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Frances Partridge: The Biography
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Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-75
At the age of 100, Frances Partridge has had a new lease of life and decided she would like to publish another volume of diaries which covers the years 1972-75....
Other People
Chronicles the author's life in the mid-1960s, when she was struggling to come to terms with existence after the deaths of both her husband Ralph and her son Burgo. Coping...
A Bloomsbury Album: Friends in Focus
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The book titled A Bloomsbury Album: Friends in Focus by the author Frances Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Hanging on: Diaries, 1960-63
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Hanging On
Frances Partridge is the oldest surviving member of the Bloomsbury Group. Most of its leading members she knew well - Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, Virginia Woolf - and this book...
Everything To Lose: Diaries 1945-1960
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the aftermath of World War II, one of the last surviving members of the Bloomsbury Group picked up her pen and began recording...
Everything to Lose: Diaries, 1945-60
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The book titled Everything to Lose: Diaries, 1945-60 by the author Frances Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Pacifist's War
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and firm. A compelling wartime diary, A Pacifist's War chronicles the experiences...
Usage & Abusage
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a battleground, and Eric Partridge's Usage & Abusage is its definitive field guide — a witty,...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's
'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...
Usage & Abusage
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a weapon, and in the wrong hands it becomes a blunt instrument — Usage & Abusage...
The Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge
Vanessa Partridge, cello-playing good girl, spends every summer holiday at Shearwater. This year, her brother is bringing his best mate, Darith - the object of many, many fantasies Van will...
Consent & Consensus
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone text in the Key Concepts in Political Science series, Consent...
Eric Partridge: In His Own Words
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of the English language have left as indelible a mark as Eric Partridge — lexicographer, slang scholar, and tireless...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster
Author: Alan Partridge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs...
New Lion Handbook: The World's Religions
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The Fabulous Frances Farquharson: The Colourful Life of an American in
Born in 1902 in Seattle, Washington, Frances Lovell Oldham left her hometown in her early twenties to pursue a journalism career in Europe. At a time when women rarely found...
The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restoed to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one...
Eric Partridge: In His Own Words
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA rich work of linguistic biography and anthology, Eric Partridge: In His Own Words presents the life and...
Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English
The book titled Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English by the author Eric Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster
Author: Alan Partridge Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 0 In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative 'dual narrative'...
Usage And Abusage: A Guide To Good English
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. The book is a hardcover with a red cloth binding. No dust jacket present. The interior pages appear cream/yellowed/ foxed with age, consistent with an older...
The World Of Words: An Introduction To Language In General And To English And American In Particular
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Edition: 2nd ed., revisedCondition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact but worn. Fold-out chart intact. Language is...
Eric Partridge in His Own Words
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of thoughts and reflections from the renowned lexicographer Eric Partridge. It captures his insights on...
The Pilot's House; Or, The Five Little Partridges.
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Author: BrendaBinding: HardbackPublished: John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., 1111Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe story centers on the lives of children, possibly siblings, as they navigate their...
The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary...
Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (Abusus Non Tollit Usum)
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You Have A Point There: A New And Complete Guide To Punctuation
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Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton., 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide to punctuation, You Have A Point There, presents a meticulous examination of English grammar's...
The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary...
A Partridge in a Pear Tree: Crochet the 12 birds of Christmas
A unique collection of crochet patterns for the 12 birds of Christmas. Taking inspiration from the famous Christmas carol, Kerry Lord, author of the Edward's Menagerie series and founder of...
I'm Dreaming of a Wyatt Christmas
Noelle Partridge is known for three things: being the best ballet dancer, babysitter, and person with the most Christmas spirit in her small town. But lately she's bored by the...
The Defiance of Frances Dickinson
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The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary...
Best of Friends: Letters
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The book titled Best of Friends: Letters by the author Gerald Brenan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this book.
A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English
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Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding condition: Intact. Two-volume set presented together. First published in 1937, A Dictionary of Slang...
Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words
A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's most influential and important artists. The documents selected...
A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English (Two-Volume Set)
$80.00 AUD
Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume lexicographical reference presents Eric Partridge’s authoritative catalogue of British and Commonwealth slang, cant,...
Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait
Francis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained...
The Poems Of Francis Thompson
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew voices in the Victorian literary canon burn with such desperate, luminous intensity as that of Francis Thompson — a poet who transformed personal...