Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590174531
- ISBN
- 9781590174531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.03
€ 21.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KIN0036482
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Part literary mystery, part biography, part curiosity, here is the short, charming (and true) story of one man's obsession with Marcel Proust, and his decades-long quest to collect everything that once belonged to the writer - right down to his overcoat Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272721
- ISBN
- 9781846272721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.95
€ 10.99
€ 8.95
Paperback. A collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. It brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. It covers the production of his very first play, Forty Years On, which starred John Gieldgud, as well as many other important productions. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGFA; BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571315727
- ISBN
- 9780571315727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.58
€ 16.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. A compelling guide to the bestselling author of all time, the aptly named Queen of Crime Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472110572
- ISBN
- 9781472110572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. A classic of English biography as well as the portrait of a very remarkable woman and an eminently distinguished literary figure. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848681651
- ISBN
- 9781848681651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.02
€ 19.02
Hardcover. A memoir of a novelist who almost let his imagination get the best of him. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KNW0007643
- ISBN
- 9781840467932
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that 'Women have all the liberty they should wish to have'. The author argues that it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life, not just what he said. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951863
- ISBN
- 9781845951863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.99
€ 21.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. A new, critical biography of enigmatic French theorist, writer, actor and artist Antonin Artaud examining Artaud's work in relation to his life, as well as the many influential figures he came into contact with. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235707
- ISBN
- 9781780235707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.76
€ 16.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810513
- ISBN
- 9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.41
€ 8.41
Hardcover. A beautifully written and produced celebration of the life of Beatrix Potter, one of the nation's best-loved authors. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 356 x 30. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784975630
- ISBN
- 9781784975630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.26
€ 24.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Translator(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192246
- ISBN
- 9780141192246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.48
€ 18.99
€ 14.48
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184899
- ISBN
- 9781859184899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. Unimpressed by the world of debutante balls, Monica Dickens shocked her family by getting a job. With no experience whatsoever, she gained employment as a cook-general. This title tells story of Monica. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091944681
- ISBN
- 9780091944681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.97
€ 16.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class system yet prized the friendship of aristocrats. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241963289
- ISBN
- 9780241963289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. A. N. Wilson is one of the most popular and bestselling historians and biographers writing in Britain today and in Dante In Love he brings to life one of the western canon's most enigmatic figures. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books (UK)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848879508
- ISBN
- 9781848879508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.41
€ 13.99
€ 10.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447299912
- ISBN
- 9781447299912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.13
€ 11.13
Paperback. J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- 1st Harper Perennial Edition
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007272341
- ISBN
- 9780007272341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141978826
- ISBN
- 9780141978826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.99
€ 21.99
€ 15.99
Hardcover. The first biography of one of contemporary British literature's most gifted and controversial authors. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 42. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849017015
- ISBN
- 9781849017015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95