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Angel Huntby Mike RipleyISBN 184583108X (1-84583-108-X)
Softcover, Telos Pub Ltd
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 1847022235 (1-84702-223-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just! - in circling the globe within eighty days. The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson, the prototype of the Vernian adventurer. [via]
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Arthur Rackham: A Biographyby James HamiltonISBN 1851457089 (1-85145-708-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arthur Rackham: A Biography'Book summary:This monograph looks at Arthur Rackham and uses diaries, letters and personal belongings in order to provide a picture of the artist. The author not only includes the more famous watercolour paintings of fairies and goblins, but also his portraits and watercolours. [via]
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Arthur Rackham: A Life With Illustrationby James HamiltonISBN 1851455310 (1-85145-531-0)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Basilby Wilkie CollinsISBN 1846370620 (1-84637-062-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Basil'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. [via]
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Basketball: The Skills of the Gameby Richard Taylor, Paul StimpsonISBN 1852239867 (1-85223-986-7)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Bedtimeby Clare PollardISBN 185224593X (1-85224-593-X)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bedtime'Book summary:Written mostly while she was in high school, Clare Pollard's first collection, The Heavy-Petting Zoo, earned her much acclaim. This collection is a setting for intimacy and tenderness, cruelty and pretense, where reality and fantasy are blurred. These are cutting poems from the edge, confronting evil in all its manifestations, especially the bondage of sex and cruelty. [via]
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Beyond the Glassby Antonia WhiteISBN 1844083683 (1-84408-368-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond the Glass'Book summary:Clara Batchelor is 22. Her brief, doomed marriage to Archie over, she returns to live with her parents in the home of her childhood. She hopes for comfort, but the devoutly Catholic household confines her and forms a dangerous glass wall of guilt and repression between Clara and the outside world. Clara both longs for and fears what lies beyond, yet when she escapes into an exhilarating and passionate love affair, her fragile identity cracks. An extraordinary portrayal of a woman's descent into madness, this novel completes Antonia White's brilliant "May Quartet."[via]More editions of Beyond the Glass:
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The Bhagavad Gitaby A. M. Piatigorskii, J.A.B. Van BuitenenISBN 1852309172 (1-85230-917-2)
Hardcover, Thorsons Element
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The Bible in Spainby George BorrowISBN 1847028128 (1-84702-812-8)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Brand New Friendby Mike GayleISBN 1846173477 (1-84617-347-7)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Bulfinch's Mythology the Age of Fableby Thomas BulfinchISBN 1847029590 (1-84702-959-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Call of the Wild and White Fangby Jack LondonISBN 1853260266 (1-85326-026-6)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Call of the Wild and White Fang'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the decivilisation of Buck as he answers the call of the wild , an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds. In contrast, White Fang relates the tale of a wolf born and bred in the wild which is civilised by the master he comes to trust and love. The brutal world of the Klondike miners and their dogs is brilliantly evoked and Jack London s rendering of the sentient life of Buck and White Fang as they confront their destiny is enthralling and convincing. The deeper resonance of these stories derives from the author s use of the myth of the hero who survives by strength and courage, a powerful myth that still appeals to our collective unconscious. [via]
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Chambers English Dictionaryby Catherine Schwarz, George Davidson, Anne Seaton, Virginia Tebbit, Pandora Kerr Frost, Catherine M. SchwarzISBN 1852960000 (1-85296-000-0)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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A Child's Garden of Versesby Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles RobinsonISBN 1851583912 (1-85158-391-2)
Hardcover, Mainstream Pub Co Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child's Garden of Verses'Book summary:"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."
