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The book titled Prima Donna: A History by the author Rupert Christiansen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Rupert Christiansen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A sparkling account of the nineteenth-century reinvention of Paris as the most beautiful, exciting city in the world In 1853, French...

The winner of a 1988 Somerset Maugham Award, this is a kaleidoscopic series of portraits from an era of tumultuous change in Europe as it was experienced and communicated by...

Author: Rupert Christiansen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Serge Diaghilev was the Russian impresario who is often said to have invented the modern art form of ballet. Commissioning such...

`The beautiful irony of "Happenstance" is that its novels are both bound together and held apart by the strength of the marriage they describe.' Rupert Christiansen, Harpers and Queen These...

One of the key works of existentialist thought One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and...

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Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a staggering new assessment of the short life of the Weimar Republic between the...

The ultimate book to instill in the reader an understanding of the middlegame with an emphasis on tactical alertness. All major opening systems are examined from both the White and...

In his first venture into non-fiction, the celebrated novelist Rupert Thomson has produced one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable memoirs of recent years. On a warm, sunny day in...

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Christy Rupp emerged as an American artist and activist in Manhattan in the late 1970s, using commodified materials to construct three-dimensional, sculptural works imbued with a dynamic sense of life....

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'Rupert Everett is one of my favourite writers. He's brilliantly witty, acutely perceptive and highly sensitive, and his writing is incredibly good. His stories are both moving and tender, often...

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Author: Christopher HassallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Faber paper covered editions, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: marks and wear on dust cover;...

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In A Theater of Our Own, he draws upon his exclusive interviews, insights, and memories gathered over a period of more than forty years of reviewing the arts. This history...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis biography delves into the life and career of Rupert Murdoch, examining his influence on global media and politics. William...

Hans Christian Andersen is the best-loved of all tellers of fairy tales. This collection of over forty of Andersen's most popular stories includes The Mermaid, The Real Princess, The Red...

Author: Rupert Croft-CookeBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1964, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Wintry Sea is a notable work by Rupert Croft-Cooke, who is celebrated...

The book titled Flying: The Golden Years - A Pictorial Anthology by the author Rupert Prior. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Keith ChristiansenBinding: HardbackPublished: CHATTO & WINDUS, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume presents a comprehensive examination of the influential Italian painter Gentile da...

Author: Svend LarsenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Flensted, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, previous owner marks inside first page, cover has damage on rear...

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Although before him Charles Perrault in France and the Brothers Gimm in Germany had collected and retold folk-tales in ways which found wide popular audiences, it was only with the...

Author: Theo AronsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell London, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the fascinating history of the descendants of Christian IX of...

The book titled More Fred by the author Rupert Fawcett. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: FEP missingCondition remarks: Jacket: Fragile; Original red jacket, price-clipped, with chipping and loss at the foot of the front panel and spine. Edges rubbed...

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of the world's most celebrated fairy tales. Every man's life is...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark tribute to one of Australia's most pioneering academic figures, Essays to Honour Nina Christesen: Founder of Russian Studies in Australia...

Author: Anna Milbourne Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 280 A collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen retold for younger readersAges: 2+ Twelve classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales...

The ultimate festive anthology of the best Christmas stories of all time, selected from around the world - and now in beautiful clothbound edition Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in...

The book titled Hans Christian Andersen Illustrated Fairytales by the author Hans Christian Andersen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerTwo boys, one Chinese and one European, find themselves swept into a breathtaking overland journey across the vast, unforgiving Gobi...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Minor markings to back of cover, tanned edges.What happens when one of the twentieth century's greatest literary minds turns his...

The Wakame passport holder features a contemporary damask print imagined via undulating fronds of seaweed. Easily holds your passport, tickets, receipts, money, cards, and IDs in a sturdy vegan leather...

Contemporary Fiction Bargain Book Box Rupert Everett writing short stories. Judy Murray writing a novel. Cleo Watson, formerly of Downing Street, writing something called Cleavage. The unexpected names are part...

'Vividly written, compellingly argued, [ Christians ] will captivate believers and non-believers alike ... Jesus jumps from the pages of this book.' Richard Glover, ABC broadcaster 'You feel like you...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the twentieth century's most candid and revelatory memoirs, Christopher Isherwood chronicles his own life with...