Ray, Gordon N.
H.G. Wells and Rebecca West:
(Macmillan, 1974).
Hardback. Spine ends bumped, otherwise very good but with large tear in dustwrapper. xxvi + 215pp. Order No. NSBK-A1290
Keywords: 0333178009, H. G. Wells, Rebecca West, writers, twentieth century, women writers, woman writer, science fiction, novels, fiction, literature, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Scott, Philippa.
Lucky Me:
(Kenilworth Press, 1990).
Illustrated by more than 90 photographs. The book is an evocation of the early life of Philippa Scott (nee Talbot-Ponsonby's) - her childhood in South Africa, school, climbing holidays, her time in the Land Army in World War II and a spell in Yugoslavia during the Cold War. She married Peter Scott in Reykjavik in 1951. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C5734
Keywords: 1872082114, Lucky Me, Philippa Scott, Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, Land Army, Peter Scott, South Africa, World War Two, wars, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, history, england, English, autobiography, autobiographical, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, life history, life histories, women writers, Severn Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition, Reykjavik
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Duncker, Patricia.
Miss Webster and Cherif:
(Bloomsbury, 2006).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. 244pp. Order No. NSBK-H13029
Keywords: 0747582777, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Miss Webster, Cherif, Patricia Duncker
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Kemp, T.C.
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre: The Playhouse and the Man
(Cornish Brothers Limited, 1944).
Witha foreword by Sir Barry Jackson. Hardback. Covers soiled, otherwise good+. viii + 151pp. Order No. NSBK-A13474
Keywords: B0000EEHHR, Birmingham, Repertory Theatre, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical
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Nicholson, Winifred. (Compiled by Andrew Nicholson).
Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters, Writings by Winifred Nicholson
(Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1987).
An extremely scarce title, for the collector. Very good, clean, tight copy. "Unknown Colour" by Andrew Nicholson, brings together all Winifred Nicholson's works for the first time and reproduces in colour the wide range of her paintings, conveying in words and images the essence of her art which is light, colour and radiance. Compiled by Andrew Nicholson. Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981), wife of Ben Nicholson, is particularly remembered for her exquisite flower studies - many of which were painted before a window. She often incorporated landscape elements from Cumberland, Cornwall and the South of France into her work. Also characteristic of her style was the abstract using an ellipse shape. Hardback. Top corner slightly bumped, otherwise very good+, clean bright copy. Dustwrapper also very good, though with light creasing at corners, & minor, almost imperceptible, scratches. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-C4620
Keywords: 0571149502, winifred nicholson, nicholson, nicholsons, winifred, flower tales, unknown, colour, watercolour, watercolours, art, artist, artists, painting, paintings, painter, painter, English, England, Britain, British, great, twentieth century, 20th century, female, woman, women, females, letters, design correspondence, history, women writers, women writer, cornwall, st ives, modern, modernist, modernists, modernism, modernistic, ben nicholson, impressionist, impressionists, impressionism, impressionistic, impressions, impression, writings, color, unknown color, unknown colours, unknown colors, colors, GB, British Modern, Modern British Art
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Sutherland, John.
Mrs Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent Edwardian
(OUP Clarendon, 1990).
A biography of Mary Ward: novelist; anti-suffragist; philanthropist; founder of Somerville College for women in Oxford; journalist during World War I. Hardback. Dustwrapper slightly faded and creased at spine, otherwise very good. ix + 432pp. Order No. NSBK-C6392
Keywords: 9780198185871, women writers, novels, novelists, literature, Victorian, Edwardian, Somerville College, Oxford, Oxford University, biography, biographies, Mary Ward, women journalists, journalism, anti-suffrage, philanthropy, women philanthropists
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Inchbald, Elizabeth.
Nature and Art: London, 1796
(Pickering and Chatto, 1997).
Editor: Shawn L. Maurer. Hardback. Very good+. lvii + 163pp. Order No. NSBK-C15299
Keywords: 9781851962655, nature, art, Elizabeth Inchbald, women writers, 18th century, eighteenth century, history
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Yonge, Charlotte M.
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest:
(Humphrey/Milford, n.d).
Hardback. Cloth sun-faded at edges and spine, otherwise good. 251pp. Order No. NSBK-A11165
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors
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Spender, Dale, ed.
The Penguin Anthology of Australian Women's Writing:
(Penguin, 1988).
Paperback. Very good. xxxiii + 882pp. Order No. NSBK-C2141
Keywords: 0140112375, Australian, Australian women, Australian women's history, anthology, women writers
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Downes, David Anthony.
Ruskin's Landscape of Beatitude:
(Peter Lang, 1984).
American University Studies. Series IV. English Language and Literature. Vol 4. Paperback. Very good+. x + 247pp. Order No. NSBK-A12341
Keywords: 0820400491, Ruskin, landscape, beatitude, writers, authors, art, artists, painters, paintings, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, aesthetics, art criticism
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