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The lady of the lake is a narrative poem by sir walter scott, first published in"the lady of the lake: a poem" by sir walter scott longman hurst, london - fifth edition (rare early edition) - 432p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in leather binding with minor rubbing to spine, with name to title page[1] there are voluminous antiquarian notesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the highland revivalcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteset in the trossachs region of scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single daythe poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, roderick dhu, james fitz-james, and malcolm graeme, to win the love of ellen douglas; the feud and reconciliation of king james v of scotland and james douglas; and a war between the lowland scots (led by james v) and the highland clans (led by roderick dhu of clan alpine)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Hi i am selling - a hardback in slipcase folio society the bride of lammermoor by sir walter scott in good condition please see photos and dont hesitate to ask me any questions you may have i will post worldwide but please email first for price please look at my other items as i am selling many more folio books thanks for looking and good luck
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate detailed life of sir walter scott, illustrated with 17 engravings still protected with tissuethe book has been signed by a previous ownerpage edges are gilt, pages evenly tanned, with some marked by the tissuebound in dark red cloth, with gilt titles, the spine is faded and shows signs of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hertford the heroic adventures of sir wilfred make ivanhoe sir walter scott's most unforgettable work: the fiery rescue of sir wilfred of ivanhoe and his fellow captives from knight templar's castle by robin hood; the wounded ivanhoe's trial by combat with the powerful knight to save the lovely rebecca from the stake; these and many more tales all read by actor christopher lee in this bbc productionrunning time approxsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
10 €
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road sir walter scott, 'woodstock, imperial editionslight markings on the cover and discolouration of page edges but overall good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop rugby a biography of sir walter scott, a renowned scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historiansee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the international impac dublin literary awardwinner of the james tait black prizeshortlisted for the man booker prizeshortlisted for the goldsmiths prizeshortlisted for the walter scott prize for historical fictionas late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threata trio of outsiders - two men and a dangerously magnetic woman - arrives on the woodland borders triggering a series of events that will see walter thirsk's village unmade in just seven days: the harvest blackened by smoke and fear, cruel punishment meted out to the innocent, and allegations of witchcraftsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut something even darker is at the heart of walter's story, and he will be the only man left to tell it
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the walter scott prize for historical fiction sunday times barry ronge fiction prize university of johannesburg english literary award nominated for the folio prize in , the ss birmingham approaches indiaas morgan stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyesat once a fictional exploration of the life and times of one of britain's finest novelists - his struggle to find a way of living and being - and a stunningly vivid evocation of the mysterious alchemy of the creative process, arctic summer is a literary masterpiece, by one of the finest writers of his generationit will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in india, before a passage to india, esee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty skyduring these years, morgan will come to a profound understanding of himself as a man, and of the infinite subtleties and complexity of human nature, bringing these great insights to his remarkable novelforster's great work of literature, is publishedon board is morgan forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discovery
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the costa book of the yearwinner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award longlisted for the man booker prize 'pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the year' observerafter signing up for the us army in the s, aged barely seventeen, thomas mcnulty and his brother-in-arms, john cole, fight in the indian wars and the civil warthen when a young indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaving both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in
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Oxfam shop pershore *new novel a thousand moons now available*winner of the costa book of the year winner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award longlisted for the man booker prize 'pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the yearthen when a young indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaving both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in' observer after signing up for the us army in the s, aged barely seventeen, thomas mcnulty and his brother-in-arms, john cole, fight in the indian wars and the civil war
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham in the hunt for a spy, he exposed a conspiracy***winner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction*** paris, : an army officer, georges picquart, watches a convicted spy, alfred dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowda breathtaking historical spy thriller from robert harris, author of munich, conclave and the acclaimed cicero trilogy see oxfam website for delivery information read moredreyfus is exiled for life to devil's island; picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him downbut when picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life
