Biography

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the intersection of wit and erudition stands John Carey, one of Britain's most formidable literary critics, whose Original Copy: Selected Reviews and Journalism...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne of the most singular and intellectually formidable voices of twentieth-century British literature, Rose Macaulay led a life as rich in complexity and contradiction...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the shadowy world where Cold War politics collide with human tragedy, Spies and Other Secrets by Nicholas Bethell stands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn the sun-scorched villages of eighteenth-century southern France, a wandering preacher named Jean-l'ont-pris weaves a tale that binds together the...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the heart of twentieth-century Europe lies one of history's most haunting and enduring crises: the mass displacement of millions of men, women, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingIn the darkest years of the Second World War, journalist and war correspondent Alaric Jacob...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the quiet aftermath of ambition undone, A Gentle Shipwreck by L. C. Rodd presents a reflective and warmly humorous account of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: fep clipped. Few figures in twentieth-century literature cast as long a shadow as T.S. Eliot, and poet and critic Stephen...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the autumn of 1837, the visionary English artist Samuel Palmer embarked on a two-year journey through Italy with his new bride,...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Some marks and specks on blue cloth. Binding remains tight. From the shadow of imperial Russia emerges...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAt the twilight of the British Empire, one man embodied its grandeur, its arrogance, and its inevitable decline —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhat does it mean to build a life from the wreckage of a shattered dream? Instead of a Letter is...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the mid-nineteenth century, a band of young, idealistic English painters ignited one of the most passionate and...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it truly take to resurrect a life on the page? The Biographer's Craft by Milton Lomask is an authoritative and practical guide...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt a moment when the moral architecture of the modern world lay in ruins, Christopher Sykes turned his...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodShe was a figure of towering eccentricity and volcanic talent — a poet who declared war on mediocrity and made herself into a living...

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