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Biography

hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Random House Uk
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017342
ISBN
9780091791964
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017341
ISBN
9781851588053
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Round Hall Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017153
ISBN
9780947686673
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080110
ISBN
9781847080110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has some wear and tear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Random House Inc New York
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000109
ISBN
9780679444893
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. In 1966, the young Aude Yung-de Prevaux discovered that she was the daughter of the Resistance heroes Jacques and Lotka de Prevaux, of whom she had never heard. This title pieces together her parents' story. Translator(s): Wright, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, Facsimiles, Portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747553052
ISBN
9780747553052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. The life and poignant death of one of Britain's bravest women. Eileen Nearne, or Agent Rose, was one of forty women sent into France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Churchill's top secret wartime 'spooks' organisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; BT; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016814
ISBN
9781445641454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Sammon Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016811
ISBN
9780954003104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light nicks and shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
The Catholic Book Club
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016511
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016490
ISBN
9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 'For years, the illicit love affair between Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and Venetia Stanley was concealed. Shocking events in our family led me to uncover the story of their forbidden love.' Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; BTH; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 642. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Metro Books,London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0015930
ISBN
9781843583721
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A wonderfully romantic memoir from a young shepherdess. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; BM; WND; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780751547399
ISBN
9780751547399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A book like no other - the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history's most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 55. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007548903
ISBN
9780007548903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.05

Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823276837
ISBN
9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going & music-making. Editor(s): Latham, Robert. Num Pages: 1152 pages, 6 maps, 2 family trees. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439938
ISBN
9780141439938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Bantam
Edition
6.1.1984
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553265965
ISBN
9780553265965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.95

hardcover. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Lacking dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Dublin : Gill and Macmillan
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0008132
ISBN
9780717108725
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.23

Hardback. C.R. Ashbee was, some would say, the key man in the British Arts and Crafts movement during the early decades of the 20th century. While much has been written about him, little has been said of his wife. Now Felicity Ashbee breaks the silence in a book about her mother, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages, 49 b&w and 10 colour photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACVN; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0006469
ISBN
9780815607311
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006448
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.99
€ 10.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307948540
ISBN
9780307948540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

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