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$50.00
1r34a/11

The Balkan Road


LYALL, ARCHIBALD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front eps, frontispiece, viii + 244pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters throghout, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs & minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Balkan road Europe

$40.00
1r34a/21

Portrait of a Dictator: Francisco Solano Lopez (Paraguay 1865-1870)


GRAHAM, R B CUNNINGHAME

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 283pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Paraguay biographies memoir political leaders dictators Francisco Solano Lopez history 19th nineteenth century

$40.00
1r34a/27

Two-Edg'd Weapons: Style and Ideology in the Comedies of Etherege, Wycherley and Congreve


MARKLEY, ROBERT

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: English drama literature literary restoration criticism interpretation comedies George Etherege Congreve Wycherley

$60.00
1r34a/28

Paul Bowles: A Descriptive Bibliography


MILLER, JEFFREY

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to title plate of orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 323pp, illus, Near FINE (minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Paul Bowles literary translators literature

$140.00
1r34a/29

A Babble of Ancestral Voices: Shakespeare, Cervantes and Theobold


FRAZIER, HARRIET C

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & tanning, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Mouton & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: literature literary Shakespeare Lewis Theobald Cervantes criticism

$40.00
1r34a/31

Golden Days in Many Lands


LEYS, WINIFRED H

FIRST EDITION- COLONIAL, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 340pp + 31pp publisher's catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate fading & staining to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, faint ex-libris ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1910

KEYWORDS: first edtions colonial travel writing literature Europe Winifred H Leys

$40.00
1r34a/35

Reinterpreting Modern Culture: An Introduction to Friedrich Nietzsche's Philosophy


VAN TONGEREN, PAUL J M

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xiv + 322pp, VG (moderate wrinkling & soiling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Purdue University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: philosophy Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche criticism interpretation literature

$16.50
xxrba193813

Communion Town: A City in Ten Chapters


THOMPSON, SAM

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: Fourth Estate 2012

KEYWORDS: sam thompson novel fiction literature city cities first edition

$15.00
xxrbd193833

The Leper's Companion


BLACKBURN, JULIA

FIRST EDITION; UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1999

KEYWORDS: julia blackburn britain british england english literature fiction

$12.00
xxrag193856

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights


RUSHDIE, SALMAN

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: Jonathan Cape 2015

KEYWORDS: salman rushdie novels fiction literature jinn

$19.50
xxrag193858

Family Matters


MISTRY, ROHINTON

FIRST U.S. 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: Alfred A. Knopf 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first editions rohinton mistry fiction novels literature indian canadian canada

$35.00
xxrah193860

The Houses of the Eagle


BRUCE, MARY GRANT

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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1925

KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce novels fiction literature children's australian

$10.00
xxrah193861

A South-Sea Siren


CHAMIER, GEORGE & STEVENS, JOAN (ed & intro)

Octavo softcover (VG-, intermittent underlining in light pencil); 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: Auckland University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: george chamier fiction novels literature new zealand north canterbury

$15.00
xxrai193872

Mates at Billabong


BRUCE, MARY GRANT & MACFARLANE, J. (illus)

Sm. octavo hardcover (scruffy VG-, a few prelim. pages incl. frontispiece detached with attempted tape repairs by prev. owner); 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 & Co., Limited n/d

KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated

$22.50
xxraj193873

Told By Peter


BRUCE, MARY GRANT

Sm. octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy 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 & Co., Limited 1949

KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature

$25.00
xxraj193875

Billabong Riders


BRUCE, MARY GRANT

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LACKS D/W; 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1952

KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature

$15.00
xxraj193877

Norah of Billabong


BRUCE, MARY GRANT & MACFARLANE, J. (illus)

Sm. octavo hardcover (VG-, frontispiece detached but present); 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 & Co., Limited n/d (c.1930s)

KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated

$25.00
xxrak193878

The Twins of Emu Plains


BRUCE, MARY GRANT

FIRST EDITION; Sm. octavo hardcover (VG-, frontispiece detached but present); 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 & Co., Limited 1923

KEYWORDS: modern first editions mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated

$25.00
xxrak193879

Son of Billabong


BRUCE, MARY GRANT

LACKS D/W; Sm. octavo hardcover (scruffy VG-, fragment of d/w has been pasted to rear eps by prev. owner); 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 & Co., Limited 1939

KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated

$19.50
xxrak193881

St. Lawrence Blues


BLAIS, MARIE-CLAIRE & MANHEIM, RALPH (trans)

FIRST ENGLISH 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: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first editions marie-claire blais novels fiction literature canadian canada quebecois

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