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Catharine and Other Writingsby Jane Austen, Douglas Murray, Margaret Anne DoodyISBN 0192835211 (0-19-283521-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catharine and Other Writings'Book summary:This new collection of Austen's brilliant short fiction is the first annotated edition of her short writings. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts to give a number of new readings. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection contains many of her poems written to amuse and console her friends, and are unavailable in any other single volume. [via]
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Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII, 1547-1558by Alison WeirISBN 0224038338 (0-224-03833-8)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII, 1547-1558'Book summary:The royal family may have its problems these days, but as Alison Weir reminds us in this cohesive and impeccably researched book, the nobility of old England could be both loveless and ruthless. Weir, an expert in the period and author of a book on Henry's VIII wives, focuses on the children of Henry VIII who reigned successively after his death in 1547: Edward VI, Mary I ("Bloody Mary") and Elizabeth I. The three shared little--living in separate homes--except for a familial legacy of blood and terror. This is exciting history and fascinating reading about a family of mythic proportions. [via]
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The Children of Henry VIIIby Alison WeirISBN 0345407865 (0-345-40786-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Henry VIII'Book summary:At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In her brilliantly compelling new book, Alison Weir, author of four highly acclaimed chronicles of English royalty, paints a unique portrait of these four extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history.
Weir opens her narrative with the death of Henry and the accession of the boy king Edward VI. Often portrayed as weak and sickly, Edward, in fact had a keen intelligence and a flair for leadership. Had he not contracted a fatal disease at the age of fifteen, Edward might have become one of England's great kings. Instead, his brief reign was marked by vicious court intrigue that took the monarchy to the verge of bankruptcy.
Edward's death in 1553 plunged England into chaos, and it was in this explosive atmosphere that the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey was crowned Queen of England. A fragile, intellectual girl, Jane was only too happy to end her nine-day rule when the rioting English populace proclaimed Mary their true and rightful sovereign. Despite her innocence, Jane was brutally executed at the age of sixteen.
Mary's reign was marked by her savage persecution of heretics (non-Catholics) and by the emotional turbulence of her marriage to King Philip II of Spain. Weir describes the mounting tensions of the final days of Mary's bloody reign, as the shrewd, politically adroit Elizabeth quietly positions herself to assume royal power. The Children of Henry VIII closes with Elizabeth's accession and the commencement of one of the longest, and most spectacularly successful, reigns in English history.
Deeply engrossing, written with grace and clarity, The Children of Henry VIII combines the best of history and biography. Weir's devoted readers will recognize this as her finest book yet. [via]More editions of The Children of Henry VIII:
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The Complete Novelsby Jane AustenISBN 0143039504 (0-14-303950-4)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Novels'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
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Complete Novels of Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0140106499 (0-14-010649-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Novels of Jane Austen'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
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- Complete Novels of Jane Austen: ISBN 0394718917 (0-394-71891-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Complete Novels of Jane Austen: ISBN 0394718925 (0-394-71892-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Complete Novels of Jane Austen: ISBN 0394604369 (0-394-60436-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Complete Novels of Jane Austen: ISBN 0140106499 (0-14-010649-9)
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- Complete Novels of Jane Austen: ISBN 0394718917 (0-394-71891-7)
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Elizabeth the Queenby Alison WeirISBN 0224044141 (0-224-04414-1)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throneby David StarkeyISBN 0060959517 (0-06-095951-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne'Book summary:The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, Good Queen Bess; Elizabeth I holds a unique place in the English imagination as one of the nation's most powerful, charismatic, and successful monarchs. Elizabeth usually is imagined as the icy, untouchable figure, re-created memorably on screen by Bette Davis and Dame Judi Dench, but that vision of Elizabeth ignores the turbulent years of her early life, from her birth as the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533 until her accession to the throne in 1558 after the death of her sister Mary. It is these early years that are the subject of David Starkey's fascinating Elizabeth, which was written to accompany the television series about her life.