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Oxfam bookshop brigg in the hunt for a spy, he exposed a conspiracy ***winner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction***Â paris, : an army officer, georges picquart, watches a convicted spy, alfred dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowda breathtaking historical spy thriller from robert harris, author of munich, conclave and the acclaimed cicero trilogy see oxfam website for delivery information read moredreyfus is exiled for life to devil's island; picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him downbut when picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life
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Oxfam bookshop hertford **shortlisted for the walter scott prize th century oakham, in somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridgebut will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, thomas newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? and what will happen if he can't?moving back in time towards the moment of thomas newman's death, the story is related by reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keepsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough his eyes, and his indelible voice, harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacywhen a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of shrove saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? the village priest, john reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor
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Lockhart's account of the business transactions between scott and the ballantynes and constable caused an outcryone volume the hinge has given way - see photooxfam bookshop bloomsbury street by john gibson lockhart, red cloth-bound volumeswear to board edges and spines chippedthis biography includes a great number of scott's letterssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome interior foxinggilt lettering and gilt top edge
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What katy did - susan coolidge good condition lorna doone - r d blackmore good condition kenilworth - sir walter scott () good condition for age count robert of paris - sir walter scott good condition captain courageous- rudyard kipling () good condition just so stories - rudyard kipling () good condition mary barton - mrs gaskell () good condition actions and reactions - rudyard kipling () good condition quentin durwood - sir walter scott () good conditionthe days work - rudyard kipling front cover is detached but present otherwise good condition considering agelife's handicap- rudyard kipling good condition silas marner - george eliot the front cover is detached but presentreasonable condition considering the age little minister - j m barrie (pre ) good condition adam bede - george eliot () the front cover is detached but present kim - rudyard kipling good condition the days work- rudyard kipling good condition the naulahka - rudyard kipling front cover is detached but present otherwise good condition considering age
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(the carnarvon series) emily grace harding - a mountain daisy blue hardback book published by the walter scott publishing cothe inside page includes sticker of 'primitive methodist sunday school' prize awarded to and is inscribed to someonethere's a loose page with picture 'an old lady bending over her' which has some writing in pencil on picture side, and small doodles on it's rear and a bit creased***half sale proceeds being donated to charity*** ------------------------------------------------------------------- available to collect locally in surrey, or can post at extra cost (first, second, first signed for, second signed for & special delivery by 1pm next day options) and payment through paypalfor viewings/collections a facemask is still required pleasepages are yellowed from agei will be wearing one and will have sanitised my handsunfortunately no mask = no saleltd, new york circa 'sspine has some major wear at bottom and top and corner scuffs/wear
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Published by walter scottrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deaththe life and explorations of david livingstone, llthe missionary explorer - jit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societybook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardcondition solid and firm boardsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsplates are brightno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned marksall pages are cleanplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteminor wear to spine ends and boards’ cornersgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spineillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
59 €
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Small markings to spine and gilt embossed image of walter scott with pet marjorie to covershe became famous in the uk and in the us and was related to, and much admired by walter scottincludes b&w portraits and images and fold out facsimile letters in good conditionthis edition includes an appreciation by mark twain amongst otherssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate this hardback is in very good condition, there is no dust jacketsome mild foxing to pages but very good throughoutthis , fifth edition of the diaries of the renowned victorian nine year old girl from kirkaldy, marjorie 'pet' fleming
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Published by walter scottrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deaththe life and explorations of david livingstone, llthe missionary explorer - jit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societybook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition boards lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, else this is a bright, very good copygilt title and vignette of livingstone on spineillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
