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hardcover. A biographical sketch of the antecedents, early life and career of William Thornton, particulary known for his design of the US Capitol. It includes his early antislavery writings, and detailed accounts of the evolution of the first successful steamboat. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; AM; BGHA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1243.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813913445
- ISBN
- 9780813913445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.50
€ 113.50
Hardback. 254.pp.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Kestrel's Nest Ltd, Kildare, Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS1001831
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. 105pp. His first book for children. US Edition reprint
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Us ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KHS1003859
- ISBN
- 9780671874421
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Hardcover. 336pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Viking Pr New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0013206
- ISBN
- 9780670291892
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 28.00
€ 28.00
Hardback. First edition, good copy in dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Lemon Tree Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- SKU
- KTK0094066
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
243pp. Second English edition. Signed by the author. Bound in red cloth with gilt titled spine. Original dustjacket. Keywords: Fiction - Novels
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KHS0044534
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 132.00
€ 132.00
Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in good dustwrapper.Irish literature.First American edition. William Trevor, KBE (born 24 May 1928), is an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world,[1] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.[2] He has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated five times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name has also been mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3] Trevor has resided in Devon, South West England, since the 1950s.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- First UK edition
- SKU
- KEX0273966
- ISBN
- 9780670839339
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in good dustwrapper.Irish literature.. William Trevor, KBE (born 24 May 1928), is an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world,[1] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.[2] He has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated five times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name has also been mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3] Trevor has resided in Devon, South West England, since the 1950s.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- SKU
- KEX0273961
- ISBN
- 9780670824045
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardcover. 250pp
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- KHS1003855
- ISBN
- 9780370313740
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardcover. 251pp. First US Edition. Fore edge uncut
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KHS1003840
- ISBN
- 9780670832576
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardback. First edition, inscription on endpaper, dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- SKU
- KTK0094071
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 65.00
€ 65.00
Paperback. A title in which, a waiter divulges a shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents' unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, a middle-aged accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Edition
- First Penguin Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141017099
- ISBN
- 9780141017099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.73
€ 20.99
€ 16.73
hardcover. Novel. 228pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Viking London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KTK0000565
- ISBN
- 9780670913428
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardcover. 204pp. First US Edition. Fore edge marked
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- SKU
- KHS1003868
- ISBN
- 9780670824045
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in good dustwrapper.Irish literature.. William Trevor, KBE (born 24 May 1928), is an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world,[1] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.[2] He has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated five times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name has also been mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3] Trevor has resided in Devon, South West England, since the 1950s.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KEX0273962
- ISBN
- 9780670832576
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Summer, 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault clings to glens and woods above Lahardane - the home her family is being forced to abandon. She knows Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland and that danger threatens. Lucy, however, is headstrong and decides that somehow she must force her parents into staying. But the path she chooses ends in disaster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141044606
- ISBN
- 9780141044606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Hardcover. First US edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW sunned and showing minor shelf wear and with a tear to front, otherwise a fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Viking Press New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- SKU
- KSG0015918
- ISBN
- 9780670216659
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardcover. First US edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- SKU
- KSG0015912
- ISBN
- 9780670323555
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 1
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140957860
- ISBN
- 9780140957860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.91€ 52.50
€ 70.91
€ 52.50
Paperback. It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042190
- ISBN
- 9780141042190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Suitable for those who enjoyed "The Story of Lucy Gault" and "Love and Summer", this title deals with themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168 231pp. The paperback edition of the latest excellent collection of short stories from one of the great Masters of the genre.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032450
- ISBN
- 9780141032450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38
Hardcover. First edition. Fine in good dust wrapper. Dust wrapper stained to edges and showing some shelf wear. Page edges spotted. Remains a very nice copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- KSG0023203
- ISBN
- 9780370313740
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardcover. 251pp. First US Edition. Fore edge uncut
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Viking
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- First American Edition
- SKU
- KHS1003869
- ISBN
- 9780670832576
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Small incription on inside page with a small tear. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has some wear and tear but remains good.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- KCW0000315
- ISBN
- 9780862782764
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 9.39
€ 9.39