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Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2008
ISBN 10: 1845886291ISBN 13: 9781845886295
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Humphrey Phelps farmed in west Gloucestershire, near to the Forest of Dean, for most of his life, as did his father and his grandfather before him. He has seen farming change from the days when much of the work on a farm was done by manual labour and before it became overly mechanised and industrialised. In this collection of articles, which he wrote for various newspapers and magazines, such as The Countryman and Gloucestershire & Avon Life, he looks at how farming has changed over the years, for better and for worse, and laments the passing of some of its more traditional aspects in the name of 'progress'. Written in an engaging style and with a genuine affection for his subject, this is charming selection of musings and anecdotes, interwoven with serious analysis of the state of the countryside and farming that will appeal to all who love Gloucestershire and rural life. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845881702ISBN 13: 9781845881702
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The North Staffordshire Potteries are the only area in Britain to be so completely identified with one industry. The presence of the ceramics industry has played a dominant role in shaping both the economic life and the landscape of the area. The lives of local people have been played out against what Arnold Bennett described as 'a singular scenery of coal dust, potshards, flame and steam'. The photographs in this fascinating selection illuminate the everyday life of this remarkable area during the past one hundred years. As well as illustrating people at work and on the move, they give an idea of the sense of community felt by Potteries people. One section looks at the history of the area's parks - 'lungs for the people' as they were called; others explore subjects such as religion, sport, entertainment, holidays and popular celebrations. The photographs come from two main sources: the archives of the City Museum and Art Gallery and the collections of the Gladstone Working Pottery Museum. As well as describing the region's rich industrial and social heritage, they will be a source of nostalgic pleasure to those whose lives have been spent among the Potteries. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2007
ISBN 10: 1845883500ISBN 13: 9781845883508
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An illustrated account of some of the lesser-talked-about aspects of the history of mankind, this book containing anecdotes and cartoons reveals those aspects of the past that have been ignored, glossed over or even suppressed. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2008
ISBN 10: 1845886283ISBN 13: 9781845886288
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Kathleen Ferrier has a reputation as the greatest lyric contralto of the twentiety century. Her story, from her humble beginnings as a telephone operator in Blackburn to the height of international fame as one of the world's leading concert artists and her untimely death at the age of forty-one, is told told with compelling insight and perception, using a variety of sources, from photographs, diaries, and private letters to the memoirs and recollections of those who knew her best. Despite having no formal musical training, Kathleen worked with all the celebrated conductors of the time, and is remembered for her performances of music by Brahms, Schubert and Mahler, as well as a handful of operatic roles. Enlarging considerably on many alternative biographies, this excellent account captures the warmth, humour and charm of a figure whose astonishing life and career proved to be, sadly, all too brief. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845880048ISBN 13: 9781845880040
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. An account of the author's service with the British Army in India and in Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War. Despite the inhospitable nature of the Afghan terrain, he took part in the relief of Jellalabad and the rescue of British prisoners in Kabul before returning safely to India. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845883233ISBN 13: 9781845883232
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Stoke Newington in the early nineteenth century was notable as an 'old'world' suburb possessing great charm. Many of its interesting old houses, inns and chapels were recorded in the sketches and paintings of Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and his son. Also at this same time a new architectural genius at work in the area, Thomas Cubitt, who pioneered mass building techniques and whose work also later became well-known in Pimlico and Belgravia. This book concentrates on the last one hundred years of Stoke Newington's history and does so through the medium of old photographs. This superb collection of nearly 200 photographs will appeal to all who know this fascinating area of London. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845881753ISBN 13: 9781845881757
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A pictorial history of Salisbury through a series of old photographs and images. This collection of old photographs paints a vivid picture of life in this beautiful city and is a pictorial encyclopedia of Salisbury's social history, and comprises an informative and entertaining journey. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845882547ISBN 13: 9781845882549
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Presents a pictorial history of Brandon through a series of photographs and images. This work features historical captions. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845880684ISBN 13: 9781845880682
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. Travels in the Interior of Africa.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845881966ISBN 13: 9781845881962
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Christmas, for Charles Dickens, was a magical time, when people opened shuttered-up hearts, and let the threads of their lives become entangled with their fellowman. It inspired some of his finest and most memorable writing, together with many unforgettable characters. Christmas Stories is a collection of sketches and tales of the first order. This was Dickens own miscellany, complete with a host of the most pleasant villains, heroic children, tyrants and, of course, a ghost. This volume captures all the excitement and sparkle of a very special time of year. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845881532ISBN 13: 9781845881535
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A pictorial history of Hythe, in Kent, detaling the changes in the area over the last hundred years. This book contains old photographs and postcards that are complimented by detailed captions. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2007
ISBN 10: 1845882407ISBN 13: 9781845882402
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Sketches of Young Gentlemen, like its counterpart, Sketches by Boz, is a series of miniature portraits of mid-nineteenth century England from the pen of perhaps its most famous writer. Sketches of a number of types of young gentlemen (the Bashful, the Very Friendly, the Political) are joined by sketches of young couples (the Contradictory, the Cool, the Egotistical) and a variety of other short narratives such as the 'Mudfrog Papers', of which Oliver Twist is a continuation, and 'Some Particulars Concerning a Lion.' Playing on the contemporary public fascination with moral rules and codes of behaviour, they are satirical caricatures, but also demonstrate Dickens' warmth towards humanity. Apparently written as serious advice for women about Victorian men, Dickens displays the ironic sense of humour that characterises much of his work. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845881516ISBN 13: 9781845881511
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Below High Hunsley. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud
ISBN 10: 1845883322ISBN 13: 9781845883324
