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Julia Bradbury's Wainwright Walks. Coast to Coast. — BRADBURY, Julia

Julia Bradbury's Wainwright Walks. Coast to Coast.

BRADBURY, Julia
Frances Lincoln
2013, 144pp. Illustrated. Paperback. Signed by Julia. In very good condition.
"The companion to the BBC series Wainwright Walks, with Julia Bradbury following in the footsteps of famous fell-walker and guide writer AW Wainwright. The series includes beautiful aerial sequences of Lakeland icons Blencathra and England's tallest mountain Scafell Pike. It was first broadcast in 2008 and regularly repeated on BBC4 and BBC2, most recently in December 2011. The book collects together all ten of the walks from Series I and II, with clear directions and Julia's commentary on her experience of the walks. Stills from the original series are augmented by the famous line drawings from Wainwright's original books, and evocative landscape photography by Derry Brabbs."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780711233805
N° livre 65096
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Gleaming Landscape. 100 Years of the Guardian Country Diary. — WAINWRIGHT, Martin

Gleaming Landscape. 100 Years of the Guardian Country Diary.

WAINWRIGHT, Martin
Aurum
2006, 230pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
"Commemorating the 100th anniversary of The Guardian's much-loved Country Diary column, Martin Wainwright has compiled a collection of the best of a century's writing, covering the landscape of the whole of the United Kingdom, from Wales to Northern Ireland, Scotland to Norfolk. The column has consistently attracted some of Britain's best writers on natural history and the countryside Jim Perrin the mountaineering writer, whose biography of Don Whillans won the Boardman-Tasker Award, writes the dispatches from Snowdonia; Mark Cocker, author of Birders, writes the Country Diary from Norfolk. There are also diaries written by a leading Suffragette, one of Rupert Brooke's mistresses, and even one of The Guardian's printers. Martin Wainwright has found diaries to reflect the changing of the countryside over 100 years—from the prevalence of owls in World War I trenches full of vermin to the plant surveys of World War II bombsites."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9781845131821
N° livre 65093
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Tretower to Clyro. Essays. — MILLER, Karl

Tretower to Clyro. Essays.

MILLER, Karl
Quercus
2011, 232pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
Karl Miller is one of the greatest literary critics of the last fifty years, the founder of the London Review of Books and Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College, London. In this last book of essays he turns his attention to appreciate certain writers of the English-speaking modern world. Most of them are inhabitants of the North Sea archipelago once known as Great Britain, who are here seen as tribally distinct, as Scottish, English, Irish or Welsh, and as a single society. A new ruralism has come to notice in this country, and the book is drawn to country lives as they have figured in the literature of the last century. An introductory essay is centred on the Anglo-Welsh borderlands. Journeys taken with Seamus Heaney and Andrew O'Hagan to this countryside, and others, are threaded throughout the book. The poets Heaney and Ted Hughes are discussed, together with the fiction of Ian McEwan, the Canadian writer Alistair Macleod, the Irish writer John McGahern and the Baltimorean Anne Tyler. Scotland is a preoccupation of the later pieces, including the letters of Henry Cockburn, a lifelong interest of the author, who is also interested here in foxes and their current metropolitan profile.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780857385802
N° livre 65090
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Lost Classics. (HARDCOVER) — ONDAATJE, Michael / REDHILL, Michael / SPALDING, Esta / SPALDING, Linda (edited by)

Lost Classics. (HARDCOVER)

ONDAATJE, Michael / REDHILL, Michael / SPALDING, Esta / SPALDING, Linda (edited by)
Bloomsbury
2001, xiv,274pp. Illustrated. Halfcloth. In good condition.
"The editors of ""Brick"" celebrated the new century by asking contributors to the journal for essays about their favourite ""lost classics"" books they treasured that are now forgotten. The next issue contained 32 such essays, which led to the idea of soliciting more, and also this book."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780747553922
N° livre 65085
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Brontë Country. Lives & Landscapes. — HEWITT, Peggy

Brontë Country. Lives & Landscapes.

