Published by Chatto & Windus, 1990
ISBN 10: 0701132604 ISBN 13: 9780701132606
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. "Literary critics make natural detectives", says Maud Bailey, heroine of a mystery where the clues lurk in university libraries, old letters and dusty journals. Together with Roland Michell, a fellow academic and accidental sleuth, Maud discovers a love affair between the two Victorian writers the pair has dedicated their lives to studying: Randolph Ash, a literary great long assumed to be a devoted and faithful husband, and Christabel LaMotte, a lesser- known "fairy poetess" and chaste spinster. At first, Roland and Maud's discovery threatens only to alter the direction of their research, but as they unearth the truth about the long- forgotten romance, their involvement becomes increasingly urgent and personal. Desperately concealing their purpose from competing researchers, they embark on a journey that pulls each of them from solitude and loneliness, challenges the most basic assumptions they hold about themselves, and uncovers their unique entitlement to the secret of Ash and LaMotte's passion. <p> Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, <i>Possession</i> is a gripping and compulsively readable novel. A.S. Byatt exquisitely renders a setting rich in detail and texture. Her lush imagery weaves together the dual worlds that appear throughout the novel--the worlds of the mind and the senses, of male and female, of darkness and light, of truth and imagination--into an enchanted and unforgettable tale of love and intrigue. --<i>Lisa Whipple</i></p>
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2007
ISBN 10: 0701172843 ISBN 13: 9780701172848
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The Thames displays the same qualities as London: The Biography: scholarship, wit, discursiveness, lovely descriptive writing, anecdotes, spirit of place and character. It is hugely enjoyable and sure to be another mammoth bestseller.The Thames is about the river from source to sea, from prehistoric times to the present, its flora and fauna, the paintings and photographs inspired by the Thames, its geology, smells and colours, its literature, laws, magic and myths, its architecture, trade and weather.The reader learns about the fishes that swim in the river and the boats that ply on its surface, about floods and tides, hauntings and suicides, miasmas and sewers, locks, weirs and embankments.Here is Shelley floating on the river under poetical beech trees, Hogarth getting roaring drunk on a boat trip to Gravesend, William Morris wondering whether the same Thames water flowed past his windows in Hammersmith as flowed past his house at Kelmscott, 100 miles upriver.Peter Ackroyd has a genius for digging out the most surprising and entertaining details, and for writing about them in the most magisterial prose.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2024
ISBN 10: 0701169850 ISBN 13: 9780701169855
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good condition. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2024
ISBN 10: 0701186283 ISBN 13: 9780701186289
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. This is the definitive centenary edition of the work of one of America's greatest poets, recognised today as a master of her art and acclaimed by poets and readers alike. Her poems display honesty and humour, grief and acceptance, observing nature and human nature with painstaking accuracy. They often start outwardly, with geography and landscape - from New England and Nova Scotia, where Bishop grew up, to Florida and Brazil, where she later lived - and move inexorably toward the interior, exploring questions of knowledge and perception, love and solitude, and the ability or inability of form to control chaos.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This new edition, edited by Saskia Hamilton, includes Bishop's four published volumes (<i>North &amp; South</i>, <i>A Cold Spring</i>, <i>Questions of Travel </i>and <i>Geography III</i>), as well as uncollected poems, translations and an illuminating selection of unpublished manuscript poems, reproduced in facsimile, revealing exactly how finished, or unfinished, Bishop left them. It offers readers the opportunity to enjoy the complete poems of one of the most distinguished American poets of the twentieth century.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2020
ISBN 10: 1784743666 ISBN 13: 9781784743666
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 01. 'Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning and beauty. More than just a mantra, "cook, eat, repeat" is the story of my life.'*OVER 150 DELICIOUS NEW RECIPES*THE BBC TV SERIES, COOK, EAT, REPEAT, IS AVAILABLE TO WATCH NOWCook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella's engaging and insightful prose. Whether asking 'What is a Recipe?' or declaring death to the Guilty Pleasure, Nigella's wisdom about food and life comes to the fore, with tasty new recipes that readers will want to return to again and again.'The recipes I write come from my life, my home', says Nigella, and in this book she shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through over 150 new recipes that make the most of her favourite ingredients. Dedicated chapters include 'A is for Anchovy' (a celebration of the bacon of the sea), 'Rhubarb', 'A Loving Defence of Brown Food', a suitably expansive chapter devoted to family dinners, plus inspiration for vegan feasts, solo suppers and new ideas for Christmas.Within these chapters are recipes for all seasons and tastes: Burnt Onion and Aubergine Dip; Butternut with Beetroot, Chilli and Ginger Sauce; Fish Finger Bhorta; Spaghetti with Chard and Anchovies; Chicken with Garlic Cream Sauce; Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts; and Wide Noodles with Lamb in Aromatic Broth, to name a few. Those with a sweet tooth will delight in Chocolate, Tahini and Banana Pudding; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake; Basque Burnt Cheesecake; and Cherry and Almond Crumble.