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The Odd Couple : The Curious Friendship Between Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin
by Bradford, Richard
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9781849543750
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£7.50
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London: The Robson Press, 2012. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or rubbedwith very minor creasing to upper edge. 373pp. An account of the fascinating relationship between writer Martin Amis and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hitch-22 : A Memoir
by Hitchens, Christopher
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 9781843549215
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£12.50
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London: Atlantic Books, 2010. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor rubbing/creasing to upper and lower edges. 435pp. An autobiography of Christopher Hitchens, an intellectual of the poitical left… Read more about this item Item Price
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Balzac : A Biography
by Robb, Graham
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780330332378
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£15.00
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London: Picador, 1994. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little creasing to upper and lower edges. 521pp. An acclaimed biography of 19th century French writer… Read more about this item Item Price
£15.00
Patrick O'Brian : A Life Revealed
by King, Dean
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805059762
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£8.25
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New York: Henry Holt and Co, 2000. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a slight rub to top of spine and very minor traces of storage. 397pp. Biography of acclaimed novelist… Read more about this item Item Price
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George Orwell
by Bowker, Gordon
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316861151
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£17.50
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London: Little, Brown, 2003. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards, slightly rubbed spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slighty creased spine ends. 495pp. A fascinating of George Orwell, the man behind 1984,… Read more about this item Item Price
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All Done from Memory
by Lancaster, Osbert
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- Used - Very Good (+)
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- Good (+)
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
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London: John Murray, 1963. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked yeloo cloth boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with some rubbing/toning, minor creasing to page edges and tiny nicks to corners. 118pp. The author's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Why be Happy When You Could be Normal ?
by Winterson, Jeanette
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780224093453
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London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 230pp. An autobiographical account from writer Jeanette Winterson.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 9 x… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hugh Trevor-Roper : The Biography
by Sisman, Adam
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2010
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297852148
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£18.50
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to spine ends and tiny nick to top. 598pp. Biography of… Read more about this item Item Price
£18.50
Memory Babe : A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac
by Nicosia, Gerald
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1986
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140167856
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£6.25
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London: Penguin Books, 1986. No marks or inscriptions. Some creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 767pp. An outstanding portrait of the life and art of Jack Kerouac - and of the passionate interaction between the two aspects.. Soft… Read more about this item Item Price
£6.25
Cultural Amnesia : Notes in the Margin of My Time
by James, Clive
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
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- 9780330418867
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£9.25
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London: Picador, 2008. No marks or inscriptions. Very minor creasing to covers, creases to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 876pp. Clive James's intellectual autobiography - possibly his best.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9.25 x 6 inches. Item Price
£9.25
The Atlas of Literature
by Bradbury, Malcolm (editor)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781899883677
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£6.75
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London: De Agostini Editions, 1996. Appears unread.. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 352pp. A unique account of literature through the ages and across the continents with contributions from many of… Read more about this item Item Price
£6.75
A Flame in Sunlight : The Life & Works of Thomas De Quincey
by Sackville-West, Edward
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1974
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780370104942
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London: The Bodley Head, 1974. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor rubbing and tiny nick to upper rear edge. 362pp. Biography of the author of Confessions of an… Read more about this item Item Price
£17.50
Walter Scott : The Making of the Novelist
by Millgate, Jane
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good (+)
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780852244982
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Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1984. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Tiny (printer's ?) rub to top edge of two adjacent pages. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with general traces of storage. 223pp. An… Read more about this item Item Price
£9.25
Marcel Proust : Selected Letters Volume Two 1904-1909
by Proust, Marcel & Kolb, Philip (editor)
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780195059618
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£25.00
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage and no fading to spine. 482pp. This volume of Proust's letters covers the… Read more about this item Item Price
£25.00
The Diary of Virginia Woolf : Volume II : 1920-1924
by Woolf, Virginia & Bell, Anne Oliver (editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780701204471
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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£65.00
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1978. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unmarked art label on half-title page. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to edges and trace of sunning to spine. 371pp. The diarist's own… Read more about this item Item Price
£65.00
A Late Education : Episodes in a Life
by Moorehead, Alan
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (+)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780241019863
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£17.50
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nicks to top of spine and sunning to front. 175pp. The… Read more about this item Item Price
£17.50
Joseph Anton : a Memoir
by Rushdie, Salman
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2012
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780812992786
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£40.00
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New York: Random House, 2012. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very clean very tight pages with slightly finger (?) marked boards and bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight bumping to lower corners. Fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 636pp. Salman Rushdie's own… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.00
The Adventures of Rivella
by Manley, Delarivier ; Zelinsky, Katherine (editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781551111216
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£15.00
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Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1999. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small bump to lower edge of front cover, tiny mark to lower fore-edge of last few pages and no bumping to corners. 178pp. A complex and… Read more about this item Item Price
£15.00
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The Life of DH Lawrence : An Illustrated Biography
by Sagar, Keith
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good (-)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781904449188
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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£12.50
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London: Chaucer Press, 2003. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear silver lettering spine and front, very minor bunping around top of spine (otherwise fine) and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with creasing mainly to upper and lower edges and… Read more about this item Item Price
£12.50
The Translation of Memories : Recollections of the Young Proust (Signed By Author)
by Prestwich, Pat F.
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780720610567
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- 1
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£17.50
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London: Peter Owen, 1999. Inscribed on front end paper from Pat. The inscription makes it obvious that this is the author. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket clipped but not price clipped and not marked or torn or… Read more about this item Item Price
£17.50