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Paperback. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTP; RGV; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140280395
- ISBN
- 9780140280395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140271287
- ISBN
- 9780140271287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. An account of Yeates' ascent of one of the world's largest vertical rock faces, the 4,000 foot Central Tower of Paine in Chile. The greatest difficulties come not from the elements but from within themselves; crippled with fear the team is forced into a retreat but after resting return to complete the climb. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) maps, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1KLSX; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099766414
- ISBN
- 9780099766414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A memoir that offers a picture of the author's growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. Translator(s): Kirkup, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185330
- ISBN
- 9780141185330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. The publication of de Beauvoir's letters to Sartre caused a storm of controversy in Paris in 1990. Frank and uncensored, they show her experimenting with her freedom within her love for Sartre, and trace the emotional and triangular complications of her life with him. Editor(s): Hoare, Quintin. Translator(s): Hoare, Quintin. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099914907
- ISBN
- 9780099914907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Hardback. Provocative insights into Beauvoir's philosophical and personal development during wartime Editor(s): Le Bon de Beauvoir, Sylvie; Simons, Margaret A.; Beauvoir, Sylvie le Bon. Translator(s): Cordero, Anne Deing. Series: The Beauvoir Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252033773
- ISBN
- 9780252033773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGH; BJ; HBWN; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oratia Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877514661
- ISBN
- 9781877514661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.46
€ 35.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. This lavishly illustrated, richly documented life of Lady Lavery relates how one beautiful American woman reinvented herself as 'a simple Irish girl' and came to personify Eire on Ireland's banknotes, 'living and dying .. as though some ballad-singer had sung it all'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516439
- ISBN
- 9781843516439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.00€ 15.75
€ 18.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. Taking over a decade's worth of rarely-seen strips, essays, and new material, the author offers readers an uncompromising look at the journey he has taken to living his dream, loving himself, and trying to grow up. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 258 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Image Comics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632154491
- ISBN
- 9781632154491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.90
€ 11.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; BM; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Image Comics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781534301832
- ISBN
- 9781534301832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.46
€ 18.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Educational ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781485622925
- ISBN
- 9781485622925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864864338
- ISBN
- 9780864864338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.42
€ 14.99
€ 14.42
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KEX0198446
- ISBN
- 9781841315881
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Keywords: Illness- Ireland - Politics - Human rights
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KEX0174334
- ISBN
- 9781841315881
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KNW0010343
- ISBN
- 9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0010412
- ISBN
- 9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Biography - Social & Health Issues,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - General,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - Health Issues"
- Publisher
- The Liffey Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781905785209
- ISBN
- 9781905785209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.95
€ 10.95
Paperback. Air-route development in Africa was a result of Sir Alan Cobham's 1929 flight through and round Africa in a flying-boat. Lady Cobham accompanied her husband throughout the journey. This work features Sir Alan Cobham's account of his journey. First published in 1930, it is illustrated with over 50 photographs from the trip, from the family archive. Num Pages: 192 pages, 55. BIC Classification: BGA; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441818
- ISBN
- 9780752441818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904445098
- ISBN
- 9781904445098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.60
€ 20.99
€ 19.60
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- ICE Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780727700889
- ISBN
- 9780727700889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.33
€ 53.99
€ 45.33
Paperback. A portrait of the bond between a mother and her son, and the capturing of a moment in time before the loss of childhood innocence. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571228041
- ISBN
- 9780571228041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.48
€ 13.00
€ 11.48
Paperback. The author evokes Wainewright the poisoner's double life in a biography that takes the form of a confession. He strips away the layers of legend and restores Wainewright to his own voice, capturing his energy, charm, callousness, wit and wantoness. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KNW0008945
- ISBN
- 9780571205462
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 11.99€ 6.23
€ 11.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. A memoir of Andrew Motion's growing up in post-war England - an evocation of family life, school life and country life. Written from a teenage child's point of view, without the benefit of adult hindsight, this work captures the pathos and puzzlement of childhood. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464. Very fine copy in crisp dustwrapper. Ex-libris with plates, no stamps. Contents appear unread. Signed by the author
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KRA0007544
- ISBN
- 9780571228034
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. The author evokes Wainewright the poisoner's double life in a biography that takes the form of a confession. He strips away the layers of legend and restores Wainewright to his own voice, capturing his energy, charm, callousness, wit and wantoness. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571205462
- ISBN
- 9780571205462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 6.23
€ 11.99
€ 6.23