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Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889): A Study Of Poetic Idiosyncrasy In Relation To Poetic Tradition; Volume Ii
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Author: W. H. GardnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic study presents a meticulous examination of Gerard Manley Hopkins' distinctive poetic voice. It...
The Garden Party
Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series 'They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden party if they had ordered...
A François Mauriac Omnibus
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few writers have dissected the hypocrisies of French Catholic bourgeois society with the surgical precision...
Tussles With Time
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Condition remarks: Condition: Fair to Good. The book is an older volume showing signs of age. No dust jacket present. Pages are yellowed/tanned with some foxing visible. The binding appears...
Down and Out in Paris and London
Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute, in a stunning new cover look for his great works 'You have talked so often of going to...
The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin
An anthology of the great and influential Pre-Raphaelite texts, selected and introduced by Dinah Roe The Pre-Raphaelite Movement began in 1848, and experienced its heyday in the 1860s and 1870s....
Compassionate Leadership: The proven path to better well-being and committed, high-performing teams
Author: Manley Hopkinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Forcing compliance is easy. Anyone can 'make' another do a task or a job. It will get done, but when, and...
The Land Where Nothing Works: How Britain Lost the Plot
What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint, weeds, and broken railings. Public...
Liberty Faber Poetry Diary 2026
The Faber Poetry list, originally founded in the 1920s, was shaped by the taste of T. S. Eliot, who was its guiding light for nearly forty years. Each passing decade...
Opening The Gates of Hell: The untold story of Herbert Kenny, the man
Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first ally to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until...
Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Selection Of His Poems And Prose
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew poets have bent the English language to their will with such ferocious originality as Gerard Manley Hopkins,...
Francois Mauriac Omnibus
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Author: Gerard HopkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Bibliophile Books, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe 'Francois Mauriac Omnibus' is a collection translated by Gerard Hopkins, showcasing the works of the...
Love is Strong as Death: Poems chosen by Paul Kelly
A collection of more than 300 of Paul Kelly's favourite poems. Paul Kelly's songs are steeped in poetry. And now he has gathered from around the world the poems he...
Down and Out in Paris and London
'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.' George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among...
Selected Poems
"I have come to have a feeling, almost a superstition, that it is a kind of obligation laid upon me to testify for Rudyard Kipling whenever the opportunity presents itself",...
Harry Hopkins: Ally Of The Poor And Defender Of Democracy
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual aging - slightly faded spine. Otherwise jacket fine. Pages still clean and bright. This authoritative...
Menagerie Manor
A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth...
The Silver Salver: The Story Of The Guinness Family
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Author: Frederic MullallyBinding: HardbackPublished: GRANADA, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary saga of one of history's most influential dynasties. It uncovers...
The Hopkins Manuscript
New to Penguin Classics, this is the funny and deeply moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England Self-important and more or less friendless,...
Churchill: A Life: The Official Biography
The classic, bestselling, official biography of Winston Churchill, back in print for the first time in two decades 'By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that...
The Death Of A President: November 1963
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of American political history, The Death of a President:...
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection
Published to co-incide with the pbk of Claire Tomalin's Whitbread Prize-winning biography The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the...
Six Men
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom one of the twentieth century's most celebrated journalists and broadcasters comes an intimate collection of portraits that...
The Life of Samuel Johnson
A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...
Moorlands of England
The book titled Moorlands of England by the author Adam Hopkins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Super-Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson: A Little Bit of a Big Disaster (Holly Hopkinson, Book 2)
A charming domestic comedy for readers of 8+, with a dash of magic, and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are the continued memoirs Holly Hopkinson, aged ten, except without...
Horace Plunkett, Co-operation and Politics
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...
The Super-Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson: Just a Touch of Utter Chaos (Holly Hopkinson, Book 3)
A charming family comedy for readers of 8+, with a dash of magic, and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are the third memoirs Holly Hopkinson, aged ten - except...
Montague Rhodes James
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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...
An Honourable Englishman: The Life of Hugh Trevor-Roper
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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...
Orwell's England
All of Orwell's brilliant writing on England and Englishness collected in a single volume Much of George Orwell's best writing, brought together in this comprehensive collection, is concerned with England,...
The Politics of Change: A Jamaican Testament
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Author: Michael ManleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some light general wear, previous owner writing inside first page,...
Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War
This thrilling Sunday Times bestseller is the first major account of the disastrous years of British indecision and infighting that enabled Hitler's domination of Europe ** Sunday Times Bestseller **...
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
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...
Mrs Hopkins
'Engaging, original and full of curiosity and wit . . . I didn't want it to end.' Asher Keddie 'Bursting with life . . . I was gripped from the...
Georges Mandel And The Third Republic
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA meticulously researched work of political biography, Georges Mandel and the Third Republic chronicles...
George Frederick Bodley and the Later Gothic Revival in Britain and
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British architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) fundamentally shaped the architecture, art, and design of the Anglican Church throughout England and the world; his work survives in the United States, Australia,...
My Dearest Augusta: A Biography Of The Honourable Augusta Leigh, Lord Byron's Half-Sister
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Author: Peter GunnBinding: HardbackPublished: THE BODLEY HEAD, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: chip on spineThis compelling biography, My Dearest Augusta: A Biography...
The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books During his reign, Lord Cobham was burnt alive, but I forget what for. In Jane Austen's breezy and entirely biased telling...
Drinkers Of Darkness
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In the sweltering isolation of a remote East African outpost, a small...
General Monck
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Author: Maurice AshleyBinding: HardbackPublished: JONATHAN CAPE, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMaurice Ashley's General Monck chronicles the pivotal life of George Monck, a key figure in...
A Nature Poem for Every Summer Evening
Poems to celebrate summer. Pour out a long drink, take a seat under a shady tree, and lose yourself in this sublime collection of nature poems for summer. From William...