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Decline and Fall


WAUGH, EVELYN

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PUBLISHER: Penguin

KEYWORDS: literature fiction dry humour Waugh

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Work Suspended and other stories


WAUGH, EVELYN

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1963

KEYWORDS: literature fiction short stories dry humour Waugh

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T.S. Eliot: the Man and his Work


TATE, ALLEN (edit)

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PUBLISHER: Pelican 1971

KEYWORDS: biography literature literary criticism Eliot

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Ten Years After Ivan Denisovich


MEDVEDEV, ZHORES

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1974

KEYWORDS: Solzhenitsyn literature Russia Russian politics persecution censorship KGB

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Dangerous Woman


KILLANE, JOCK

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PUBLISHER: Softcover Library 1976

KEYWORDS: sexploitation literature fiction

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And the Ass Saw the Angel


CAVE, NICK

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PUBLISHER: Penguin2009

KEYWORDS: literature fiction parable tragedy gothic

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The Cunning of the Dove


DUGGAN, ALFRED

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PUBLISHER: New English Library 1974

KEYWORDS: literature fiction historical Edward the Confessor

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Expatria


BROOKE, KEITH

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PUBLISHER: Corgi 1992

KEYWORDS: literature fiction science fantasy

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Selected Verse


BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES PIERRE & SCARFE, FRANCIS (intro,,trans)

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1961

KEYWORDS: literature poetry verse

$45.00
1y27/14

The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume V


KNIGHT, CHARLES

THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine & raised bands, blind decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 1034 paginated columns, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing & light staining to boards with some surface loss, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury and Evans 1857

KEYWORDS: cyclopaedia cyclopedia England United Kingdom UK history literature

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1y27/15

The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume IV


KNIGHT, CHARLES

THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine & raised bands, blind decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 1046 paginated columns, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing & light staining to boards with some surface loss, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury and Evans 1857

KEYWORDS: cyclopaedia cyclopedia England United Kingdom UK history literature

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1y27/16

The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume III


KNIGHT, CHARLES

THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine & raised bands, blind decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 998 paginated columns, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing & light staining to boards with some surface loss, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury and Evans 1856

KEYWORDS: cyclopaedia cyclopedia England United Kingdom UK history literature

$100.00
1y27/20

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: Vol 1- The Birth of Britain: Vol 2- The New World: Vol 3- The Age of Revolution: Vol 4- The Great Democracies


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.

4 VOLUME SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top of page edges stained red, xi-xxi + 322pp-416pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board edges with sl surface loss, light foxing to page edges and prelims, slight foxing to pages throughout all vols) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing and chipping and occasional tears to covers- severe to vol 1, archival tape repairs to edges of vols 1, 7cm closed tear to cover of vol 2, moderate foxing & tanning to all covers)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1956-1958

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill history Great Britiain illustrated literature culture language grammar syntax pre-history

$40.00
1y27/22

East by South: China in the Australasian Imagination


FERRALL, CHARLES & MILLAR, PAUL & SMITH, KEREN (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light soiling to covers, owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: literature China essays collection anthology Australasia orient oriental politics economy economics

$45.00
1y27/24

Hornet's Sting


ROBINSON, DEREK

LIMITED NUMBERED COPY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 410pp, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover corners, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Whistle Books 2008

KEYWORDS: limited numbered edition signed inscribed literature fiction military war

$100.00
1y27/38

Tender is the Night


FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT

FIRST EDITION THUS (SECOND UK EDITION), octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 278pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & light fraying to board edges, light discolouration to spine, moderate water staining to boards, 2cm bird droppings stain to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Grey Walls Press 1948

KEYWORDS: first edition thus UK literature fiction

$45.00
1y27/39

H. P. B. Speaks: Volume II


BLAVATSKY, H. P. & JINARAJADASA, C. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, blue heavy card boards with blue buckram spine, black lettering to spine & front board, fold out frontispiece, xvi + 181pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, light soiling to boards, light bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm. price stamp in ink to bottom of fep)

PUBLISHER: Theosophical Publishing House 1951

KEYWORDS: literature Blavatsky collection anthology first edition thus correspondance

$30.00
1y27/40

On Drink


AMIS, KINGSLEY & BENTLEY, NICOLAS (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 109pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, ex-libris name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to covers, moderate foxing to flaps & internal sides, corners clippped)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1972

KEYWORDS: first edition Kingsley Amis literature humour illustrated drink alcohol

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9th Judgement


PATTERSON, JAMES & PAETRO, MAXINE

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Century 2010

KEYWORDS: literature james petterson thriller

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In the Mist of the Mountains


TURNER, ETHEL & MACFARLANE, J (illus)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock & Co 1906

KEYWORDS: literature ethel turner

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