With this "Happy Thought," Robert Louis Stevenson speaks for all the delights of childhood. But he doesn't stop there. A Child's Garden of Verses, written over a century ago, is filled to the brim with what are usually considered to be the first real poems written for children. This classic volume is an old friend to the generations of readers who were brought up on "I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me/ And what can be the use of him is more than I can see." In this perfectly lovely edition, the gossamer art of Jessie Willcox Smith (who first illustrated Stevenson's poems in the early years of the 20th century) is reproduced in all its charming glory. Black and white drawings throughout and eight full-page, warmly colorful paintings show beautiful, yet pleasantly imperfect children, busy at their daily activities--climbing trees, watching their reflections in a river, or sick in bed with an army of toy soldiers on guard. Place this on the shelf next to Mother Goose, Dr. Seuss, and Peter Rabbit. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Children of the New Forestby Frederick MarryatISBN 1853261106 (1-85326-110-6)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angelesby Mike Davis, Robert MorrowISBN 1844675688 (1-84467-568-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles'Book summary:This new edition of Mike Daviss visionary work gives an update on Los Angeles as the city hits the 21st century.
No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without feeling it." To Mike Davis, the author of this fiercely elegant and wide- ranging work of social history, Los Angeles is both utopia and dystopia, a place where the last Joshua trees are being plowed under to make room for model communities in the desert, where the rich have hired their own police to fend off street gangs, as well as armed Beirut militias.
In City of Quartz, Davis reconstructs LA's shadow history and dissects its ethereal economy. He tells us who has the power and how they hold on to it. He gives us a city of Dickensian extremes, Pynchonesque conspiracies, and a desperation straight out of Nathaniel Westa city in which we may glimpse our own future mirrored with terrifying clarity.
In this new edition, Davis provides a dazzling update on the city's current status.
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A Class Apart: The Private Pictures of Montague Gloverby James Gardiner, Montague Charles GloverISBN 1852427280 (1-85242-728-0)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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The Cloud of Unknowingby Laurence FreemanISBN 1852309202 (1-85230-920-2)
Hardcover, Thorsons Element
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The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1851526307 (1-85152-630-7)
Hardcover, Chancellor Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe'Book summary:Famous for his horror stories and brooding poetry, Poe is often considered to be the inventor of the modern detective story, as well. Now, this one marvelously illustrated and popularly priced volume makes it possible to appreciate the full genius of this master of the mysterious and brilliant literary talent. Images, reproduced from a variety of sources (including Aubrey Beardsley, Edouard Manet, and Arthur Rackham) enhance the mood of such favorites as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Purloined Letter, A Descent into the Maelström and The Masque of the Red Death. In addition to those "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"--70 chronicles of terror and fantasy that established Poe as the supreme craftsman of the short story--there is The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Poe's only full-length work and a masterful blending of science and romance. Finally, a section devoted to "The Raven and Other Poems" reflects Poe's obsession with the macabre.[via]More editions of The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe:
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Daddy-long-legsby Jean WebsterISBN 1846375908 (1-84637-590-8)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daddy-long-legs'Book summary:Gr 9 Up-Jerusha Abbott has grown up in the John Grier Home for orphans. As the oldest, she is in charge of the younger children. An anonymous benefactor on the Board, "Mr. Smith," decides to send her to college, as long as she writes to him faithfully detailing her education. Originally published in 1912, Jean Webster's coming-of-age tale continues to be relevant to young women today. Actress Kate Forges shares these months and years, from freshman to senior in college. Through a series of letters Jerusha writes to "Daddy-Long-Legs," a relationship filled with affection and respect develops, even though she is the only correspondent throughout the years. Although the narrative unfolds slowly, the language is sophisticated, highly descriptive, and witty. Jerusha's concern about social class standings may seem a bit dated to most listeners, as the reference to "Negro waiters" when she is riding the train may surprise and offend some listeners. Forbes gives an outstanding one-woman performance. Her crisp elucidation, varied intonations, and enthusiasm for this character provide a first-rate reading. This tale will appeal to listeners who revel in rich, detailed imagery to present a character wholly believable and likeable.-Tina Hudak, St. Bernard's School, Riverdale, MD
