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Meetings With Remarkable Trees
With this astonishing collection of tree portraits, Thomas Packenham has produced a new kind of tree book. The trees are grouped according to their characteristics; roughly half are ancient native...
The Tree Hunters: How the Cult of the Arboretum Transformed Our
For centuries, English country gentlemen had collected exotic pictures for their saloons and rare books for their libraries. By the end of the seventeenth century, they had begun to collect...
The Boer War
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the British Empire launched what its commanders promised would...
The Tree Hunters: How the Cult of the Arboretum Transformed Our
For centuries, English country gentlemen had collected exotic pictures for their saloons and rare books for their libraries. By the end of the seventeenth century, they had begun to collect...
The Mountains of Rasselas: Ethiopian Adventure
Rasselas is a tale of the royal princes of Abyssinia, who were condemned to live on the prison-mountain of Wehni until they died or the order of succession called them...
Dublin: A Traveller's Reader
'Unforgettable . . . no better compilers could have been found' - History Today'Dublin's past comes dazzlingly alive' - Publishing News'Erudite and practical simultaneously' - Gemma Hussey, Irish IndependentDublin's turbulent...
Five Lives
$20.00 AUD
Author: Frank Pakenham Earl Of LongfordBinding: HardbackPublished: THE CATHOLIC BOOK CLUB, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biographical work chronicles the...
Tom, Ned and Kitty: An Intimate Portrait Of An Irish Family
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Grain Of Wheat
$20.00 AUD
Author: Frank Pakenham, Earl Of LongfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerFrank Longford's The Grain Of Wheat chronicles a remarkable life, offering readers an...
Thomas Arnold The Younger In Van Diemen's Land
$20.00 AUD
Author: P. A. HowellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Historical Research Association, Tasmania, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. This compelling historical biography chronicles...
The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest
'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland Thomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In The Company of Trees he recounts...
Thomas Hardy
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the respected Literature in Perspective series, this critical study presents...