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A guidebook to melancholia or depression, and a masterly, all-encompassing examination of the human condition The Anatomy of Melancholy is the vast and only work by Robert Burton, the seventeenth-century...

Dryness, paleness, waking, sighing, despair, frenzy, death: love's repercussions can be dire indeed. Perhaps that is why Robert Burton devoted the largest part of his pioneering 17th-century psychological work, The...

The book titled Bird Behaviour by the author Robert Burton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Light foxing on FEP but otherwise fine. Few corners of the natural world inspire as much wonder as the lives of birds —...

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The book titled Egg: Nature's Miracle of Packaging by the author Robert Burton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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The first biography of the enigmatic Robert Barton, a central figure in the Irish Revolution. The enigmatic Robert Barton was a central figure in Irish Revolution. From an Anglo-Irish ascendancy...

Author: Francis EdwardsBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase with some insect damage. This monumental work, The Anatomy Of Melancholy, presents a comprehensive...

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were a Sixties supercharged couple in an era of supercharged couples. As a pairing they were fantasy figures, impossibly desirable. Liz supple and soft, in...

" The Secret History meets The Price of Salt " ( Vogue ) in this "equal parts dangerous and delicious" ( Entertainment Weekly ) novel about queer desire, religious zealotry,...

Condition remarks: Hardcover - dust jacket Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges....

Author: Richard BurtonBinding: HardbackPublished: HEINEMANN | LONDON, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsRichard Burton’s A Christmas Story is a warm, evocative tale...

'The book of the year' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the very best biographies I have ever read' STEPHEN FRY 'A hot thunderstorm of a book' DAVID HARE 'I've never read...

'Very smart and entertaining . . . dishy-yet-earnest . . . Gefter shows why Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the '60s like a torpedo.' - NPR, Fresh Air 'Raucous,...

Author: Various Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection. In these pages...

Author: Philip Gefter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Well-researched ... I was fascinated' Roger Lewis, author of Erotic Vagrancy A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From...

In But Enough About Me , legendary film actor and Hollywood superstar Burt Reynolds recalls the people who shaped his life and career, for better or for worse. From Robert...

Author: Brian K. BurtonBinding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALASIAN BOOK SOCIETY, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerTeach Them No More presents a compelling argument against conventional educational methodologies, advocating for a...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Behind the gentle whimsy and celebrated cartoons of James Thurber lay a...

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Author: Burton GrahamBinding: HardbackPublished: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis gripping espionage thriller plunges readers into a high-stakes world of international intrigue and...

The book titled The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton by the author Fawn M. Brodie. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Author: David DaichesBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Robert Burns And His World, chronicles the vibrant life and enduring...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of economic and social history, The Rise & Fall of King Cotton chronicles the extraordinary dominance...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodStep into the muddy, boisterous, and gloriously chaotic world of international rugby with Mike Burton's Have Balls Will Travel, a riotous first-hand chronicle of life on...

Author: Robert First Earl Of LyttonBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual...

Author: Robert Burns; ed. J. Logie Robertson Binding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, London, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Blue cloth in good...

Author: James BarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Song In The Green Thorn Tree is a compelling historical novel that chronicles...

Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Binding: front hinges cracked; binding slightly shaky; no loose pages; some...

A critical biography of one of the most respected and beloved labour leaders of late-19th century Britain - Thomas Burt (1837-1922). Based on a conciliatory approach to labour-management relations, burt...

An "enchanting" (Caroline Kepnes, author of You ) "fairy-tale-inflected thriller" ( The New Yorker ) about two sisters who encounter a captivating yet possibly dangerous underworld cult that challenges their...

The book titled Colour Library of Science: Birds by the author Maurice Burton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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The remarkable story of Helen Forrester, author of Twopence to Cross the Mersey, and how she turned tragedy to triumph. When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in the 1930's, she...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew works in world literature have captured the human imagination as completely and enduringly as The Arabian Nights —...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of stories from the famous 'One Thousand and One Nights,' translated by the renowned scholar...

Police chief Jesse Stone must investigate the mystery behind a dead body found strewn with photos of murder victims and placed on top of $2 million in cash, before the...

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. Author: Christopher Sexton Format: Paperback...

Secondhand Biography & History Bargain Book Box This collection of fifteen volumes offers a factual survey of historical developments, spanning from the imperial court of Russia and the Baroque age...