**THE SUNDAY TIMES FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**** A DAILY MAIL, THE TIMES AND SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**'A rapturous account of wonderful food and a joyful antidote to everything else' Meera Sodha, Guardian, 'Best Cookbooks and Food Writing of 2020''I can't think of a better companion for these strange times' Bee Wilson, Sunday Times'Lawson's latest book is the one I've been waiting for her to write.Her aim is to empower and demystify and to encourage everyone to get as much pleasure from cooking as she does' Diana Henry, Daily Telegraph'A celebration of home cooking. Every page crackles with the sheer pleasure of cooking and eating' Olivia Potts, Spectator'Twenty-two years after her first book, How To Eat, Nigella Lawson has produced what feels like its answer: Cook, Eat, Repeat' The Times.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2004
ISBN 10: 070117756X ISBN 13: 9780701177560
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. FILTH is a lawyer with a practice in the Far East. A few remember that his nickname stands for Failed In London Try Hong Kong. But Old Filth is not as pompous as people imagine, and his past contains many secrets and dark hiding places.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1994
ISBN 10: 0701159332 ISBN 13: 9780701159337
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. The Lennox Sisters--great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers--lived lives of real public significance, but the private texture of their family-centered world mattered to them and they shared their experiences with each other in countless letters. From this hitherto unknown archive, Stella Tillyard has constructed a group biography of privileged eighteenth-century women who, she shows, have much to tell us about our own time.<br />
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2023
ISBN 10: 0701169036 ISBN 13: 9780701169039
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. 1st. Filippo Brunelleschi's design for the dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence remains one of the most towering achievements of Renaissance architecture. Completed in 1436, the dome remains a remarkable feat of design and engineering. Its span of more than 140 feet exceeds St Paul's in London and St Peter's in Rome, and even outdoes the Capitol in Washington, D.C., making it the largest dome ever constructed using bricks and mortar. The story of its creation and its brilliant but "hot-tempered" creator is told in Ross King's delightful <i>Brunelleschi's Dome</i>.<p> Both dome and architect offer King plenty of rich material. The story of the dome goes back to 1296, when work began on the cathedral, but it was only in 1420, when Brunelleschi won a competition over his bitter rival Lorenzo Ghiberti to design the daunting cupola, that work began in earnest. King weaves an engrossing tale from the political intrigue, personal jealousies, dramatic setbacks, and sheer inventive brilliance that led to the paranoid Filippo, "who was so proud of his inventions and so fearful of plagiarism," finally seeing his dome completed only months before his death. King argues that it was Brunelleschi's improvised brilliance in solving the problem of suspending the enormous cupola in bricks and mortar (painstakingly detailed with precise illustrations) that led him to "succeed in performing an engineering feat whose structural daring was without parallel." He tells a compelling, informed story, ranging from discussions of the construction of the bricks, mortar, and marble that made up the dome, to its subsequent use as a scientific instrument by the Florentine astronomer Paolo Toscanelli. <i>--Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk</i></p>
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2021
ISBN 10: 1784743526 ISBN 13: 9781784743529
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'An extraordinary book: deeply moving, darkly funny and hugely powerful' Robert MacfarlaneHeavy Light is the story of a breakdown: a journey through mania, psychosis and treatment in a psychiatric hospital, and onwards to release, recovery and healing.After a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act.From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, this is a gripping account of how the mind loses touch with reality, how we fall apart and how we can be healed - or not - by treatment. A story of the wonder and intensity of the manic experience, as well as its peril and strangeness, it is shot through with the love, kindness, humour and care of those who deal with someone who becomes dangerously ill.Partly a tribute to those who looked after Horatio, from family and friends to strangers and professionals, and partly an investigation into how we understand and treat acute crises of mental health, Heavy Light's beauty, power and compassion illuminate a fundamental part of human experience. It asks urgent questions about mental health that affect each and every one of us.'One of the most brilliant travel writers of our day takes us us now to that most challenging country, severe mental illness; and does so with such wit, warmth, and humanity, that, better acquainted with its terrors, we may better face our own' Reverend Richard Coles'A record of the bravest, most perilous, most intrepid journey that any human being can ever make. It is stricken, moving, urgent, crucial . . . A luminous, beautiful achievement' Niall Griffiths.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2021
ISBN 10: 1784743976 ISBN 13: 9781784743970