Starkey argues that Elizabeth, in her first 25 years, "had experienced every vicissitude of fortune and every extreme of condition. She had been Princess and inheritrix of England, and bastard and disinherited; the nominated successor to the throne and an accused traitor on the verge of execution; showered with lands and houses, and a prisoner in the Tower". He draws on his skills as a respected Tudor historian to produce a deft account of the religious, political, and dynastic maelstrom of mid-16th-century England that reads "like a historical thriller." The book carefully picks its way through the finer points of contemporary religious conflict and the peculiarities of Tudor court ceremony, while exploring also the formation of Elizabeth's character in relation to a murdered mother, a charismatic father, a tortured sister, and a predatory guardian. Highly readable, and written with verve and pace, this is a fascinating account of the young Elizabeth. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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England, Englandby Julian BarnesISBN 0375705503 (0-375-70550-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'England, England'Book summary:Imagine being able to visit England--all of England--in a single weekend. Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Stonehenge and Hadrian's Wall, Harrods, Manchester United Football Club, the Tower of London, and even the Royal Family all within easy distance of the each other, accessible, and, best of all, each one living up to an idealized version of itself. This fantasy Britain is the very real (and some would say very cynical) vision of Sir Jack Pitman, a monumentally egomaniacal mogul with a more than passing resemblance to modern-day buccaneers Sir Rupert Murdoch or Robert Maxwell: "'We are not talking theme park,' he began. 'We are not talking heritage centre. We are not talking Disneyland, World's Fair, Festival of Britain, Legoland or Parc Asterix.'" No indeed; Sir Jack proposes nothing less than to offer "the thing itself," a re-creation of everything that adds up to England in the hearts and minds of tourists looking for an "authentic" experience. But where to locate such an enterprise? As Sir Jack points out,
England, as the mighty William and many others have observed, is an island. Therefore, if we are serious, if we are seeking to offer the thing itself, we in turn must go in search of a precious whatsit set in a silver doodah.
Soon the perfect whatsit is found: the Isle of Wight; and a small army of Sir Jack's forces are sent to lay siege to it. Swept up in the mayhem are Martha Cochrane, a thirtysomething consultant teetering on the verge of embittered middle age, and Paul Harrison, a younger man looking for an anchor in the world. The two first find each other, then trip over a skeleton in Sir Jack's closet that might prove useful to their careers but disastrous to their relationship. In the course of constructing this mad package-tour dystopia, Julian Barnes has a terrific time skewering postmodernism, the British, the press, the government, celebrity, and big business. At the same time his very funny novel offers a provocative meditation on the nature of identity, both individual and national, as the lines between the replica and the thing itself begin to blur. Readers of Barnes have learned to expect the unexpected, and once again he more than lives up to the promise in England, England. But then, that was only to be expected. --Alix Wilber [via] 
The Forestby Edward RutherfurdISBN 0345441788 (0-345-44178-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Forest'Book summary:With such novels as Sarum and Russka, Edward Rutherfurd has laid claim to James Michener's longtime turf: the immensely researched, meticulously detailed epic of place, in which the characters tend to play second fiddle to the setting. The Forest is the most ambitious example yet of Rutherfurd's art. This time the location is that bosky patch of English real estate known as the New Forest. Other writers have tackled the area before. But The Forest is surely the definitive chronicle, with all the local stories, legends, and apocrypha woven into an irresistible narrative--think of Thomas Hardy's power and drama filtered through a very modern sensibility.
Opening with the assassination of King William II in 1099, the book covers nearly a millennium's worth of history. Rutherfurd creates generation after generation of adroitly realized characters, the best of whom defy our generic expectations: the canny Brother Adam, for example, is that rarest of literary creatures, a virtuous man who doesn't end up being simply bland and anodyne. Rutherfurd may be at his best when dealing with big-canvas events like the bloody Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. But he's no slouch at detailing more microcosmic conflicts, like this head-butting contest between two buck deer:
Her buck had hit firmer ground and his feet suddenly got a purchase on the grass. His hindquarters shivering, he dug in. She saw the shoulders rise and his neck bear down. And now the interloper was slipping on the wet leaves. Slowly, cautiously, their antlers locked, the two straining bucks began to turn. Now they were both on grass. Suddenly the interloper disengaged. He gave his head a twist. The jagged spike was aiming at the buck's eye.
