ackroyd peter 1949 (57 resultados)

First Vintage Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 276 pages; 20 cm. Originally published by Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. Subjects; Milton, John (1608-1674). Fiction. British America. Poets, English Early modern, (1500-1700). United States History Colonial period, ca. (1600-1775). 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Notes; Originally published: London : Hamilton, 1983. 1990 reprint. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Fiction. Fiction in English 1945 Texts. Genre; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly well-preserved overall ; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; [288]p. ; 20cm. Subjects; Dee, John 1527-1608 Homes and haunts Fiction. Dee, John 1527-1608 ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Alchemists England ; Fiction. Astrologers England ; Fiction. Fathers and sons ; Fiction. Occultists ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 276 pages; 20 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.

1st American ed. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; Voyages through time. Physical description; 140 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Prologue -- The earth reaches out -- The space age begins -- Space missions -- America takes the lead -- One small step -- Trouble in space -- Beyond the moon -- Space stations -- Living in space -- Distant galaxies -- Colonizing space -- The future in space -- Reference Section: -- Space Exploration -- Moon Landings -- Spacecraft -- Space Facts -- Glossary -- Index and acknowledgements. Subjects; Aastronautics ; Juvenile literature. Space flight History ; Juvenile literature. Exploration of outer space. Outer space Exploration ; Juvenile literature. Outer space. Genres; Illustrated. Juvenile works. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 399p. Summary; With alternating chapters set in the late 1920s and in a dream world involving Byrd, Constable and Carroll, the novel charts the development of a motherless young man. The author also wrote "Chatterton" and "Hawksmoor". He was elected Author of the Year in 1990 by selected booksellers. Review: Often brilliant but ultimately flawed new fiction from the British Ackroyd (First Light; Dickens; etc.) in which the ideas have more life than the characters that express them. Timothy, the narrator of this leisurely paced consideration of time and the legacy of history, is a sensitive boy, troubled by dreams and haunted by the past - both that of his family and of England. Timothy is also the source of the power that helps his father perform psychic healings. Aware of his own unusual background and a voracious reader of English literature, he also becomes the detective, "looking for the harmony, the pattern," the proof that there is "an organic unity between past and present." This unity is found in literature, in art, music, and the individual - with revelations occurring in sudden dreams, prompted by a particular situation: a schoolmaster's talk on music leads to an encounter with a colleague of Henry Purcell's; a reading of Pilgrim's Progress evokes a frightening meeting with Christian, as well as Alice of Alice in Wonderland; and, in a gallery, a Gainsborough painting becomes a lesson on 18th-century British art. Such encounters, while marvelously imagined and full of clever allusions, overshadow the more conventional story of Timothy's own life. A move to the country, necessitated by his father's financial difficulties, is followed by an aimless adulthood in which Timothy resumes the healings with his father; but, ashamed of his role, he soon flees, only to meet up again when his father, now a circus performer, comes to the village where Timothy lives. Reconciled to both his own and his country's past, Timothy can now accept the legacy of family and time, that "passage of music from generation to generation." Trouble is, Timothy, his dad, and assorted pals are not as lively or as real as the ghosts, fictional and historical, conjured up to make the point. Still: much to savor and admire. (Kirkus Reviews) Subjects; English fiction. Modern fiction. FICTION / General. Genre; Fiction. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Publisher's device. Previous owner's inscription. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Subjects; More, Thomas Saint 1478-1535. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 Relations with humanists. 1500-1599. 1400-1500. Christian martyrs England ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Humanists England ; Biography. Humanists. Intellectual life. Politics and government. Relations with humanists. Renaissance England. England History 16th Century Tudor Sixteenth Reformation English Biography Politics Government Statesmen. 1 Kg.

Fourth Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Subjects: More, Thomas Saint 1478-1535. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 Relations with humanists. Christian martyrs England ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literature.Literary forgeries and mystifications ; Fiction.Poets Fiction. 1 Kg.

3rd edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes selected passages from Dickens' novels. Contents; A Child's Eye View -- Streets, Courts and Theatres -- Alive in Dicken's London. Subjects; Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge London (England). Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge London (England). Dickens, Charles John Huffam 1812-1870 novelist. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Homes and haunts England London. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Homes & haunts England London. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge London (England). Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Homes and haunts England London. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge England London. 1800-1899. Novelists, English Homes and haunts England London. Literary landmarks England London. Romanciers anglais Résidences et lieux familiers Angleterre Londres. Écrivains Résidences et lieux familiers Angleterre Londres. Intellectual life. Literary landmarks. Literature. Novelists, English Homes and haunts. Novelists, English Homes and haunts England London. Literary landmarks England London. Literary landmarks London (England). City life in literature. City and town life in literature. Literary landmarks England London. Novelists, English Homes and haunts England London. City and town life in literature. FAMILY HISTORY. LONDON / MIDDLESEX - GENERAL : BUILDINGS. LONDON / MIDDLESEX - GENERAL : HISTORY. LONDON / MIDDLESEX - GENERAL : THEATRES. PROFESSIONS/OCCUPATIONS. Authors. Dickens (surname). London. Middlesex. London (England) Intellectual life 19th century. London (England) In literature. London (England) ; Fiction. Customs and traditions. Literature. Living conditions. Urban environment. Urban sociology. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Subjects; Earth (Planet) Origin ; Juvenile literature. Earth (Planet). Earth (Planet) History of. Earth Origin ; Juvenile literature. Anthropology Evolution. Evolution ; Juvenile literature. Beginning ; Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Proof copy. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 372 p.; 21 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography. Subjects:Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965. Biography. Authors. Genre:Bibliography. Biography. 1 Kg.

