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Diaries, letters & journals

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Merrion Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785370564
ISBN
9781785370564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. Henry Stratford Persse was a customs official and distiller in the town of Galway whose sons emigrated to Boston then New York. His letters provide a striking account of Galway life, Irish misgovernment and American democracy by a lively, unconventional observer. Editor(s): Roy, J.C. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181416
ISBN
9781859181416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Paperback. Presents a study of women's letters. Organized by subject matter, and covering various topics from politics, work and war, to childhood, love and sexual passion, this title reveals the depth, breadth and diversity of women's lives through the ages. It provides an opportunity to read the real words of real women, in their own intimate language. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DQ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752454795
ISBN
9780752454795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.17

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146. Series: Dover Thrift S. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ; FC. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 12. Weight: 148.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486419190
ISBN
9780486419190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Levi, Peter. Num Pages: 432 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432213
ISBN
9780140432213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Unique, transgressive and as funny as its subject, A Life Discarded has all the suspense of a murder mystery. Written with his characteristic warmth, respect and humour, Masters asks you to join him in celebrating an unknown and important life left on the scrap heap. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008130817
ISBN
9780008130817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.62

Hardcover. A collection of George Orwell's correspondence. It provides an eloquent narrative of Orwell's life, from his schooldays to his final illness. It affords a view of his thoughts on matters both personal, political and much in between, from poltergeists, to girls' school songs and the art of playing croquet. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846553554
ISBN
9781846553554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Featuring correspondents such as T S Eliot, Stephen Spender and Anthony Powell, this book includes letters that were written and received by George Orwell. Editor(s): Davison, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192635
ISBN
9780141192635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. Edited by her niece Sophia Grene, the anthology 'A Life in Postcards' is divided into several sections, each introduced by members of the family or friends, who round out a sense of the writer's life. Melosina Lenox- Conyngham's writings are rich with a delightful sense of humour and her ironic, quizzical pleasure in the world is contagious. Editor(s): Grene, Sophia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843514015
ISBN
9781843514015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 17.10

Paperback. The extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life: a fascinating slice of British social history edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 53. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782115724
ISBN
9781782115724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Hardcover. Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1072. Some shelf wear, dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
SKU
KTK0095816
ISBN
9781782115700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

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

€ 18.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. The newly discovered diary of a wartime nurse - a fascinating, dramatic and unique insight into the experiences of a young nurse in the Second World War. Editor(s): Acton, Carol. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBTB; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227382
ISBN
9781780227382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.44

Hardcover. On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious 'C.P.', a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1MBFS; BGHA; BJ; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326. 224 pages, illustrations. On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious 'C.P.', a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1MBFS; BGHA; BJ; WTLP. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight: 324.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742377957
ISBN
9781742377957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, More than 50 facsimile illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; BJ; HBTM; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 153. .
Publisher
Adlard Coles
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472945136
ISBN
9781472945136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.69

Hardcover. First publication of an exceptional personal diary depicting life on the Home Front during the Second World War. Shows how the war and the war effort overshadowed everyday existence. Editor(s): Grace, Linda; Nicolle, Margaret. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; BJ; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473823259
ISBN
9781473823259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008129637
ISBN
9780008129637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. Alfred H. Mendes was a prominent member of the Beacon group of intellectuals whose aim in the 1930s was the development and promotion of a Trinidad-centred literature. Alfred. H. Mendes: comprises thirteen stories, and articles and letters from the 1920s to the 1960s. It is supported by an introduction, explanatory notes and a short glossary. Editor(s): Levy, Michele. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; BJ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766406097
ISBN
9789766406097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312434
ISBN
9781846312434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.60

Hardcover. An Artist's War Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; AGB; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750982382
ISBN
9780750982382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.64

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