HEWITT, Peggy
The History Press - Sutton Publishing
2007, 131pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
Haworth and its moors are for ever linked with the name of Bronte, but they also have a fascination in their own right. Peggy Hewitt tells the story of the moors and of the people who have lived and worked there - people who are as much a product of their environment as the drystone walls and heather.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780750938235
N° livre 65084
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The British Book Trade. An Oral History. (HARDCOVER) — BRADLEY, Sue (edited by)

The British Book Trade. An Oral History. (HARDCOVER)

BRADLEY, Sue (edited by)
The British Library
2008, xxiv,328pp, Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
The book trade underwent a radical change at the end of the twentieth century that mirrored our cultural fascinations with electronic media and consumer culture, as old family firms were replaced by corporations, the ending of the Net Book Agreement gave shops a new freedom to compete by cutting their prices, and booksellers saw patrons increasingly influenced by the rise of the Internet. The British Book Trade is more than a book about books that considers the influence of these events and others– it also describes the heyday of book publishing and how that world has changed. This volume provides access to a culture often perceived as glamorous, incestuous, and hard to enter, through the words of insiders across the board—from sales representatives and shop assistants to secretaries, editors, and executives. Their experiences range from the 1920s to the present and include recollections of the British trade at home and overseas as far as Australia, South East Asia, and India. The British Book Trade draws on accounts from the Book Trade Lives collection of in-depth oral history interviews recorded by the National Life Stories and accessible through the British Library Sound Archive—which presents a wealth of seldom-heard materials on book and publishing culture.
€ 20,00
ISBN: 9780712349574
N° livre 65082
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BBC the big read book of books. The Nations 100 Favourite Books. — MUNRO, Nicky (project editor)

BBC the big read book of books. The Nations 100 Favourite Books.

MUNRO, Nicky (project editor)
Dorling Kindersley
2003, 176pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
"Including all top 100 books as voted by the public, this title celebrates the nation's favourite reads. The ""read behind the reads"" helps us to discover just why these books are the nation's favourites. It includes everything from author features, to first manuscripts, original artworks, settings, celebrity favourites, fun facts and statistics. It also includes features for each of the nation's top 21 books."
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9781405304054
N° livre 65069
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Great Churches of the Northwest. — BYRNE, Matthew

Great Churches of the Northwest.

BYRNE, Matthew
Frances Lincoln
2008, 126pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In good condition.
Twenty-five churches in Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside are here featured in a series of captivating photographic portraits by Matthew Byrne. The selection has been made on the basis of architectural distinction, beauty, quality of sculpture, carving or stained glass, historical interest or dramatic setting. The churches include remote medieval chapels, grand Victorian churches and modern city-centre landmarks in Manchester and Liverpool. Matthew Byrne's text displays a deep understanding and affection for church architecture, and his atmospheric photography captures the spirit of these unique buildings as architectural heritage, as historic monuments and as places of Christian devotion.
€ 13,00
ISBN: 9780711229167
N° livre 65065
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B.S. Johnson. Een schrijversleven (1933-1973). — COE, JJonathan

B.S. Johnson. Een schrijversleven (1933-1973).

COE, JJonathan
Querido
2008, 615pp. Geïllustreerd. Paperback. In zéér goede staat. Pakketzending.
B.S. Johnson is wat men noemt een writer's writer hij wordt door zijn collega's beschouwd als een van de grootste Engelse schrijvers van de twintigste eeuw, maar is bij een breder publiek onbekend. Jonathan Coe breekt een lans voor diens oeuvre in de veelgeprezen biografie B.S. Johnson. Zeven jaar lang stelde hij zijn eigen schrijverschap in dienst van dat van de romancier en dichter, die op veertigjarige leeftijd zelfmoord pleegde.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9789021456553
N° livre 65056
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Peter DeWint 1784-1849. 'For the Common Observer of Life and Nature'. — LORD, John

Peter DeWint 1784-1849. 'For the Common Observer of Life and Nature'.

LORD, John
Ashgate Publishing - Lund Humphries
2007, 208pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. 28x26cm. 1,5kg. In very good condition.
Peter DeWint (1784-1849), was a major proponent of the early nineteenth-century watercolour tradition. While his links with others such as the Monro Circle, David Cox and John Constable have been discussed, little has been revealed of the painter's life and wider influences that directed his career as a landscape painter. Drawing together up-to-date scholarship, Peter DeWint (1784-1849) 'For the common observer of life and nature' re-presents and re-evaluates the artist and his work, so offering a reassessment of his approach to painting and his contribution to British art history. It seeks to locate DeWint within the changing attitudes and ideas in painting of the period and to highlight how key historical changes such as agrarian reform helped shape his career. It reveals, too, hitherto neglected facets of the painter's work including his interest in architectural subjects, his use of Creswick papers and his posthumous reputation. Featuring a full reprint of his wife's memoir, Peter DeWint (1784-1849) 'For the common observer of life and nature' will provide a major reappraisal of the artist's life and career.
€ 69,00
ISBN: 9780853319375
N° livre 65045
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The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras. — STONEHOUSE, Roger / STROMBERG, Gerhard

The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras.

