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The Oresteia


AESCHYLUS & FAGLES, ROBERT (Trans) & STANFORD, W B (Intro, Notes & Glossary)

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt & red lettering/decoration to spine, gilt crown illus to front board, deckled page fore-edges, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 343pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light water staining & wrinkling to eps & prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light to moderate tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Wildwood House 1976

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS classical Greek literature classics Aeschylus English translations

$120.00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

$45.00
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Disadvantage


WOLFF, JONATHAN & DE-SHALIT, AVNER

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & blue lettering to spine, xiii + 231pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: political theory philosophy literature

$40.00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

$100.00
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Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint


JACKSON, MACDONALD P

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism

$40.00
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The Other Shore: Essays on Writers and Writing


JACKSON, MICHAEL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FOR VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xi + 205; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2013

KEYWORDS: American fiction 20th 21st century history criticism literature writing authorship

$60.00
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Baudelaure a Paris


PICHOIS, CLAUDE; RUE, MAURICE (photos)

TEXT IN FRENCH. Provanace attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Imp. 8vo, pp. 163; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).

PUBLISHER: Librairie Hachette 1967

KEYWORDS: Charles Baudelaire 19th century poet author poetry literature fiction Paris France French language

$40.00
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Theocritus' Pastoral Analogies: The Formation of a Genre


GUTZWILLER, KATHRYN J

LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 304pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Theocritus pastoral poetry literature writings Greek history criticism literary form

$35.00
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Hunting Reminiscences


PEASE, ALFRED E

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 271pp + 32pp to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine cocked & faded with heavy cracking also- top half flapping loose but still tentatively attached, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, some prelims detached- some potentially missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking sporadically throughout- some pages may be detached)

PUBLISHER: W Thacker & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: hobbies sports hunting literature Alfred E Pease

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