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British architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) fundamentally shaped the architecture, art, and design of the Anglican Church throughout England and the world; his work survives in the United States, Australia,...

In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers. She re-creates his unhappy youth; his reforming zeal, which paved...

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The long-awaited sequel to the genre-defining classic, The Odessa File - a groundbreaking thriller that became a hit film and inspired generations of storytellers. The Nazis were never defeated; they...

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Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun fading to spine and purple foxing to fore-edge with some slight...

The Alexander Technique is a method of muscular re-education, which has become standard training for actors, dancers and singers, and is practised for health reasons all over the world. Its...

A comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors , a controversial nonexistent medieval book. Like a lot of good stories, this one begins with a rumor: in 1239,...

Author: Howard JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: G.Bell & Sons, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and some pink staining on back panelIn this book of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew monarchs in British history have been so persistently misunderstood as George II, a king who reigned for thirty-three turbulent years yet has long languished...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded. npo tears Page Condition: Good. Markings: gifter's inscription. Binding: Tight and intact. No stickers or labels visible. A richly detailed study of Australian colonial...

One of the strangest novels ever written - part daydream, part diatribe and part autobiography - by one of the great eccentrics of English literature The titlular character of Hadrian...

Author: Thomas Burke; Frederick Carter (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge & Sons, 1936Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis charming narrative, Will Someone Lead...

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Condition remarks: Binding: Hardcover - no dust jacket, some wear. Condition: Very Good (Minor cosmetic wear to edges, typical of age). Page condition: yellowing and foxing. An intimate and illuminating...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. Few Victorian intellectuals led lives as richly varied as Frederic Harrison —...

In nearly half a century, Frederick Palmer reported on more different armies in action than any other journalist. Using Palmer's wartime notebooks and photographs, this book re-creates the journalist's journey...

A dashing tale of heroes, heroines and Regency romance by one of our best-known and most beloved historical novelists. If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer...

Author: G.D. ObichkinBinding: HardbackPublished: Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the life and intellectual journey...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew men straddled the worlds of science and power with such...

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Lorenz Hart singlehandedly changed the craft of lyric writing. When Larry Hart first met Dick Rodgers in 1919, the commercial song lyric consisted of tired cliches and cloying Victorian sentimentality....

An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass'sNarrativepowerfully details the life of the abolitionist...

Sigmund Freud is one of the most influential figures of western society. His ideas transformed the way that we think about our minds, our selves, and even our thoughts. But...

A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of eighteenth century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic reign Both King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus is one of the...

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Secondhand Vintage War Fiction & History Bargain Book Box SP4062 Seventeen vintage paperbacks from across a century of conflict, mostly in their original Pan and New English Library editions. Cornelius...

From as early as the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain was at the forefront of powered flight. Across the country many places became centres of innovation and experimentation, as...

The origins of what became officially known as No 1 Aerial Route lay in the newly formed Royal Air Force's desire to move several squadrons of the then recently designed...

Author: M.C. Beaton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Whether dressed in her finery or disguised as a frump, he wanted her just the same! How can plain...

The Australian Dictionary of Biography is THE classic Australian work of reference. Volume 16-the last of four volumes to deal with the period 1940-1980-is used by writers, scholars, researchers and...

Author: Maurice GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Lawrence and Wishart, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFrederic Joliot-Curie, who died in 1958 in his fifty-eigth year, typified in a manner unique in his...

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This fascinating anthology is a dive into the personal letters of some of the brightest literary minds in history. This collection is a look into the personal lives of some...

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New Zealand-born Australian artist George Johnson, who with close colleagues Roger Kemp and Leonard French introduced abstract painting to Melbourne audiences in the 1950s, is one of abstraction's most intentioned...