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Henry Cadogan
£35.00

The Road to Armageddon, The Life and Letters of Lieutenant Henry Cadogan, RWF (1868 - 1914)

Non-Fiction
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Written and compiled by his Grandson, following the career of a typical infantry officer in the late-nineteenth century, through his letters home to his large family. Often stationed far from home across the Empire, Henry Cadogan rises to command the 1st Batallion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ill prepared for modern warfare, they are posted to Belgium in 1914.

Daphne du Maurier
£65.00

Frenchman's Creek

Fiction
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An Historical novel set in Cornwall during the reign of Charles II. A court society lady meets a French pirate on the eponymous creek of her family's estate, and her life is changed forever. A classic tale of adventure and romance.

Ernest Hemingway
£100.00

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Fiction
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"A novel of wartime Spain, in which a young American and a Spanish girl live a lifetime of love and courage in four momentous days, it speaks with final and unforgettable power for the truth - the truth of war and life in our time."

Anna Letitia Barbauld
£40.00

The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld

Poetry
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Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825) was a once highly regarded poet, much admired by contemporaries such as Wordsworth. Now long neglected, this volume collects all her known 171 poems from a long career which spanned the Age of Sensibility to the Romantic era.

William Blake
£85.00

Songs of Innocence

Poetry
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William Blakes complete Songs of Innocence, including The Shepherd, The Chimney- Sweeper and Nurses Song. Volume also includes nine poems from the Songs of Experience, with The Tiger, and The Fly.

Christina Rossetti
£75.00

Goblin Market

Poetry
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Christina Rossetti's charming narrative poem. Telling the story of how Laura and Lizzie are tempted by fruit from Goblin market stalls. This edition contains a beautiful painting and small drawings throughout by Arthur Rackham.

William Withering
£55.00

An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses...

Non-Fiction
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Beginning his research after hearing of an old country woman who used the herb to cure dropsy, Withering used foxglove to treat congestive heart failure with some success. Its introduction into the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia in 1783 and its subsequent widespread acceptance eventually led to its overuse and Withering's classic Account of the Foxglove was actually written as a protest against such abuse. The book includes 163 cases involving the use of digitalis and is regarded as one of the classics in pharmacology (Heirs of Hippocrates 1039)

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