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Biography: literary

Paperback. The seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) is one of the most intriguing figures in English literature. This title offers a look into Marvell's life, from his early employment as a tutor and gentleman's companion to his suspicious death, reputedly a politically fueled poisoning. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181968
ISBN
9780300181968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 55. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780221205
ISBN
9781780221205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. In 1939, Christopher Isherwood and W H Auden emigrated together to the United States. This title describes Isherwood's search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as Garbo, Chaplin, Thomas Mann, and more. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
1104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555827
ISBN
9780099555827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Mandrake
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906958640
ISBN
9781906958640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. Gives us Nadar, the pioneer balloonist and aerial photographer; gives us Colonel Fred Burnaby, reluctant adorer of the extravagant Sarah Bernhardt; then, finally, it gives us the story of author's own grief, unflinchingly observed. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099584537
ISBN
9780099584537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. Nancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age. Num Pages: 504 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139380
ISBN
9780231139380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 39. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848404571
ISBN
9781848404571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.81

Hardcover. Biography of Oxford Classics don who led intriguing life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493989
ISBN
9781908493989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. A story of author very own boyhood, including tales of sweet-shops and chocolate, mean old ladies and a Great Mouse Plot - the inspiration for some of his most marvellous storybooks in the years to come. Illustrator(s): Blake, Quentin; Blake, Quentin. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white photos and line drawings. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141365541
ISBN
9780141365541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212372
ISBN
9780300212372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. Features an American memoir of growing up in New York with eccentric uncles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNW0008264
ISBN
9780747579328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardback. Chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. This book deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet E.; Griffin, Benjamin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Gagel, Amanda; Goetz, Sharon K.; Myrick, Leslie Diane; Ohge, Christopher M. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 792 pages, 45. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 193 x 65. Weight in Grams: 1682.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279940
ISBN
9780520279940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Paperback. Blends autobiography and fiction to describe the inner life of a writer evolving from precocious public school boy to Cambridge drop-out at large in London's Bohemia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561224
ISBN
9780099561224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. In his last work, Something of Myself, Rudyard Kipling reflects on his life and the basis of his art. Editor(s): Pinney, Thomas. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 330 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107693500
ISBN
9781107693500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this book sees his life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Little Brown
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088935
ISBN
9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. Offers an extensive selection of author's letters, arranged by subject so that you can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry Hill. Editor(s): Hadley, William. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGL; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6 x 3. .
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593500
ISBN
9781841593500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Aims to unearth the life story of the creator of "The Leopard", one of the novels of the twentieth century. This book stands as a meditation on what it is that makes a writer. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955010514
ISBN
9780955010514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.08

Paperback. Johnson, born weak and half-blind, shambolic and poverty-stricken, became the most admired and quoted man in the eighteenth century. Thrown out of Oxford for a lack of funds, he rose to celebrity: author of "The Dictionary", a friend to the king, companion of Reynolds, Goldsmith and Garrick. This title presents a portrait of Johnson, and his life. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 365.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9780571226368
ISBN
9780571226368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.08

Hardback. Features letters between Eliot and his associates, family and friends - his correspondents range from the Archbishop of York and the American philosopher Paul Elmer More to the writers Virginia Woolf, and Ralph Hodgson - that shows the ways in which his Anglo-Catholic convictions could, at times, prove a self-chastising and even alienating force. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; BJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316328
ISBN
9780571316328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 41.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161132
ISBN
9781784161132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley Laura. Num Pages: 552 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147413
ISBN
9780691147413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Stone, Will. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271031
ISBN
9781782271031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pallas Athene Arts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843680963
ISBN
9781843680963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Hardcover. Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who's who and chronology. Num Pages: 2752 pages, Index. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised and expanded edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008214548
ISBN
9780008214548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.59
€ 105.86

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