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Death Comes for the Archbishopby Willa Cather, A. S. ByattISBN 1844083721 (1-84408-372-1)
Softcover, Virago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death Comes for the Archbishop'Book summary:[via]In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knowsgently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly 40 years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses, and occasionally ecstasy in their wake. But it takes a death for them to make their mark on the landscape forever.More editions of Death Comes for the Archbishop:
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1853260363 (1-85326-036-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:GREAT BOOK [via]
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1853260614 (1-85326-061-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Dusty Answerby Rosamond Lehmann, Jonathan CoeISBN 1844082946 (1-84408-294-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Elizabeth Bishop: Poet of the Peripheryby University of Newcastle upon Tyne Dept. of English Literary & Linguist, Linda Anderson, Jo ShapcottISBN 1852245565 (1-85224-556-5)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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Encyclopedia of Familiar Quotations: Containing Five Thousand Selections from Six Hundred Authors, with a Complete General Index, and an Index of Authorsby Elford Eveleigh TreffryISBN 1850790108 (1-85079-010-8)
Softcover, New Orchard Eds
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Father & Son: A Study of Two Temperamentsby Edmund GosseISBN 1845880188 (1-84588-018-8)
Softcover, Nonsuch Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Father & Son: A Study of Two Temperaments'Book summary:[via]Father & Son is the memoir of the childhood and young adulthood of the author Edmund Gosse. Both his parents were members of the religious sect the "Plymouth Brethren," and it was in an atmosphere of strict adherence to the teaching of this religion that Edmund grew up. From an early age he was taught that imagination was a sin, was told stories of missionaries rather than fairytales, and had no childhood companions. Yet this was not an unhappy childhood and his affection for his parents is clear, but they were unable to suppress the imagination and curiosity that is natural to every child. Over time, as the child suffers the death of his mother and grows into a young man, he starts to question the faith of his father so rigidly enforced upon him and to develop his own interests in the outside world, which leads to him pursuing his own path in life. This is an affecting and often emotional portrayal of the everyday life and crises of a remarkable Victorian family.More editions of Father & Son: A Study of Two Temperaments:
Fields Awayby Sarah WardleISBN 1852246200 (1-85224-620-0)
Hardcover, Bloodaxe Books
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Fireworksby Angela CarterISBN 185089244X (1-85089-244-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Five Children and Itby Edith Nesbit, H.R. MillarISBN 1850899126 (1-85089-912-6)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Frost in Mayby Antonia WhiteISBN 1844083780 (1-84408-378-0)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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The God Eatersby Jesse HajicekISBN 1847288650 (1-84728-865-0)
Softcover, Lulu.Com
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The Grammar of Ornamentby Owen JonesISBN 185170048X (1-85170-048-X)
Hardcover, Studio Editions, Limited
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Grimm's Fairy Talesby Jacob W. Grimm, Wilhelm K. GrimmISBN 1853261017 (1-85326-101-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Happy Prince and Other Storiesby Oscar WildeISBN 1853261238 (1-85326-123-8)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Happy Prince and Other Stories'Book summary:In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with the help of a selfless Swallow helps people in distress. As well as The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket, this collection contains The Selfish Giant, a remarkable story of the redemptive power of love. [via]
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Haunted Housesby Lynne TillmanISBN 1852424001 (1-85242-400-1)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Heatherleyby Flora ThompsonISBN 1850894485 (1-85089-448-5)
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Her Privates Weby Frederic Manning, William BoydISBN 1852427175 (1-85242-717-5)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Hide And Seekby Wilkie CollinsISBN 1846370272 (1-84637-027-2)
