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Thirty Five Years on the Job

Thirty Five Years on the Job

by Patrick Campbell

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Published
1978
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9780140040654
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Owner's name to inside. 1978 reprint. In very good condition. 389 pages including index, plus Penguin advertisements at rear.
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The Emperor Charles V

The Emperor Charles V

by Brandi, Karl

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Published
1970
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Paperback
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1970 printing of the 1968 edition. In very good condition with distinctive bright cover. No markings, tiny crease to rear cover bottom corner. 655 pages including index, plus 6 catalogue pages to back. Translated from the German by CV Wedgewood.
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Chaliapin (the Lively Arts)

Chaliapin (the Lively Arts)

by Maxim Gorky

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Used - Near Fine
Published
03/03/1988
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Paperback
ISBN
9780862873967
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320 pages including index. In near fine condition. Illustrated with many photographs.
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Carrington: Selected Letter & Extracts from her Diaries

Carrington: Selected Letter & Extracts from her Diaries

by Carrington, Dora

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Published
1974
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Paperback
ISBN
9783452426292
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1974 US publication of Carrington's letters and diaries, selected by David Garnett. Focus on Carrington and Strachey. Includes photos and drawings. 650 pages. In very good conditions, no markings, some yellowing to pages. Lovely sketches in the letters included.
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Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon

by Mattingly, Garrett

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Used - Very Good
Edition
reprint
Published
1971
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780224605670
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1971 reprinting of the 1963 edition. 343 pages including index. In very good condition with a modern, almost pop, cover! No markings at all.
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Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

by Neale, J. E.

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Published
1961
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Paperback
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1961 reprint of this 1960 Pelican book. 415 pages. Some yellowing to pages, in very good condition.
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Enemies of Promise

Enemies of Promise

by Connolly, Cyril

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First
Published
1961
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Paperback
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283 pages including index. First Penguin printing. In very good condition. Some yellowing to pages. Literary criticism.
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Diaries & Letters 1945-62

Diaries & Letters 1945-62

by Nicolson, Harold

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Edition
First thurs
Published
1971
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Paperback
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415 pages, including index. In very good condition, unmarked. Volume three of the Diaries & Letters. Harold was married to Vita Sackville-West.
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Living in Truth: 22 Essays Published on the Occasion of the Award of the Erasmus Prize to Vaclav Havel

Living in Truth: 22 Essays Published on the Occasion of the Award of the Erasmus Prize to Vaclav Havel

by Vaclav Havel

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Published
1990
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780571144402
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In very good condition, 315 pages.
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Boswell's London Journal 1792-63

Boswell's London Journal 1792-63

by Boswell, James; Pottle, Frederick A.

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Edition
Second impression
Published
1986
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Hardcover
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Hardcover, without slipcase, in very good condition. With pictorial binding. Folio Society edition. 365 pages.
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Voltairine de Cleyre

Voltairine de Cleyre

by Kinna, Ruth; Harper, Clifford

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Used - Near Fine
Published
2018
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9772631349902
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Stapled binding, near fine copy of this small volume in the Great Anarchists series. Biography of a woman anarchist philosopher. 22 pages.
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The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde

The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde

by Pearce, Joseph

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Published
2001
ISBN
9780002740517
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Biography of the poet and author Oscar Wilde, with a focus on Wilde's lifelong search for emotional and spiritual fulfilment, including an examination of several of his works and discussion of religion. 301 pages includes index. In very good condition, as unread.
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The Life of Samuel Johnson (English Library)

The Life of Samuel Johnson (English Library)

by Boswell, James

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Edition
First
Published
1979
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Paperback
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375 pages. Edited and abridged by Christopher Hibbert, based on the 1799 edition. Frontispiece drawing from National Portrait Gallery London. In very good condition, no markings or writing.
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The Life of William Blake

The Life of William Blake

by Wilson, Mona

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Published
1978
ISBN
9780586082973
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First published in 1927, long considered the definitive biography of Blake. 415 pages. Unmarked, in very good condition.
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The First & The Last: Isaiah Berlin

The First & The Last: Isaiah Berlin

by Isaiah Berlin

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Used - Near Fine
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Very Good
Edition
First
Published
1999
ISBN
9781862072701
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Includes tributes by Annan, Hampshire, Margalit, Williams and Kelly. 141 pages. Near fine book in very good dust jacket.
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Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil

by Pritchett, V.S.

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First
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First thus as Penguin. Autobiography covering Paris in the 20's, Ireland during the Civil War and Spain - the writer as a young man... In very good condition, slight wear and creasing to cover as seen in photo. 222 pages
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Edmund Campion
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Edmund Campion

by Waugh, Evelyn

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Published
1953
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1953, first thus. Waugh's study of Roman Catholic martyr under Elizabeth I. In very good condition.
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Lord Byron's Jackal: the Life of Edward John Trelawny

Lord Byron's Jackal: the Life of Edward John Trelawny

by Crane, David

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Very Good
Published
1998
ISBN
9780002556316
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398 pages. Fading to jacket spine as seen. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

by Richard Ellmann

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Jacket Condition
Very Good
Published
1987
ISBN
9780241123928
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632 pages. Award winning biography of Wilde. Jacket neatly price-clipped. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
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An Indian Dynasty: the Story of the Nehru-Gandhi Family
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An Indian Dynasty: the Story of the Nehru-Gandhi Family

by Tariq Ali

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Used - Very Good
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Good
Published
1985
ISBN
9780399130748
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First US, first printing. 318 pages, illustrated with black and white photos. Crease and small tears to back of jacket at the top un-repaired as seen in photo. Owners name inside. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket.
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