This is the first publication of Hugh Trevor-Roper's private journal of his visit to the People's Republic of China in 1965, shortly before the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution. It also d... read more
First edition, first printing, in fine condition with a very good jacket. The spine is sun-faded and there is minimal shelf wear. Cerulean boards are straight; the page block is firm. Black ... read more
We are familiar with Sonia, but Orwell's remarkable first wife is usually overlooked. The author of a poem called 'End of the Century, 1984' (published in 1934), she was with him through the... read more
A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more
From a working-class English family, Wells blasted off to international fame with The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. Tomalin gives a sympathetic account of the remarkable reformer... read more