Softcover, Echo Library
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How to Disappearby Amanda DaltonISBN 185224500X (1-85224-500-X)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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In a Summer Seasonby Elizabeth TaylorISBN 1844083209 (1-84408-320-9)
Softcover, Virago Pr
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Islam And Democracy in Iran: Eshkevari And the Quest for Reformby Richard Tapper, Ziba Mir-HosseiniISBN 1845111346 (1-84511-134-6)
Softcover, I B Tauris & Co Ltd
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Jane Austen's World: The Life And Times of England's Most Popular Authorby Maggie LaneISBN 1844423689 (1-84442-368-9)
Hardcover, Carlton Books Ltd
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Kai Lung's Golden Hoursby Ernest BramahISBN 1847028608 (1-84702-860-8)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kai Lung's Golden Hours'Book summary:Kai Lung's Golden Hours is a book written by Ernest Bramah. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Kai Lung's Golden Hours is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Ernest Bramah is highly recommended. Published by Quill Pen Classics and beautifully produced, Kai Lung's Golden Hours would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library. [via]
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Kineby Alan LloydISBN 1843955547 (1-84395-554-7)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 1853260509 (1-85326-050-9)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury One of the great Classics of Western Literature, Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae. [via]
Little Tim And the Brave Sea Captainby Edward ArdizzoneISBN 1845074564 (1-84507-456-4)
Hardcover, Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
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Longbow: A Social and Military Historyby Robert HardyISBN 1852604123 (1-85260-412-3)
Hardcover, Bois d'Arc Press
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Looking Backwardby Edward BellamyISBN 1846379687 (1-84637-968-7)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Lost Travellerby Antonia WhiteISBN 1844083691 (1-84408-369-1)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost Traveller'Book summary:[via]A brilliant portrait of a young girl's coming of age, The Lost Traveller tells of Clara, the beloved daughter of a devoted though authoritarian father and an imperious mother. In this devout Catholic family, father and daughter conduct an intense relationship that seems at odds with their faith and with the need for Clara to become a woman. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, Clara experiences the vagaries of adolescence and, faced with the first tragedy of her adult life, she realizes that neither parents nor faith can protect her from change.More editions of Lost Traveller:
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sisterby Aphra BehnISBN 184637961X (1-84637-961-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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M. C. Escherby Sandra FortyISBN 1844060128 (1-84406-012-8)
Hardcover, Taj Books, Limited
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Making Roomby Michel TremblayISBN 1852421622 (1-85242-162-2)
Softcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Margery Kempeby Robert GluckISBN 185242334X (1-85242-334-X)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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The Matador of the Five Townsby Arnold BennettISBN 1846376777 (1-84637-677-7)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Mud Fortby Bill GriffithsISBN 1844710750 (1-84471-075-0)
Softcover, Salt Pub
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Nightmare Abbeyby Thomas Love PeacockISBN 1847021557 (1-84702-155-7)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Nineteen Seventy Fourby David PeaceISBN 1852426349 (1-85242-634-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nineteen Seventy Four'Book summary:From the very first page of David Peace's first novel, 1974, it soon becomes clear that something is rotten in the state of Yorkshire: a young girl is missing. The Yorkshire Post's young but disillusioned crime correspondent, Edward Dunford, is assigned to the story, while also coping with the recent death of his father and his return to his native Yorkshire after a brief and unsuccessful stint in Fleet Street. For the jaded Dunford, it's just another story; the only intrigue is whether the girl will be found dead or alive before Christmas--that is, until she is discovered brutally murdered, face down in a ditch with a pair of swan's wings sewn into her back. As Dunford follows the case, he begins to make a series of terrifying connections with a string of child murders, plunging him into a gut-wrenching nightmare of corruption, violence, sadism, blackmail, and sexual obsession--from the upper echelons of local government to the tacky heart of Yorkshire darkness.
