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At the age of 100, Frances Partridge has had a new lease of life and decided she would like to publish another volume of diaries which covers the years 1972-75....

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Chronicles the author's life in the mid-1960s, when she was struggling to come to terms with existence after the deaths of both her husband Ralph and her son Burgo. Coping...

The book titled A Bloomsbury Album: Friends in Focus by the author Frances Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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Frances Partridge is the oldest surviving member of the Bloomsbury Group. Most of its leading members she knew well - Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, Virginia Woolf - and this book...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the aftermath of World War II, one of the last surviving members of the Bloomsbury Group picked up her pen and began recording...

The book titled Everything to Lose: Diaries, 1945-60 by the author Frances Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and firm. A compelling wartime diary, A Pacifist's War chronicles the experiences...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a battleground, and Eric Partridge's Usage & Abusage is its definitive field guide — a witty,...

'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a weapon, and in the wrong hands it becomes a blunt instrument — Usage & Abusage...

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Author: Alan Partridge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs...

'Losing a child is like having an elephant on your back. A burden so great you don't think you will be able to bear it.' In 1994 Frances McKay's world...

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Born in 1902 in Seattle, Washington, Frances Lovell Oldham left her hometown in her early twenties to pursue a journalism career in Europe. At a time when women rarely found...

The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restoed to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of the English language have left as indelible a mark as Eric Partridge — lexicographer, slang scholar, and tireless...

The book titled Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English by the author Eric Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Vanessa Partridge, cello-playing good girl, spends every summer holiday at Shearwater. This year, her brother is bringing his best mate, Darith - the object of many, many fantasies Van will...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone text in the Key Concepts in Political Science series, Consent...

A unique collection of crochet patterns for the 12 birds of Christmas. Taking inspiration from the famous Christmas carol, Kerry Lord, author of the Edward's Menagerie series and founder of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA rich work of linguistic biography and anthology, Eric Partridge: In His Own Words presents the life and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of thoughts and reflections from the renowned lexicographer Eric Partridge. It captures his insights on...

A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary...

Author: Alan Partridge Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 0 In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative 'dual narrative'...

A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary...

Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton., 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide to punctuation, You Have A Point There, presents a meticulous examination of English grammar's...

Author: BrendaBinding: HardbackPublished: John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., 1111Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe story centers on the lives of children, possibly siblings, as they navigate their...

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Edition: 2nd ed., revisedCondition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact but worn. Fold-out chart intact. Language is...

Frances is a graduate student spending a summer volunteering in rural France, in the hope that tending vegetables and harvesting honey will distract her from a scandal that drove her...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. The book is a hardcover with a red cloth binding. No dust jacket present. The interior pages appear cream/yellowed/ foxed with age, consistent with an older...

A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary...

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A great marriage is an elusive thing; only a few know the secret to making one. Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art...

Here, beginnings end and endings begin, as we leap across time and space and encounter the inter-connected nature of emergency. France harnesses the power of innate ecological awareness, refreshing both...

From the cafe terraces of Saint-Germain-des-Pres to fields of lavender, from Christmas markets in Alsace to carefully tended vineyards, France is a country of a thousand sensations, impressions and memories....

Author: Sophie Divry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The story of a woman's life, from childhood to death, somewhere in provincial France, from the 1950s to just shy of...