Publicado por Pen and Sword History, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
Librería: PlumCircle, West Mifflin, PA, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
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Publicado por Pen and Sword History, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
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Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
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Publicado por Casemate Publishing, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
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Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
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Publicado por Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2021
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
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HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
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Publicado por Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
Librería: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Reino Unido
Condición: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Publicado por Pen & Sword History,uk, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
Librería: S.Carter, NEWPORT, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: USED_FINE. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/fine hardback in fine dustwrapper.
Publicado por Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2021
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Reino Unido
HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Reino Unido
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Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Reino Unido
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Publicado por Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley, 2021
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. He wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame (1859 -1932) was a Scot. He was four years old when his mother died and his father became an alcoholic, so Kenneth grew up with his grandmother who lived on the banks of the beloved River Thames. Forced to abandon his dreams of studying at Oxford, he was accepted as a clerk at the Bank of England where he became one of the youngest men to be made company secretary. He narrowly escaped death in 1903 when he was mistaken for the Bank's governor and shot at several times. He wrote secretly in his spare time for magazines and became a contemporary of contributors including Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and WB Yeats. Kenneth's first book, Pagan Papers (1893) initiated his success, followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), which turned him into a celebrated author. Ironically, his most famous novel today was the least successful during his lifetime: The Wind in the Willows (1908) originated as letters to his disabled son, who was later found dead on a train line after a suspected suicide. Kenneth never recovered from the tragedy and died with a broken heart in earshot of the River Thames. His widow, Elspeth, dedicated the rest of her life to preserving her husband's name and promoting his work. AUTHOR: It was when she was swimming in the River Thames between Henley and Marlow on a beautiful English summer's morning that Elisabeth Galvin had the idea of a biography on Kenneth Grahame. As a young child Elisabeth grew up in Bray, Berkshire, along the river from where Kenneth Grahame lived and wrote. She read English and Classics at Durham University, and has lived (and swum) in four countries including Australia, Hong Kong and the United States. Returning home, the first place she found herself was by the River Thames at Richmond. 32 b/w illustrations This biography illuminates the turbulent life of one of the most tenderly elegiac writers in the English language -and reveals the exceptional women behind The Wind in the Willows. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
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Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.2.
Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Reino Unido
Condición: NEW. In.
Publicado por Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Reino Unido
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Publicado por Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2021
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
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Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: NEW. 196 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Publicado por Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. 2021. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Publicado por Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2021
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. He wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame (1859 -1932) was a Scot. He was four years old when his mother died and his father became an alcoholic, so Kenneth grew up with his grandmother who lived on the banks of the beloved River Thames. Forced to abandon his dreams of studying at Oxford, he was accepted as a clerk at the Bank of England where he became one of the youngest men to be made company secretary. He narrowly escaped death in 1903 when he was mistaken for the Bank's governor and shot at several times. He wrote secretly in his spare time for magazines and became a contemporary of contributors including Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and WB Yeats. Kenneth's first book, Pagan Papers (1893) initiated his success, followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), which turned him into a celebrated author. Ironically, his most famous novel today was the least successful during his lifetime: The Wind in the Willows (1908) originated as letters to his disabled son, who was later found dead on a train line after a suspected suicide. Kenneth never recovered from the tragedy and died with a broken heart in earshot of the River Thames. His widow, Elspeth, dedicated the rest of her life to preserving her husband's name and promoting his work. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Pen & Sword History, Barnsley, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
Librería: Allen Williams Books, Dover, KENT, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. Imagine being one of the most well-loved children s authors of all time, yet your readers don t know if you re a man or a woman. Or even your real name. E. Nesbit is really Edith Nesbit, who wrote an extraordinary 98 novels, plays and poetry collections for children and adults between 1885 and 1923. She is credited as the first modern writer for children whose work has influenced authors from Oscar Wilde to C.S. Lewis, Noël Coward to J.K. Rowling. Even though it was published more than 100 years ago, The Railway Children remains one of the most popular children s books ever written and it has never been out of print. But for Edith, the truth of her life is stranger than her fiction and it s a truth she was keen to hide from the public. Edith s father died when she was four, resulting in a peripatetic childhood across Europe. At 21 years old she was seven months pregnant when she married a penniless libertine who became a famous journalist, Hubert Bland. Together as early socialists they were founding members of the Fabian Society, from which the Labour Party has its foundations. A Bohemian and an eccentric, Edith became a mother of five children two of whom she adopted in secret after her husband had an affair with a close friend (who subsequently lived with them as their housekeeper). It was shortly after the sudden death of her beloved son that Edith wrote her first bestseller in 1899, a groundbreaker that dramatically changed the course of children s literature. On the eve of World War I, Edith s husband died and she married a captain of the Woolwich Ferry. A cheerful cockney sparrow, Tommy Tucker proved to be Edith s unwitting romantic hero who loved and cherished her until she died in near-poverty on the Romney Marshes of Kent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Publicado por Pen and Sword History, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: NEW. Book is in NEW condition. 1.41.
Publicado por White Owl, Barnsley, 2021
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Allen Williams Books, Dover, KENT, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: NEW. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. He wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame (1859 - 1932) was a Scot. He was four years old when his mother died and his father became an alcoholic, so Kenneth grew up with his grandmother who lived on the banks of the beloved River Thames. Forced to abandon his dreams of studying at Oxford, he was accepted as a clerk at the Bank of England where he became one of the youngest men to be made company secretary. He narrowly escaped death in 1903 when he was mistaken for the Bank's governor and shot at several times. He wrote secretly in his spare time for magazines and became a contemporary of contributors including Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and WB Yeats. Kenneth's first book, Pagan Papers (1893) initiated his success, followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), which turned him into a celebrated author. Ironically, his most famous novel today was the least successful during his lifetime: The Wind in the Willows (1908) originated as letters to his disabled son, who was later found dead on a train line after a suspected suicide. Kenneth never recovered from the tragedy and died with a broken heart in earshot of the River Thames. His widow, Elspeth, dedicated the rest of her life to preserving her husband's name and promoting his work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Ebooksweb, Bensalem, PA, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: New. .
Publicado por White Owl, 2022
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: NEW. 196 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Publicado por Pen & Sword, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
Librería: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 182 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Publicado por Pen and Sword History, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526714779 ISBN 13: 9781526714770
Librería: GENERATIONS GONE BY, Manchester, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. The Extraordinary Life of E Nesbit: Author of Five Children and It and The Railway Children.
Publicado por Pen & Sword Books Ltd Dez 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1526748800 ISBN 13: 9781526748805
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This biography illuminates the turbulent life of one of the most tenderly elegiac writers in the English language -and reveals the exceptional women behind The Wind in the Willows.