Search Results for: “Hilaire Belloc”

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFrom one of Edwardian England's most formidable wits comes a collection of essays so sharp and spirited they feel as alive today...

Condition remarks: Condition: Paperback - good/fair, cover may be worn. May have inscription on fep. Few writers have captured the spirit of landscape and wandering with the wit and elegance...

Author: Hilaire BellocBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1924, Third and Cheaper Ed. Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerFirst and Last is a work by...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA Miscellany From His Uncollected Essays Chosen By Patrick Cahill. This memoir by Hilaire Belloc reflects on...

Author: Hilaire BellocBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Company, 1938Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has minor wear and tear and spine tanning, previous owner name inside,...

Author: Hilaire BellocBinding: HardbackPublished: Hollis & Carter, 1955Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection, One Thing And Another, presents a captivating array of Hilaire...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA witty and satirical novel from the early twentieth century, The Man Who Made Gold chronicles the misadventures that unfold when a...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards - good with some marks. Binding - tight. Clean copy. A rare and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Everyman Book of Light Verse is a masterfully curated...

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Edition: 1st edCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA gripping work of early twentieth-century suspense fiction, Who Rides on...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew works of historical prose burn with the same ferocious intensity as Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution, a monumental narrative that resurrects the chaos,...

  A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph 'On nearly every...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. worn edges - creased corners; internally sound.At the dawn of the twentieth century, in the shadowy quarters...

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a detective story filled with poetry and politics. G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was...

Ooh la la! A historical rom-com with a modern twist-perfect for fans of Bridgerton, A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, and She's All That.Evie Clement has perfected the art...

From French Kiss To Father - Annie Claydon Love - and family - on the brain! When Luc met captivating fellow neurologist Pearl at an international medical conference, she turned...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ: clipped; worn with some loss; some stains on the rear panel....

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. 'There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about but me, or ever will' Hailed as one of...

A New York Time bestseller. A bestselling story of suspense, I'll Be Seeing You is a masterful psychological crime thriller from the world's most successful writer of suspense novels. Young...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the vast and brutal theatre of the Second World War, few accounts match the analytical precision and narrative sweep...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingBefore the Troubles carved their divisions into the landscape, Ulster stood as a province of quiet grandeur, rugged coastlines,...

Edition: uncorrected proofCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe bloodiest two days of the American Civil War come roaring back to life in Don...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionA single summer day becomes a journey of quiet revelation in Katie Letcher Lyle's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew dynasties have captivated the historical imagination quite like the Tudors, and at the centre of their most...

The new gothic fantasy sensation from SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Lindsey Kelk. 'Your new obsession' Cosmopolitan YOU'LL WANT TO BE ONE. UNTIL YOU KNOW THEIR SECRETS. After sixteen-year-old Emily's father tragically...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFrom the sun-scorched outback to the weatherboard pubs of the bush, While the Billy Boils presents 87 of Henry Lawson's most celebrated prose works,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the annals of agricultural and imperial history, few stories are as remarkable as the clandestine transfer of Spain's prized Merino sheep...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Some moisture damageCondition remarks: worn and discoloured boards; frayed and rubbed edges; binding fragile; some moisture damage on the prelims; no loose pages; Few thinkers have...

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass , launches a new trilogy of magic and mayhem with this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artefacts and ancient...

' An incredible writer' - Richard Osman 'A superb natural storyteller' - Lee Child When Harry Bosch was eleven years old, his mother was murdered and he became a ward...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of biology, philosophy, and ethics stands Mary Midgley's landmark work, Beast & Man: The Roots of Human Nature —...

WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE WOMEN'S PRIZEThe moving, powerful and urgent English-language debut from one of the brightest...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; creased cover and spineIn one of the darkest chapters of Australian colonial history,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingThis five-volume set gathers the cornerstones of Western philosophy and political thought, from Plato's "The...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the winter of 1963, a young Irish woman named Dervla Murphy mounted a bicycle she called Rozinante...

*Introduced by Rory Stewart* What makes a person good? What does it mean to be evil? And what does it tell us about being human? Philosophers have been grappling with...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: **GERMAN TEXT ONLY**A rare window into mid-century northern Germany, Schönes Holstein presents a comprehensive guide to the captivating...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers have captured the essence of the Irish character with as much warmth, wit,...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodOne of the most monumental achievements in historical literature, Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire chronicles the...

In the kingdom of Fairyland-Below, preparations are underway for the annual Revels . . . but aboveground, the creatures of Fairyland are in no mood for a party. It has...