it. Then he sees a girl, falls in love with her in the ordinary…
- Add to basket
-
The Fraud (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? Zadie Smith returns with her first historical novel. Kilburn, 1873. The 'Tichborne Trial' has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims…
- Add to basket
-
The Future of Geography (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isnÕt science fiction. ItÕs astropolitics. WeÕre entering a new space race Ð and it could revolutionise life on Earth. Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication,…
- Add to basket
-
The Future of Songwriting (Futures) (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh meditates on the future of her craft in this wry, existential and passionate addition to Melville House UKÕs new FUTURES series. Over a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwriter. Is it possible to…
- Add to basket
-
The Ghost Road (Regeneration 3) (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- An extraordinary tour de force. One of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' Jonathan Coe 'Powerful, deeply moving... A triumph' Sunday Times 'Harrowing, original, unforgettable' Independent 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in…
- Add to basket