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Paperback. Taken from the "Lives", a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Deeply influential on Shakespeare and many other later writers, the works explore corruption, decadence, and the struggle for ultimate power. Editor(s): Seager, Robin. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
9780140449341
ISBN
9780140449341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.08

Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both 24, he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. This title consists of nearly 2000 letters, postcards and telegrams, which chronicle various aspects of Larkin's life and the convolutions of their relationship. Editor(s): Thwaite, Anthony. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 43. Weight in Grams: 770. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper. First edition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
496
SKU
KEX0303689
ISBN
9780571239092
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007415588
ISBN
9780007415588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780140440591
ISBN
9780140440591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

hardcover. Editor(s): Gibson, O. D. Macrae-. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 381 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
Edition
1st edn
SKU
V9780197222706
ISBN
9780197222706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.01

Paperback. Translator(s): Pegis, A. C.; etc. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268016784
ISBN
9780268016784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Translator(s): Pegis, A. C. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268016807
ISBN
9780268016807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. A dazzling new collection of essays, poems, and prose poems by the best-selling author of The Leaf and the Cloud and What Do We Know. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
First
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306814129
ISBN
9780306814129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. Highly acclaimed new translation of the Hermetica, the only English version based on reliable texts. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; VXQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521425438
ISBN
9780521425438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.98

Paperback. Australia's best-loved home cook and original MASTERCHEF, Julie Goodwin is back with the accessible and practical cookbook every family needs. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DN; WB; WBA; WBB; WBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hachette Australia Australia
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780733637117
ISBN
9780733637117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853232384
ISBN
9780853232384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Maclehose Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857050106
ISBN
9780857050106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857388391
ISBN
9780857388391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582437453
ISBN
9781582437453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.72

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780874470
ISBN
9781780874470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Repackaged to feature Tolkien's own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, 'On Fairy-stories' and the story that exemplifies this, 'Leaf by Niggle', together with the poem 'Mythopoeia' and the verse drama, 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth', which tells of the events following the disastrous Battle of Maldon. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007105045
ISBN
9780007105045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 8.44

Paperback. From writings on food and sex to a mini portrait of his great friend and rival, Albert Camus, this volume brings together a collection of Sartrean gems. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189216
ISBN
9780140189216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Thinking collapses and remerges in this metafictional collection of essays following a writer and artist at work. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wave Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940696270
ISBN
9781940696270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. A collection of essays in which the author writes of her own upbringing, her human and literary antecedents, and also dwells on lives and poems. The book includes writings on T.S. Eliot, George Oppen, Sylvia Plath, Robinson Jeffers, Wallace Stevens, and John Berryman. Series: Lives & letters. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543902
ISBN
9781857543902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. From essays like "Extended Notes from Sight Point Road" to Serra's extended commentary on the "Tilted Arc" fiasco, the pieces in this volume comprise a document of one artist's engagement with the practical, philosophical and political problems of art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFK; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748801
ISBN
9780226748801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

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