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$25.00
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Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson, and Other Very Short Stories


COTTRELL, JACK REMIEL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Canterbury University Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Jack Remiel Cottrell literature short stories first editions

$20.00
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The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths


GRAY, JOHN

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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary John Gray

$25.00
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The Temple


SPENDER, STEPHEN

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: Faber and Faber 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Stephen Spender

$18.50
xx126pol206018

Renaisance and Baroque Music: A Comprehensive Survey


BLUME, FRIEDRICH & NORTON, M D HERTER (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: Faber and Faber 1975

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose music renaissance baroque criticism

$14.00
xx145pol206031

Miracle of the Rose


GENET, JEAN & FRECHTMAN, BERNARD (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: Penguin 1971

KEYWORDS: fiction novels French literature English translations Jean Genet

$15.00
xx145pol206033

Vril, the Power of the Coming Race


BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD

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: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Edward Bulwer-Lytton

$27.50
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Blistered Days


BRETT, LILY

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, 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: Picador / Pan Macmillan 2007

KEYWORDS: signed first editions poetry poems verse literature Lily Brett

$15.00
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A Primer for Philosophy and Education


ROCHA, SAMUEL D

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: Cascade Books 2014

KEYWORDS: philosophy education literature Samuel D Rocha

$35.00
xx145pol206039

Times Like These


INGALLS, RACHEL

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Graywolf Press 2005

KEYWORDS: uncorrected proof copies modern first editions literature ficiton short stories Rachel Ingalls

$30.00
xx145pol206051

21st Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (VIZ Signature Edition)


URASAWA, NAOKI

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: VIZ Media 2021

KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels literature Naoki Urasawa

$25.00
xx145pol206052

Embodied Wisdom: The Collected Papers of Moshe Feldenkrais


FELDENKRAIS, MOSHE & ZEMACH-BERSIN, DAVID (Fore) & BERINGER, ELIZABETH (Ed)

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: Somatic Resources / North Atlantic Books 2010

KEYWORDS: health literature Moshe Feldenkrais psychophysiology motor activity body image psychology mental health

$32.50
xx145pol206081

Explanations: Styles of Explanation in Science


CORNWELL, JOHN (Ed)

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: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: philosophy science literature

$1300.00
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Beautiful 17 Vol Set)


BURTON, RICHARD F

STUNNING 17 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt & black decoration to spines & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, frontispieces with lettered tissue guards, illus prelims, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings special collectors editions literature Richard F Burton thousand arabian nights

$47.50
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The Stones of Venice


RUSKIN, JOHN & MORRIS, JAN (Ed & Intro)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black decoration/illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, xlvi + 350pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: folio society John Ruskin literature illustrated Venice Venetian art architecture culture history historical Byzantine Gothic Renaissance buildings

$245.00
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Sense & Sensibility / Mansfield Park / Pride & Prejudice / Persuasion / Northanger Abbey / Emma / Shorter Works (7 Vol Boxed Set)


AUSTEN, JANE & CHURCH, RICHARD (Intro) & HASSALL, JOAN (Wood-Engravings)

7 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, illus heavy boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate scrape to single edge)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2003

KEYWORDS: English literature classics Jane Austen folio society boxed sets fiction novels

$40.00
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I Capture the Castle


SMITH, DODIE & GROVE, VALERIE (Intro) & BROUWER, AAFKE (Illus)

Super octavo, blue illu sheavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt & black illus to spine & boards, illus title page, 335pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/scuffing to extrems, sl discolouration to front board) in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1997

KEYWORDS: folio society literature illustrated Dodie Smith novels fiction

$40.00
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Children of the Jade Dragon: The Naxi of Lijiang and Their Mountain Neighbours the Yi


GOODMAN, JIM

IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to frnot board, illus eps, 235pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Teak House / Amarin Printing & Pubishing Public Company 1997

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Yunnan Lijiang County Jade Dragon Mountain culture history customs

$40.00
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Selected Poems


MERTON, THOMAS & SPEAIGHT, ROBERT (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 113pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1950

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse collections Thomas Merton

$500.00
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The Tombs of Atuan


LE GUIN, URSULA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to prelims, 160pp, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels scifi science fiction Ursula le Guin

$80.00
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A Case of Samples: Poems 1946-1956


AMIS, KINGSLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Kingsley Amis

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