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A Better Class of Person: An Autobiography 1929-1956
$15.00 AUD
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Hotel in Amsterdam
Author: John Osborne Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 Six London friends, whose lives and work are overshadowed by a demanding film producer, flee the country for a...
Look Back In Anger
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the cramped, suffocating confines of a Midlands bedsit, Look Back in Anger unleashes Jimmy Porter...
Look Back in Anger: Faber Modern Classics
Look Back in Anger transformed the face of British theatre; legend has it that audiences gasped at the sight of an ironing board on a London stage. John Osborne's play...
Tom Jones: A Film Script
$20.00 AUD
Author: John OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: FABER AND FABER, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book presents the screenplay for the acclaimed 1963...
Gerhard Hauptmann and the Naturalist Drama
What was German Naturalism? What were its achievements? How does it compare with its counterparts in other European countries? These are some of the difficult questions addressed by John Osborne...
The Postconceptual Condition
If, as Walter Benjamin claimed, "it is the function of artistic form...to make historical content into a philosophical truth" then it is the function of criticism to recover and to...
Beautiful Animals
Choose your next book as carefully as you choose your friends... the sinister new novel from 'one of Britain's most accomplished novelists' (Observer) BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER, MAIL ON...
Anywhere or Not at All: Philosophy of Contemporary Art
Winner of the 2014 Annual Book Prize of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (USA). Contemporary art is the object of inflated and widely divergent...
The French Decision
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA razor-sharp political thriller where the fate of the Western alliance hangs on a single, devastating choice. From the author...
1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama
It is said that British Drama was shockingly lifted out of the doldrums by the 'revolutionary' appearance of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in May...
Essays And Studies
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Author: W. A. OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: LOTHIAN PUBLISHING CO. PTY. LTD., 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA scholarly contribution to mid-century Australian intellectual...
Civilization
On 21 September 2001 George W. Bush told Congress 'This is civilization's fight.' A month later he said 'I'm not moving on because we're in a fight for civilization itself.'...
The Universe
Author: Richard Osborne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Where did the universe come from? From early religions through Greek philosophy and Western science, man has always attempted to discover...
Verdi
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: tear on front of jacketThis biography chronicles the life and artistic journey of one...
The Opera House Album: A Collection Of Turn Of The Century Postcards
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Author: Charles OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: Robson Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling volume presents a captivating visual journey through the grand...
Of The People, By The People: A New History of Democracy
A fascinating and erudite history of the world's democracies - past and present - and the people who fought to bring democracy about. 'Democracy is the worst form of government,...
Victoria and Albert: Life at Osborne House
The book titled Victoria and Albert: Life at Osborne House by the author Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
Come Inside
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Dictionary of Composers
The book titled Dictionary of Composers by the author Charles Osborne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Oxford Companion To Art
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few reference works have achieved the authoritative breadth and scholarly depth of...
Verdi: A Life In The Theatre
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly detailed musical biography, Charles Osborne's work chronicles the life and artistic legacy...
The Dictionary Of Composers
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Author: Charles OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive biographical dictionary presents the lives and works of over 200 classical composers, spanning from...
Rossini
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The book titled Rossini by the author Richard Osborne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Letters Of Dorothy Osborne To Sir William Temple 1652-54
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Author: Dorothy OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the intimate and eloquent correspondence between Dorothy Osborne and William Temple, offering a unique...
Long Journey to the Border: A Life of John Mulgan
Vincent O'Sullivan draws on a large collection of personal papers, official records, and contemporary memoirs for this vivid portrait of a man who remains enduringly fascinating, emblematic of so much...
Snow: A Strafford and Quirke Mystery
Author: John Banville Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'The body is in the library,' Colonel Osborne said. 'Come this way.' Following the discovery of the body of a well-loved...
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...
John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration
The American realist artist John Sloan (1871-1951) is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of The Eight and the...
John Button: As It Happened
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Author: John ButtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Text Publishing Company, Australia, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling autobiography chronicles the distinguished career of a significant figure in Australian politics, presenting...
War Worn & Weary: The Convalescent Nurses Of Osborne House Geelong 1917-1919
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account, War Worn & Weary: The Convalescent Nurses Of Osborne House Geelong...
Last Curtsey: The End of the Debutantes
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The Usborne Big Book of Dinosaurs
For the younger fact-fan, this book depicts and describes nearly 100 different dinosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthysaurs and other prehistoric creatures. The emphasis is on SIZE: how big, tall and heavy were...
The Complete Operas of Richard Wagner
The book titled The Complete Operas of Richard Wagner by the author Charles Osborne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Usborne Complete Shakespeare
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The Usborne Complete Shakespeare
Author: Anna Milbourne Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 488 This collection of stories from all Shakespeare's plays, with beautiful illustrations and quotations, is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare. Each story...
Usborne Farmyard Tales Collection 20 Books Set
$80.00 AUD
Step into the delightful world of Apple Tree Farm with this beautifully illustrated 20 – book collection from Usborne. Perfect for young readers aged 2 and up, each story follows...
The Penguin Book of Fights, Feuds and Heartfelt Hatreds: An Anthology
In this anthology, Philip Kerr takes the reader on a tour of some of the famous and infamous fights, feuds and heartfelt hatreds which have peppered history from the time...
A Toni Morrison Treasury: The Big Box; The Ant or the Grasshopper?;
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Prize, and Pulitzer Prize recipient Toni Morrison's eight children's books, cowritten with her son, are collected in one hardcover volume for the first time in...
There Are Kermodians: A Liber Amicorum For Frank Kermode
CONTENTS WORDS AND MUSIC 1. Quiet Subversive John Updike 2. A Sonnet Setting Alexander Goehr 3. Brooksmith by Henry James Daniel Stern 4. Recollections Robert Tear 5. Afterwards Al Alvarez...
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
Author: Hilary Mantel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror...
The Usborne Children's Bible
Author: Heather Amery Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 A new title, which will be treasured and enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. A collection of best-known and...