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$15.00
xxsed180778

Tolstoy Remembered; by His Son


TOLSTOY, SERGEI & BUDBERG, MOURA (Trans)

EX-LIBRARY, 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1961

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Leo Tolstoy literary literature Russian authors Russia

$25.00
xxsed180780

The Questionnaire; or Prayer For a Town & a Friend


GRUSA, JIRI & KUSSI, PETER (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Blond & Briggs 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition czech literature novels fiction Jiri Grusa

$30.00
xxsed180781

The Professor of Truth


ROBERTSON, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hamish Hamilton 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels James Robertson

$15.00
xxsed180784

Leo Tolstoy


SIMMONS, ERNEST J.

Octavo hardcover (scruffy) in d/w (scruffy); 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: John Lehmann 1949

KEYWORDS: literary biographies literature Russia Russian authors Leo Tolstoy

$37.50
xxsed180785

The Big Game and Other Stories


GASKELL, A. P.

FIRST EDITION, 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 Caxton Press 1947

KEYWORDS: first edition short stories collection New Zealand Aotearoa literature fiction A P Gaskell

$30.00
xxsed180786

Real Illusions: A Selection of Family Lies and Biographical Fictions in Which the Ancestral Dead Also Play Their Part


HALEY, RUSSELL

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, 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: Victoria University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa literature fiction short stories collection first edition

$18.50
xxsef180789

City of Saints & Thieves


ANDERSON, NATALIE C.

FIRST EDITION, 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: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Natalie C Anderson

$25.00
xxseh180798

I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities and Other Stuff


JACOBSON, ABBI

FIRST EDITION, 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: Virago 2018

KEYWORDS: first edition travel literature Abbi Jacobson US America

$24.50
xxseh180800

The Practice of Theory: Poststructuralism, Cultural Politics, and Art History


MOXEY, KEITH

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: philosophy culture cultural politics art history poststructuralism literature

$25.00
xxsei180809

Hunslett's Yard


LAURIE-LONG, E.

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY (CLEAN UNLABELLED D/W), 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: Ward Lock & Company 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels E Laurie-Long

$10.00
xxsei180811

How to Read a Book


MOREY, KELLY ANA

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: Awa Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa the Ginger series literature literary

$325.00
1y99b/35

A Voyage Around the World: New Zealand


VERNE, JULES

Sm octavo, terracotta textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & boards, aeg, illus title page, vii + 264pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & surface loss to boards, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge and Sons N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature Jules Verne New Zealand Aotearoa culture history

$75.00
1y99b/49

Magnum Opus or the Great Work of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (Facsimile Reprint)


PIKE, ALBERT

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers, sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing N/D (Facsimile Reprint)

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons history Scottish Albert Pike literature

$45.00
1y99b/55

Scribes, Script and Books: The Book Arts From Antiquity to the Renaissance


AVRIN, LEILA & CARL, MALLA (Illus) & OPHIR, NOAH (Illus)

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY- MINIMAL MARKINGS, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, red blind stamp illus & gilt rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxii + 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl label residue to front board & spine, any library markings erased with black marker pen- minimal)

PUBLISHER: American Library Association / The British Library 1991

KEYWORDS: language linguistics books literature etymology books history evolution bookmaking

$70.00
1y99b/62

Ovid and the Renaissance Body


OVID & STANIVUKOVIC, GORAN V. (Ed)

Super octavo, charcoal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 281pp, VG+ (boards sl warped, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & creasing, sl water staining to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 2001

KEYWORDS: literary literature art criticism Ovid sex renaissance

$85.00
1y99b/63

Shakespeare on Masculinity


WELLS, ROBIN HEADLAM

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 249pp, VG (moderate bruising to spine & boards, light soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine & front cover)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: first edition literary criticism literature Shakespeare essays collection prose gender masculinity kings rulers heroes

$40.00
1y99b/65

Shakespeare's Books: Contemporary Cultural Politics and the Persistence of Empire


MEAD, PHILIP & CAMPBELL, MARION (Eds)

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, vii + 221pp, VG (light creasing & curling to covers with some soiling, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate & plentiful creasing/folding to top page corners)

PUBLISHER: University of Melbourne 1993

KEYWORDS: literary criticism literature Shakespeare contemporary cultural politics Australia

$55.00
1y99b/66

Poets' Grammar: Person, Time and Mood in Poetry


BERRY, FRANCIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, pink buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 190pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev, bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, price clipped, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1958

KEYWORDS: first edition poetry literature criticism language linguistics verse literary

$100.00
1y99b/67

Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England


BISHOP, TOM & BLOOM, GINA & LIN, ERIKA T. (Eds)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 332pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Amsterdam University Press 2021

KEYWORDS: performance Shakespeare theatre play games literary criticism literature

$55.00
1y99b/71

Heresy, Literature, and Politics in Early Modern English Culture


LOEWENSTEIN, DAVID & MARSHALL, JOHN (Eds)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 318pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl soiling & light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: English literature literary criticism history historical heresy politics

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