First Vintage Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 276 pages; 20 cm. Originally published by Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. Subjects; Milton, John (1608-1674). Fiction. British America. Poets, English Early modern, (1500-1700). United States History Colonial period, ca. (1600-1775). 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Notes; Originally published: London : Hamilton, 1983. 1990 reprint. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Fiction. Fiction in English 1945 Texts. Genre; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Fourth Printing. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-409) and index. Subjects; More, Thomas Saint 1478-1535 Biography. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 Relations with humanists. Christian martyrs England ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Humanists England ; Biography. Intellectual life. Politics and government. Renaissance England. Religious Persons Biography Christian saints England ; Biography. Christian philosophers ; Biography England. Great Britain Church history 16th century. England History 16th Century Tudor Sixteenth Reformation English Biography Politics Government Statesmen. 1 Kg.

2nd edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxiii, 822 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 781-793) and index. Contents: The city as body -- From prehistory to 1066 -- The Early Middle Ages -- London contrasts -- The late medieval city -- Onward and upward -- Trading streets and trading parishes -- A London neighbourhood -- London as theatre -- Pestilence and flame -- After the Fire -- Crime and punishment -- Voracious London -- London as crowd -- The natural history of London -- Night and day -- London's radicals -- Violent London -- Black magic, white magic -- A fever of building -- London's rivers -- Under the ground -- Victorian megalopolis -- London's outcasts -- Women and children -- Continuities -- East and south -- The centre of empire -- After the Great War -- Blitz Refashioning the city -- Cockney visionaries. Subjects: Manners and customs. London (England) Social conditions. London Great Britain Local history. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. Summary: "London is perhaps the most important study of the city ever written, and confirms Ackroyd's status as what one critic has called "our age's greatest London imagination. Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but this new work is his definitive account of the city. For Ackroyd, London is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, thus the subtitle A Biography (as opposed to A History). The book differs too, from histories, in the range and diversity of its contents. Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. There are chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink. London is fully comprehensive, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past. He describes the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens. All of Ackroyd's writing has been strongly linked with London - from novels such as Hawksmoor and The Plato Papers through his biographies of what he calls his "great Cockney visionaries": Dickens, Blake and Thomas More. Now, at last, his obsession with London takes centre-stage." 1 Kg.

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly well-preserved overall ; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; [288]p. ; 20cm. Subjects; Dee, John 1527-1608 Homes and haunts Fiction. Dee, John 1527-1608 ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Alchemists England ; Fiction. Astrologers England ; Fiction. Fathers and sons ; Fiction. Occultists ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 276 pages; 20 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.

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1st American ed. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; Voyages through time. Physical description; 140 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Prologue -- The earth reaches out -- The space age begins -- Space missions -- America takes the lead -- One small step -- Trouble in space -- Beyond the moon -- Space stations -- Living in space -- Distant galaxies -- Colonizing space -- The future in space -- Reference Section: -- Space Exploration -- Moon Landings -- Spacecraft -- Space Facts -- Glossary -- Index and acknowledgements. Subjects; Aastronautics ; Juvenile literature. Space flight History ; Juvenile literature. Exploration of outer space. Outer space Exploration ; Juvenile literature. Outer space. Genres; Illustrated. Juvenile works. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 399p. Summary; With alternating chapters set in the late 1920s and in a dream world involving Byrd, Constable and Carroll, the novel charts the development of a motherless young man. The author also wrote "Chatterton" and "Hawksmoor". He was elected Author of the Year in 1990 by selected booksellers. Review: Often brilliant but ultimately flawed new fiction from the British Ackroyd (First Light; Dickens; etc.) in which the ideas have more life than the characters that express them. Timothy, the narrator of this leisurely paced consideration of time and the legacy of history, is a sensitive boy, troubled by dreams and haunted by the past - both that of his family and of England. Timothy is also the source of the power that helps his father perform psychic healings. Aware of his own unusual background and a voracious reader of English literature, he also becomes the detective, "looking for the harmony, the pattern," the proof that there is "an organic unity between past and present." This unity is found in literature, in art, music, and the individual - with revelations occurring in sudden dreams, prompted by a particular situation: a schoolmaster's talk on music leads to an encounter with a colleague of Henry Purcell's; a reading of Pilgrim's Progress evokes a frightening meeting with Christian, as well as Alice of Alice in Wonderland; and, in a gallery, a Gainsborough painting becomes a lesson on 18th-century British art. Such encounters, while marvelously imagined and full of clever allusions, overshadow the more conventional story of Timothy's own life. A move to the country, necessitated by his father's financial difficulties, is followed by an aimless adulthood in which Timothy resumes the healings with his father; but, ashamed of his role, he soon flees, only to meet up again when his father, now a circus performer, comes to the village where Timothy lives. Reconciled to both his own and his country's past, Timothy can now accept the legacy of family and time, that "passage of music from generation to generation." Trouble is, Timothy, his dad, and assorted pals are not as lively or as real as the ghosts, fictional and historical, conjured up to make the point. Still: much to savor and admire. (Kirkus Reviews) Subjects; English fiction. Modern fiction. FICTION / General. Genre; Fiction. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 399 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-389) and index. Subjects; Blake, William 1757-1827. Blake, William 1757-1827 ; Biography. 1700-1899. Poets, English 18th century ; Biography. Poets, English 19th century ; Biography. Artists Great Britain ; Biography. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Publisher's device. Previous owner's inscription. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Subjects; More, Thomas Saint 1478-1535. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 Relations with humanists. 1500-1599. 1400-1500. Christian martyrs England ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Humanists England ; Biography. Humanists. Intellectual life. Politics and government. Relations with humanists. Renaissance England. England History 16th Century Tudor Sixteenth Reformation English Biography Politics Government Statesmen. 1 Kg.

