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In Memoriam


NOUWEN, HENRI J M

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: Ave Maria Press 1980

KEYWORDS: grief death Henri J M Nouwen writings literature

$10.00
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Intimacy: Essays in Pastoral Psychology


NOUWEN, HENRI J M

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: Harper & Row 1981

KEYWORDS: pastoral psychology essays prose writings literature Henri Nouwen theology religion religious catholic

$10.00
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Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life


NOUWEN, HENRI J M & McNEILL, DONALD P & MORRISON, DOUGLAS A & FILARTIGA, JOEL (Drawings)

Octavo softcover (VG-) some highlighting to text; 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: Darton, Longman and Todd 1982

KEYWORDS: Christianity religion theology compassion literature

$16.50
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English Reprints


ARBER, EDWARD (Ed) & MILTON, JOHN & LATIMER, HUGH & GOSSON, STEPHEN

Sm octavo hardcover (VG-) some pencil markings throughout; 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: Alex, Murray & Son 1868

KEYWORDS: English literature reprints series John Milton Hugh Latimer Stephen Gosson

$15.00
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Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom


CROW, CARL

Super octavo hardcover (G) very scruffy copy, poor condition; 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: Hamish Hamilton 1941

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature China Chinese culture Carl Crow

$25.00
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Flower Shadows Behind the Curtain


KEAN, VLADIMIR (Trans) & KUHN, FRANZ (Intro)

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: Pantheon 1959

KEYWORDS: Chinese literature English translations novels fiction

$16.50
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Letters from a Traveller


DE CHARDIN, PIERRE TEILHARD

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: William Collins Sons & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Pierre Teilhard de Chardin letters correspondence geologist geology paleantology expeditions

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Reading the Bible Again for the First Time


BORG, MARCUS J

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: HarperCollins 2001

KEYWORDS: Christian bible literature literary criticism Christianity scripture studies

$40.00
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The Enfield Conspiracy


BREWER, KEN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & blue lettering to spine, 502pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Seaburn Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature historical fiction novels modern first editions signed Ken Brewer

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Poems 1937-1942


GASCOYNE, DAVID

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, unpaginated prelims + 62pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to central gutters) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate scuffing & tanning/foxing to spine, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: PL Editions 1948

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse illustrated literature David Gascoyne collections

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We Are the Makers of Dreams


BLAKE, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 336pp, VG (light fading & rubbing to board & spine edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing all over)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels William Blake

$45.00
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The Bloom of Candles: Verse from a Poet's Year


LEE, LAURIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated, VG (moderate bruising/creasing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, string binding sl wobbly) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate overall creasing)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Laurie Lee

$40.00
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The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale


LORD BYRON

Octavo, blank/plain grey light card covers, deckled page edges, unpaginated prelims + 75pp + unpaginated catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, heavy creasing to spine with 2.5cm loss to base, moderate tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light soilng & foxing to pages throughout- largely unobtrusive, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle-Street 1815

KEYWORDS: verse poetry poems literature Lord Byron

$210.00
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The Complete Pictorial Guides (10 Vol Boxed Set)


WAINWRIGHT, A

CHARMING & LOVELY 10 VOL BOXED SET, octavo, varied coloured cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, black illus to front boards, varied pagination, illus, VG+ (light tanning & fading to spines, sl bruising to spine extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light general bruising & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2009

KEYWORDS: A Wainwright special boxed sets illustrated literature travel writing England English north northern Lake District Cumbria Pennines fells lakes walks historical guides

$45.00
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The Colonel's Photograph


IONESCO, EUGENE & STEWART, JEAN (Trans) & RUSSELL, JOHN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 177pp, VG+ (light brusing & fading/discolouration to board & spine edges, light soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps, sm date ink stamp to rear ep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light dustings of foxing, moderate tape staining to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories literature Eugene Ionesco

$40.00
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Caligula and Cross Purpose (Le Malentendu)


CAMUS, ALBERT & GILBERT, STUART (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing/soiling to board & spine edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, price clipped, heavy cracking/closed tearing & tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing all over with minor tsaining)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions French plays literature English translations Albert Camus theater theatre stage historical

$300.00
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Ben the Bullfinch


BB (WATKINS-PITCHFORD, DENIS)

FIRST EDITION- VERY TIDY COPY OF SCARCE TITLE, sm octavo, yellow heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, blue illus to front board & base of spine, illus eps & title page, 119pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light foxing to board edges, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light creasing with prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, v minor staining to terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light foxing to rear, sl creasing/wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1957

KEYWORDS: reindeer books children's literature illustrated modern first editions BB Denis Watkins-Pitchford

$40.00
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The Happy Hospital


MUIR, Cpl WARD

Octavo, beige heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 155pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards with some minor tanning also, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps & gutters, light to moderate folding/creasing to top corners of some pages)

PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co 1918

KEYWORDS: Ward Muir Wardrop Openshaw Muir literature prose essays 3rd London General Hospital staff anecdotes

$40.00
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She: A History of Adventure (Eighth Edition)


HAGGARD, H RIDER

EIGHTH EDITION, octavo, half bound cream & marbled boards, black lettering to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces, unpaginated prelims + 317pp, G+ (v heavy cracking with some loss to spine- moderate soiling also, heavy soiling & scuffing to boards & edges, moderate fading & tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to front hinge & gutters- binding shakyprev. owners' names in ink to prelims, minor foxing sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutters & lightly throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: literature H Rider Haggard novels fiction

$10.00
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Beyond Time


MULLER, JOHN E

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: John Spencer & Co, Badger Books n/d

KEYWORDS: john e muller literature

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