As Peace's tale of corruption and conspiracy unravels, it becomes clear that 1974 is as influenced by Orwell's own bleak vision of Britain in 1984 as it is by the wonderfully evoked atmosphere of the mid '70s. The Bay City Rollers, Leeds United, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and Vauxhall Viva's all make an appearance. The novel works at several levels, from the brilliantly unsentimental homecoming of the gifted, alienated northern son to a terrifyingly accurate portrayal of an insular, tribal community. The plot is complex and frenetic, and Peace often neglects loose ends, especially as he builds to an extremely powerful climax. Yet the dialogue is fast, witty, and violent; a must-read for fans of Yorkshire Gothic. --Jerry Brotton [via]
Not Angels, but Anglicans: A History of Christianity in the British Islesby Henry Chadwick, Allison WardISBN 1853113522 (1-85311-352-2)
Softcover, Canterbury Pr Norwich
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Not Everything Remotely: Selected Poems 1978-2004by Alan HalseyISBN 1844711064 (1-84471-106-4)
Softcover, Salt Pub
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Notebook of a Return to My Native Land: Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natalby Aime Cesaire, Mireille Rosello, Annie PritchardISBN 1852241845 (1-85224-184-5)
Hardcover, Bloodaxe Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Notebook of a Return to My Native Land: Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natal'Book summary:French-English bilingual edition. Andre Breton called Cesaire's Cahier 'nothing less than the greatest lyrical monument of this time'. It is a seminal text in Surrealist, French and Black literatures - published in full in English for the first time in Bloodaxe's bilingual Contemporary French Poets series. Aime Cesaire (1913-2008) was born in in Basse-Pointe, a village on the north coast of Martinique, a former French colony in the Caribbean (now an overseas departement of France). His book Discourse on Colonialism (1950) is a classic of French political literature. Notebook of a Return to My Native Land (1956) is the foundation stone of francophone Black literature: it is here that the word Negritude appeared for the first time. Negritude has come to mean the cultural, philosophical and political movement co-founded in Paris in the 1930s by three Black students from French colonies: the poets Leon-Gontran Damas from French Guiana; Leopold Senghor, later President of Senegal; and Aime Cesaire, who became a deputy in the French National Assembly for the Revolutionary Party of Martinique and was repeatedly elected Mayor of Fort-de-France. As a poet, Cesaire believed in the revolutionary power of language, and in the Notebook he combined high literary French with Martinican colloquialisms, and archaic turns of phrase with dazzling new coinages. The result is a challenging and deeply moving poem on the theme of the future of the negro race which presents and enacts the poignant search for a Martinican identity. The Notebook opposes the ideology of colonialism by inventing a language that refuses assimilation to a dominant cultural norm, a language that teaches resistance and liberation. [via]
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The Passing of Barchesterby Clive DeweyISBN 1852850396 (1-85285-039-6)
Hardcover, Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited
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Piccadilly Jimby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1846374383 (1-84637-438-3)
Softcover, Echo Library
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A Pilgrimage of Passion: The Life of Wilfrid Scawen Bluntby Elizabeth LongfordISBN 1845113446 (1-84511-344-6)
Softcover, Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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Pinocchio: Library Editionby Carlo CollodiISBN 1851296506 (1-85129-650-6)
Hardcover, Invader
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Prester Johnby John BuchanISBN 1847029469 (1-84702-946-9)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Queen Luciaby E. F. BensonISBN 1846376939 (1-84637-693-9)
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The Railway Childrenby E. NesbitISBN 1853261076 (1-85326-107-6)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Railway Children'Book summary:When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their mother have to move from their comfortable London home to go and live in a simple country cottage, where Mother writes books to make ends meet. However, they soon come to love the railway that runs near their cottage, and they make a habit of waving to the Old Gentleman who rides on it. They befriend the porter, Perks, and through him learn railway lore and much else. They have many adventures, and when they save a train from disaster, they are helped by the Old Gentleman to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance. [via]
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Ready to Catch Him Should He Fallby Neil BartlettISBN 185242205X (1-85242-205-X)
Hardcover, Serpent's Tail