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Product Description 'I adore this book! . An Experiment in Leisure shows us the burning, intense, messy beauty of youth and what it means to be alive' Maxine Peake 'Can I get a refund?' I asked the bus driver. 'You taking the piss, love?' It's January 2015, and Grace is supposed to have what she wants. She's swapped West Yorkshire for north London, her accent carefully edited and with a Cambridge degree under her belt. Her friends drink beer out of artful tins. She makes flat whites for people with berets. She's found a psychoanalyst. But this fantasy of metropolitan cool is turning out to be more costly than she thought, and Grace is running out of credit. Painfully adrift from her mother and twin sister and trying desperately both to forget her roots and disown her ambition, she's lost and confused in the face of complicated crises of identity, class, sex and geography. She finds herself fleeing up and down a country on the verge of an intractable schism, and begins to reckon with her own divisions. Can she find a life amid these contradictions? Can she remember how to love? 'A dizzying yet powerful read' Claire-Louise Bennett About the Author Anna Glendenning is a writer from Leeds. She was formerly an editor at And Other Stories, where books under her wing made the 2018 Man Booker International and Goldsmiths Prize shortlists. In 2017 she was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize. She was born in 1991, is based in London and works in the engagement team at Kew Gardens.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1975
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Nr Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Excellent clean crisp interior with no markings or inscriptions, just very faintly-toned to closed-edge of pages; contains a section of colour photos, excellent boards; fine d/j covered with a removable sleeve-protector and not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1979
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Vg-plus clean crisp interior with no markings or inscription's, scattered foxing specks to top 'closed-edge' of pages, nr fine clean firm boards; d/j in vg condition generally with only light shelfwear - a few faint impression marks to front, but no nicks or tears, not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS,, 1991
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. EXCELLENT CLEAN FIRM INTERIOR JUST A HINT OF TANNING TO PAGE EDGES - IMMACULATE BOARDS AND D/J - NOT PRICE-CLIPPED./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1978
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Published in h/back with d/j by Chatto & Windus, first edition 1978.ex-library copy with free front e/paper removed, no stamp-marks just a small lib' ref no. to copyright page; faint tape-mark to rear e/paper.good clean firm interior with one or two very light corner-folds.decent clean firm boards showing only very minor usage.vg d/j having been protected with a library sleeve - not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1971
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. Library stamp-marks to prelims and to e/papers, stain to border of p.18 and a small toned spot-mark to border of p. 183-185 otherwise a decent clean interior, dulled to closed-edge of pages, clean firm boards; d/j has average edge/shelfwear but fair to good condition overall with no large tears or loss, price-clipped to inside flap./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS,, 1999
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. EXCELLENT CLEAN FIRM INTERIOR AND BOARDS - D/J IN FINE CONDITION AND NOT PRICE-CLIPPED./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 2001
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Vg-plus to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. NOTE FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS: HEAVY BOOK TO SHIP FROM THE UK WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN INCREASED POSTAGE FEE IN ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD RATES SHOWN, PLEASE EMAIL FOR PRICE-DETAILS IF RELEVANT. First printing first edition - excellent clean crisp interior mostly, no marks or inscriptions but just a very faint tan to pages, contains a section of b&w pictures, d/j near fine to fine showing only a hint of previous usage, no nicks or tears, not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1994
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Vg clean firm interior, no marks or inscriptions but pages toned to edge, excellent clean firm boards; - d/j of vg bright appearance mostly with no nicks or tears, just a little colour-sunned to spine area but lettering here still clear and bold, not price-clilpped./.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 2021
ISBN 10: 1784741752 ISBN 13: 9781784741754
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. The most dramatic, revealing and little-known story in Turkey's history - which illuminates the nation 'Through the spellbinding career of a single, ill-fated leader, Jeremy Seal illuminates a bitterly divided country' Colin Thubron 'Read this book if you're interested in Turkey. Read it if you're interested in power, hubris and redemption. Read it' Christopher de Bellaigue, author of The Islamic Enlightenment In the spring of 2016 travel writer Jeremy Seal went to Turkey to investigate perhaps the most dramatic, revealing and little-known episode in the country's history - the 'original' coup of 1960, which deposed the traditionalist Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The story of Menderes - to his adoring supporters the country's founding democrat; to his sworn enemies its most infamous traitor - goes to the heart of the feud that continues to rage between the Western and secular ambitions of a minority elite and the religious and conservative instincts of the small-town majority. A Coup in Turkey is a thrilling