STONEHOUSE, Roger / STROMBERG, Gerhard
Spon Press - Taylor & Francis
2004, 262pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 30,5x25cm. 1,8kg. In good condition. Pakketzending.
In a series of interrelated essays, this book describes the British Library and the issues surrounding its design, construction, purpose and place in the architectural canon. Examining the experience of the building together with its form, these essays explore the ideas and aspirations behind its conception and its construction, offering insight into this striking, controversial, and stimulating building. For artists, architects and building professionals interested in the current debates concerning architecture and our culture, The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras is a stimulating read.
€ 69,00
ISBN: 9780419251200
N° livre 65035
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The Wild Rover. A Blistering Journey Along Britain's Footpaths. — PARKER, Mike

The Wild Rover. A Blistering Journey Along Britain's Footpaths.

PARKER, Mike
Collins
2011, 330pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
"Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a brilliant, intelligent and witty exploration of a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and our rights of way. Mike discovers how these paths have become part of our cultural landscape and why, at the tender age of 44, he suddenly finds himself at a crossroads. Provocative, funny and personal, this book celebrates Britain's unique and extraordinary network of footpaths. It examines their chequered and surprisingly turbulent history, from the Enclosures Acts of the eighteenth century to the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout in Derbyshire; and from the hard-won post-war establishment of great National Trails like the Pennine Way to the dramatic latter-day battles by the likes of Nicholas van Hoogstraten and Madonna to keep ramblers off their land. The story ranges far and wide, to all corners of the country and beyond, and is filled with the many characters that Mike engages with along the way - the poets and artists, farmers and ramblers, landowners and Rights of Way officers and campaigners, historians, archivists and anyone else who crosses his path (or even tries to block it)."
€ 13,00
ISBN: 9780007372669
N° livre 65028
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The Spirit of Britain. A Narrative History of the Arts. — STRONG, Roy

The Spirit of Britain. A Narrative History of the Arts.

STRONG, Roy
Hutchinson
1999, XI,708pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. 2,3kg. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
The Spirit of Britain is a masterly survey of the country?s arts literature, music, poetry, painting, architecture, theater, and all the related subjects that, over the centuries, have given British intellectual and cultural life its unique character and vitality. Presented to the reader as a single unfolding narrative, from the Celts to the present day, the arts are set within a vivid panorama of the social, economic, political, and ideological forces that shaped them. 400 gorgeous photographs and works of art add immensely to the dramatic impact of this landmark work of cultural history.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781856815345
N° livre 65026
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Feet in Chains — ROBERTS, Kate (Translated from the Welsh by John Idris Jones) 2 photos

Feet in Chains

ROBERTS, Kate (Translated from the Welsh by John Idris Jones)
John Jones
2011, second reprint, 133pp. Paperback. In very good condition.
This is the story of Jane and Ifan Gruffydd and their children who live in a small-holding in the hills near Caernarfon. The account begins in 1880 and ends during the Great War. It describes a proud community, facing economic oppression at a time when traditional ways and morals were loosening.
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9781871083804
N° livre 65018
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The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing. — CALVANI, Mayra

The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing.

CALVANI, Mayra
Twilight Times Books
2008, 194pp. Paperback. About 6 pages with underlining/notes in pencil, else in good condition.
This book was written not only with the aspiring reviewer in mind, but also for the established reviewer who needs a bit of refreshing and also for anybody--be they author, publisher, reader, bookseller, librarian or publicist--who wants to become more informed about the value, purpose and effectiveness of reviews. Foreword by James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review Winner, ForeWord Magazine 2008 Book of the Year Award in the category of Writing
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9781933353227
N° livre 65014
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Handmade Books. — Hemachandra, Ray

Handmade Books.

Hemachandra, Ray
Sterling - Lark Crafts - Lark Studio Series
2010, 202pp, Illustrated. Hardcover. 13x13cm. In very good condition.
Bookmaking is one of today's fastest-growing crafts and this on-the-page gallery presents the unlimited potential of the form, from leather-tooled covers and handmade papers to exotic bindings. The talented contributors include Jeanne Germani, David Hodges, Laura Wait and a host of others.
€ 25,00
ISBN: 9781600596827
N° livre 65013
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Portrait of England. Landscapes, Treasures, Tradition.

Portrait of England. Landscapes, Treasures, Tradition.