Bestial behavior? Perhaps. Yet the level of human folly and brutality scattered throughout The Forest makes the foregoing passage resemble an outtake from Bambi--and gives this sylvan saga a very memorable edge. --Barry Forshaw [via]-
Gaudy Nightby Dorothy Leigh SayersISBN 0061043494 (0-06-104349-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gaudy Night'Book summary:Obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy greeted Harriet Vane on her return to Oxford. A graduate of ten years before and now a successful novelist, this should have been a pleasant, nostalgic visit for her. She asks her lover, Lord Peter Wimsey, for help. [via]
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- Gaudy Night: ISBN 0060808241 (0-06-080824-1)
Softcover, Harper & Row - Gaudy Night: ISBN 006092392X (0-06-092392-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Gaudy Night: ISBN 0380012073 (0-380-01207-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Gaudy Night: ISBN 0060550228 (0-06-055022-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Gaudy Night: ISBN 0061043494 (0-06-104349-4)
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- Gaudy Night: ISBN 0060808241 (0-06-080824-1)
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Hard Timesby Charles Dickens, Kate FlintISBN 014143967X (0-14-143967-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen. [via]
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- Hard Times: ISBN 0192833677 (0-19-283367-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Hard Times: ISBN 0312132611 (0-312-13261-1)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins - Hard Times: ISBN 0393975606 (0-393-97560-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Hard Times: ISBN 0451526724 (0-451-52672-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Hard Times: ISBN 0486419207 (0-486-41920-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Hard Times: ISBN 0460012924 (0-460-01292-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Hard Times: ISBN 0140430423 (0-14-043042-3)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Hard Times: ISBN 0140433988 (0-14-043398-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Hard Times: ISBN 019281785X (0-19-281785-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Hard Times: ISBN 0393103242 (0-393-10324-2)
Softcover, W.W. Norton - Hard Times: ISBN 0393959007 (0-393-95900-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Hard Times: ISBN 0451525280 (0-451-52528-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Hard Times: ISBN 0140620443 (0-14-062044-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - Hard Times: ISBN 0330251910 (0-330-25191-0)
Hardcover, Pan Books - Hard Times: ISBN 014143967X (0-14-143967-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- Hard Times: ISBN 0192833677 (0-19-283367-7)
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Hard Timesby Philip Collins, Charles DickensISBN 0460874500 (0-460-87450-0)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series, which includes a themed introduction, a chronology of the life and times of the author, notes, a selection of criticism, an annotated reading list and text summary. This edition has a new setting with wide margins. [via]
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Hard Times: A Longman Cultural Editionby Jeff Nunokawa, Gage McWeenyISBN 0321107217 (0-321-10721-7)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Hard Times. for These Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0192545159 (0-19-254515-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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History of Kings of Britainby Geoffrey MonmouthISBN 0460005774 (0-460-00577-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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History of the Kings of Britainby Geoffrey of Monmouth, Lewis ThorpeISBN 0140441700 (0-14-044170-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Kings of Britain'Book summary:Completed in 1136, "The History of the Kings of Britain" traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history and its veracity was questioned by other medieval writers. But Geoffrey of Monmouth's powerful evocation of illustrious men and deeds captured the imagination of subsequent generations, and his influence can be traced through the works of Malory, Shakespeare, Dryden and Tennyson. [via]
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Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0517118297 (0-517-11829-7)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
Jane Austen : Her Complete Novels Liby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517351749 (0-517-35174-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Jane Austen, Her Complete Novelsby Jane AustenISBN 0517347997 (0-517-34799-7)
Hardcover, Avenel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen, Her Complete Novels'Book summary:A new jacketed edition, illustrated with line drawings, of the works of the ever-popular, critically acclaimed English novelist collects the unabridged texts of all of her completed novels, making it a unique bargain. [via]
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Kenneth Grahame's the Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth GrahameISBN 0030638623 (0-03-063862-3)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Life of Elizabeth Iby Alison WeirISBN 0345425502 (0-345-42550-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life of Elizabeth I'Book summary:The long life and powerful personality of England's beloved Virgin Queen have eternal appeal, and popular historian Alison Weir depicts both with panache. She's especially good at evoking the physical texture of Tudor England: the elaborate royal gowns (actually an intricate assembly of separate fabric panels buttoned together over linen shifts), the luxurious but unhygienic palaces (Elizabeth got the only "close stool"; most members of her retinue relieved themselves in the courtyards), the huge meals heavily seasoned to disguise the taste of spoiled meat. Against this earthy backdrop, Elizabeth's intelligence and formidable political skills stand in vivid relief. She may have been autocratic, devious, even deceptive, but these traits were required to perform a 45-year tightrope walk between the two great powers of Europe, France and Spain. Both countries were eager to bring small, weak England under their sway and to safely marry off its inconveniently independent queen. Weir emphasizes Elizabeth's precarious position as a ruling woman in a man's world, suggesting plausibly that the single life was personally appealing as well as politically expedient for someone who had seen many ambitious ladies--including her own mother--ruined and even executed for just the appearance of sexual indiscretions. The author's evaluations of such key figures in Elizabeth's reign as the Earl of Leicester (arguably the only man she ever loved) and William Cecil (her most trusted adviser) are equally cogent and respectful of psychological complexity. Weir does a fine job of retelling this always-popular story for a new generation. --Wendy Smith [via]
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The Mill on the Flossby George Eliot, A. S. ByattISBN 0141439629 (0-14-143962-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mill on the Floss'Book summary:But it's bad - it's bad,' Mr Tulliver added - 'a woman's no business wi' being so clever; it'll turn to trouble, I doubt.' Rebellious and affectionate, Maggie Tulliver is always in trouble. Recalling her own experiences as a girl, George Eliot describes Maggie's turbulent childhood with a sympathetic engagement that makes the early chapters of The Mill on the Floss among the most immediately attractive she ever wrote. As Maggie Tulliver approaches adulthood, her spirited temperament brings her into conflict with her family, her community, and her much-loved brother Tom. Still more painfully, she finds her own nature divided between the claims of moral responsibility and her passionate hunger for self-fulfilment. George Eliot's searching exploration of Maggie's complex dilemma has made this one of the most enduringly popular of her works. This edition offers the definitive Clarendon text with a new introduction that gives an account of the book's place in Eliot's life and the intellectual context of the time, as well as providing close textual analysis. [via]
