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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**A landmark in the annals of French literary criticism, Figures II stands as the second volume in Gérard Genette's celebrated...

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Immensely learned, self-educated in an era when formal schooling was denied to women, Mary Wortley Montagu was an admired poet, a consistently scandalous doyenne of eighteenth-century London society, and, in...

First ever account of a Civil War officer well-known to Thomas Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell John Hutchinson, Henry Ireton and Sydnam Poyntz, whose rising military career was cut short by his...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of linguistics, philosophy, and literary criticism stands Structuralist Poetics, a landmark work that forever changed...

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great...

Thirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe . Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (1863) is generally cited as the first modern painting. The entry...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket visible — cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. This sweeping...

Author: Nicole BelmontBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNicole Belmont's Arnold Van Gennep: The Creator Of French Ethnography presents a compelling intellectual biography...

'In one short and sly book after another, Levy writes about characters navigating swerves of history and sexuality, and the social and personal rootlessness that accompanies both' Atlantic Who was...

Henri Peyre (1901-1988), a giant figure in French studies, did more to introduce Americans to the modern literature and culture of French than any other person. Sterling Professor and chair...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor edge wear. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. A taut and gripping thriller, Manhunt for a General...

Author: Victoria HislopFormat: Hardback, 158mm x 236mm, 930g, 528 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023'A beautiful, moving and thought provoking story, The Figurine is a stunning read . ....

The book titled Letters by the author Francois Truffaut. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew figures in British royal history court as much fascination and controversy as George IV, a man whose extravagance, romanticism,...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedSpanning nearly four decades of intimate correspondence, Letters 1895-1933 to Lady Cunard presents a vivid and deeply personal window into...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: in good condition with minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears tight and intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A landmark...

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Author: Maurice AshleyBinding: HardbackPublished: JONATHAN CAPE, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMaurice Ashley's General Monck chronicles the pivotal life of George Monck, a key figure in...

Follow-up to the phenomenal international bestseller. Including letters from: Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis...

Today the beautiful portrayals of the Australian landscape by artist Eugene von Guerard have become critically relevant to understanding our fragile environment. This illustrated art reference book draws on new...

Author: Christopher ForsythBinding: HardbackPublished: Widescope International Publishers Pty. Ltd., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe compelling narrative of The Governor General presents a gripping drama set within the...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA work of Russian émigré historical biography, General B.O. by Roman...

Author: Victoria Hislop Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition of...

Author: Heinz Höhne & Hermann Zolling; Translated from the German by Richard BarryBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, London, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerNetwork: The Truth About General...

The first book of Graham Greene's letters - the most intimate record we have of a life lived at the heart of modern history One of the undisputed masters of...

Author: Elizabeth AlexanderFormat: Hardback, 275mm x 230mm, 1200g, 192 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2021This volume accompanies the first major survey of the work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, a London-born painter and...

Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in the shadowy world of Cold War intelligence cast as long a shadow as General Reinhard Gehlen — Hitler's chief of Eastern Front...

Be awe-inspired by Paris Living, a book that takes you on a house tour of some of the most eccentric, colourful, luxurious and unexpected dwellings in Paris. A feast of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis volume features a collection of twelve essays that explore the contributions of prominent German literary figures. It offers insights...

A publishing event! The first and definitive collection of letters (most of them previously unpublished) both from and to the incomparable Noel Coward, a unique and irresistible portrait of a...

Edition: First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: British Empire issue, with the publisher's label affixed to...

Author: Robert First Earl Of LyttonBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscription,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, inscribed by the subject and McKenna; minor stains on the book block. In...

Edition: 1st aus ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFew figures in American history managed to be simultaneously a murderer, a congressman, a disgraced general, and a...