Lady Chatterly's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
50.00 NZD
Category: Literature
"Lady Chatterley's Lover," written by D.H. Lawrence and first published in 1928, is a novel that explores themes of love, sexuality, and class struggle. The story is set in England during the early 20th century, and it delves into the life of Constance Reid, also known as Lady Chatterley, and her extram ...Show more
The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett by Joseph Mary Plunkett
120.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray
2900.00 NZD
Category: Literature
A prolific writer, made most famous by his writing Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeraywas considered second only to Dickens when he was alive. A witty satirist, he mocked the Victorian era with a light hand and good humor: "O house, you are inhabited—0 knocker, you are knocked at—O undressed flunk ...Show more
The Songs of Burns by Robert Burns
195.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Songs of Burns, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. A collection of Robert Burns' songs, his posthumous poems, and further reliques.
The Spectator 8 Vols by The Spectator
690.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Spectator, a periodical published in London by the essayists Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison from March 1, 1711, to Dec. 6, 1712 (appearing daily), and subsequently revived by Addison in 1714 (for 80 numbers). It succeeded The Tatler, which Steele had launched in 1709. In its aim to “enliven m ...Show more
Venus Observed by Christopher Fry
70.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Venus Observed is a play in blank verse by the English dramatist and poet Christopher Fry. The play concerns a Duke who decides to remarry for a third time. He gets his son Edgar to pick the bride. The Duke likes Perpetua but Edgar wants her for himself.
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby
145.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Ingoldsby Legends (full title: The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels) is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poems written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham.
Secret Court Memoirs
3500.00 NZD
Category: Literature
An important collection of biographies of the nobility and aristocracy in Europe, compiled from writings and correspondence by members of the court and their staff.
The Adventures of Rhoderick Random by Tobias Smollett
195.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Adventures of Roderick Random is a picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in 1748. It is partially based on Smollett's experience as a naval-surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy, especially during the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741. In the preface, Smollett acknowledges the connecti ...Show more
Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott
35.00 NZD
Category: Literature
‘Here is a plot without a drop of blood; and all the elements of a romance, without its conclusion’, comments the King towards the end of Scott’s longest, and arguably most intriguing, novel. Set against the backdrop of the Popish Plot to overturn Charles II, Peveril of the Peak explores the on-going te ...Show more
Porter's Rhetorical Reader by Ebenezer Porter
52.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Rhetorical Reader, Consisting Of Instructions For Regulating The Voice With A Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, And Modulation And A Course Of Rhetorical Exercises.
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
35.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Cornelius von Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But after his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in deadly political intrigue and is falsely accused of high treason ...Show more