Search Results: Authors starting with S from Paul Brown Books

-Palgrave Macmillan (2002)-. First Palgrave edition first impression 2002. xiv+370 pages. Illustrated. Boards. Fine in dustjacket with the ghost of a sticker removal to the rear. Aristocrat, novelist, essayist, traveler, and lover of Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West lived a fascinating and daring life on the periphery of the Bloomsbury circle. She wrote in an astounding variety of genres, including travel narrative, historical and literary studies, poetry, fiction, and essays, and is probably best known or her novels, The Edwardians and All Passion Spent, and incomparable writings about English country houses and gardens. Here, for the first time, is an anthology that represents the full expanse of her interests and styles. Over half of the works, including intimate diaries and a dream notebook, have never been published. Edited by a foremost expert on the Bloomsbury circle, Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings provides the best and most accessible introduction to this unique writer. Vita… Read More

-Macmillan (2004)-. First edition first impression 2004. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket. The Wide World: True Adventures For Men 9781405049313

-Boydell Press, 2000-. First edition. xvi+266 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine. Dustjacket not required for this edition. This book examines the religious authority of St Birgitta of Sweden, the charismatic moral reformer and controversial female visionary of the fourteenth century, emphasising both representations of her prophetic mission and debates about her authenticity as a medium of divine revelation. It illuminates Birgitta's view of herself as a prophet of moral reform by explaining how her Revelations depict her religious mission and place in salvation history, going on to reconstruct interactions between Birgitta and her contemporaries, including the significance of her prophetic authority vis-a-vis the priestly authority of her male clerical associates. Finally, it analyses arguments about women's suitability for mediating the divine word in posthumous attacks and defences of her claims to prophesy. Through a close examination of Birgitta's lengthy Revelations, canonization… Read More

-Boydell Press, 2000-. First edition. xvi+266 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine. No dustjacket required. This book examines the religious authority of St Birgitta of Sweden, the charismatic moral reformer and controversial female visionary of the fourteenth century, emphasising both representations of her prophetic mission and debates about her authenticity as a medium of divine revelation. It illuminates Birgitta's view of herself as a prophet of moral reform by explaining how her Revelations depict her religious mission and place in salvation history, going on to reconstruct interactions between Birgitta and her contemporaries, including the significance of her prophetic authority vis-a-vis the priestly authority of her male clerical associates. Finally, it analyses arguments about women's suitability for mediating the divine word in posthumous attacks and defences of her claims to prophesy. Through a close examination of Birgitta's lengthy Revelations, canonization documents, and texts by… Read More

-Vintage (2022)-. First paperback edition first impression 2022. Paperback. Very good. Ask to see our other Sunjeev Sahota titles. China Room Sunjeev Sahota 9781784706364

-Aperture (2000)-. Exhibition catalogue. First English edition 2000. 112 pages. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Cloth. Fine in very good indeed dustjacket. Innocence on the run: Sebastiao Salgado s focus series on child migrants and refugeesIn every crisis situation, children are the greatest victims. Physically weak, they are often the first to succumb to hunger, disease, and dehydration. Innocent to the workings and failings of the world, they are unable to understand why there is danger, why there are people who want to hurt them, or why they must leave, perhaps quite suddenly, and abandon their schools, their friends, and their home.In this companion series to Exodus, Sebastiao Salgado presents 90 portraits of the youngest exiles, migrants, and refugees. His subjects are from different countries, victims to different crises, but they are all on the move, and all under the age of 15. Through his extensive refugee reportage, what struck Salgado about these boys and girls was not only the… Read More

-The Harborough Publishing Co Ltd., Ace Books (1960)-. February 1960 reprint of this Ace books 1959 paperback. Acid paper tanning heavy, all pages browned. No internal markings. Spine creased, but covers intact with little edge-wear. Uncommon. Good. See our image. For Esme with Love and Squalor J.D. Salinger 1960 9780340822783

-No Exit Press (2003)-. First No Exit Press paperback edition first impression 2003. Paperback. Spine uncreased. Good. Cypress Grove (Turner Trilogy) 9781444727333

-Riihimaki: Finnish Glass Museum, 1991-. First edition catalogue of the exhibition of the same name. Text in Finnish and English. Translated by Michael Wynne-Ellis. 210x148mm 69 pages comb bound. Illustrated color and black and white. ISBN 9518952116. Card covers. Very good with a copy of the artists cv loosely inserted. We are specialists in Catalogues: Exhibitions, Auctions, Collections, etc., with a picture of the cover available on request. All items are as described and dispatched within 36 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 30 years experience and a real-life bookshop. You may order with confidence. Markku Salo. Lasia / Glass.

-Wildenstein (1972)-. Exhibition catalogue. First edition, 1972. 230x185mm unpaginated. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Card covers. Very good. We are specialists in Catalogues: Exhibitions, Auctions, Collections, etc., with a picture of the cover available on request. All items are as described and dispatched within 36 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 30 years experience and a real-life bookshop. You may order with confidence. Jacques Salomon. Paintings, Pastels And Watercolours Catalogues: Artists, 20th Century

-Waddington Galleries (1990)-. Exhibition catalogue. First edition 1990. 240x280mm 80 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Paperback, edges a little rubbed. Very good. We are specialists in Catalogues: Exhibitions, Auctions, Collections, etc., with a picture of the cover available on request. All items are as described and dispatched within 36 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with 30 years experience and a real-life bookshop. You may order with confidence. Lucas Samaras

-Orion (1999)-. First edition 1999. 151 pages. Illustrated. Paperback. Near fine. Ridley Scott: The Making Of His Movies 075281849X

-Macmillan (2007)-. First edition first impression 2007. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. The Pool of Unease Catherine Sampson 9780230014435

-Gollancz (2013)-. First edition first impression 2013. Book 1 of 3: The Reckoners. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. Ask to see our other Brandon Sanderson titles. Steelheart Brandon Sanderson Book 1 of 3: The Reckoners 9780575103856

-HarperCollins (1994)-. First this HarperCollins paperback 1994. Paperback. Spine uncreased. Near fine. Eyes of PreyJohn Sandford 9780586211311

-Orion (2001)-. Fifteenth impression since 2001. Paperback. Spine uncreased. Near fine. Ask to see our other Music titles. Kurt Cobain: By Christopher Sandford 9780752844565

-G.P. Putnam's Sons (2016)-. Fifty-second impression since 2016. Paperback. Very good indeed. Silent Prey John Sandford 9780425224465

-W&N (2017)-. W&N paperback edition eighth impression since 2017. Paperback. Spine uncreased. Near fine. Ask to see our other European History titles. THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017. East West Street: Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize Philippe Sands 9781474601917

-Cape Goliard Press (1970)-. First edition, 1970. unpaginated. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket. Information Report 0206617682

-Bucknell University Press, 2000-. First edition. 234 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in like dustjacket. Spain is one of our specialities, many more in stock, an image of the cover is available on request. We have 32 years experience in bookselling, so you may order with confidence. Foreigners in the Homeland. The Spanish American New Novel in Spain 1962-1974. 0838754503