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Author: W.N. ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: The Jacaranda Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cloth in good condition. A sharp and unsentimental study of Australian society, Some People...

Author: W. N. ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: WESTERN PLAINS PUBLISHERS, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Long & The Short & The Tall: A Collection Of Australian Yarns presents a...

The new paperback series: Penguin English Library 'Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives!' Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father's wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard...

Definitive text in paperback IVANHOE (1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his first attempt to combine history and romance, which...

A brilliant and very readable critical biography of, according to the author, 'the greatest single imaginative genius of the nineteenth century'. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize. 'I have...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThe Heart of Mid-Lothian chronicles the trials of John Porteous and Effie Deans in the 1736-1737 murder cases. It spans...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the turbulent heart of eighteenth-century Edinburgh, a young woman's fate hangs on the thinnest thread of justice. The Heart of Midlothian chronicles the gripping...

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Buchan vividly and affectionately describes the writer whose novels and poems made him the most popular author of his day. Scott was born in 1771 to a powerful Border family....

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew bodies of work have so profoundly shaped the landscape of historical fiction as Sir...

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Eight years ago, while still at university, Robert Swan became possessed by the idea of a journey on foot to the South Pole. No such attempt had been made since...

With Scott to the Pole celebrates the achievements and heroism of Captain Scott and the members of the 1910-1913 expedition. It presents more than 400 duotone prints by the expedition's...

Reissue of the collected stories, now including 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', the extraordinary fable of a man who lives his life backwards Encompassing the very best of F....

Author: David HewittBinding: HardbackPublished: Scottish Academic Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work presents a unique and intimate portrait of Sir Walter Scott, compiled from his...

On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside,...

'When I was sent by the Soviet state to London to further my studies in calculus, knowing I would never become a great mathematician, I strayed instead into the foothills...

'ANDREW MILLER'S WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT' Hilary Mantel 'ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND' Sunday Times Winner of the Highland...

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Author: Edwin L. SabinBinding: HardbackPublished: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, 1920Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some stains on spine. Bumping...

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress...

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Author: Admiral Lord MountevansBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerSouth With Scott chronicles the epic and tragic British...

The great tragedy that befell the Scott team could have been averted if they could have trudged just 11 more miles. The Norwegian Trygge Gran found their frozen bod ies...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew novelists have captured the twilight of the British Raj with the unflinching moral complexity of Paul Scott, and Patrick Swinden's critical study stands...

Shortly before his death in 1978, Paul Scott won the Booker Prize for Fiction. In this biography, the author explores Scott's family background in North London, his war years in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.At the heart of British political life for nearly half...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few American writers have...

'Absolutely brilliant. Ellen Lark is unforgettable' Emilia Hart, author of Weyward 'Vivid. Eloquent. Offers insight as well as delight' Guardian Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she...

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Author: Adrian Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'When I was sent by the Soviet state to London to further my studies in calculus, knowing I would never become...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 'Utterly absorbing, cleverly constructed and beautifully written' The Times 'Moving and exhilarating' Spectator 'Evokes the messiness and fragility of everyday life...

Author: Admiral Sir Edward R. G. R. EvansBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Fold-out map intact. South With Scott presents a firsthand...

Author: Admiral Lord MountevansBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins Sons and Co., 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.This historical account...

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Author: Adrian Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'When I was sent by the Soviet state to London to further my studies in calculus, knowing I would never become...

An adventure-filled picture book for younger readers based on best-selling and much-loved author Alison Lester's real experiences aboard an Antarctic expedition ship. "A fascinating combination of information and adventure, bringing...

Author: Eleanor Humes HaneyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Morgenbaughs, Inc.Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive examination of feminist ethics through...

From the bestselling award-winning author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this rollicking historical adventure that celebrates the art of whisky distilling, the defiant spirit of the Scottish Highlanders...