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Diaries, letters & journals

Paperback. This is a collection of journals written by Japanese men and women - from all levels of society - who journeyed to American, Europe and China between 1860 and 1920. The diaries record personal views of the countries and their cultures, and express sentiments ranging from delight to disillusionment. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KBB; BG; BJ; HBJF; JFC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114431
ISBN
9780231114431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 424 pages, 160 photographs, 8 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 259 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1702.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848325258
ISBN
9781848325258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.71
€ 64.69

Paperback. A revelatory collection of letters from the nation's favourite storyteller. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444786286
ISBN
9781444786286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Hardcover. Leabhar a thugann spas ar leith do gach la den bhliain (365 la) agus a sholathraionn mireanna gearra eolais faoi ghneithe eagsula de stair agus de shaiocht na hEireann in aghaidh gach lae. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cois Life Teoranta
Condition
New
SKU
9781907494307
ISBN
9781907494307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.35

Paperback. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244. Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s. 176 pages. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011802
ISBN
9781906011802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE. Editor(s): Crewdson, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBWN; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224824
ISBN
9781780224824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. These two journals provide a unique picture of daily life with William Wordsworth, his friendship with Coleridge, and the composition of his poems. Editor(s): Woof, Pamela. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536870
ISBN
9780199536870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Best remembered for his operas and his War Requiem, Benjamin Britten's radical politics and his sexuality have also ensured that he remains a controversial public figure. This title presents a selection of his diaries that offer readers an insight into this complex man. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238842
ISBN
9780571238842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 739200 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DND; BJ; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 181 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
739200
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892450
ISBN
9788772892450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.75
€ 67.77

Paperback. In 17th century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. The Duchesse de Montpensier was one of the few exceptions, as this collection of her letters demonstrates. Translator(s): DeJean, Joan. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 96 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JD; BJ; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534923
ISBN
9780226534923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Fascinating insight into the tempestuous life of one of our great poets through his letters, including those to the two great loves of his life. Featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227252
ISBN
9781780227252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.93

Hardcover. New York, May, 1950. A warm Spring day and a thirty-five year old Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, pushes through the revolving doors of Harper's Bazaar. There, he meets Miss Pearl Kazin, Fiction Editor, highly-educated and out to make her own mark on New York. One side of their correspondence has survived: six love letters, never before published. Editor(s): Towns, Jeff. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844681
ISBN
9781909844681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.95

hardcover. There are few couples in the history of 20th-century American art and culture more prominent than Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Between 1915, when they first began to write to each other, and 1946, when Stieglitz died, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz exchanged over 5,000 letters. This title features some 650 letters. Series: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; AJB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 194 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300166309
ISBN
9780300166309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171905
ISBN
9781590171905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.84

Hardback. Presents a first person account of two of the heroes of World War II and of the love that they shared across the years and miles. Editor(s): Edmundson, Celia. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 252 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 533.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230969
ISBN
9780823230969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

Hardback. Editor(s): Terhune, Alfred McKinley; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629780
ISBN
9780691629780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 360.44

Paperback. All of Lear's finest nonsense rhymes are reproduced with the author's illustrations. The volume also contains, and makes available for the first time in decades, Lear's exuberant travel writing. Editor(s): Swaab, Peter. Num Pages: 265 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 486. Selected Nonsense and Travel Writings. 265 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Swaab, Peter. All of Lear's finest nonsense rhymes are reproduced with the author's illustrations. The volume also contains, and makes available for the first time in decades, Lear's exuberant travel writing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 29. Weight: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547597
ISBN
9781857547597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.81

Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871403773
ISBN
9780871403773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tommies Guides United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908336217
ISBN
9781908336217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. Focusing on different stages of Drinker's personal development within the domestic context, this abridged edition highlights four critical phases of her life cycle: youth and courtship, wife and mother, middle age in years of crisis, and grandmother and family elder. Editor(s): Crane, Elaine Forman. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; BJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220773
ISBN
9780812220773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.37

Hardback. Heart-rending letters of love gone sour from notable men and women Editor(s): Bass, Eleanor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785781681
ISBN
9781785781681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJ; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656172
ISBN
9780816656172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Podnieks, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493764
ISBN
9781611493764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.42

Hardback. Distinguished Emerson scholar Joel Myerson has selected 350 letters written between 1813 and 1880 that best represents the scope of Emerson's correspondence. Editor(s): Myerson, Joel. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102827
ISBN
9780231102827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.91

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