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1	Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist This engaging account of erotic artist Aubrey Beardsley's nonconventional life illuminates his relationship with Oscar Wilde, discusses the ways in which he manipulated the media, and suggests that Beardsley was one of the world's first modern artists. see all copies from $5.00! first editions
2	Walter Sickert: A Life more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist The first major life of the outstanding British painter -- and Jack the Ripper suspect -- Walter Sickert (1860-1942), by the highly acclaimed biographer of Aubrey Beardsley. Walter Richard Sickert is perhaps the outstanding figure of British art during the last hundred years. Many contemporary painters, from Hodgkin and Bacon to Auerbach and ... see all copies from $12.13! new only from $13.44! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Off the Leash: Memoirs of a Royal Corgi more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist An account of the British Royal Family at work, at play, at home, at each other's throats - told with the honesty for which corgis are justly famous. It tells of Princess Di's eating habits, the Duke of Edinburgh's sporting prowess and Fergie's innate sense of modesty. see all copies from $11.99!
4	1900 house more books like this by Mark McCrum, Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist This title accompanies Channel 4's programme that reveals just how radically life has been transformed by a century of science and technology. This "living experiment" transports a family, with all their technological dependencies, back to 1900 to live for three months in a house restored to the exact specifications of the era. As the family ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $54.99! \| first editions
5	1992 and all this more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist A humorous look at Europe in preparation for 1992 when Britain officially becomes part of the Continent. Much of the humour focuses on the differences between the British and the Europeans. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
6	It ain't necessarily so : investigating the truth of the Biblical past more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist In six 30-minute programmes scheduled for transmission in autumn 2001 John McCarthy travels through the Holy Land to examine the validity or otherwise of stories from the Old Testament. Bringing in history, archaeology and new research, his intriguing journey is the subject of this thought-provoking tie-in which looks at: the truth behind Jericho ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.31! \| first editions
7	Tosca's Surprise: 9 more books like this by Matthew Sturgis, Anne Mortimer (Illustrator) add to wishlist Greatly in need of privacy for personal reasons, Tosca the cat searches the entire house and backyard before she finds the perfect spot. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Tosca's surprise. more books like this by Anne Mortimer, Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist Sequel to "Tosca's Christmas", this story has Tosca, the cat, looking for a cosy place to take a nap. Inside the house the family are cleaning so Tosca goes outside and eventually with the help of her friend she finds the perfect spot. The author has also written "The English Cat at Home". see all copies from $2.53! first editions
9	1900 house : featuring extracts from the personal diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and their family more books like this by Mark McCrum, Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist This title accompanies Channel 4's programme that reveals just how radically life has been transformed by a century of science and technology. This "living experiment" transports a family, with all their technological dependencies, back to 1900 to live for three months in a house restored to the exact specifications of the era. As the family ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $99.26!
10	Tosca's Surprise more books like this by Matthew Sturgis, Matthew Stufgis, Anne Mortimer (Illustrator) add to wishlist Tosca the cat knows she must find a quiet place, but no place is exactly right until her friend Roger, the big orange tomcat, tells her about a little-known hideaway. When Tosca finally settles down, readers will marvel at the secret she's been keeping. "Mortimer's expressive, perfectly rendered cats' eyes are unsurpassed. Sure appeal".--Kirkus ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.04! \| first editions
11	It Ain't Necessarily So more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist During his five years in captivity in Beirut, John McCarthy had very little reading material. But the one book he did have was the Bible, which he read from cover to cover--twice. He was particularly intrigued by the stories of the Old Testament. But how much of this 'history' is actually true? Returning to the Holy Land, John McCarthy visited ... see all copies from $12.93!
12	Hampton Court Palace more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist The incredible history of one of Britain's greatest palaces and the history of the monarchy that made it so. This is a comprehensive history of Hampton Court Palace from the time of Thomas Wolsey to the present day. The story of the palace is also the story of the many ups and downs of the monarchy itself. Re-designed, rebuilt, constantly altered ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
13	Passionate attitudes : the English decadence of the 1890s more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist Oscar Wilde said "It is personalities, not principles, that move the Age". This was never more true than of the Decadent movement of the 1890s, which remains one of the most vivid periods of English culture. Wilde was its prophet, Dowson its poet, Symons its critic and Beerbohm its satirist. This book analyzes the movement through the eyes and ... see all copies from $74.30! first editions
14	English Cat at Home more books like this by M Sturgis add to wishlist This highly illustrated book features famous people and their cats at home - in bachelor pads, grand houses, farmhouses, Oxford Colleges, cathedral cloisters and Downing Street. The owners include Kingsley Amis, Desmond Morris, the Bishop of Leicester, Michael Berkeley, Carmen Callil, Alice Thomas Ellis and John Bratby. The book is a companion ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.98! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Tosca's Christmas more books like this by Matthew Sturgis, Anne Mortimer (Illustrator) add to wishlist An illustrated story of Tosca the cat's exploits on Christmas eve. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
16	Paperwork: Peter Clark more books like this by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist see all copies from $30.51! new only from $30.51! \| SVS
17	Tosca's Christmas more books like this by Anne Mortimer, Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist Tosca the cat doesn't like Christmas. She always seems to be in the way and no one ever remembers to give her a present. What Tosca wishes for more than anything is a Christmas present of her very own - but who could make her wish come true? When she sees a sleigh in the sky, her adventure begins! see all copies from $2.53! new only from $12.77!
18 view cover	Walter Richard Sickert: The Human Canvas by Edward King, Matthew Sturgis, Hannah Neale add to wishlist see all copies from $40.42! first editions
19	The death of Pierrot : a Beardsley miscellany more books like this by Steven Halliwell, Matthew Sturgis, Eighteen Nineties Society add to wishlist see all copies from $167.49!
20	Nadolig Tosca. more books like this by Anne Mortimer, Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist see all copies from $24.42!
21	Masks and phases : a dialogue by Matthew Sturgis add to wishlist see all copies from $40.74! first editions

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