account of the events leading up to the coup and the trials and executions that followed, a story of political subterfuge and score-settling, courtroom drama, state execution, authoritarian intolerance and ideological division. Seal travels through President Erdogan's Turkey, tracking down eye-witness accounts from survivors of the Menderes era in Istanbul, the historic metropolis, and the new capital at Ankara. As he expertly guides us through this extraordinary story, so the compelling parallels between past and present become strikingly clear, and he illuminates this troubled nation with a deep sympathy and love for the people and places he writes about. By focussing on one key event - one which many Turks regard with shame - this evocative, gripping portrait of Turkey recentres our understanding of the past and makes sense of one of Europe's most bewildering yet intriguing neighbours. 'A wonderful writer' Robert Macfarlane.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1989
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Nr Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. NOTE FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS: HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE FEE FOR OVERSEAS SHIPPING, PLEASE EMAIL FOR PRICE-DETAILS IF RELEVANT. Excellent clean crisp interior with no markings or inscriptions, and immaculate boards; d/j vg-plus showing just very light usage, small edge-tear to top front corner, not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1971
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. JOHN WARD R.A and JOHN SERGEANT (illustrator). Vg clean firm interior with no usage marks or inscriptions, contains numerous excellent illustrations, light foxing specks to closed-edge of pages; vg-plus clean unmarked boards; d/j has light shelfwear foxing to rear top edge and very slightly to front as shown, light rubs/nicks but good appearance generally for the age, price-clipped unevenly to front inside flap./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1985
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Good clean crisp interior with no marks or inscriptions but pages toned, immaculate boards; d/j of vg-plus appearance with no tears or nicks and just a hint of previous usage, price-clipped neatly to inner flap./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1996
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Vg-plus to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. NOTE FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS: HEAVY BOOK TO SHIP FROM THE UK WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN INCREASED POSTAGE FEE IN ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD RATES SHOWN, PLEASE EMAIL FOR PRICE-DETAILS IF RELEVANT. Various escape stories of fiction and non-fiction. Vg-plus clean crisp interior - no marks or inscriptions but toned to closed edge of pages, immaculate boards and fine d/j - unclipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1967
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. RODNEY SHACKELL (illustrator). Vg clean firm interior with nice illustration's - immaculate boards but a small knock to lower front corner - d/j also in good condition overall, light shelfwear to rear and nick to top front corner.not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1995
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Vg-plus clean firm interior, no marks or inscriptions, contains several b&w photos - light tan to closed-edge of pages, excellent clean firm boards. d/j also of vg-plus bright appearance only very faint tan to tip of top rear edge/rear inner flap, no nicks or tears, not price-clipped.//.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1956
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Main interior in decent clean firm condition, no usage marks, but toned to e/papers with inscriptions, toned/foxed to page block, boards have a few slight fade marks, faint watermark to top rear, all tight and firm; d/j poor as shown, edge-chipping, toned to rear, split to lower fold-line between spine and front edge but all intact, not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 2005
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition first printing, vg clean firm interior mostly, just faint tone mark to prelim page, no inscriptions or usage marks, light tan to closed-edge of pages, d/j has just a faint mark to front as shown but vg-plus to near fine appearance otherwise, covered with a sealed sleeve-protector, not price-clipped./.
Published by Chatto & Windus,, London, 1975
Seller: Under the Covers Antique Books, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
London: Chatto & Windus, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket. LIT/071024. Book.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 2008
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Vg-plus clean crsip interior, no marks or inscriptions but toned to closed-edge of pages, cloth boards in vg clean firm condition; d/j has colour-run marks across the reverse (unseen) side, possibly a publishing flaw (?) but of decent appearance to exterior, a few faint shelfwear marks to rear side edge, bookstore label to lower rear, good bright frontage, no tears and not price-clipped./.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, 1955
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair-to-Good / Good. Good clean firm interior, no marks, name inscribed neatly to front e/paper, just a very faint tan to pages, dulled to top closed-edge of pages, good clean firm boards but tone/light rubs to top spine-tip, all tight; d/j has standard wear as shown, loss to top spine, nicks to extremities and toned/dulled to rear and inner flaps, but with bright frontage and all intact, no large loss/tears, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector, not price-clipped./.