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Hardcover. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This selection documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives. Editor(s): Reid, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1025. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper. First edition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0303688
- ISBN
- 9780571221387
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
hardcover. Having separated from his wife Vivien in 1933, he is anxious to avoid running into her; but she refuses to comprehend that her husband has chosen to leave her and stalks him across literary society, leading to his place of work at the offices of Faber & Faber. This book features letters from author that deals with his life and career. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571316366
- ISBN
- 9780571316366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.99€ 39.73
€ 58.99
€ 39.73
Hardcover. This edition will replace the long out-of-print edition of Edward Edwards published in 1868. It contains the full text, in the original spelling, with modern punctuation, of all known surviving letters, 240 in all, compared with Edwards' 160, in most cases taken from the original manuscripts, many never before published. Num Pages: 466 pages, 6 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 176 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895279
- ISBN
- 9780859895279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.54
€ 136.54
Hardcover. On the eve of her 80th birthday, Mary O'Rourke has sat down to write a letter to twenty people past and present, close and distant, living and deceased. Every letter is heartfelt; every letter offers gratitude for the difference the recipient made to Mary's life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BJ; HBJD1; JPHL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 372 x 26. Weight in Grams: 400. 8vo. Very good Copy. First edition. Politics and politicians in 20th century Ireland.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0310199
- ISBN
- 9780717172238
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardback. A resource for an understanding of the intellectual culture of the mid-twentieth century. Editor(s): Allison, Jonathan. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571224418
- ISBN
- 9780571224418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 29.14
€ 45.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. This title is a review of cultural heroes and legends from the Harlem Renaissance to Andy Warhol, Dante to Ellington. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857546552
- ISBN
- 9781857546552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.02
€ 19.99
€ 19.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1028 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1028
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674526273
- ISBN
- 9780674526273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.63€ 150.96
€ 171.63
€ 150.96
Hardcover. Collects the letters the author wrote to her family and friends throughout her life. This title shows us her tending her garden; baking bread; marking the marriages, births, and deaths of those she loved; reaching out for intellectual companionship; and, confessing her personal joys and sorrows. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 160 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841597898
- ISBN
- 9781841597898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.46
€ 16.99
€ 12.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Van Doren, Carl. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; JFCX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627434
- ISBN
- 9780691627434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.73€ 47.57
€ 60.73
€ 47.57
Letters of a Dead Man (Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks Texts in Garden and La...
Hermann Von Pückler-Muskau
hardcover. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BM; HBJD1; HBLL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 267 x 55. Weight in Grams: 3828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780884024118
- ISBN
- 9780884024118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.99€ 52.66
€ 99.99
€ 52.66
Paperback. In 1659, Luis de Haro met with Cardinal Jules Mazarin to conclude a peace treaty that would end over twenty years of war. The hitherto unpublished letters sent by Haro to Philip IV offer an account of the negotiations that diverges from Mazarin's reports. This edition offers a mix of the original letters and summaries, as well as explanatory notes. Editor(s): Williams, Lyn. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896924
- ISBN
- 9780859896924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.61
€ 38.61
Paperback. "Originally published as Letters from Fighting Hoosiers by Howard H. Peckham and Shirley A. Snyder, Indiana War History Commission, 1948." Editor(s): Peckham, Howard H.; Snyder, Shirley A. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024480
- ISBN
- 9780253024480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553381
- ISBN
- 9781781553381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.13
€ 25.99
€ 23.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694483
- ISBN
- 9781894694483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.80
€ 26.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. Allan Marriot Hutchins was one of thousands of young men who, in 1900, volunteered to fight the Boers in a war that foreshadowed the later carnage of the twentieth century. This book offers an eyewitness account of a soldier's life at a pivotal moment in the history of the British Empire. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJC; BJ; HBJH; HBWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752465180
- ISBN
- 9780752465180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. Series Editor(s): Barber, Professor Malcolm; Edbury, Professor Peter W.; Hamilton, Professor Bernard; Housley, Professor Norman; Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Crusade Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 206 pages, Includes 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; BJ; HBJF; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472413932
- ISBN
- 9781472413932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BJ; HBJK; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633227
- ISBN
- 9780816633227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.37
€ 17.99
€ 17.37
Paperback. In this account of the earliest days of settlement in the West, William Wallace conveys a sense of unspoken courage--the courage that was needed to make a fresh start in a strange new land. Editor(s): Wallace, William; Coates, Ken; Morrison, Bill. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889774087
- ISBN
- 9780889774087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.78
€ 30.99
€ 25.78
Paperback. In 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia. His impressions turned into what is perhaps the greatest and most influential of all books about Russia under the Tsars. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394510
- ISBN
- 9780141394510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Garrett County Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Garrett County Press 1st Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891053016
- ISBN
- 9781891053016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context. Translator(s): Pagden, Mr. Anthony. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300090949
- ISBN
- 9780300090949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. The first ever translation into English of Lampedusa's correspondence. It Includes recently discovered, previously unpublished letters and unreleased photographs of London by Lampedusa himself. This edition is enriched by new unpublished material not available in the previous hardback edition. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274. 236 pages, Illustrations, ports. The first ever translation into English of Lampedusa's correspondence. It Includes recently discovered, previously unpublished letters and unreleased photographs of London by Lampedusa himself. This edition is enriched by new unpublished material not available in the previous hardback edition. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ. Dimension: 146 x 197 x 27. Weight: 274. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846881374
- ISBN
- 9781846881374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.19
€ 13.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad. Num Pages: 140 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First UK edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669618
- ISBN
- 9781902669618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285330
- ISBN
- 9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.44€ 71.49
€ 93.44
€ 71.49