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Hardback. Editor(s): Walsh, Keri. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: BJ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145367
ISBN
9780231145367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Walsh, Keri. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: BJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546. 376 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Walsh, Keri. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BJ; KNTP. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 24. Weight: 546.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145374
ISBN
9780231145374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. St Boniface, the early 8th-century English cleric who became known as "Apostle to the Germans" was an important agent in the conversion of the North German tribes from paganism to Christianity. This text provides translations of his letters. Translator(s): Emerton, Ephraim. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BJ; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120937
ISBN
9780231120937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardcover. A collection of letters by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It is the first edition to be published since 1929, and since that date the number of known letters has almost doubled. This volume contains 308 letters by the artist to friends, family and patrons, all accompanied by detailed notes. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 318 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300087338
ISBN
9780300087338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.42

Hardcover. Keywords: Sean OCasey. Complete 4 volume set
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cassell/The Catholic University of America Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
SKU
KNW0011860
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 185.00

Hardcover. This is a part of a collection of eight volumes of nearly 2800 letters. Volumes I and II reveal Stevenson's struggles to achieve success as an author - including his time as a student, his work, and his travels. They also introduce the people who became his chief correspondents for life. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300060218
ISBN
9780300060218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.63

Hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes III and IV cover the period from August 1879 to June 1884. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, illustrations port. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300061888
ISBN
9780300061888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.72

Hardback. The second installment of Harvard s critically acclaimed five-volume edition of Robert Frost s correspondence contains letters from 1920 to 1928, 400 of them gathered here for the first time. His 160 correspondents include family, friends, colleagues, fellow writers, visual artists, publishers, educators, librarians, farmers, and admirers." Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 243 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1348.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726642
ISBN
9780674726642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.56

Hardback. Pensive, mercurial, and often funny, the private Robert Frost remains less appreciated than the public poet. This edition of the correspondence of this complex and subtle verbal artist, includes hundreds of unpublished letters whose literary interest is on a par with Dickinson, Lowell, and Beckett. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057609
ISBN
9780674057609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.56

hardcover. Editor(s): Kinter, Elvan. Num Pages: 626 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
626
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014626
ISBN
9780674014626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.56
€ 137.52

Hardback. This final volume marks the twilight years of this American writer's life. These letters, including many to Henry David Thoreau, William Henry Furness, Margaret Fuller, and Thomas Carlyle among others offer an intimate portrait of Emerson. Num Pages: 515 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 10
Number of pages
515
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101837
ISBN
9780231101837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.67
€ 111.37

Hardback. This is the penultimate volume in the continuation of Ralph L. Rusk's 1939 edition of Emerson's letters. Vol 9 covers the years 1860-1869, when Emerson switched from using small, local publishers to the prestigious firm of Ticknor and Fields. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 9
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081023
ISBN
9780231081023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.67
€ 112.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 653 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 8
Number of pages
653
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075169
ISBN
9780231075169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.67
€ 112.50

Hardcover. Volume three of a collection of surviving letters written by Peter le Page Renouf covering his varied career from his days as a student in Oxford until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This volume covers Renouf's years in Dublin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621908
ISBN
9781900621908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.90
€ 51.72

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621656
ISBN
9781900621656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.90
€ 51.78

Hardcover. Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The letters in volume 2 cover Renouf's years as Tutor to the son of the Comte de Vaulchier in France and, from 1850, there are frequent trips to Switzerland. Editor(s): Cathcart, Kevin J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621755
ISBN
9781900621755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.90
€ 51.68

Paperback. Offers a glimpse into the literary and social circles of London and Paris, during the Second World War and for twenty years after. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193922
ISBN
9780141193922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Hardback. In this final volume of the Virginia edition of Arnold's letters, he joins for the last time a Royal Commission on Education, travelling first to Germany, and then on to Switzerland and Paris. Following his wife and daughter, Arnold also makes his second American visit, to see his first grandchild. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1161.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920283
ISBN
9780813920283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.00

Hardback. Renowned as a poet and critic, Arnold will be celebrated now as a letter writer. This volume begins in 1829 with an account of the Arnold children by their father, and closes in 1859, when already a poet and literary critic, Matthew Arnold returned to England after several months in Europe. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916514
ISBN
9780813916514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.98

hardcover. The emotional and moral centre of this collection is the series of letters written during Arnold's first American visit, during which he ranged from New York and New England to Madison, Chicago, Richmond, Washington, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 536 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1093.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919997
ISBN
9780813919997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.55

hardcover. The fourth of six volumes collecting the letters of Matthew Arnold. The letters chronicle Arnold's personal life in the characteristically intimate note of all his correspondence. He loses a son, a brother and his mother, and travels to France, Switzerland and Italy, recording his impressions. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1039.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918969
ISBN
9780813918969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.17

hardcover. Volume 2 of this six volume set covers the years 1860-65, when Arnold emerged as a critic and went on to consolidate his reputation. His letters record his impressions of Europe on an official school study, with observations of nature within and nature without. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917061
ISBN
9780813917061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.81

Hardcover. Contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell - a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut - rarely fails to surprise, given the general reputation Twain has of being antireligious. Editor(s): Bush, Harold K., Jr.; Courtney, Steve; Messent, Peter. Num Pages: 512 pages, 14 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820350752
ISBN
9780820350752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.67

Hardback. Laurence Sterne remains one of the towering figures of eighteenth-century life and literature, and a continuing influential presence in the canon of modern western fiction. This book offers a collection of Laurence Sterne's letters in seventy-five years. Editor(s): New, Melvyn; Voogd, Peter de. Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813032375
ISBN
9780813032375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.72

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