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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the acclaimed Literature in Perspective series, this critical study presents...

Author: Brian InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Abdication, chronicles the dramatic events surrounding a monarch's decision to relinquish the throne. It uncovers...

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Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach - summed up by the recurring...

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* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the acclaimed Literature in Perspective series, The Elizabethan Poets presents...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to think seriously about society — and can earnestness itself be a radical act?...

Author: Lady AnglissBinding: HardbackPublished: The author Melbourne, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionSir William Angliss: An Intimate Biography presents a compelling portrait of a titan of Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Faded and chipped DJ with some loss. Names penned...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A gripping work of historical biography, King John cuts through...

Author: Brian InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: DJ repaired with tape. Inscribed by the author & gifter's inscription on feps....

The first and greatest of the English Renaissance architects, Inigo Jones was an unlikely candidate to change the landscape of British style and design. Yet this self-taught son of a...

Amis's acerbic guide to the use and abuse of the English language, part of a new series of reissues of his work in Penguin Modern Classics The King's English is...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markWhat does it truly mean to be English — and why is England so perpetually, magnificently furious? In The Angry Island: Hunting...

Author: Alexandra HarrisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 450g, 416 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the...

Author: Alexandra HarrisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 450g, 416 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the...

Studying English Literature is a unique guide for undergraduates beginning to study the discipline of literature and those who are thinking of doing so. Unlike books that provide a survey...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn the tumultuous theatre of the Hundred Years' War, one man rose to such legendary heights that his very name struck terror into the...

A showcase of Britain's most architecturally significant sports and leisure buildings from the twentieth century and beyond. 100 20th Century Sports and Leisure Buildings gives a fascinating insight into the...

Gentle, modest and handsome, a fine poet, proficient in nine languages, eccentric Englishman Frank Thompson made an unlikely soldier. The elder of two sons of a formidable family of writers...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — interior title page visible. Page Condition: Slight yellowing/tanning consistent with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. A landmark in...

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On March 13th, 1711, an article appeared in "The Spectator about Thomas Inkle, a young and aspiring English trader cast ashore in the Americas, who is saved from violenct death...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of political and intellectual history, this study presents a penetrating analysis of the radical democratic thought that emerged from...

Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men whose creativity, ingenuity, and determination created...

The book titled Englishman At Dingo Creek. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A gripping, extraordinary account of England in an era of revolutionary turmoil Within the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century which resulted in the triumph of the protestant ethic -...

A showcase of Britain's most architecturally significant sports and leisure buildings from the twentieth century and beyond. 100 20th Century Sports and Leisure Buildings gives a fascinating insight into the...

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Author: M. P. WillcocksBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.This compelling biography, "A Born English-Man," meticulously chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA foundational academic text in descriptive linguistics, Analyzing English: An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics...

Author: Frederick Oughton F.R.S.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Stobart, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor yellowing of internal front and back pages, signed by previous owner on internal front...

The English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It's where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and...

It is widely accepted that English is the first truly global language and lingua franca. Its dominance has even led to its use and adaptation by local communities for their...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARD 2023'Exceptionally well-written and intelligent ... if you are interested in this remarkable microcosm of England, the book will grip you; if you aren't,...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The King's English by H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler is a landmark...