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$55.00
1o18a/36

The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism


CHADWICK, WHITNEY

FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, pp. 256; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in black, publisher's device in blind to front board; illus. tp, photos, plates, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping;

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2017

KEYWORDS: Whitney Chadwick first edition female women 20th century habits custom social history education philosophy literature

$50.00
1o18a/37

The Problem of Verse Language


TYNIANOV, YURI; SOSA, MICHAEL & HARVEY, BRENT (eds & transl)

Super 8vo, pp. 170; brown buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate soiling to pg edges; minor tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Ardis 1981

KEYWORDS: poetry poems poet verse language literary criticism Russia Russian literature

$50.00
1p20b/1

Female Acts in Greek Tragedy


FOLEY, HELENE P

Super 8vo, pp. x + 410; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate annotation in pencil throughout (by Prof. Anne Mackay)); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Greece Greek tragedy play drama literature criticism female women representation

$200.00
1y48a/9

James K. Baxter: Complete Prose: 1943-1972 (4 vols)


BAXTER, JAMES K; WEIR, JOHN (ed)

FOUR VOL SET. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 753, xiv + 692, xii + 567, xxviii + 562; illus. heavy card bds, cream spine lettered in black & purple gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand poet prose literature 20th century complete works Dunedin Wellington

$40.00
1u35a/5

The Cynic's Cyclopedia


CELT

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, (10pp) + 167pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & boards/extrems, light to moderate soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co N/D (c.1922)

KEYWORDS: humour humor sayings wisdom cynicism literature Celt

$45.00
1u35a/15

Three New Chum Girls


TURNER, LILIAN & MACFARLANE, J (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with blind decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 256pp, illus, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters occasionally throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1910

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Lilian Turner illustrated J Macfarlane

$80.00
1u35a/16

The World of Mathematics (4 Vol Set)


NEWMAN, JAMES R (Commentaries & Notes)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red, 2535pp total, VG (light bruising & scuffing/rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to text block of each vol)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1960-61

KEYWORDS: literature mathematics Albert Einstein A'h-mose theory

$120.00
w1a/6

The Dead Command (Los Muertas Mandan)


IBANEZ, VICENTE BLASCO & DOUGLAS, FRANCES (Trans)

UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo black buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 315pp, VG (light scuffing to spine extrems, moderate discolouration & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss also, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1923

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions English translations literature novels fiction Vicente Blasco Ibanez

$55.00
w1a/8

The Politics of Truth: Essays in Critical Anthropology


BERREMAN, GERALD D & VATUK, VED PRAKESH (Fore)

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 298pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate peeling to spine & edges, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: South Asian Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: essays literature anthropology social sciences

$45.00
w1a/10

Gender Transformations (Michigan Discussions in Anthropology, Spring 1990, Volume 9)


HURTIG, JANISE (Ed) & GILLOGLY, KATE (Ed) & GULEVICH, TANYA (Assist. Ed)

Quarto, patterned light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 142pp, VG (light creasing/curling & tanning to spine & cover edges, light foxing & tanning to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Anthropology, University of Michigan 1990

KEYWORDS: academic texts gender sexuality sociobiology essays discussions literature

$50.00
w1a/14

The Biological Foundations of Bioethics


LEWENS, TIM

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: science biology bioethics ethics medical social policy essays literature acaddemic texts philosophy

$50.00
w1a/15

Godwin


O'NEILL, JOSEPH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 277pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: 4th Estate 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Joseph O'Neill

$40.00
w1a/20

Inequality


TEMKIN, LARRY S

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii + 352pp, illus/diagrams, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory inequality

$40.00
w1a/21

The Limits of Morality


KAGAN, SHELLY

Octavo, grey glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiii + 415pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: philosophy morality literature discussion

$40.00
w14a/1

Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)


WILSON, JEAN MOORCROFT

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018

KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves

$100.00
w14a/7

Ozmar the Mystic


HULME-BEAMAN, EMERIC & SMITH, W T (Illus)

Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 378pp, illus, VG- (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate staining to terminals, light occasional soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Bliss Sands & Co 1896

KEYWORDS: colonial library editions literature novels fiction Emeric Hulme-Beaman

$245.00
w14a/13

Treasure Island


STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS & CAMERON, JOHN (Illus)

LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decoration to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 340pp, illus/plates- 1x plate missing, VG (moderate fading & staining/rubbing to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep & 1x plate missing, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1911

KEYWORDS: classic literature novels fiction Robert Louis Stevenson illustrated

$100.00
w14a/16

The Book of the Lion


PEASE, Sir ALFRED E

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913

KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease

$70.00
w14a/17

The Passing Years


RICHARD GREVILLE VERNEY LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924

KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke

$75.00
w14a/19

Late Harvest: Memories, Letters and Poems


BOSANQUET, ELLEN S

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with light fading/tanning also, minor soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chameleon Press (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: autobiographical Ellen S Bosanquet letters correspondence poems poetry verse literature

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