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$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

$36.00
xxsei180822

Biggles in Mexico


JOHNS, Capt. W. E. & STEAD, LESLIE (Illus)

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

$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

$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

$40.00
1y99c/2

Poetry of Mourning: The Modern Elegy From Hardy to Heaney


RAMAZANI, JAHAN

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

$90.00
1y99c/4

Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works


MIDDLETON, THOMAS & TAYLOR, GARY et al (Eds)

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

$40.00
1y99c/10

Th eShakespearean International Yearbook: 19: Special Section, Shakespeare and Refugees


BISHOP, TOM & JOUBIN, ALEXA ALICE et al (Eds)

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

$75.00
1y99c/11

Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies


SHAKESPEARE, Mr. WILLIAM & KOKERITZ, HELGE (Facsimile Edition Prepared by) & PROUTY, CHARLES TYLER (Intro)

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

$20.00
xxser180841

The Country of The Ring and the Book


With a Frontispiece in Colur and 106 Illustrations, Maps and Plans

TREVES, SIR FREDERICK

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

$15.00
xxser180843

If It Be Love


KAUFFMANN, STANLEY

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

$14.00
xxset180854

Brothers at War


KNOX, OLIVER

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

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