52 €
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Oxfam books & music perth journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in parishis newspaper career was equally glittering - his interview with stalin won him the pulitzer prize and his articles played a prominent role in gaining american recognition for the ussr inwithin months of duranty arriving in moscow as a correspondent for the "new york times" the romanovs were deposed, but he soon found himself installed as the reigning social host of the western colonysally taylor's biography of this flamboyant individual also explores the source and content of the news the west received between the world wars, and raises issues about the role of the press in modern societysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe hushed up the great famine of the early s and glossed over the infamous show trials, which led to his dismissal from the "times" in the late showever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selective
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Interesting book on places scott visited and lived around edinburghhomes and haunts of sir walter scott, 1st edition, limited to 550 special copies printed on japanese vellum paperover 90 illustrations and plates with separate protective paper leafsprinted in glasgow by james maclehose printers to the universityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerare book made rarer by the written dedication from the authorcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Beasley, walter - dukezillia 4:41beasley, walter - shirlitta 4:13beasley, walter - love calls 4:58beasley, walter - oh yeah 4:09beasley, walter - free your mind 4:14beasley, walter - steady as she goes 3:51
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Published by collins clear type pressprice includes uk p&preference made to "present edition pagesminor tear at connection to spine, to first 2 pagesillustrated by tpaypal accepted
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" - walter scott edition / pc 18e/ style # lucky mcplug handmade in china see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop shirley boyds bears & friends the folkstone collection " the will to do, the soul to dare
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Printed by walter scott 24 warwick lane paternoster row(click to reveal full phone number)version of the above book illustrateddedicated on first page " herbert beattie from mr jacksonfor very good attendance at barton schoolchristmas " tel
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It is the undated, but in reality , edition of the first english edition printed by the same company walter scottthoreau's idea was that one's true self could be lost amid the distractions of ordinary lifeoxfam bookshop newport an account of the two years during which the author built his own cabin, raised his own food, and lived a life of simplicity in the woods near concord, massachusettscontains an introductory note by will hvarious scuffs and marks to boardsgreen cloth covered boards with git text and decoration to front, and gilt text to spinefoxing and discolouration to endpapersneatly inked name, initials and date to front endpaperhe retreated from nonessentials to explore what remained as the core of human identity, assuming that human identity is not based on one's profession or possessions or social connectionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinefoxing to edges of, and sporadically within, text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tanned2c in the raymond borst bibliographythoreau was a faithful, lifelong journal-keeper, and walden is an artful reworking of journal entries from his time in the woodsshelf wear to edgesthis is a scarce volume: it is item a2
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Tracing the narrative of the jewess from its beginnings in romantic and evangelical literature, and reading canonical writers including walter scott, george eliot and anthony trollope alongside more minor figures such as charlotte elizabeth tonna, grace aguilar and amy levy, valman demonstrates the remarkable persistence of this narrative and its myriad transformations across the centuryoxfam bookshop knutsford stories about jewesses proliferated in nineteenth-century britain as debates about the place of the jews in the nation ragedwhile previous scholarship has explored the prevalence of antisemitic stereotypes in this period, nadia valman argues that the figure of the jewess - virtuous, appealing and sacrificial - reveals how hostility towards jews was accompanied by pity, identification and desirereading a range of texts from popular romance to the realist novel, she investigates how the complex figure of the jewess brought the instabilities of nineteenth-century religious, racial and national identity into uniquely sharp focussee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Gb stamps - sg - literary anniversaries mnh stamps: as in title - 3p - john keats 7&1/2p thomas gray 9p sir walter scott issued: 28th july ?? condition: mnh combined postage on multiple purchases read more
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Gb presentation pack - po pack no 32 - literary anniversaries pack no 32 stamps: as in title - 3p - john keats 7&1/2p thomas gray 9p sir walter scott issued: 28th july ?? combined postage on multiple purchases read more
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Each section covers a different period of theatre history, covering the minstrels and strolling players of the 15th and 16th centuries, the "fashionable" theatre of walter scott's day, through to 20th-century theatreoxfam shop darlington paperbackpictorial spine, red and black letters, minor creases through readingall pages very clean and completesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublisher:polygonpictorial front cover, blue and black letter corners creasedused very good conditionthis volume celebrates the theatre in all its manifestations in scotlandall edges cleanback red cover, white and yellow letters, unmarked
19 €