Dorling Kindersley Travel Guides
1999, 720pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 2,3kg. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
This portrait of Britain is intended as a pictorial souvenir and a guide to Britain for the next millennium. Britain is celebrated in all its diversity, from the streets of London to the Lake District. The varied landscape is featured region by region, with picture essays on the most dramatic areas. Every place of interest is visited, from historic towns and cities to castles, cathedrals and stately homes.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780751308082
N° livre 65012
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A Year in the Life of Borrowdale. — BIRKETT, Bill

A Year in the Life of Borrowdale.

BIRKETT, Bill
Frances Lincoln Publishers
2005, 112pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Dust jacket with signs of use. Book in good condition.
"For his third title in the stunning A Year in the Life of...series, noted climber, photographer and writer Bill Birkett turns his attention to another Lake District landscape, one of the most enchanting in Britain sylvan Borrowdale, which stretches from the high fells of Esk Pike and Great Gable down to Lake Derwentwater. Seasonal changes are more marked here than anywhere else in Britain. In spring, violets and anemones fill the woods; summer is a thousand shades of green while autumn's colours are shot through with golden beech trees and rusty bracken. Hill farmers and sheepdogs tend the native Herdwick sheep. Stone cottages and farms occupy the dale and stonewalls span hillside and valley. Fell-runners and hill-walkers explore the heights, while below them local life continues much as it has done for centuries. Born and brought up in the Lake District himself, Bill Birkett captures the nooks and crannies, the woods, watercourses and mountains of this much-loved Lake District scenery like nobody else."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780711225503
N° livre 65009
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The Discovery of the Peak District. From Hades To Elysium. — BRIGHTON, Trevor

The Discovery of the Peak District. From Hades To Elysium.

BRIGHTON, Trevor
Phillimore - The History Press
2004, 242pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
The Peak District was an area viewed with fear and foreboding for a thousand years. Largely impenetrable to the traveller, it was called a 'howling wilderness' by Defoe. Its few inhabitants were uncouth and the last troglodytes in England. Their guttural dialect was barely intelligible and their fondness for drink was renowned and repellent. Since Saxon times the Peak was associated with evil and the abode of the devil was located in the huge cave known as Peak's Arse. By the Norman period this supernatural cavern was proclaimed one of the seven wonders of Europe. Elizabethan topographers declared it the first of the Seven Wonders of the Peak - all of which were natural phenomena except for Chatsworth, built amid what Charles Cotton called ' the warts and pudenda of Nature'. A magical transformation occurred, almost overnight, when the romantic period viewed the Peak in quite a different light. Its wonder was now its landscape - portrayed by artists and writers as picturesque, beautiful and sublime. Rousseau, the 'prophet of Nature' came to live there. Dovedale became Elysium and Monsal Dale Arcadia. Turnpike roads slowly opened up the Peak. Chatsworth was its showplace while Buxton strove to emulate Bath. Scientists such as Erasmus Darwin came to study its geology and industrialists such as Wedgwood and Boulton its minerals. Arkwright's cotton mills made it one of the 'cradles of the Industrial Revolution' and antiquaries and archaeologists explored its ancient remains. Ruskin foresaw the ruin of an idyllic world and raved against the coming of the railways and the curse of trippers. Yet, despite the inevitable scars, the area retained much of its natural beauty and, surrounded by burgeoning urban industrial growth, it became a focal point for the outdoor movement of the 19th and 20th centuries. Not surprisingly, by 1953 much of the Peak District was designated Britain's first National Park. What is surprising is that this important new book is the first full and
€ 20,00
ISBN: 9781860773143
N° livre 65007
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Backbone of England. Landscape and Life on the Pennine Watershed. — BIBBY, Andrew / MORRISON, John

Backbone of England. Landscape and Life on the Pennine Watershed.

BIBBY, Andrew / MORRISON, John
FRANCES LINCOLN
2008, 208pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
Journalist Andrew Bibby walks the route of the watershed in England that separates the water flowing westwards to the Irish Sea and the Atlantic from the water heading towards the North Sea Skirting the headwaters from Kinder Scout in Derbyshire as far as Hadrian's Wall, he explores various aspects of the area's history, ecology, geology and culture, and meets many of the people whose lives are shaped by the landscape. By choosing a strictly geographical route along the Pennines, rather than a man-made one, he gains crucial insights into how the landscape is created and maintained. This fascinating journey, illustrated with photographs by John Morrison, is a celebration of a much loved but little known part of England.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780711228252
N° livre 65006
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