WHARTON, EDITH & FRENCH, MARILYN (afterw.)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Virago 1986

KEYWORDS: literature american

WHARTON, EDITH

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Virago 1996

KEYWORDS: literature american

MANKELL, HENNING & THOMPSON, LAURIE (trans.)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2011

KEYWORDS: henning mankell sweden swedish literature fiction mystery kurt wallander

WINTON, TIM

FIRST US EDITION (STATES FIRST EDITION & LOWEST NUMBER IN STRING IS 2), super octavo, blue patterned heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, author's initials in silver gilt lettering to front board, blue patterned eps, 426pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first US edition literature fiction novels Tim Winton

SHERMAN, ANITA GILMAN

Octavo, beige heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xvi + 240pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, v occasional marking in ink to margins)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2007

KEYWORDS: literature Shakespeare literary criticism Donne history

HUDSON, NICHOLAS

Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 222pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism Europe European history historical

HAMPTON, TIMOTHY

Super octavo, mauve glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 309pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers & edges, light chafing, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism history renaissance writing intellectual culture

NEUVEL, SYLVAIN

AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, 304pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph/Penguin Books 2016

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Australian literature fiction novels Themis files book one 1 i Sylvain Neuvel scifi science fiction

KING, JOHN N.

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 539pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism reformation history

HUNT, MAURICE

Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 148pp, Near FINE (light bruising to boards) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism history drama religion religious Christianity Shakespeare

ECO, UMBERTO & BREDIN, HUGH (Trans)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 287pp, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas literature literary criticism religion religious medieval philosophy

BAKER, DAVID (Ed)

Super octavo, pink glossy light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, xxiii + 368pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light fading to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Arkansas Press 1996

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism meter English versification language linguistics poetics

GIDE, ANDRE & O'BRIEN, JUSTIN (Ed, Trans, Abridged & Intro)

2 VOL SET, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spines, vol 1- xii + 354pp + xiv index to rear, vol 2- 368pp + xii index to rear, VG+ (light curling to covers, light fading to spine of vol 1, light soiling to page edges of both vols, sl cracking to front gutter of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: journals diary Andre Gide literary biographies autobiographies literature

HOWARD-HILL, T. H.

Super octavo, black buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 341pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Associated University Presses 1995

KEYWORDS: literature historiography politics government chess allegory political plays criticism literary

GLESS, DARRYL J.

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 273pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: theology religion religious literature literary doctrine Christianity Edmund Spenser poetry history criticism

STILLMAN, ROBERT E. (Ed)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, xxiv + 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light fading to front board, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Brill 2006

KEYWORDS: late middle ages renaissance history drama literature theatre theater England English criticism

WELLS, ELLEN B.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvii + 282pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature literary horsemanship horses history historical

MARTIN, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif & blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 301pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1865

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir John Clare literary literature poets poetry

JONES, EMRYS

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 269pp, VG (minimal library marks, light bruising to extrems, moderate water damage to lower spine extrem with paper residue adhered to spine, light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate water damage/staining to lower spine extrem, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism Shakespeare structure plays stage drama theatre theater

BARKAN, LEONARD

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & grey lettering to spine, xvi + 398pp, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges with some moderate fading, moderate creasing & fading to spine, light soiling to page edges, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 246/247, occasional markings to margins in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: art history literary criticism literature classical classics Ovid metamorphosis philosophy