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$60.00
1y98c/54

Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion


HARRISON, JANE ELLEN

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxx + 682pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: mythology ancient history religion Greek Greece deities antiquity

$55.00
1y98c/60

The Revolution of Ideas: Philosophy, Religion & Some Ultimate Questions


WATTS, G STUART

Octavo, glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, boardered title-page, xix + 399 pp., VG (light curling, creasing & scuffing to front & back covers, moderate soiling/foxing to pg edges & eps, light cracking/glue residue to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hale & Iremonger 1982

KEYWORDS: the history of ideas philosophy religion Greek philosophy of mind God life and death

$195.00
1y98c/64

The Art of Dr. Seuss: A Retrospective on the Artistic Talent of Theodor Seuss Geisel / The Art of Dr. Seuss: The Secret Art Collection (2 vols in 1)


SENDAK, MAURICE & BREZZO, STEVEN L

2 VOLS AS 1, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine and boards, illus boards & eps, extra internal eps seperate each volume, two illus title-pages, 95 + 92 pp., numerous illus/plates not counted presumed present, contains errata slip, VG+ (light to moderate fading to edges of boards, light soiling to title-page, light to moderate adhesion to pgs), in d/w VG (light scuffing to front & back covers, light to moderate curling/creasing & chipping with minor archival tape repairs to edges, 7cm repaired closed tear)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2002

KEYWORDS: Dr Seuss children's books art exhibition collection cartoon criticism history archive

$565.00
1y99e/5

New Zealand Involvement: Special Opporations Australia South-West Pacific World War II


WIGZELL, FRANCIS ALEXANDER

8vo, blue heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 289 pp., illus/photos, NF (sl bruising to bds extrems, inscription to p. [2]) in d/w VG+ (light bruising & sl creasing to extrems, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: The Pentland Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Australia special operations World War 2 20th century

$775.00
1y99e/9

The History of the First West India Regiment


ELLIS, Major A B

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, red buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front bds, blind stamp to rear bds, black eps, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus/plated title-page, xii + 365 + 40 pp, adverts to rear., maps/plates- counted & all present, VG- (moderate soiling & chaffing to boards & spine, brusing to spine & board extrems, sl tearing to front & rear hinges, small repair made to center of front board, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, light foxing & soiling to prelims, minor pencil annotation to p. 1, light to moderate cracking to central gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall Limited 1885

KEYWORDS: India England military West India Regiment 19th century army millitary history

$60.00
1y99e/12

The Royal Victoria Keepsake; or Souvenir of Literature and Art


n/a

ORIGINAL BINDING, 8vo, blue cloth boards, blind stamped & gilt decoration to bds, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 280 pp., plates not counted assumed all present, G+ (moderate soiling & chaffing to bds & spine, moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, minor tear to cloth of rear hinge & spine extrems, moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine, ffep missing, moderate soiling/foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, moderate cracking of front/rear & central gutters, light foxing/soiling & tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Holmes (Successor to Edward Lacey,) 76, St. Paul's Church Yard, and sold by all booksellers 1855

KEYWORDS: Victorian art literary literature essays social history op ed opinions

$15.00
xxfta201071

The Marble Foot: An Autobiography 1905-1938


QUENNELL, PETER

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1976

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Peter Quennell history

$35.00
xxfta201075

Hugh Walpole: A Biography


HART-DAVIS, RUPERT

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1952

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Hugh Walpole literature literary history English novelists writers authors New Zealand born

$17.50
xxftd201083

Reality Hunger: A Manifesto


SHIELDS, DAVID

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Vintage 2011

KEYWORDS: modern literature history criticism modernism David Shields

$35.00
xxftd201084

Grand Canyon


SACKVILLE-WEST, V

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1942

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature alternate alternative history V Vita Sackville-West

$16.50
xxfub201089

Lytton Strachey by Himself: A Self Portrait


STRACHEY, LYTTON & HOLROYD, MICHAEL (Ed & Intro)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1971

KEYWORDS: Lytton Strachey autobiography autobiographies memoir history literary

$15.00
xxfuf201105

Duncan Grant


MORTIMER, RAYMOND

Oblong octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1945

KEYWORDS: art history artists Duncan Grant modern painters

$18.50
xxfuf201107

Dear Lady Ginger: An Exchange of Letters Between Lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell


MORRELL, LADY OTTOLINE & CRESSWELL, D'ARCY & SHAW, HELEN (Ed)

Slim octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Century 1984

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Lady Ottoline Morrell D'Arcy Cresswell Bloomsbury era New Zealand England English history literary

$16.50
xxfuf201109

Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Family


STRACHEY, BARBARA

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1980

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Pearsall Smith family history

$28.50
xxfvd201111

Good Company: Diaries, January 1967-December 1970


PARTRIDGE, FRANCES

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1994

KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history

$35.00
xxfvd201112

Everything to Lose: Diaries 1945-1960


PARTRIDGE, FRANCES

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1985

KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history

$18.50
xxfvd201113

Life Regained: Diaries January 1970-December 1971


PARTRIDGE, FRANCES

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1998

KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history

$22.50
xxfwb201119

Who's Who in Bloomsbury


PALMER, ALAN and VERONICA

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Harvester Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury biographies portraits history

$16.50
xxfwf201129

Ancestors and Friends


LEHMANN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1962

KEYWORDS: art history Lehmann first editions

$35.00
xxfwf201134

The Letters of Charles Greville and Henry Reeve 1836-1865


GREVILLE, CHARLES & REEVE, HENRY & JOHNSON, Rev A H (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Charles Greville Henry Reeve history politics political

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