Books - "literature"
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I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities and Other Stuff
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
The Practice of Theory: Poststructuralism, Cultural Politics, and Art History
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
Hunslett's Yard
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
How to Read a Book
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
Biggles in Mexico
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, 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: Brockhampton Press 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction adventure novels Biggles
A Voyage Around the World: New Zealand
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
Magnum Opus or the Great Work of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (Facsimile Reprint)
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
Scribes, Script and Books: The Book Arts From Antiquity to the Renaissance
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
Ovid and the Renaissance Body
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
Shakespeare on Masculinity
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
Shakespeare's Books: Contemporary Cultural Politics and the Persistence of Empire
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
Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England
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
Heresy, Literature, and Politics in Early Modern English Culture
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
Poetry of Mourning: The Modern Elegy From Hardy to Heaney
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 419pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1994
KEYWORDS: literary criticism literature poems poetry poets verse
Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 20166pp, VG (light chafing & creasing/curling to covers, light cracking to some gutters, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: plays theatre history drama stage Thomas Middleton collection anthology literature literary
Th eShakespearean International Yearbook: 19: Special Section, Shakespeare and Refugees
Super octavo, coloured heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xvii + 247pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2022
KEYWORDS: shakespearean yearbooks literary criticism literature Shakespeare culture essays collection
Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
Lg heavy quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, errata slip to preface page, xxix + 889pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955
KEYWORDS: collected plays tragedies William Shakespeare anthology stage theatre comedies literature
The Country of The Ring and the Book
With a Frontispiece in Colur and 106 Illustrations, Maps and Plans
FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY super 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1913
KEYWORDS: first edition the ring and the book robert browning britain british england english literary criticism culture history literature franceschini
If It Be Love
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1960
KEYWORDS: stanley kauffmann if it be love the philanderer literature america american novel
Brothers at War
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG, page edges foxed) 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Collins 1979
KEYWORDS: first edition oliver knox britain british england english social novel class literature humour humor