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Hardback. Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen--ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant. Editor(s): Graham, Judith S.; Luey, Beth; Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 960 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 960
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674058682
- ISBN
- 9780674058682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.77€ 170.88
€ 192.77
€ 170.88
Paperback. "Originally published under the title Dziennik 1954 in 1980 by Polonia Book Fund, London." Translator(s): Shelton, Anita K.; Wrobel, A. J. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129511
- ISBN
- 9780810129511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.87
€ 42.87
Paperback. A single-volume edition of Diary, Gombrowicz's acclaimed masterpiece, now with previously unpublished pages restored Translator(s): Vallee, Lillian. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300118063
- ISBN
- 9780300118063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.61
€ 26.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. The final compilation from James Lees-Milnes celebrated diaries covering the last fourteen years of his life. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719568398
- ISBN
- 9780719568398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The first of three abridged volumes of 'the greatest diarist of our times' Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVQ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719566813
- ISBN
- 9780719566813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. This anthology of Irish diaries features an eclectic selection from diarists known and unknown, including poets, farmers and politicians. The anthology covers diary excerpts from the 17th to the 20th century. Diarists include Richard Boyle, John Wesley, Thomas Carlyle, and Richard Murphy. Editor(s): Lenox-Conyngham, Melosina. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874675785
- ISBN
- 9781874675785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.69
€ 14.99
€ 13.69
hardcover. Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. This biography begins at the moment Arbus quit the world of commercial photography to be an artist, and ends with her death. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224097703
- ISBN
- 9780224097703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 27.76
€ 39.99
€ 27.76
Paperback. Diane Arbus's photographic images of dwarfs, twins, transvestites, and freaks were becoming part of the iconography of the age when Arbus committed suicide in 1971. This book examines Diane's life through: her childhood; her marriage to Allan Arbus; the emotional upheaval surrounding the end of that marriage; and more. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2. BIC Classification: AJB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470366
- ISBN
- 9780099470366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. The acclaimed international bestseller, now with a new introduction from the authors telling the full story of their quest for the truth about the life and death of princess Diana. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pp colour (2x8). BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KAK0010818
- ISBN
- 9780340821794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy, very good D.J. Spencer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- SKU
- KST0034758
- ISBN
- 9780684800097
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Aims to tell what really happened that tragic night when Princess Diana died. This work discloses why the Mercedes was taking the wrong route to Dodi's flat. It uncovers incriminating information about the owner of the infamous white Fiat Uno from French security sources. It reveals evidence surrounding the events of that fateful night. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 110 x 26. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099471349
- ISBN
- 9780099471349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Inspector Ken Wharfe, the first royalty protection officer to publish a memoir, was a crucial figure in the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, for nearly seven years. This account presents the most intimate portrait of Diana to date, as well as a fitting tribute to one of the outstanding figures of our age. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786061133
- ISBN
- 9781786061133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.68
€ 13.00
€ 11.68
paperback. Born in 1910, Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by whom she had two sons. After four years, she left him for the fascist leader, Oswald Mosley - a course of action that horrified her family. This title offers her portrait. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470274
- ISBN
- 9780099470274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; APB; BGL; FA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0000661
- ISBN
- 9780340898451
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; APB; BGL; FA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. In good condition. A well read copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRS0010902
- ISBN
- 9780340898451
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 35 x 144 x 225. Weight in Grams: 597. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear. Hardcover, dustjacket in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KRF0008871
- ISBN
- 9780340897904
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age. Brady's was a classic rags-to-riches story. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471391029
- ISBN
- 9780471391029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.73
€ 37.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. A selection of dialogues and letters from one of the most influential masters of Latin prose. This text includes "Consolation to Helvia" written to Seneca's mother to soothe the pain of separation, and the dialogues of "On the Shortness of Life", and "On Tranquility of Mind". Editor(s): Costa, C.D.N. Translator(s): Costa, C.D.N. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446791
- ISBN
- 9780140446791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. In Paris and London, Diaghilev drew together a talented group of artists such as Picasso, Bakst and Fokine, as well as dancers like Nijinsky, Lifar and Karsavina, and the composers Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev. This book examines Diaghilev's destructive and tempestuous affair with his protege Nijinsky and his friendship with Jean Cocteau. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 B&W and colour. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791910
- ISBN
- 9781905791910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. A biography of the impresario of the arts and creator of 'The Ballets Russes'. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846681646
- ISBN
- 9781846681646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.93
€ 26.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 824 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816699476
- ISBN
- 9780816699476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. With over a million copies already sold this is the bestselling story of how one adorable and lovably roguish library cat touched the lives of everyone he came into contact with. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W Integrated. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; BM; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340953952
- ISBN
- 9780340953952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Since the brutal slaying of the Rev John Hay, Vicar of South Brent, dragged from his church and slaughtered in 1436, Devon has had its fair share of 'murder most foul'. This book recounts several notable cases, from the killing of Sarah and Edward Glass at Wadland Down in 1827, to the horrific murder of Emma Doidge and her boyfriend William Rowe. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750944083
- ISBN
- 9780750944083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Initially shunned and even despised in the years following Germany's surrender, Jochen Peiper is now revered and generally accepted as a brilliant solider. This meticulously researched book explores Peiper's youth, his career with the SS, and his murder in France 30 years after the war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848840102
- ISBN
- 9781848840102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.21
€ 26.99
€ 20.21