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In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages...

Penguin Classics relaunch. In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the fog-laden market town of Casterbridge, a single act of drunken recklessness sets in motion...

Author: Thomas HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThomas Hardy's The Life And Death Of The Mayor Of Casterbridge: A Story Of A Man Of Character chronicles the...

A stunning clothbound edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge, a haunting study of guilt and lost love Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie...

Author: Thomas HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: GUILD PUBLISHING LONDON, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis poignant Victorian novel chronicles the dramatic downfall of Michael Henchard, a man whose impulsive youthful act casts...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedFew writers have captured the rugged beauty and quiet tragedy of rural England with as much power and precision as Thomas Hardy, and this magnificent omnibus...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew names in English literature carry the weight of Thomas Hardy, whose unflinching portraits of rural life, tragic fate,...

A beautiful boxed set of four of Thomas Hardy's greatest works Set in Hardy's fictional realm of Wessex, these four charming novels have been brought together in a stunning clothbound...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodThree of Victorian literature's most enduring masterworks are gathered in this essential omnibus edition from The Library of World Classics, uniting Thomas Hardy's unflinching vision of...

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The new paperback series- Penguin English Library "I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in English history have provoked such fierce and enduring debate as Sir Thomas More — scholar, statesman, martyr, and saint — and...

Penguin Classics relaunch When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec...

The Site May 30, 2002 "How will we ever get through this?" is the question I ask on the night of September 11. "How?" Maybe the answer is here, all...

Author: Thomas HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books Limited, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 'I cannot allow any man to -...

Author: Thomas SharpBinding: HardbackPublished: THE ARCHITECTURAL PRESS, London, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: All fold-out maps intact. This seminal work...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of biographical scholarship, Thomas More presents the life of...

Tony Thomas's new essays pulverise "woke" causes including climate doomism; the Aboriginal industry; and the ABC's bias. While society goes mad with political correctness, Tony gives sanity and laughter a...

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'A Pair of Blue Eyes', though early in the sequence of Hardy's novels, is lively and gripping. Its dramatic cliff-hanging episode, for example, is at once tense, ironic, feministic and...

Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a moving...

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...

Author: Fred Kaplan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 672 As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the...

Author: Neville WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Rockliff, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical biography chronicles the tumultuous life of Thomas Howard Fourth Duke Of Norfolk,...

Author: George Mac Donald, Ll.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd, 1893Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sunned...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA definitive critical biography that illuminates the profound synergy between Thomas Hardy’s life and the geography of his fictional Wessex....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA scholarly collection rooted in history, theology, and cultural studies, this volume presents a multifaceted examination...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the polished façade of civic power lies a labyrinth of ambition, incompetence, and cheerful corruption — and Mayor's Nest by Tony Morphett throws...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind every age of empire lurks a figure too wild, too reckless, and too combustible to be contained by its...

Guy Gunaratne's blistering debut IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY is an unforgettable portrait of 48 hours on a London council estate, and will appeal to readers of THE BRICKS...

They call Eddie Miller 'The Coed Killer's Son', because when Eddie was five years old, his father killed a local college girl, dismembered her body, and buried the pieces in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen a glittering masquerade ball becomes the backdrop for a string of baffling murders, only one man possesses...

In April 1871, a constable walking a beat near Greenwich found a girl dying in the mud - her face cruelly slashed and her brains protruding from her skull. The...

For years, the police commissioner and the mayor have duked it out for publicity, credit, and power. Some have translated their stardom into success after leaving office, while others have...

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

A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future. America is an urban nation. More than...

What secrets connect Egypt's Great Pyramids, the Freemasons, and the Council on Foreign Relations In this astonishing book, celebrated journalist Jim Marrs examines the world's most closely guarded secrets, tracing...