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John Dryden
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in English literary history loom as large as John Dryden...
The Cambridge Companion to John Dryden
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden
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Condition remarks: COndition: good. N/A jacket. Pages: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: Inscription on tissue guard. "The Poetical Works of John Dryden" gathers the poet's satirical, dramatic, and lyric...
The Poems Of John Dryden
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Selected Poems Of John Dryden
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the enduring poetic legacy of John Dryden, a pivotal figure in English literature....
John Dryden And The Poetry Of Statement
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Regicide: The Trials of Henry Marten
An illuminating biography of a republican convicted of regicide, drawing on the letters he wrote from within the Tower of London. Henry Marten-soldier, member of parliament, organizer of the trial...
The Poison Throne
Author: Walker Dryden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 Tumanbay: Once the most magnificent city on earth - now the dark heart of an empire which lies in ruins. Occupied...
A Pedestrian Journey
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. In one of the most audacious travel feats...
Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography
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The King's City: London under Charles II: A city that transformed a
During the reign of Charles II, London was a city in flux. After years of civil war and political turmoil, England's capital became the centre for major advances in the...
The Teach Yourself History Of English Literature: The English Renascence To The Romantic Revival 1650-1780; Volume Three
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA scholarly yet accessible survey of English literary history, this volume chronicles the rich and transformative period stretching from the...
Red To Black
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Lives Of The English Poets
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew works in the English literary canon offer as intimate and authoritative a portrait of an age's greatest poets as Samuel Johnson's Lives of the English...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien...
The Letters Of John Wilmot Earl Of Rochester
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history are as electrifying — or as scandalous — as John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, the Restoration court...
Barnave: The Revolutionary who Lost his Head for Marie Antoinette
A major new biography of Antoine Barnave-the politician and writer who advocated for a constitutional monarchy in revolutionary France Antoine Barnave was one of the most influential statesmen in the...
Sir Francis Drake
Four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the most legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most...
The Life Of Charles Dickens: In Two Volumes
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markings"The Life of Charles Dickens" is a foundational literary biography in which John Forster, Dickens's closest...
South of Darkness
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The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters And Diaries Of John Dos Passos
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacketA literary treasure trove...
King John
An edition of Shakespeare's King John which includes a lengthy introduction, an extensive commentary and suggested further reading.
The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero
Author: Peter S. Canellos Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 The "superb" (The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight...
John Donne And His World
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: none. Binding condition: Good. Few poets have lived as turbulently and written as immortally as John...
A Victorian Diarist: Extracts From The Journals Of Mary, Lady Monkswell 1873-1895
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Author: Hon. E. C. F. CollierBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1944Condition:Book: PoorJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA Victorian Diarist: Extracts From The Journals Of Mary (Lady Monksmell) 1873-1895...
The Life of Samuel Johnson
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...
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke's compelling argument on how we acquire knowledge In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire...
Aubrey's Brief Lives
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John Donne in the Nineteenth Century
In 1906, having been assigned Izaak Walton's Life of Donne to read for his English class, a Harvard freshman heard a lecture on the long disparaged 'metaphysical' poets. Years later,...
John Locke Bibliography
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This bibliography documents John Locke's works published from 1654 through 1800. It includes the publishing history of all known editions and translations, as well as material published in journals, and...
Secondhand Literary Studies & Australian Writing Bargain Book Box SP2693
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The star of this box is hiding in plain sight: all seven volumes of Boris Ford's landmark Pelican Guide to English Literature, the series that shaped how English literature was...
The Trumpet-Major: John Loveday A Soldier In The War With Buonaparte And Robert His Brother First Mate In The Merchant Service A Tale
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Author: Thomas HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: HERON BOOKSCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSet against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, The Trumpet-Major chronicles the romantic entanglements and societal pressures within a small...
Samuel Johnson
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history loom as large or as vividly as Samuel Johnson — and John Wain's acclaimed biography captures the full measure...
The Life of Charles Dickens: The Illustrated Edition
John Forster's original three-volume text is abridged and brought to life with the addition of illuminating extracts from Dickens' own work and from recent criticism, biography and fiction. It is...
Selected Letters Of Samuel Richardson
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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew figures loom as large in the origins of the English...
John Locke On Politics And Education
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Few thinkers have shaped the foundations of modern democracy and liberal thought as profoundly...
King John
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A gripping work of historical biography, King John cuts through...
Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida
A unique collection bringing together acknowledged masterpieces from classic authors such as Chekhov and Gogol and a rich selection from less familiar writers. From the reign of the Tsars in...
Dickens At Doughty Street
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Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly detailed work of literary biography and history, Dickens at Doughty...
Gulliver's Travels: Popular Penguins
Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world. In Lilliput he is a giant among a race of little people only...
John Donne: Poems
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Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew voices in the English literary canon burn with as much intellectual fervor and passionate intensity as that of...
The Prodigal Tongue The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English
Author: Lynne Murphy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 'The first and perhaps only book on the relative merits of American and British English that is dominated by...