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Author: Frank BradyBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJames Boswell: The Later Years 1769-1795 presents a meticulous biographical account of one of literature's most...

Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, London, 1951Condition:Book: Good/FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis distinguished eight‑volume set of eighteenth‑century biography and travel literature...

A heroic, brilliantly detailed portrait of the biographer as artist. James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is the most celebrated of all biographies, acknowledged as one of the greatest and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterfully curated anthology, The Heart of Boswell: Highlights from the Journals of James Boswell presents the most vivid and...

A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

Edition: Dent's Double Volume EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning visible. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A cornerstone of English literature...

Author: BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: Windmill Press , 1951Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsBoswell's London Journal: 1762-1763 chronicles the formative experiences of a young...

Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account, Boswell In Holland 1763-1764, chronicles a pivotal year in the life of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: tanning and water damage on dust jacket, pages and binding fineThis compelling biographical volume chronicles James Boswell's intimate...

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Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, UK, 1952Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book presents the journals of James Boswell during his travels in Holland from 1763...

Author: Frederick A. PottleBinding: HardbackPublisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: long tears along spineThis compelling biographical account chronicles James Boswell's...

Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, has some light wear to edgesBoswell In Holland 1763-1764 chronicles...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few literary friendships have proven as enduring...

Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773. It contains Johnson's descriptions...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when a sharp-eyed modern journalist retraces one of the most celebrated journeys in English literary history?...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt a Boston boarding house breakfast table, a brilliant, opinionated, and endlessly charming monologist holds court — and The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table by...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024! 'Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and James is a canon-shatteringly great book' - Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust From...

Balancing biographical and clinical evidence with psychological speculation, these ten delightful essays show how medical insights can illuminate and perhaps resolve certain literary problems. 10 illustrations.

In this classic work, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical stories that have captured his fancy in the course of researching his books on the romantic poets, creating a...

Author: William B. Ober, M.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: Southern Illinois University Press; Feffer & Simons, Inc., 1979Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsBoswell's...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few biographical portraits capture the restless brilliance of an...

Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His...

'A witty, unforgettable celebration of the courage, genius and defiance that changed the course of history' Jacob Rees-Mogg 'Gimson makes excellent cases for all his choices. His "cardinal point" about...

'A witty, unforgettable celebration of the courage, genius and defiance that changed the course of history' Jacob Rees-Mogg 'Gimson makes excellent cases for all his choices. His "cardinal point" about...

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James (actually Jacques-Joseph) Tissot (1836-1902) was an artist between the worlds. During his creative phases in London and Paris, he produced a wide variety of works, ranging from caricatures to...

Edition: LE - No. 291 of 800 copiesCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the rugged and untamed landscape of colonial Tasmania, one man carved out a life that would...

'The plot goes like a train . . . vivid and compelling' IAN RANKIN The trial of the century. One chance to crack the case. A million ways to lose....

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerLong before Captain Cook set foot on Australian soil, a fierce and fascinating historical debate was already brewing...

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FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times , Financial Times , Spectator ,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the rugged wilderness of colonial Australia, where the law was thin and the bush stretched endlessly, a breed of outlaws rose...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: quarter leather cream papered boards - in mylar. Binding remains tight. Clean and tidy copy. From the sun-scorched plains...

The landmark poetry collection that transformed 20th-century Arabic poetry, in a brilliant new translation by Kareem James Abu-Zeid and Ivan Eubanks Written in the early 1960s by Adonis, 'the most...

' Boudicca's Daughter is Elodie Harper's masterpiece.' Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia 'One of the best books I have ever read.' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen 'Certainly my...

'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...