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The book titled Sir Walter Scott: His Life and Personality by the author Hesketh Pearson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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...

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An historical novel set in the late seventeenth century in Glasgow and London. This portrait of Rob Roy MacGregor shows the feudal world of the Highlands withering away under the...

Scott's bestselling first novel: a tale of the wild Scottish highlands and loyalty to Bonnie Prince Charley The first romantic historical novel and international bestseller, Waverley (1814) tells the story...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the turbulent backdrop of sixteenth-century Scotland during the Protestant Reformation, this sweeping historical romance chronicles the lives of two brothers...

Scott's invigorating tale of Rob Roy and the battle between the English and the Scotts When young Francis Osbaldistone discovers that his vicious and scheming cousin Rashleigh has designs both...

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...

Edition: 571/1000Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of historical fiction, Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since chronicles the journey of Edward Waverley, a young English...

Author: VariousBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Masterpiece Library Review of Reviews, London, 1895Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings20 Volumes from the Penny Poets Series - 2: Marmion:...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Gustave Flaubert stands as one of the most exacting and influential figures...

'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...

Author: Walter James ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Wear to dust jacket in form of tanning...

In the sixth volume of the Vault of SimpsonologyTM series, Bart Simpson-as his alter-ego Bartman-gives advice on how to be the ultimate superhero. An expert of stealth and cunning-especially when...

Author: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton; Edited By Charles BuxtonBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1898Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dull and...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of historical biography and imperial history, this volume chronicles the life and ambitions of Sir Walter Ralegh against...

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: J.B. Cummings Format: Hardback...

'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...

Sir Walter Raleigh is well-know as an explorer, pirate, lover, poet, courtier, philosopher and political prisoner, a man of timeless fascination. An essential part of the nation's history he embodies...

Edition: First edCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Small chip at bottom corner - otherwise fine.Few figures of the British colonial era...

Author: Bart SpicerBinding: HardbackPublished: Arthur Barker., 1967Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor foxing, previous owner writing to FEP, tears to DJ.The Burned Man plunges...

Author: Burton J. HendrickBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Minimal...

William Shakespeare lived in violent times; his death passed without comment. By the time he was adopted as the national poet of England the details of his life had been...

A hilarious tale of history come to life. From the nation's favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, best-selling author of War Horse. Living with a ghost can have its difficulties, I discovered,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markings"That Great Lucifer" is a British biography that portrays Sir Walter Ralegh as the quintessential Elizabethan adventurer, chronicling...

Walter Kovak - insurance worker, early forties, unhappily married, no children, memorably invisible - is the sole survivor of a devastating suburban train crash. But Walter has no memory of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual aging - otherwise in good conditionA richly detailed literary biography, The Case of Walter Pater presents a penetrating...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged pages. Markings: No visible markings. A candid memoir from one of Australia's most distinguished diplomats, Australian Ambassador: International Relations...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A sweeping work of romantic historical fiction, Here Was a Man: A Romantic History of...

'Eloquent, impressive . . . while her touch is witty, her manner almost buoyant, her themes are sinister beyond belief. She touches the frontiers of the human' Hilary Mantel Boston,...

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: Les Carlyon Format: Hardback...

'Vivid. Eloquent. Offers insight as well as delight' Guardian 'An exquisite portrayal of the lonely dislocation of being deaf in a hearing world' The Times 'Absolutely brilliant. Ellen Lark is...

Author: Sir Walter CitrineBinding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1938Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Name cut out FEP, otherwise clean text. I Search For Truth...

Author: Simon Mawer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The past is another country and we are all its exiles. Banished forever, we look back in fascination and wonder at...

Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning, some foxing. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact. Usual shelf-wear. Few accounts of artistic...

The book titled The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald,Vol. 4: Bernice Bobs Her Hair; by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...