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A pictorial history of Weston-Super-Mare through a series of photographs and images. It includes historical captions, and an introduction by Jill Dando. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845882172ISBN 13: 9781845882174
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. While it is beyond doubt that Jerome K. Jerome is most well known for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat, the range of his other literary achievements is staggering. Journalist, playwright and author, a wealth of his writing has remained just beyond the public gaze. Diary of a Pilgrimage is one such work. The pilgrimage of the title is a journey to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau, which has been performed every ten years since 1634, the middle of the Thirty Years War. Diary is a typically witty account of this journey, part travelogue and part social commentary. It is also a work which has long deserved its place in the sun, outside of the benevolent shade of Jeromes more famous writing. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845882237ISBN 13: 9781845882235
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. When Reverend Josiah Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, is accused of theft it causes public scandal, sending shockwaves through the world of Barsetshire. The Crawley family desperately try to remain dignified while they are shunned by society, but the scandal threatens to tear them, and the community, apart. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845881117ISBN 13: 9781845881115
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Local history of Downham Market, Norfolk, through old photographs, postcards and detailed research which brings a bygone age to life. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845881982ISBN 13: 9781845881986
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Handy Andy is the most enduringly popular of the novels of Samuel Lover, author, artist and musician. The laughing philosopher of the story is Andy Rooney, a fellow who had 'the most singularly ingenious knack of doing everything the wrong way. More than simply a comic novel, it has been described as a 'pill to purge melancholy'. Lover may be equally remembered as a painter, most notably for his miniature portrait of Paganini, and for his many ballads. There is a wonderful musicality in the language which, combined with the accomplished artist's eye for composition, makes this comic tale of Irish Life a volume to treasure. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2007
ISBN 10: 1845881931ISBN 13: 9781845881931
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The last of the 'Chronicles of Carlingford', a series of closely-observed and comic narratives of domestic and clerical life, Phoebe, Junior is the story of Phoebe Beecham, the daughter of a Dissenting minister, who arrives in Carlingford to nurse her invalid grandmother. Reginald May, the principled son of an Anglican clergyman, and Clarence Copperhead, the dull son of a self-made millionaire engineer, both fall in love with her, despite the fact that her grandfather is a tradesman. Another Dissenting minister, Horace Northcote, also arrives in Carlingford and falls in love with Reginald's sister, Ursula, whose father forges the signature of Phoebe's grandfather in order to secure a loan, with dire consequences. Phoebe herself is a strong-willed, independent girl who transcends her spoiled and avaricious upbringing to choose her own path through life and must now choose between May and Copperhead. First published in 1876, Phoebe, Junior address the social, political and theological conflicts that defined mid-Victorian England and is full of complex, multi-dimensional characters who bring this world vividly to life. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845882970ISBN 13: 9781845882976
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Presents a pictorial history of Minehead through a series of photographs and images. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845880188ISBN 13: 9781845880187
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. 16mo.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845885333ISBN 13: 9781845885335
Seller: Tall Stories BA, Stoneyford, Ireland
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. slight wear to edges of cover.
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Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845883187ISBN 13: 9781845883188
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Presents a pictorial history of Shirebrook through photographs and images. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845880455ISBN 13: 9781845880453
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Journey Through the Slave States of North America. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845881613ISBN 13: 9781845881610
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Presents a series of letters composed by the author as a result of a Grand Tour in 1780-81. Serving as a travel journal, this composition gives glimpses into the inner thoughts and dreams of the man who was to become known in later life as the 'Fool of Fonthill'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845881583ISBN 13: 9781845881580
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A pictorial history of Liskeard, Cornwall, through old and rare photographs and complete with informative captions. The people feature as prominently as the townscape, and we witness a community enjoying many events, from dramatic productions to street parties. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845880315ISBN 13: 9781845880316
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Offering an account of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's life, this book records his most famous achievements, including the dangerous work on the Thames Tunnel which almost cost him his life and his most enduring monument. It illustrates a man who was utterly dedicated to his calling and whose legacy continues to have an impact in the world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845882776ISBN 13: 9781845882778
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Presents a pictorial history of Hampstead Garden Suburb through a series of old photographs and images. This work is complete with historical captions. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2007
ISBN 10: 1845881915ISBN 13: 9781845881917
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A scathing attack on the idea of American Puritanism and the doctrine of Original Sin, Elsie Venner is the story of a young woman who, having been poisoned by rattlesnake venom while in the womb, emerges into the world half human, half snake. An intelligent and wealthy heiress, she repulses and fascinates those around her in equal measure. She falls in love with a young doctor, but her serpentine characteristics prevent him from returning her affection; her cousin is attracted by her money and, wrongly perceiving the doctor as his rival, determines upon his downfall. First published in 1861, this is a wonderfully inventive novel that meticulously dissects for the reader the social mores of small-town America in the middle of the nineteenth century, as viewed through the prism of Olive Wendell Holmes' powerful imagination. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Nonsuch Publishing, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2005
ISBN 10: 1845880730ISBN 13: 9781845880736
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest, first published in 1791, is the epitome of the Gothic novel: a beautiful, orphaned heiress, a dashing hero, a dissolute, aristocratic villain and a ruined abbey deep in a great forest are combined by the author in a tale of suspense where danger lurks behind every secret trap-door. Reprinted four times between 1791 and 1795 and satirised as represented of the Gothic genre by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey, Radcliffe's tense masterpiece, in which the heroine is afraid even to look in the mirror for fear of what she might see behind her, established her reputation as a writer and her brilliant descriptions of both characters and scenes serve to create the perfect atmosphere for a novel packed with emotional intensity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.