Peter Ackroyd
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T. S. ELIOT
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1331178
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1985.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A detailed portrait of a very private man. Light grey boards, gilt title to spine. 400 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0241113490. Reprint. Spine slightly bumped. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
DAN LENO AND THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831307
Published by Sinclair-Stevenson.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A novel set in London, 1880. A series of gruesome murders attributed to the mysterious 'Limehouse Golem' strikes fear into the heart of the capital. Inspector John Kildare must track down this brutal serial killer in the damp, dark alleyways of riverside London. Red cloth boads, gilt title to spine. 279 pages. ISBN: 1856195074. Top edge of text block browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
THAMES: SACRED RIVER
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831268
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry the VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend upon the river for their livelihoods. Matt pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. xxi and 490 pages. ISBN: 9780701172848. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Else contents clean. Pictorial wrap-around has a 'signed copy' circular sticker to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- RIVERS
- LONDON
THE HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831214
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery. When Matthew Palmer inherits an old house in Clerkenwell, he feels that he has become part of its past. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. 276 pages. ISBN: 0241125006. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- LONDON
- HISTORICAL STORY
DICKENS
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1330899
Published by Guild Publishing.
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Book Club edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 1195 pages including index. B/w photos. Name and date in ink to half title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded to spine.
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- BIOGRAPHY