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Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFew critics write with the authority of a practitioner, but V. S. Pritchett — celebrated short story writer, novelist, and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Very good copy. Few writers of the twentieth century captured the textures of...

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Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, New York, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Remainder markA collection of masterful short fiction, On The Edge Of The Cliff presents...

V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) - VSP as he was affectionately known - was the greatest British short-story writer of the twentieth century, and one of its liveliest and most humane...

Author: V.S. Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 In unfailingly elegant prose, V. S. Pritchett provides a timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience. He...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA celebrated work of literary memoir, Midnight Oil chronicles the formative years of V.S. Pritchett's life as a...

The Lady from Guatemala (1997) is a collection of short stories by renowned British writer V.S. Pritchett. It features, often, humorous, character-driven literary fiction exploring human nature, class, and the...

Edition: 4th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of literary travel writing, The Spanish Temper presents V. S. Pritchett's deeply personal and keenly observed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingSpain is a land of proud contradictions, scorching plains, and a people whose spirit has survived centuries of conquest, faith, and civil...

Gore Vidal called him the century's "greatest English-language critic". Anthony Burgess hailed him as "our best literary critic". Now, at last, all of Pritchett's best literary essays are collected here...

Pritchett's ninetieth birthday will coincide with the publication of this amazing collection of new stories and will be a major literary celebration.

Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsV.S. Pritchett's The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev presents a compelling...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Selected Tales gathers...

Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Funny, moving, insightful, vulnerable. A brave book and a brilliant read.' - Miranda Hart Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew chess openings demand as much strategic depth and tactical precision as the Sicilian Scheveningen, and Craig Pritchett's authoritative volume stands as one of...

The twentieth Discworld novel 'Has the energy of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland' Sunday Times The Discworld is very much like our...

The third Discworld novel, revamped for a new generation of readers... 'Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd' The Sunday Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our...

Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her...

Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her...

Author: Matt Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 The latest - superb - collection from everyone's favourite cartoonist! 'Like a sunrise, he lifts the heart. He's so touching and...

First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates - with humanity, humour and the authority of experience - lower-deck life in the British navy,...

Author: Terry PratchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 2002Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNight Watch: A Discworld Novel plunges readers into a thrilling time-travel adventure within the bustling city of...

Author: Matt Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 The latest - superb - collection from everyone's favourite cartoonist! 'The master of the pocket cartoon. You can't be better than...

An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House 'Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett...

Author: Ann Patchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Next, dive into TOM LAKE - the breath-taking newest novel from Ann Patchett Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime...

'Brilliant and vivid world-building . . . riveting' CHAD STAHLESKI, director of John Wick'A masterful blend of Sebastien de Castell's unique brand of wry humour, elegant prose, and wonderfully imaginative...

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Author: Susan PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax, Syme & Weldon, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMaking Their Mark presents a comprehensive history of women's contributions to Australian art. This insightful...

The 27th Discworld novel, now available in hardback as part of the Discworld Collector's Library. A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel. Commander Sam Vimes of the...

Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined...

The 29th novel in the Discworld series 'The best Discworld book in the whole world ever. Until next time.' SFX The Discworld is very much like our own - if...

Author: Aubrey NoakesBinding: HardbackPublished: Jupiter, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography, William Frith: Extraordinary Victorian Painter, chronicles the life and artistic achievements of one of the Victorian era's...

The No.1 bestseller The Long Cosmos is the grand finale of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's acclaimed 'Long Earth' sequence. Terry had always wanted to explore the question 'what's it...

One of 5 special Puffin Classics created in collaboration with the V & A, with exquisite cover designs adapted from their William Morris collection. 'I've stolen a garden,' she said...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers Discover...

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John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for...

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One of the new PB editions of three classic Discworld novels introducing new readers to the wonderful world of Terry Pratchett. 'Vimes ran a practised eye over the assortment before...