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Biography
Paperback. 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 title 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, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571221394
- ISBN
- 9780571221394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 4.18
€ 18.99
€ 4.18
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. 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
€ 145.91
€ 145.91
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
Paperback. This study has been revised to include new finds about the composition dates of several Mozart works. A new bibliography and a collation with the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe edition of letters, edited by O.E.Deutsch, W.A.Bauer and J.H.Eibl: Baerenreiter, 1962-75 is also included. Editor(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Anderson, Emily; Sadie, Stanley; Smart, Fiona. Num Pages: 1089 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC4; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 1089
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485453
- ISBN
- 9780333485453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.33
€ 134.33
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
€ 41.00€ 29.59
€ 41.00
€ 29.59
Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 47. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Avalon Travel Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871134530
- ISBN
- 9780871134530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.70
€ 21.70
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
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
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
€ 172.15€ 153.45
€ 172.15
€ 153.45
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€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
hardcover. Editor(s): Van Doren, Carl. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653426
- ISBN
- 9780691653426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.89
€ 212.89
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
€ 60.92€ 47.92
€ 60.92
€ 47.92
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
€ 41.11
€ 41.11
paperback. On March 15, 1939, the author's father snatched the last exit visa from a distracted clerk to get his wife and child out of Prague. This work offers a narrative of suffering and rescue, survivor guilt, and overcoming obstacles to intergenerational dialogue about a traumatic past. Series: Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Athabasca University Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897425534
- ISBN
- 9781897425534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
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€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
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
€ 27.99€ 24.49
€ 27.99
€ 24.49
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€ 19.08
€ 26.99
€ 19.08
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€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
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
€ 54.12
€ 54.12