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A Sanskrit Treasury: A Compendium of Literature from the Clay Sanskrit Library Camillo A. Formigatti 9781851245314
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £44.53This beautiful collection brings together passages from the renowned stories, poems, dramas and myths of South Asian literature, including the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. Drawing on the... -
Temple of Science: The Pre-Raphaelites and Oxford University Museum of Natural History John Holmes 9781851245567
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.54Built between 1855 and 1860, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between artists and scientists. Inspired by John Ruskin, the architect... -
The Huns Have Got my Gramophone!: Advertisements from the Great War by Amanda-Jane Doran
RRP: £5.00Booksplease Price: £4.94Fountain-Pens - The Super-Pen for Our Super-Men Ladies! Learn To Drive! Your Country Needs Women Drivers! Do you drink German water? When Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, companies... -
Volcanoes: Encounters through the Ages David Pyle (Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford) 9781851244591
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £18.30For centuries, volcanic eruptions have captured our imaginations. Whether as signposts to an underworld, beacons to ancient mariners, or as an extraordinary manifestation of the natural world,... -
The University of Oxford: A Brief History by Laurence Brockliss
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.80The University of Oxford is the third oldest university in Europe and remains one of the greatest universities in the world. How did such an ancient institution flourish through the ages? This... -
Heritage Apples by Caroline Ball
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.55What would a greengrocer say if you were to ask for half a dozen Grenadiers and a couple of Catsheads? In the course of the past century we have lost much of our rich heritage of orchard fruits, but... -
Magna Carta: Origins and Legacy Nicholas Vincent (Professor of Medieval History, University of Anglia) 9781851243631
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.42Magna Carta is the most famous document in English history. And yet its survival is purely accidental. King John, who negotiated the document with his rebellious barons, had no intention of honouring... -
What Can Cats Do? by Abner Graboff
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.86There are many things cats can do which children can't, such as lap up milk and use their tongues as combs. There are also a number of things that cats can't do, like sing children to sleep, or get... -
The Making of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Daisy Hay
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.80'Invention ... does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos' - Mary Shelley In the 200 years since its first publication, the story of Frankenstein's creation during stormy days and... -
Writing the Thames Christina Hardyment 9781851244508
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.92Thames aficionado Robert Gibbings once wrote that 'the quiet of an age-old river is like the slow turning of the pages of a well-loved book'. Writing the Thames tells a much-loved river's story... -
The Life of Anthony Wood in His Own Words Nicolas K. Kiessling (Professor Emeritus of the Department of English, Washington State University, Pullman, WA) 9781851243082
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.04Anthony Wood's account of his life is one of the few written by university persons in the seventeenth century. It is full of information about famous people, including Christopher Wren, John Locke,... -
Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family Stephen Hebron 9781851243396
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.29Few families enjoy such a remarkable reputation for their contribution to the literature and intellectual life of Britain as the Godwins and the Shelleys. Yet this reputation was shaped in a subtle... -
Heath Robinson's Home Front: How to Make Do and Mend in Style by W. Heath Robinson
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £9.31How does one play bridge in a gas mask? Or enjoy motoring without consuming petrol? Or deal with a nationwide shortage of pea-sticks? For this compact little book Heath Robinson joined forces with... -
Menswear: Vintage People on Photo Postcards by Tom Phillips
RRP: £10.00Booksplease Price: £8.60This series celebrates the Bodleian Library's acquisition of Tom Phillips's archive of over 50,000 photographic postcards dating from the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which,... -
An Exile on Planet Earth: Articles and Reflections Brian Aldiss 9781851243730
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.99Although Brian Aldiss cannot be pigeon-holed as a science fiction writer there is no doubt that he is a master of the art of conceiving other worlds. His fertile imagination has created intriguing... -
Literary Cats by Judith Robinson
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.39'Everything you ever wanted to know about cats in books. A wonderful idea, beautifully executed.' - Viv Groskop Cats have provided the inspiration for an incredible range of fiction, memoir and... -
Postcards from the Russian Revolution by Andrew Roberts
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.87The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 was one of the most important events of the 20th century. It has been studied from many angles, but never before from the visual perspective of postcards, a... -
Domestic Herbal, The: Plants for the Home in the Seventeenth Century by Margaret Willes
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.18In the seventeenth century, even the most elaborate and fashionable gardens had areas set aside for growing herbs, fruit, vegetables and flowers for domestic use, while those of more modest... -
Thinking 3D: Books, Images and Ideas from Leonardo to the Present Daryl Green 9781851245253
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.54During the Renaissance, artists and illustrators developed the representation of truthful three-dimensional forms into a highly skilled art. As reliable illustrations of three-dimensional subjects... -
North Sea Crossings: The Literary Heritage of Anglo-Dutch Relations, 1066 to 1688 Sjoerd Levelt 9781851245543
