Islands of banishment approached through three lives: New Caledonia in the South Pacific, where Louise Michel, grandmother of French anarchy and a leader in theParis Commune, was sent for s... read more
The range of Blackburn's books testifies to her profound curiosity about the world. This account of her journey (imaginative as well as physical) among the little-known South African people ... read more
In 2015, as war raged in Syria, Lowe set off on an 11,000 kilometre journey through Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, the Gulf and finally to Iran. Full of humour, anecdote and the abun... read more
Ruthlessly funny memoir of working front of house: the great deception of ease, of luxe, calme et volupte , of lamplight and conversation, while, behind the swing doors, rages a very differe... read more
Privately published. A4 landscape format with card covers. The outer 1-2cm of the white cover is discoloured by damp and/or age, but contents are in fine condition. Thirty drawings of the Al... read more
From the library of Marguerite Littman.
First edition, published John Murray 1963. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Bookseller’s original sticker (John Sandoe’s) at bottom rig... read more
From the library of Marguerite Littman.
Blackwood’s first book is a mix of stories and reportage; she began her writing career while married to the poet Robert Lowell. First edition, fi... read more
A jaunty record of the author's trip 'over 1,500 miles awheel in six lands…' It was originally published rather hastily in the 1930s, 15 years before Paddy Leigh Fermor made a similar jour... read more