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Published by Counterpoint Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1582431213ISBN 13: 9781582431215
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. First American Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 0006531881ISBN 13: 9780006531883
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Published by Counterpoint (edition Second), 2010
ISBN 10: 158243591XISBN 13: 9781582435916
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
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Published by Counterpoint, 2003
ISBN 10: 1582432384ISBN 13: 9781582432380
Seller: Cameron Park Books, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback. Unmarked, bright and clean with uncreased spine. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Crease on front cover and top back corner. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 2002
ISBN 10: 0002571420ISBN 13: 9780002571425
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Counterpoint, 2002, 2002
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Bound galley. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout.
Published by Counterpoint, 2002, 2002
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
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First Counterpoint Edition Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout.
Published by Harper Collins, London, 2002
Seller: Carmarthenshire Rare Books, Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. paperback, 284 pages, fine. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B116.
Published by Harper Collins, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0006531881ISBN 13: 9780006531883
Seller: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xix 284pp hardback, paperback, ownership initial to review page. Signed by Author(s).
Published by HarperCollins, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0002571420ISBN 13: 9780002571425
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
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Yellow Paper Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xix, 284pp, illustrated with black & white drawings in text, pages clean and crisp, pencil writing to front free endpaper, yellow paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering, bottom edge of spine rubbed, unclipped dust jacket has light wear to the edges, small stain to bottom edge of rear cover, Book of the Week sticker to front cover. Size: 8.75 x 5.5 Inches. Social.
Published by HarperCollins 2002, 2002
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom
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Bookplate of Lord Carrington, Near Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue. �A man that studies Happiness must sit alone like a Sparrow upon the House Top, and like a Pelican in the Wilderness� � Thomas Traherne. Celebrated novelist Isabel Colegate explores the lives and works of those who've followed the call of solitude, from Lao Tzu and the Desert Fathers to Wordsworth and Thoreau.In A Pelican in the Wilderness, Isabel Colegate casts through time and place to uncover tales of human solitude.The quest for solitude � whether for social, religious, personal or intellectual reasons � dates back to ancient times. As a spiritual phenomenon it has its roots in Chinese, Hindu and Western philosophies; from the mystical Desert Fathers � the most famous of which was St Jerome � who cast themselves out into deserts and wastelands in search of spiritual revelation, to the Celts on Iona and Lindisfarne (who arrived with only onions to live on). Rousseau found solitaries inspirational, (but declared that he would die of boredom if he had to become a hermit himself, a view possibly shared by St Jerome who only managed to stay in the desert for two years).Hermits and hermitages even used to be a feature of rural and urban England. Sir John Soane had a hermit's cell installed in his house in Lincolns' Inn. At Hawkstone in Shropshire in the 1780s it was reported that a live hermit was seen gazing at a human skull. And in the eighteenth-century it was seen as highly fashionable to place a hermitage in landscaped gardens; an advert would then be placed for a hermit, specifying particular requirements such as a promise not to cut hair, nails or beard. In return the hermit would receive food and a small gratuity. One hermit in Painshill, Surrey was sacked for drinking beer in the village inn.But of course, recluses, solitaries, hermits, anchoresses (female solitaries) and 'loners' continue to exist to this day, quietly opting to live outside society or living in complete seclusion in wildernesses. Isabel Colegate examines their lives, motivations, self-reflections, writings and the thoughts of present-day urban and rural hermits.Those who love Colegate's fiction will find all of its virtues here: historical imagination, quicksilver characterization, understated wit, and an eye for the bizarre matched by a power to evoke the sublime. ISBN 0002571420.