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Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813538068
ISBN
9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.26

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243583
ISBN
9780803243583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.89

Paperback. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745334615
ISBN
9780745334615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. This biography offers a sympathetic and nuanced view of Shelley's tumultuous life, personality, and poetry. Num Pages: 736 pages, 39, 39 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888618
ISBN
9780801888618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Paperback. A biography of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CFM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436624
ISBN
9780140436624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. Edinburgh-born James Boswell, at 22, kept a daily diary of his eventful second stay in London from 1762 to 1763. This journal presents a record of adventures ranging from his recounted love affair with a Covent Garden actress to his first amusingly bruising meeting with Samuel Johnson, to whom Boswell would later become both friend and biographer. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; BGLA; BJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436501
ISBN
9780140436501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.04

Hardback. These letters chart the friendship between Boswell and the man he called his "most intimate friend", William Johnson Temple. Editor(s): Crawford, Thomas. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748607587
ISBN
9780748607587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.12
€ 217.37

Hardback. A new, corrected and enlarged edition of the record of James Boswell's quest over more than twenty years to amplify his knowledge of his major biographical subject, Samuel Johnson. Editor(s): Waingrow, Marshall. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748613847
ISBN
9780748613847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.94
€ 156.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1536
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000131
ISBN
9780199540211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 32.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. This unique edition brings together for the first time Austen-Leigh's memoir of his aunt Jane Austen, together with shorter recollections by James Edward's two sisters. It also includes Jane's brother Henry's two biographical accounts. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 haltones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540778
ISBN
9780199540778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Describes the author's shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages, his nervous breakdown and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought Her. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537854
ISBN
9780099537854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589881129
ISBN
9781589881129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. The first of three abridged volumes of 'the greatest diarist of our times' Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVQ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566813
ISBN
9780719566813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Edwin Morgan is Britain's premier living poet. He has published many collections of poetry, criticism, essays and translations. His "A Book of Lives" was awarded the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Poetry Award for 2008. Num Pages: 496 pages, 64. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905207893
ISBN
9781905207893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, 33 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259775
ISBN
9780803259775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. An unforgettable book of passion, ambition, and what it means to become a writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447250708
ISBN
9781447250708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Presents the history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of literature. In this one year, we follow what he reads and writes, what he saw, and who he worked with as he creates four of his most famous plays - "Henry V", "Julius Caesar", "As You Like It", and "Hamlet". Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports.,. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 31. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571214815
ISBN
9780571214815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463362
ISBN
9781580463362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.01

Hardback. Editor(s): Dupee, Frederick Wilcox. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 638 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
638
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640938
ISBN
9780691640938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 302.69

hardcover. Presents the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language - Henry James. This title includes more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to broader questions about art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 342 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 33. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803222977
ISBN
9780803222977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.32

Hardback. Presents in a critical and scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language Editor(s): Zacharias, Greg W.; Walker, Pierre A. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 photographs, 1 figure, 6 family trees, biographical register, symbol and abbreviations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234574
ISBN
9780803234574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.23

Paperback. Jan Carew's memoirs, compiled, edited and expanded by Joy Gleason Carew offer an unparalleled insight into the life and work of this pioneering global, multifaceted man and his multiple lives as a novelist, activist, shaper of Black Studies, actor, playwright, painter, agricultural evangelist, advisor to Heads of State and much more. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232450
ISBN
9781845232450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.21

Hardcover. A memoir of a novelist who almost let his imagination get the best of him. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 418.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd London
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KNW0007643
ISBN
9781840467932
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849165013
ISBN
9781849165013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

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