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The Reformation of the Subject: Spenser, Milton, and the English Protestant Epic


GREGERSON, LINDA

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: Cambridge University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: religious literature religion literary reformation Spenser Milton history iconoclasm poetry epic

$30.00
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A French Wedding


TUNNICLIFFE, HANNAH

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Doubleday 2017

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels signed Hannah Tunnicliffe

$10.00
xxffd184547

Critics on Marlowe: Readings in Literary Criticism


O'NEILL, JUDITH (Ed)

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: University of Miami Press 1988

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism Marlowe collection prose

$20.00
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Smut: Two Unseemly Stories


BENNETT, ALAN

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: Faber and Faber & Profile Books 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novellas Alan Bennett fiction humour humor novels

$20.00
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Shakespeare Left and Right


KAMPS, IVO (Ed)

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: Routledge 1991

KEYWORDS: literary criticism history literature political plays Shakespeare interpretation social

$26.50
xxfeh184574

The Mabinogion


DAVIES, SIONED (Trans, Intro & Notes)

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE); 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: Oxford University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Welsh literature medieval texts history historical literary criticism appreciation

$17.50
xxfei184577

Girls Made of Snow and Glass


BASHARDOUST, MELISSA

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Flatiron Books 2017

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature fantasy Melissa Bashardoust

$25.00
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A Dangerous Inheritance


WEIR, ALISON

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: Hutchinson 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction novels Alison Weir

$18.50
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USSR Humor


WINICK, CHARLES (Compiled by) & DOTZENKO, GRISHA (Illus)

Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Peter Pauper Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian humour humor collection anthology literature

$15.00
xxfek184592

Impressions of Lenin


BALABANOFF, ANGELICA & CESARI, ISOTTA (Trans) & WOLFE, BERTRAM D. (Fore)

EXTENSIVE ANNOTATION, HIGHLIGHTING & UNDERSCORING, 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: University of Michigan Press / Arbor Paperbacks 1968

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian Soviet philosophy V I Lenin literature history criticism communism

$65.00
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Khumbu: Gateway to Mount Everest: Pathways to Kinship


LAURENSON, PETER

Oblong quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 219pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v sl bruising to lower board edges, 5mm closed tear to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2021

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration climbing mountaineering Mount Everest Kathmandu Nepal Khumbu

$55.00
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In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or Modern Persia; Being Experiences of Life in Persia From 1866 to 1881 (Second Edition)


WILLS, C. J.

Sm octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 446pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, moderate staining to rear board, sl chafing & soiling to front board,moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Bowden 1893

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration modern Persia history culture customs history

$100.00
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The Future of Man


GRAHAM, ROBERT KLARK & BURT, Professor Sir CYRIL (Intro)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate highlighting to text throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss to base of spine, light to moderate staining & discolouration to spine & coevrs)

PUBLISHER: The Christopher Publishing House 1970

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Robert Klark Graham anthropology antiquity

$140.00
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Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand: A Thrilling Narrative of the Early Days: Embodying the Life-History of Captain William Jackson Barry Who Arrived in New South Wales in 1829


BARRY, CAPTAIN & BRACKEN, THOMAS (Intro)

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 210pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy scuffing & chipping with some loss to spine extrems, heavy scuffing to board edges with some surface loss, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy cracking to gutters- terminals & prelims up to pg 6 completely detached but present, light tanning to eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, boards shaky)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1903

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand exploration travel literature colonies adventure Captain William Jackson Barry history

$85.00
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Blue Mars


ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to prelims, 616pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning and foxing to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Voyager / HarperCollins 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi science fiction novels literature Kim Stanly Robinson

$40.00
2f51c/16

The Drunken Boat


RIMBAUD, ARTHUR & HILL, BRIAN (Trans & Intro)

Octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 87pp, VG- (heavy soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, light foxing to pgs throughout)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1953

KEYWORDS: poems poetry collection Arthur Rimbaud verse literature

$75.00
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Lady Wu: A True Story


YUTANG, LIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 245pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & intials to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & staining to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lin Yutang

$85.00
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Dishonored: The Wyrmwood Deceit


RENNIE, GORDON & OLIMPIERI, ANDREA (Artwork)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Titan Comics 2016

KEYWORDS: graphic novels fiction literature Gordon Rennie

$1650.00
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Ender's Game


CARD, ORSON SCOTT

FIRST EDITION THUS, SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 357pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning to pages, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Century Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first editions thus scifi science fiction literature novels Orson Scott Card

$70.00
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H. P. Blavatsky and the Masters of the Wisdom


BESANT, ANNIE

Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 58pp, VG- (heavy creasing, scuffing & tanning to spine & cover edges- sl loss to spine extrems, light foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep with rough attempts to erase, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Theosophical Publishing House 1922

KEYWORDS: theosophy religion H P Blavatsky philosophy literature

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