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £35.10This richly illustrated book tells the story of cultural exchange between the people of the Low Countries and England in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, and reveals how Anglo-Dutch... -
Just the Job: How Trades got their Names by Alexander Tulloch
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.80What did a gongfarmer do? How is a chaperone connected to a bird of prey? What is the etymology behind cloud architect? And is there a link between secretaries and secrets? The story behind these... -
The Original Rules of Tennis Tim Henman 9781851243181
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.87While Jeu de paume has been played in France for hundreds of years and was associated with the French and English medieval and renaissance courts, the modern game of tennis dates from 1874, when the... -
Dole Queues and Demons: British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive Stuart Ball (Reader in Modern History, University of Leicester) 9781851243532
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.29A unique blend of graphic design, bold art or photography and cunning psychology, election posters are an unsung art form, stretching back to the dawn of the twentieth century. Exploiting the... -
The Romance of the Middle Ages Nicholas Perkins (Fellow of St Hugh's College and Lecturer in Medieval English, University of Oxford) 9781851242955
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.29From King Arthur and the Round Table to Alexander the Great's global conquests, the stories of romance appear in some of the most beautiful books of the Middle Ages, and still resonate today. This... -
The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce 9781851245079
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.80DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country In 1881 Ambrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the... -
Gifts and Books by Nicholas Perkins 9781851246106
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £31.96We all know about giving and receiving gifts: they can be touching or puzzling, either strengthening bonds of friendship or becoming a burden. Gifts are an integral part of human societies and this... -
Write Cut Rewrite: The Cutting Room Floor of Modern Literature by Dirk Van Hulle 9781851246182
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £32.76Imagine looking over the shoulder of your favourite author and witnessing the moment they begin writing the opening chapter of their best-loved novel. What you might see is that the author has to... -
Better Bed Manners: A Humorous 1930s Guide to Bedroom Etiquette for Husbands and Wives by Anne Balliol 9781851246199
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.80Ever needed tips on how to sleep next to a snoring spouse? How to convalesce in style? Or the etiquette of staying in a haunted house? This humorous book was originally published in the 1930s as an... -
The Original Rules of Rugby by Martin Johnson 9781851243716
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.13The origins of the game of rugby and the codification of the rules which defined the game have been glorified in numerous legends, some of which are little more than sporting hagiography. ... -
Instructions for British Servicemen in France, 1944 by 9781851243358
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £5.67In 1944 the British War Office distributed a handbook to British soldiers informing them what to expect and how to behave in a newly-liberated France. Containing candid descriptions of this... -
How to Be a Good Parent by Jaqueline Mitchell
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £5.97'To keep children clean is something that should never be attempted. It cannot be done.' 'The mere provision of the vegetable is not sufficient; it must be actually eaten.' 'If there is room... -
How We Fell in Love with Italian Food Diego Zancani 9781851245123
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.58Pizza, pasta, pesto and olive oil: today, it's hard to imagine any supermarket without these items. But how did these foods - and many more Italian ingredients - become so widespread and popular? ... -
The Princess who Hid in a Tree: An Anglo-Saxon Story by Jackie Holderness
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.86This story is about a brave and kind Anglo-Saxon princess called Frideswide who lived in Oxford a long time ago and just happened to be brilliant at climbing very tall trees. Her talent came in... -
Fantasy Travel: Vintage People on Photo Postcards by Tom Phillips
RRP: £10.00Booksplease Price: £8.60This series celebrates the Bodleian Library's acquisition of Tom Phillips's archive of over 50,000 photographic postcards dating from the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which,... -
The Rain Puddle by Adelaide Holl
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.86Who has fallen into the rain puddle? Is it plump hen, turkey gobbler, curly sheep or beautiful fat pig? When all the animals peer into the puddle at the same time, they see the entire farmyard... -
The Book Lovers' Miscellany by Claire Cock-Starkey
Booksplease Price: £12.07Ever wondered how ink is made? Or what is the bestselling book of all time? Or which are the oldest known books in the world? Highbrow to lowbrow, all aspects of the book are celebrated and... -
Why North is Up: Map Conventions and Where They Came From by Mick Ashworth
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £16.91Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? How have cartographers through the centuries developed their craft and established a language of maps which helps them... -
Through the Lens of Janet Stone: Portraits, 1953-1979 Ian Archie Beck 9781851242597
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £18.30Janet Stone's photograph albums feature informal portraits from the mid-twentieth century of many of the leading cultural figures and personalities of the day. The wife of the distinguished engraver... -
Oxford Freemasons: A Social History of Apollo University Lodge Joe Mordaunt Crook 9781851244676
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.54Over the past 200 years, many thousands of undergraduates have been initiated into membership of Apollo - the Masonic lodge of the University of Oxford. These have included such diverse figures as... -
Jane Austen: Writer in the World Kathryn Sutherland 9781851244638
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £27.48This collection of essays offers an intimate history of Austen's art and life told through objects associated with her personally and with the era in which she lived. Her teenage notebooks, music...