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Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was,...

Having examined England's twin obsessions - violence and sex - in THE FOOTBALL FACTORY and HEADHUNTERS, John King completes his trilogy with ENGLAND AWAY- sex and violence abroad, under the...

General and students of nineteenth-century English literature and history.

A concise guide for the small shop or enthusiastic hobbyist, "Harvest Your Own Lumber" covers all of the important steps in the conversion of wood. John English takes the reader...

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...

The book titled England Revisited by the author John Seymour. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Ex-library A witty and erudite journey through the English language,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn the tumultuous theatre of the Hundred Years' War, one man rose to such legendary heights that his very name struck terror into the...

Author: John RuskinBinding: HardbackPublished: GEORGE ALLEN, 1884Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Marked wear and fraying of external...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFor anyone seeking to understand the richness and complexity of the English artistic tradition, An Introduction to English Painting by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA landmark in travel writing and regional scholarship, The Shell Guide to England is the definitive companion for anyone seeking to understand the rich,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A towering figure of the English literary canon, John Donne's The Complete...

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In the seventeenth century antiquarianism was a well-respected profession and antiquarian works were in demand, particularly amongst the gentry, who were especially interested in establishing lineage and the descent of...

Author: Alexandra HarrisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 450g, 416 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the...

Author: John GloagBinding: HardbackPublished: Oriel Press, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear and tanning of external dust cover and internal pagesThis biographical study chronicles the remarkable...

Author: Alexandra HarrisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 450g, 416 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodA landmark gathering of mid-century literary minds, The Craft of Letters in England presents a rich and authoritative symposium on the state of British writing in...

Author: John F. BoldBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hambledon Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: fep - 33 signatures, presumably of people who attended the book launch. Including...

Author: John HarveyBinding: HardbackPublished: Alan Sutton, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: repaired tears on orgininal dust jacket but is now sealed within plastic sleeveThis authoritative biographical...

From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of...

New essays demonstrate Gower's mastery of the three languages of medieval England, and provide a thorough exploration of the voices he used and the discourses in which he participated. John...

The English Stage tells the story of English drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. John Styan analyzes the key features...

A new edition of the book that has been more widely read than any book in English except the Bible Bunyan wrote the first part of The Pilgrim's Progress when...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good. From the sweeping grandeur of medieval ballads to the sharp wit of the Augustans and the raw emotion of...

Author: John CornforthBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Jenkins, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear, some chipping and creasing of dust jacket; mildew spotting on spine; rubbing of...

Like Pepys and Evelyn, John Aubrey is not only part of the landscape of the English past, but one of the eminences from which we view it. His fame rests...

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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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the grand tradition of English letters, few stories are as richly layered as the rise and decline of the...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, clean with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. A richly detailed literary biography, A Right to...

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...

What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow s life from January to December, together with its biography. In...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Light foxing on book block. Clean text. A...

'Paradise Lost was the first literary work in English written on a planetary scale... In sublimity and magnitude, it comes closer than anything in our language to the swollen red...

In this sequel to the best-selling "The American Reader", Diane and Michael Ravitch have gathered together the best and most memorable poems, essays, songs, and orations in English history, capturing...

Author: Christopher St. JohnBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket damaged missing small parts of top edge, page edges...

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...

'This world is made of clouds and of the shadows of clouds. It is made of mental landscapes, porous as air, where men and women are as trees walking, and...