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$400.00
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The Lord of the Rings (3 Vol Set)


TOLKIEN, J. R. R.

3 VOL SET, SECOND REVISED EDITION (6TH IMPRESSION) super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red, 352-440pp, folding maps to rear of each vol, VG (light scuffing to extrems, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards of vol 1, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev, owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps of each vol) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping ot edges with some minor surface loss, light tanning & moderate foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1971

KEYWORDS: fantasy literature fiction novels J R R Tolkien middle earth

$125.00
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Personal Narrative of Military Travel and Adventure in Turkey and Persia; Comprising a Brief Sketch of the Chequered Life of the Author


MACDONALD, ROBERT

Octavo, textured red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xvi + 303pp, scruffy (heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, with some surface loss, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards with some moderate staining, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters, ffep missing, moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1859

KEYWORDS: military history travel literature adventure Turkey Persia

$40.00
1b37a/39

An Egyptian Princess (2 Vol Set)


EBERS, GEORG & GROVE, ELEANOR (Trans)

Sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, red speckled page edges, vol 1- xx + 330pp, vol 2- 375pp, VG (light scuffing to spine & extrems with some minor bruising, light chafing to boards with sl surface loss, heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz 1871

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Georg Ebers

$19.50
xxcsf188168

Beyond Forget: Rediscovering the Prairies


ABLEY, MARK

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: Chatto & Windus 1988

KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian history landscapes prairies provinces travel literature writing

$15.00
xxcsf188169

Angus Wilson: Mimic and Moralist


FAULKNER, PETER

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: Martin Secker & Warburg 1980

KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir Angus Wilson philosophy literature

$15.00
xxcsf188173

The Waters


NIXON, CARL

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: Vintage / Penguin Random House 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Carl Nixon

$19.50
xxcsg188190

A Late Picking: Poems 1965-1974


HOPE, A. D.

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: Angus & Robertson 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse A D Hope collection literature

$25.00
xxcta188194

The Forest in Folklore and Mythology


PORTEOUS, ALEXANDER

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: Dover Publications 2002

KEYWORDS: folklore lore mythology myths forests trees forestry cultures literature

$15.00
xxctc188202

Ehrengard


DINESEN, ISAK

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 Chicago Press 1963

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Isak Dinesen

$10.00
xxctc188203

A World of Love


BOWEN, ELIZABETH

LACKS D/W, 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: Readers Union / Jonathan Cape 1957

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Elizabeth Bowen romance

$12.50
xxctc188204

Graham Greene: Friend and Brother


DURAN, LEOPOLDO & CAMERON, EUAN (Trans)

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: Fount / HarperCollins 1995

KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir Graham Greene literature writers authors

$10.00
xxctc188205

The Matchbox House


DUCKWORTH, MARILYN

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: Oxford University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors Marilyn Duckworth fiction novels

$9.00
xxctc188207

Anecdotes of Destiny


DINESEN, ISAK

Paperback (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: Vintage Books 1974

KEYWORDS: literature fiction short stories Isak Dinesen

$10.00
xxctc188208

My Story: War Nurse: The Diary of Kitty Langley, 1939-1940


LANGLEY, KITTY & REID, SUE

Sm 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: Scholastic 2005

KEYWORDS: children's literature history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Kitty Langley diaries journals medical nurses

$14.50
xxctc188209

Survivors in Mexico


WEST, REBECCA & SCHWEIZER, BERNARD (Ed & Intro)

Octavo softcover (VG+) fep missing; 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: Yale University Press / Nota Bene 2004

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Mexico culture history

$35.00
xxctd188211

Crime


WELSH, IRVINE

FIRST US 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: W. W. Norton & Company 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions literature fiction novels Irvine Welsh crime thrillers

$18.50
xxctd188212

Chicago


AL ASWANY, ALAA

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: Fourth Estate 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Alaa al Aswany

$10.00
xxctd188215

A Nest of Cuckoos


MARSHALL, HEATHER

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: Hutchinson 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Heather Marshall fiction novels

$15.00
xxctd188222

Three English Women in America


POPE-HENNESSY, UNA

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: Century 1987

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Fanny Trollope Fanny Kemble Harriet Martineau US America American culture biographies

$15.00
xxctd188224

The Scandaroon


WILLIAMSON, HENRY & LILLY, KEN (Illus)

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: Macdonald 1972

KEYWORDS: literature Henry Williamson

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