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“1914” Five Sonnets
- £120.00
- Published in his lifetime, this little anthology includes one of his best-loved poems, The Soldier
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“Christ Is All” The Gospel Of The Pentateuch: Exodus
- £20.00
- Henry Law was the Dean of Gloucester and this series on each of the books of the Pentateuch was celebrated and repeatedly published in his lifetime.
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“Plain or Ringlets?”, in twelve parts
- £20.00
- Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured…
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1914 & Other Poems
- £7.00
- Early collection of Rupert Brooke's war poetry including the 1914 poems, The South Seas, and Grantchester.
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1939 – a novel
- £25.00
- Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a prolific writer of novels, poetry, childrens fiction, and translations from French. She and her third husband Baron Joseph von Franckenstein were victims of Macarthyism and HUAC, both being blacklisted from various outlets. The story of a French woman who loves an Austrian--but it is more…
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73 Poems
- £55.00
- Composed between 1958 and his death in 1962, this was the last published collection by E. E. Cummings. It contains some of his surest and most characteristic work.Much has been made of his innovations in typography and punctuation, which have been often misunderstood as mere 'effects'. But it is evident…
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88 More Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
- £16.00
- Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies…
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88 Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
- £12.00
- Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies…
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A Book of Prose Selections
- £12.00
- John Masefield the then Poet Laureate makes his final selection of what he considers is the best of his work in prose. He has, as he admits, made a similar selection before, but it was done many years ago and his likes and dislikes, the general trend of his taste…
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A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet
- £9.00
- The Internet is the most remarkable thing human beings have built since the Pyramids. A millennium from now, historians will look back at it and marvel that a people equipped with such clumsy tools succeeded in creating such a Leviathan. John NaughtonÀs book intersperses wonderful personal stories with an authoritative…
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A Burnt Out Case
- £25.00
- Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation.…
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A Burnt Out Case
- £75.00
- Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation.…
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A Certain Justice
- £9.00
- Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk.Commander…
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A Certain Justice
- £12.00
- Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk.Commander…
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A Certain Smile
- £25.00
- Set in Paris in the 1950s and told by a young student bored by her law books, restless and curious about love and sex. She is fond of her loyal boyfriend, but he, too, bores her. His worldly uncle strikes her as more exciting, appealingly risky and forbidden. Frank and…
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“1914” Five Sonnets
- £120.00
- Published in his lifetime, this little anthology includes one of his best-loved poems, The Soldier
- Add to basket
-
“Christ Is All” The Gospel Of The Pentateuch: Exodus
- £20.00
- Henry Law was the Dean of Gloucester and this series on each of the books of the Pentateuch was celebrated and repeatedly published in his lifetime.
- Add to basket
-
“Plain or Ringlets?”, in twelve parts
- £20.00
- Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured…
- Add to basket
-
1914 & Other Poems
- £7.00
- Early collection of Rupert Brooke's war poetry including the 1914 poems, The South Seas, and Grantchester.
- Add to basket
-
1939 – a novel
- £25.00
- Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a prolific writer of novels, poetry, childrens fiction, and translations from French. She and her third husband Baron Joseph von Franckenstein were victims of Macarthyism and HUAC, both being blacklisted from various outlets. The story of a French woman who loves an Austrian--but it is more…
- Add to basket
-
73 Poems
- £55.00
- Composed between 1958 and his death in 1962, this was the last published collection by E. E. Cummings. It contains some of his surest and most characteristic work.Much has been made of his innovations in typography and punctuation, which have been often misunderstood as mere 'effects'. But it is evident…
- Add to basket
-
88 More Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
- £16.00
- Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies…
- Add to basket
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88 Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
- £12.00
- Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies…
- Add to basket
-
A Book of Prose Selections
- £12.00
- John Masefield the then Poet Laureate makes his final selection of what he considers is the best of his work in prose. He has, as he admits, made a similar selection before, but it was done many years ago and his likes and dislikes, the general trend of his taste…
- Add to basket
-
A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet
- £9.00
- The Internet is the most remarkable thing human beings have built since the Pyramids. A millennium from now, historians will look back at it and marvel that a people equipped with such clumsy tools succeeded in creating such a Leviathan. John NaughtonÀs book intersperses wonderful personal stories with an authoritative…
- Add to basket
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A Burnt Out Case
- £25.00
- Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation.…
- Add to basket
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A Burnt Out Case
- £75.00
- Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation.…
- Add to basket
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A Certain Justice
- £9.00
- Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk.Commander…
- Add to basket
-
A Certain Justice
- £12.00
- Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk.Commander…
- Add to basket
-
A Certain Smile
- £25.00
- Set in Paris in the 1950s and told by a young student bored by her law books, restless and curious about love and sex. She is fond of her loyal boyfriend, but he, too, bores her. His worldly uncle strikes her as more exciting, appealingly risky and forbidden. Frank and…
- Add to basket