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- The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0192833642 (0-19-283364-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 037575783X (0-375-75783-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0393963322 (0-393-96332-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0451528263 (0-451-52826-3)
Softcover, Signet - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0460113259 (0-460-11325-9)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0486426807 (0-486-42680-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0140431209 (0-14-043120-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0192815679 (0-19-281567-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0192824880 (0-19-282488-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0330237101 (0-330-23710-1)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0395051517 (0-395-05151-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 041501316X (0-415-01316-X)
Softcover, Routledge - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0451523962 (0-451-52396-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0460872869 (0-460-87286-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0198125607 (0-19-812560-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0460871099 (0-460-87109-9)
Hardcover, J.M. Dent - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0141439629 (0-14-143962-9)
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- The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0192833642 (0-19-283364-2)
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Oliver Twistby Charles Dickens, Peter FaircloughISBN 0140430172 (0-14-043017-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:This fiercely comic tale stands in marked contrast to its genial predecessor, "The Pickwick Papers." Set against London's seedy back street slums, "Oliver Twist" is the saga of a workhouse orphan captured and thrust into a thieves' den, where some of Dickens's most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger, the murderous bully Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, that treacherous ringleader whose grinning knavery threatens to send them all to the "ghostly gallows." Yet at the heart of this drama is the orphan Oliver, whose unsullied goodness leads him at last to salvation. In 1838 the publication of "Oliver Twist" firmly established the literary eminence of young Dickens. It was, according to Edgar Johnson, "a clarion peal announcing to the world that in Charles Dickens the rejected and forgotten and misused of the world had a champion." [via]
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The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austenby Jane Austen, R.W. ChapmanISBN 0192547011 (0-19-254701-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen'Book summary:"I should like to see Emma in love, and in some doubt of return; it would do her good," remarks one of Jane Austen's characters in Emma.
Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of match-making select inhabitants of the village of Highbury, yet aloof and oblivious as to the question of whom she herself might marry. This paradox multiplies the intrigues and sparkling ironies of Jane Austen's masterpiece, her comedy of a sentimental education through which Emma discovers a capacity for love and marriage. [via]
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Penguin Complete Novels of Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0140090029 (0-14-009002-9)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth GrahameISBN 0140366857 (0-14-036685-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'Book summary:"[Mole] thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before--this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again." Such is the cautious, agreeable Mole's first introduction to the river and the Life Adventurous. Emerging from his home at Mole End one spring, his whole world changes when he hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad Hall, the society- hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and countless other mostly well-meaning creatures. Michael Hague's exquisitely detailed, breathtaking color illustrations on almost every generous spread--along with Kenneth Grahame's elegant, delightfully old-fashioned characterizations of the animals--make this book a wonderful read-aloud. Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has enchanted readers for four generations, and this lavishly illustrated gift edition is perhaps the finest around. (All ages, or 9 to 12) [via]
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- The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0143039091 (0-14-303909-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0192835157 (0-19-283515-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0312148267 (0-312-14826-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448171880 (0-448-17188-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0451530144 (0-451-53014-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0486286002 (0-486-28600-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0486407853 (0-486-40785-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0486424677 (0-486-42467-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0312136242 (0-312-13624-2)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448060280 (0-448-06028-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0517223619 (0-517-22361-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 006053723X (0-06-053723-X)
Softcover, Harperfestival - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 014035087X (0-14-035087-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0141312041 (0-14-131204-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0192816403 (0-19-281640-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0440403855 (0-440-40385-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0440495555 (0-440-49555-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448110288 (0-448-11028-8)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448110792 (0-448-11079-2)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0451524624 (0-451-52462-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0152168079 (0-15-216807-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0307671178 (0-307-67117-8)
Hardcover, Goldencraft - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0416169805 (0-416-16980-5)
Hardcover, Methuen - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0140366857 (0-14-036685-7)
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- The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0143039091 (0-14-303909-1)
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The Wives of Henry VIIIby Antonia FraserISBN 0394585380 (0-394-58538-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wives of Henry VIII'Book summary:When we think of the wives of Henry VIII, we tend to think of women who literally lost their heads. But Antonia Fraser opens the door to the political and cultural demands that shaped the destinies of the king and his royal wives. Romance, unfortunately, rarely had anything to do with it. And if you think the modern American media is too tough on political leadership, you oughta READ about the royal court in King Henry's day! That's one family you'd never want to marry into. [via]
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The Works of Jane Austenby Jane AustinISBN 0192547062 (0-19-254706-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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