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First time in Black Classics for this famous Victorian retelling of the stories of Shakespeare's plays - sells 8-10,000/year in its PPC edition As children, Charles and Mary Lamb took...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings,Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.First published in 1807, Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Few works have made the genius of William Shakespeare as universally...

The essential works of a master of English prose, reissued in Penguin Classics This selection brings together the best prose writings of the great early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb, whose...

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At the centre of this intriguing, irresistible novel are the young Lambs- Charles, constrained by the tedium of his work as a clerk at the East India Company, taking refuge...

From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...

'Deliciously dark and shockingly bold' KIRSTY LOGAN 'Destined to become a classic' WASHINGTON POST 'A new generation of horror begins with Lucy Rose' GENEVIEVE JAGGER A FOLK TALE. A HORROR...

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When I was thirteen, my father killed my mother . . . How do you recover from something like that? Carol never quite does. Sent to live with her aunt,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew voices in English literature possess the warmth, wit, and tender eccentricity of Charles Lamb, and The Essays of Elia stands as the supreme...

*** THE INSTANT TOP TEN BESTSELLER *** 'This spare but elegant account is an unexpected delight, and as soothing as a walk down a tree-dappled lane at sunset' - Daily...

From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...

From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...

Author: Edgar J. MarchBinding: HardbackPublished: David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Brown cloth in good condition. Binding tight. Worn and yellowed DJ...

Author: L.J. Blake (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne, Government of Victoria, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis collection, Letters Of Charles Joseph La Trobe, chronicles the personal and official correspondence...

Author: Maurice AshleyBinding: HardbackPublished: History Book Club, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography, Charles II: The Man And The Statesman, chronicles the complex life and reign...

Author: La Trobe Charles Joseph.Binding: HardbackPublished: The Government of Victoria, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsLetters Of Charles Joseph La Trobe presents...

Author: J. BlakeBinding: HardbackPublished: The Government of Victoria, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLetters Of Charles Joseph La Trobe presents a compelling collection of correspondence from...

Author: James LaverBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam & Charles Black, 1949Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsJames Laver's English Children's Costume: Since 1775 chronicles the evolution...

1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying summer on their Sussex estate when they are visited by Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned...

Author: The Earl Of Ilchester And Mrs Langford-BrookeBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1929Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis biography recounts the life of...

Author: L.J. BlakeBinding: HardbackPublished: Government of Victoria., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tears and chips to DJ.This collection, Letters Of Charles...

Author: L. J. Blake (editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: The Government of Victoria, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor rips to DJ. Tanning...

Author: L. J. BlakeBinding: HardbackPublished: The Government of Victoria, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection of historical correspondence presents the personal and official writings of Charles Joseph...

A children's book that describes Charles White's childhood influences and inspiration . Every day, young Charles White's mother took him to the Chicago Public Library, where the librarians looked after...

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The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling inside story of the real relationship between King Charles III and his mother, our late Queen, by the acclaimed royal biographer, Ingrid Seward. 'Incisive, emotive and...

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Third in Laurie King's popular Mary Russell crime series: 'Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels...civilised, ingenious and engrossing' - Literary Review August, 1923. The quiet in the Holmes household in...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA masterwork of political biography, Melbourne chronicles the life of William Lamb, the Second Viscount Melbourne, the charming...

Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social order, edited by Peter Sabor with an introduction by Margaret A. Doody in Penguin Classics....

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Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social order, edited by Peter Sabor with an introduction by Margaret A. Doody in Penguin Classics....

Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and...

Penguin Classics relaunch SHAMELA is a brilliant parody of Samuel Richardson's PAMELA, in which a virtuous servant girl long resists her master's advances and is eventually 'rewarded' with marriage. Fielding's...

Perfect for fans of Stalking Jack the Ripper , this historical murder mystery follows the cunning Irene Adler as she teams up with mysterious Sherlock Holmes to discover who is...

The definitive modern biography of Napoleon - now in paperback Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives, transforming France and Europe in the space of...