Search Results for: “T. G. H. James”

'You must paint her just like that ... as the Tragic Muse' Suggests one of James's characters to Nick Dormer, the young Englishman who, during the course of the novel,...

Nearing the end of his career, Sir Edward Elgar impulsively decides to travel by ship to Brazil, where he encounters a woman from his past. Set in 1923 and based...

A gorgeous volume celebrating the eternal splendour of the boy pharaoh. On November 4th, 1922, after months of unsuccessful expeditions and excavations, a young Howard Carter was close to giving...

Stories by a visionary master of supernatural fiction Volume two of this annotated edition of M. R. James's complete writings brings together tales from his final two works, A Thin...

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...

C L R James's infamously great 1963 cricket masterpiece - voted the third best sports book ever by the Observer - reissued in Vintage Classics for the Cricket World Cup...

The gripping adventure story that invented Shangri-La, one of our most enduring literary mysteries. The gripping adventure that invented the mystery of Shangri-La. Flying out of India, a light aircraft...

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A wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about the relationship between art and life, edited by Michael Gorra This volume gathers seven of the very best of Henry...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of intellectual history and philosophical biography, this study chronicles the life and thought of Henry Sidgwick,...

A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance ... Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry...

The Metropolitan Critic was Clive James's first book. Originally published in 1974, by Faber, it is a collection of thirty-seven pieces from his initial period as a literary journalist. He...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding condition: slightly shaky, no loose pages. Few figures in the world...

A chilling new collection of Henry James's short stories exploring the uncanny, edited by Susie Boyt In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of...

Scarcely out of print since the early 1870s, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life....

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good - bright, minimal wear on both volumes. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact and firm. Both volumes presented together...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to Very Good. Jackets: Present on all three volumes — worn with some fading and minor edge wear. Pages: Yellowed. Markings: (in description). Binding: Appears intact...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: in good condition; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work...

A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance ... Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, no tears, minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or library stamps visible. A landmark...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew windows into a literary genius are as intimate or as revealing as a collection of personal correspondence, and Henry James Letters:...

Condition remarks: Overall Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded with minor soiling; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible. This four-volume literary biography...

Condition remarks: Condition: very good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work in American literary scholarship,...

Author: Harold H. Paynting And Malcolm GrantBinding: HardbackPublished: James Flood - Harold Paynting Charity Trust, Melbourne, . Print run limited to copies, of which this is registered number, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket:...

A new edition of James's chilling novella, edited by David Bromwich 'The apparition had reached the landing half-way up and was therefore on the spot nearest the window where, at...

Edition: 1st eds.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: djs - price clipped. A landmark scholarly edition, The Tales of Henry James (Volumes 1 & 2) presents the complete...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. The private voice of one of literature's greatest masters finally speaks...

Henry James, Sr.'s children included William, the psychologist and philosopher; Henry Jr., the novelist; and Alice, author of a noted diary. What kind of father stood behind his epochally brilliant,...

Author: Rev. E. M. Goulburn, D.D., Rev. H. J. Rose, B.D., Rev. C. A. Heurtley, D.D., Rev. W. J. Irons, D.D., Rev. G. Robison, M.A., Rev. A. W. Haddan, B.D.,...

Secondhand Vintage Analog Science Fiction Magazine Box SP3053 A tight cluster of Analog issues from 1981–82, covering one of the magazine's most celebrated periods. Includes David Brin's "The Tides of...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Vol II - no dj - Fair/poor boards; both volumes internally sound. Few figures...

Secondhand Vintage Analog Science Fiction Magazine Box SP3047 Twenty-one issues of Analog from 1977 to 1990 — early George R.R. Martin, Vernor Vinge's "Marooned in Real Time," Harry Turtledove, Joan...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodWhen the ancient wonders of Egypt first captured the imagination of European travellers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a remarkable cohort of artist-explorers set...