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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
Condition: New

€ 607.52

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.35

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.81

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820320397
ISBN
9780820320397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.08

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. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lives and Letters
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784101329
ISBN
9781784101329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.49

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
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025686
ISBN
9780571049899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
(reprint).
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621915
ISBN
9781900621915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.35

Paperback. This volume tells the story of David Chaffetz's experience of Afghanistan shortly before the Soviet invasion. His account is an intimate portrait of the Afghan people and the vast landscape which surrounds them. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; DNF; RGC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100647
ISBN
9780226100647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.39

Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903472
ISBN
9781907903472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.61

Hardcover. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, map, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300012514
ISBN
9780300012514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.37
€ 96.78

Paperback. A celebration of Granta's first quarter century with new writing from the writers who made its reputation, including Martin Amis, Paul Auster, William Boyd, Amit Chaudhul, Richard Ford, James Hamilton-Paterson, Jan Morris, Blake Morrison, Jayne Anne Phillips, Paul Theroux and Edmund White. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145. Weight in Grams: 427. "Commissioning organisation: [editor Ian Jack]. 316 p. ill. (some col.), ports. 21 cm. Associated Names: Jack, Ian,. Associated Dates: 1945-. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - 20th Century,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - 20th Century"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Granta Books Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0166503
ISBN
9780903141710
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Translator(s): Zohn, Harry. Num Pages: 314 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972063
ISBN
9780865972063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.05

Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 116 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903762
ISBN
9781907903762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. Editor(s): Braund, Professor Susanna Morton. Series Editor(s): Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 332 pages, commentary, abbreviations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 332 pages, commentary, abbreviations, bibliography. Editor(s): Braund, Susanna Morton. This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 204 x 129 x 21. Weight: 390. Series Editor(s) :Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521356671
ISBN
9780521356671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.14

Paperback. Providing a selection of Marx's writings, this book includes extracts from the whole range of Marx's most important pieces. It also includes a bibliography and editorial commentary on each document and provides the background and context of Marx's writing in each period. It is for those wishing for an overview of Marx's political philosophy. Num Pages: 704 pages, bibliographies, indexes. BIC Classification: DNF; JPFC; JPFF; JPLM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198782650
ISBN
9780198782650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 147.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Ed 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385346627
ISBN
9780385346627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.04

Hardcover. Orwell continued the BBC program "Voice" and developed an "open university" with broadcasts by distinguished speakers such as E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot and Joseph Needham. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 38. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780436203664
ISBN
9780436203664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 41.71

Paperback. Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher rediscovered in the twentieth century, is a major influence in contemporary philosophy, religion, and literature. He regarded Either/Or as the beginning of his authorship. These pseudonymous volumes of Either/Or are the writings of a young man and of Judge William. Editor(s): Hong, Howard V.; Hong, Edna H. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DNF; DSBF; HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 44. Weight in Grams: 842.
Edition
n Later printing
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020419
ISBN
9780691020419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.90

Hardback. Contains the last of seven works signed by the author. This book covers three of his discourses - 'On the Occasion of a Confession', 'On the Occasion of a Wedding' and 'At a Graveside'. 'On the Occasion of a Confession' centers on stillness, wonder, and one's search for God - in contrast to the speechmaking on erotic love in 'In Vino Veritas'. Editor(s): Gibbs, Robert; Hong, Edna H. Translator(s): Gibbs, Robert; Hong, Edna H. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DNF; DSBF; HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691033006
ISBN
9780691033006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.77
€ 104.08

Paperback. The biography of one of the most remarkable and memorable of the Medieval kings of Norway. Translator(s): Magnusson, Magnus; Palsson, Hermann. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441833
ISBN
9780140441833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

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