Crompton Karin (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Ludwig, Lisa J. (illustrator).

Condition: New. Print on Demand. Ludwig, Lisa J. (illustrator).

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with just a little rubbing to the extremities, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Summarised thus in a short synopsis on the publisher's website: 'Described by Colin Burrow as 'the richest surviving record of early Tudor poetry and of the literary activities of 16th-century women', the Devonshire Manuscript (BL MS Add. 17492) is a verse miscellany belonging to the 1530s and early 1540s, including some 194 items including complete poems, verse fragments and excerpts from longer works, anagrams, and other ephemeral jottings attributed to Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Lady Margaret Douglas, Richard Hattfield, Mary Fitzroy (née Howard), Thomas Howard, Edmund Knyvett, Anthony Lee, and Henry Stewart, as well [as] transcriptions of the work of others or original works by prominent court figures such as Mary Shelton, Lady Margaret Douglas, Mary (Howard) Fitzroy, Lord Thomas Howard, and, possibly, Anne Boleyn. This edition publishes the contents of the manuscript in their entirety, documenting well the manuscript's place as the earliest sustained example in English of men and women writing together in a community'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Ludwig, Lisa J. (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In a desperate hope that I could somehow connect with my 21-year-old son, Kurt, after he lost his life to depression and suicide, I began writing him letters. I had so much that I needed to say, an overwhelming amount of love left to give, and a frantic need for answers. How could my kind & beautiful son be gone without a chance for me to speak to him ever again? How could I possibly live my life without him here? How in the world could this have happened and shouldn't I have been able to save my own son? My letters, along with my art, are expressions of my pain, my grief & my never-ending love for Kurt. This book is the beginning of my journey and an attempt to navigate a new and unwanted life without my son. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Ludwig, Lisa J. (illustrator).…