Overview :First printing, stated. Inscribed by author on ffep, dated 1963. Does not have its dust jacket. Tanning to spine. Previous owner's ex libris... Read More
Overview :To the casual visitor Santa Marta is a sub-tropical paradise, a small sister of Jamaica, Bermuda and Nassau, unmentioned in the colour-splas... Read More
Overview :The bright summer sun faded into the shimmering Mediterranean as the young American painter began what was to be the five most perfect hours... Read More
Overview :This discursive and absorbing travel-book offers, as the author says in his new Foreword, "a picture of a way of living that exists no longe... Read More
Overview :This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rar... Read More
Overview :What Columbus started in 1492 was finished in 1898, when the red and gold flag was lowered at Havana to mark the end of four centuries of Sp... Read More
Overview :First published in 1975, this story tells of how a chance meeting in a caf , a piece of grit delicately removed by a gentleman from a lady's... Read More
Overview :Having married a man several years older than herself, Mary Montague craves love and attention to relieve the monotony of her days. Her husb... Read More
Overview :The author was serving in the trenches of Passchendaele with the Dorset Regiment. Captured in the German offensives in March 1918, this book... Read More
Overview :In Bangkok, Alec Waugh has created the most fluent, truthful and affectionate portrait not only of the city, but also of the dynasty and cul... Read More
Overview :"Public School Life" by Alec Waugh offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of secondary education. This historically significant work de... Read More
Overview :Austria. February 1925. It was always to remain a special date for Guy Renton. There his chance meeting with the young and beautiful, but ma... Read More
Overview :A rich tale centred around the lives of Marjorie Fairfield, a beautiful and penniless young woman who is the mistress of a wealthy business ... Read More
Overview :Alexander Raban Waugh was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary c... Read More
Overview :Details the author's travels to several "hot" or tropical countries, as well as his return home thereafter. Severe rubbing along some edges ... Read More