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Shelley's Ghost | |
Paperback, 176 pages 250 x 184 mm approx. 70 illustrations (colour & b&w) ISBN 1851243399 RRP £19.99 Publication 30 Nov 2010 |
This book explores the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. It tells the story of how Mary Shelley, haunted by the past, directly sought to enhance the public's appreciation of her husband and parents by the selective publication of relevant man Add To Basket |
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Planting Paradise | |
Hardback, 196 pages 250 x 250 mm approx. 53 colour illustrations ISBN 1851243437 RRP £29.99 Publication 30 Nov 2010 |
Gardens are not only places of beauty but they became laboratories for scientific investigation and storehouses for an ever increasing range of novelty plants. This book charts the role of the garden from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Add To Basket |
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Readers | |
Hardback, 112 pages 190 x 175 mm approx. 200 black & white images ISBN 1851243593 RRP £15.00 Publication 01 Nov 2010 |
Shows people reading (or pretending to read) a wide variety of material from the Bible to Film Fun, either in the photographer's studio, in their own home or holidaying on the beach. Add To Basket |
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Women & Hats | |
Hardback, 112 pages 190 x 175 mm approx. 200 black & white images ISBN 1851243623 RRP £15.00 Publication 01 Nov 2010 |
Explores the remarkable range in the world of millinery from outrageous Edwardian creations to the inventive austerities of the Second World War. Add To Basket |
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | |
Hardback, 136 pages 235 x 150 mm approx 30 full colour images plus 8pp foldout section ISBN 1851243410 RRP £50.00 Publication 22 Oct 2010 |
Blake's "Proverbs of Hell" have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. This title discusses the work's literary and historical background, the printing process used to produce it and the question of why the work was published without an imprint identifying the author and printer. Add To Basket |
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | |
Paperback, 136 pages 235 x 150 mm approx 30 full colour images plus 8pp foldout section ISBN 1851243666 RRP £14.99 Publication 22 Oct 2010 |
Blake's "Proverbs of Hell" have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. This title discusses the work's literary and historical background, the printing process used to produce it and the question of why the work was published without an imprint identifying the author and printer. Add To Basket |
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An Englishwoman in California | |
Hardback, 240 pages 216 x 138 mm 14 black and white illustrations ISBN 1851243445 RRP £25.00 Publication 15 Oct 2010 |
A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback wrote regularly to her eldest son John and his wife Mary. Her letters offer an articulate, detailed commentary on life in California by a gentlewoman managing a household and finding her place in a new world. Add To Basket |
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The Vernon Manuscript Individuals Version | |
DVD-ROM, ISBN 1851243291 RRP £64.62 Publication 15 Sep 2010 |
Contains over 350 Middle English texts, among them "Piers Plowman", "the Ancrene Riwle", the "South English Legendary", the "Prick of Conscience", and the "Miracles of the Virgin". This title is suitable for students of literature, art, and language. It includes a DVD-ROM containing a full facsimile with images of each page of the manuscript. Add To Basket |
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The Vernon Manuscript Institutions Version | |
DVD-ROM, ISBN 185124333X RRP £193.87 Publication 15 Sep 2010 |
Contains over 350 Middle English texts, among them "Piers Plowman", "the Ancrene Riwle", the "South English Legendary", the "Prick of Conscience", and the "Miracles of the Virgin". This title is suitable for students of literature, art, and language. It includes a DVD-ROM containing a full facsimile with images of each page of the manuscript. Add To Basket |
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The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 | |
Hardback, 224 pages 196 x 129 mm ISBN 1851243488 RRP £12.99 Publication 15 Sep 2010 |
Dealing with the subject of slang words and their meanings, this title attempts to show the overlap and integration between canting words and common slang words. It presents canting words along with the terms used by sailors, labourers, and those in the common currency of domestic culture. Add To Basket |
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