Thomas Bewick, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edward Lear, Sarah Losh, and the Lunar Men

Uglow, Jenny

Five volumes: 'Elizabeth Gaskell - a Habit of Stories' (1993, second impression), 'The Lunar Men – the Friends Who Made the Future' (2002), 'Nature's Engraver – a Life of Thomas Bewick' (2006, signed by the author), 'The Pinecone – the Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine – Antiquarian, Architect and Visionary' (2012, second impression), and 'Mr. Lear – a Life of Art and Nonsense' (2017). Two men, two women, and a group history by the wonderful biographer and historian, who recaptures lost ways of life and makes you feel the life behind the facts.

Publisher: Faber and Faber. Three first English editions and two reprints 1993-2017
Edition: First Edition
Place Published: London
'Mr Lear' is cloth spine and publisher's pictorial boards. Fine as issued without dustwrapper. 'The Lunar Men' has some light foxing along the top edge, else the remaining four volumes are all fine in dustwrappers. The five vols.


Enquire about this book

Other books by Uglow, Jenny

Other books in this category

Vita's Other World by Brown, Jane $35.00

Vita's Other World

1985

Brown, Jane

Rape of the Fly by Goode, John $35.00

Rape of the Fly

1977

Goode, John

Michael Collins - a Life by Mackay, James $35.00

Michael Collins - a Life

1996

Mackay, James

The Journal of a Disappointed Man by Barbellion, W.N.P. $35.00

The Journal of a Disappointed Man

2010

Barbellion, W.N.P.

My Generation by Thoms, Albie $150.00

My Generation

2012

Thoms, Albie

English Lands and English Landlords by Brodrick, Hon George C $100.00

English Lands and English Landlords

1881

Brodrick, Hon George C

In the American Grain by Williams, William Carlos $35.00

In the American Grain

1966

Williams, William Carlos

Visiting Picasso by Penrose, Roland $85.00

Visiting Picasso

2006

Penrose, Roland

The Seven Storey Mountain by Merton, Thomas $15.00

The Seven Storey Mountain

1985

Merton, Thomas

William Plomer by Alexander, Peter F. $35.00

William Plomer

1989

Alexander, Peter F.

The Early Tudors at Home by Burton, Elizabeth $35.00

The Early Tudors at Home

1976

Burton, Elizabeth