Fourth Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Subjects: More, Thomas Saint 1478-1535. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 Relations with humanists. Christian martyrs England ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literature.Literary forgeries and mystifications ; Fiction.Poets Fiction. 1 Kg.

3rd edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes selected passages from Dickens' novels. Contents; A Child's Eye View -- Streets, Courts and Theatres -- Alive in Dicken's London. Subjects; Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge London (England). Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge London (England). Dickens, Charles John Huffam 1812-1870 novelist. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Homes and haunts England London. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Homes & haunts England London. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge London (England). Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Homes and haunts England London. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Knowledge England London. 1800-1899. Novelists, English Homes and haunts England London. Literary landmarks England London. Romanciers anglais Résidences et lieux familiers Angleterre Londres. Écrivains Résidences et lieux familiers Angleterre Londres. Intellectual life. Literary landmarks. Literature. Novelists, English Homes and haunts. Novelists, English Homes and haunts England London. Literary landmarks England London. Literary landmarks London (England). City life in literature. City and town life in literature. Literary landmarks England London. Novelists, English Homes and haunts England London. City and town life in literature. FAMILY HISTORY. LONDON / MIDDLESEX - GENERAL : BUILDINGS. LONDON / MIDDLESEX - GENERAL : HISTORY. LONDON / MIDDLESEX - GENERAL : THEATRES. PROFESSIONS/OCCUPATIONS. Authors. Dickens (surname). London. Middlesex. London (England) Intellectual life 19th century. London (England) In literature. London (England) ; Fiction. Customs and traditions. Literature. Living conditions. Urban environment. Urban sociology. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Subjects; Earth (Planet) Origin ; Juvenile literature. Earth (Planet). Earth (Planet) History of. Earth Origin ; Juvenile literature. Anthropology Evolution. Evolution ; Juvenile literature. Beginning ; Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Proof copy. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 372 p.; 21 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography. Subjects:Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965. Biography. Authors. Genre:Bibliography. Biography. 1 Kg.

Fourth Printing. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-409) and index. Subjects; More, Thomas Saint 1478-1535 Biography. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 Relations with humanists. Christian martyrs England ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Humanists England ; Biography. Intellectual life. Politics and government. Renaissance England. Religious Persons Biography Christian saints England ; Biography. Christian philosophers ; Biography England. Great Britain Church history 16th century. England History 16th Century Tudor Sixteenth Reformation English Biography Politics Government Statesmen. 1 Kg.

2nd edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxiii, 822 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 781-793) and index. Contents: The city as body -- From prehistory to 1066 -- The Early Middle Ages -- London contrasts -- The late medieval city -- Onward and upward -- Trading streets and trading parishes -- A London neighbourhood -- London as theatre -- Pestilence and flame -- After the Fire -- Crime and punishment -- Voracious London -- London as crowd -- The natural history of London -- Night and day -- London's radicals -- Violent London -- Black magic, white magic -- A fever of building -- London's rivers -- Under the ground -- Victorian megalopolis -- London's outcasts -- Women and children -- Continuities -- East and south -- The centre of empire -- After the Great War -- Blitz Refashioning the city -- Cockney visionaries. Subjects: Manners and customs. London (England) Social conditions. London Great Britain Local history. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. Summary: "London is perhaps the most important study of the city ever written, and confirms Ackroyd's status as what one critic has called "our age's greatest London imagination. Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but this new work is his definitive account of the city. For Ackroyd, London is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, thus the subtitle A Biography (as opposed to A History). The book differs too, from histories, in the range and diversity of its contents. Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. There are chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink. London is fully comprehensive, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past. He describes the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens. All of Ackroyd's writing has been strongly linked with London - from novels such as Hawksmoor and The Plato Papers through his biographies of what he calls his "great Cockney visionaries": Dickens, Blake and Thomas More. Now, at last, his obsession with London takes centre-stage." 1 Kg.