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Richard Lionheart: The Crusader Kingby John Matthews, James FieldISBN 1853140074 (1-85314-007-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Robert Elsmereby Humphry WardISBN 1846377854 (1-84637-785-4)
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Rule Britanniaby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 1844080633 (1-84408-063-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Secret Sharerby Joseph ConradISBN 1846372739 (1-84637-273-9)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Selected Writings of William Hazlittby William Hazlitt, Duncan WuISBN 1851963693 (1-85196-369-3)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Co
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The Shrapnel Academyby Fay WeldonISBN 1850574138 (1-85057-413-8)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Silent Cryby Kenzaburo OeISBN 1852426020 (1-85242-602-0)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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The Story of the Amuletby Edith NesbitISBN 1846372062 (1-84637-206-2)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Sugar Houseby Antonia WhiteISBN 1844083799 (1-84408-379-9)
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The Swiss Family Robinsonby J.D. WyssISBN 1853261114 (1-85326-111-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Tales of Mystery and Imaginationby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1853260134 (1-85326-013-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination'Book summary:Award-winning fantasy illustrator Gary Kelley writes, "I have selected three of Edgar Allan Poe's best short stories.... I chose 'The Fall of the House of Usher' for its classic Gothic images and its dark, melancholic central characters, including the house itself. 'The Black Cat' is ... appealing to me for its use of mystery and foreboding that takes us to a horrifying climax. 'The Cask of Amontillado' ... my personal favorite, [is] a simple narrative of revenge set in the contrasting worlds of carnival and catacomb." Click on the book's cover for a closer look, but the reproduction doesn't really do justice to the richness of color in Kelley's shadowy, atmospheric paintings. (The cat's eye is green, and its tongue is pink.) This gorgeous edition has 20 full- and double-page paintings, including a melancholy portrait of Poe; each page of text is surrounded by subtle decorative frames. The images of Roderick and Madeleine Usher are especially effective. [via]
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Tarzan of the Apesby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 1846373425 (1-84637-342-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Tim All Aloneby Edward ArdizzoneISBN 1845075463 (1-84507-546-3)
Hardcover, Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 1853260118 (1-85326-011-8)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Trollope the Traveller: Selections from Anthony Trollope's Travel Writingsby Anthony Trollope, Graham HandleyISBN 1851960759 (1-85196-075-9)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Co
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Tudor Cookery: Recipes and Historyby Peter BrearsISBN 1850748683 (1-85074-868-3)
Hardcover, David Brown Book Co
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Vathekby William BeckfordISBN 1845880609 (1-84588-060-9)
Softcover, Nonsuch Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vathek'Book summary:[via]Written in 1782 by the near-legendary hedonist William Beckford, Vathek was the first Oriental-Gothic horror novel in English literature. It tells the story of Vathek, the debauched and pleasure-seeking ninth Caliph of the Abassides, who decides to build a great tower to "penetrate the secrets of heaven." The appearance of an Indian magician arouses Vatheks thirst for knowledge and he is willing to go to any lengths, including the sacrifice of 50 of the most beautiful boys in his kingdom, to gain access to the "Palace of Subterranean Fire," where the magician promises he will find treasures, intelligences and talismans that control the world. A rousing novel, Vathek is a classic tale of greed and lust for power containing magic, trickery, and betrayal all culminating in an age-old showdown between good and evil.More editions of Vathek:
The War in the Airby H. G. WellsISBN 1846375118 (1-84637-511-8)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Where Are the Snowsby Maggie GeeISBN 1846590019 (1-84659-001-9)
Softcover, Telegram
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Wilt on Highby Tom SharpeISBN 185089079X (1-85089-079-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Works of Maria Edgeworthby Maria EdgeworthISBN 185196181X (1-85196-181-X)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Co
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Writing for Computer Scienceby Justin ZobelISBN 1852338024 (1-85233-802-4)
Softcover, Springer-Verlag New York Inc
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Writing Your MBA Dissertationby Brian WhiteISBN 1844800997 (1-84480-099-7)
Softcover, Thomson Learning Emea
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