Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. Michael Davitt's "Jottings in Solitary" consists of his drafts on many topics, written while a prisoner in solitary confinement in Portland Convict Prison, 1881-2. Published here for the first time, they contain an autobiographical fragment and a frankly annotated list of Irish MPs of the time. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 123 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- (reprint).
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621915
- ISBN
- 9781900621915
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.35
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paperback. A collection that outlines the author's early preoccupation with issues of mental illness, creativity and femininity, all of which would become recurrent themes in her later work. It contains the thirteen stories together with five pieces of her journalism, as well as a further nine stories selected from the Indiana archive. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. From the library of June Levine. Ownership details to ffep. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Sunning to spine
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025686
- ISBN
- 9780571049899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Lives and Letters
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784101329
- ISBN
- 9781784101329
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.49
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John Franklin Jameson and the Development of Humanistic Scholarship in...
Jameson, John Franklin, Millikan, Frank River...
Hardcover. This volume completes a three-volume documentary history of the work of John Franklin Jameson. Composed principally of Jameson's public and private correspondence, this volume highlights some of his contributions as Director of the Carnegie Institution in Washington. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; DNF; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820320397
- ISBN
- 9780820320397
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Condition: New
€ 69.08
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Hardcover. Series: The rusticall & oeconomical works of John Evelyn. Num Pages: 250 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907325659
- ISBN
- 9780907325659
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.81
€ 36.99
€ 30.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Glancey, Jonathan. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DB; DNF; WGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 105 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413776129
- ISBN
- 9780413776129
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.35
€ 14.99
€ 14.35
A critical annotated scholarly edition of John Aubrey's Brief Lives with full editorial matter and definitive commentary. Editor(s): Bennett, Kate. Num Pages: 1968 pages, Numerous illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 168 x 118. Weight in Grams: 3214.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1036
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199689538
- ISBN
- 9780199689538
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€ 607.52
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 663 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; HRA; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 53. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 663
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780688129583
- ISBN
- 9780688129583
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.58
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Paperback. Editor(s): Murray, Isobel. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- B&W Publishing
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903265017
- ISBN
- 9781903265017
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Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.55
€ 8.99
€ 7.55
Hardcover. First published together in Latin in 1623, these two tracts present descriptions of the hermetic cosmology and the alchemical work. The introduction provides a biographical note on d'Espagnet and traces the influence these works had on later generations. Translator(s): Everard, John; Ashmole, Elias. Series: English Renaissance Hermeticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780824075422
- ISBN
- 9780824075422
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Condition: New
€ 172.37
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307885944
- ISBN
- 9780307885944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49
Hardcover. The three medieval texts that make up "Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves" have formed a vital part of Chaucerian research for more than 50 years. The editors examine Jankyn's book from many angles, including the extensive manuscript sources, background information, and Chaucer's use of the materials. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III; Lawler, Traugott. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319209
- ISBN
- 9780820319209
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Condition: New
€ 153.29
€ 153.29
Paperback. Series: Carnegie Mellon Nonfiction. BIC Classification: DNF; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887480478
- ISBN
- 9780887480478
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€ 19.99€ 17.14
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Hardcover. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1042. Selected Writings. 480 pages, index. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight: 1042.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558095
- ISBN
- 9781904558095
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€ 64.68€ 58.68
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Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Waingrow, Marshall. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606054
- ISBN
- 9780748606054
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€ 129.37€ 114.80
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Hardback. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826. Manuscript Edition: Volume 3, 1776--1780. 1776-1780. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. 352 pages. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight: 826.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606047
- ISBN
- 9780748606047
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€ 117.61€ 111.86
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Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Redford, Bruce; Goldring, Elizabeth. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606061
- ISBN
- 9780748606061
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€ 205.81€ 194.57
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Paperback. A collection of Mamet's essays, touching on his most intimate interests and obsessions. They leapfrog from Oscar Wilde to the Tower of Babel, the Committee on Un-American Activities, Jewish scripture, police corruption, the art of acting, malt whisky and the charms of Edinburgh. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571201921
- ISBN
- 9780571201921
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Auden, W. H.; Mayer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ACG; BG; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442335
- ISBN
- 9780140442335
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
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Paperback. A collection of essays on travels in Italy. It explores art and religion, political shifts and cultural revolutions, and the nature of travel itself. It covers the aesthetic allure of Venice, the vitality of Rome, and the noisy, sensuous appeal of Naples. Editor(s): Auchard, John. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435078
- ISBN
- 9780140435078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65