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$70.00
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A Grey Man


IN-HOON, CHOI & KYUNG-JA, CHUN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 302pp, VG+ (discard ink stamp to front & rear eps- no other stamps present) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & light creasing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Si-sa-yong-o-sa / Pace International Research 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Korean English translations novels fiction literature Choi In-hoon

$60.00
3k3/29

Flower and Song: Poems of the Aztec Peoples


KISSAM, EDWARD (Trans) & SCHMIDT, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 143pp, VG+ in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light general chafing)

PUBLISHER: Anvil Press Poetry 1977

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems versse literature Aztec anthologies

$120.00
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A Windmill Near Calvary


WALDROP, KEITH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned green heavy boards, green & black lettering to spine, 56pp, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 'smiley face' ink stamps to ffep & half title page) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, 3cm closed tear to base of spine & head of front fold/flap, 3x ink stamps & prev. booksller's label to front, other minor creasing & chipping to upper edges, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ann Arbor / University of Michigan Press 1968

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Keith Waldrop first editions

$185.00
3k3/37

Snakelust


NAKAGAMI, KENJI & RANKIN, ANDREW (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ROY STARRS, octavo, black textured boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 147pp, VG+ in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories literature Kenji Nakagami

$85.00
3k3/38

And Really Frau Blum Would very Much like to Meet the Milkman


BICHSEL, PETER & HAMBURGER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 88pp, VG+ in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate general chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Calder and Boyars 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories Peter Bichsel English translations literature

$60.00
3k3/49

Grettir's Saga


FOX, DENTON (Trans) & PALSSON, HERMANN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, charcoal grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 199pp, VG+ (prev. owner's name [Roy Starrs] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & soiling to rear, minor tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label [historic] to front flap- text partially covered)

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Icelandic literature English translations fiction

$60.00
3k3/51

The Origins of Modern Critical Thought: German Aesthetic and Literary Criticism from Lessing to Hegel


SIMPSON, DAVID (Ed)

Super octavo, blue & white light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 449pp, VG (light to moderate fading to rear wrapper, 1.5cm closed tear to head of rear hinge, light creasing & curling to wrapper edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Roy Starrs] in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: aesthetics German Germany literature history criticism theory

$100.00
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull (2 Vol Boxed Set)


BACH, RICHARD & MUNSON, RUSSELL (Photos) & NISHIDA, MINORU (Notes)

2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, FIRST EDITION THUS, TEXT IN ENGLISH WITH NOTES & GLOSSARY IN JAPANESE, octavo, illus/blue light card wrappers, yellow & white lettering to spine- black lettering to spine of notes vol, 93pp + 52pp notes, illus/photos, VG+, in VG- slipcase (moderate chafing & scuffing- minor surface loss, title band partially torn)

PUBLISHER: Eikosha 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS literature Richard Bach

$30.00
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Japan Review - Number 24 / 2012


BREEN, JOHN (ed) & Et Al

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: International Research Centre for Japanese Studues 2012

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history criticism journal research

$15.00
xxrij231685

War & Society : Vol 21, No 1 - May 2003


GREENHALGH, ELIZABETH (ed) & Et Al

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: University of New South Wales 2003

KEYWORDS: military history Australia New Zealand journal academia literature America USA United States Soviet Union society

$40.00
xxrij231687

Cables to the Ace : or Familiar Liturgies of Misuderstanding


MERTON, THOMAS

SECOND PRINTING. Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: New Directions 1968

KEYWORDS: Thomas Merton literature poetry poems

$40.00
xxrij231688

Lines in the Dark Wood


BULLOCK, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Super octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Third Eye 1981

KEYWORDS: firs edition signed Michael Bullock literature poetry poems illustrated

$35.00
xxrij231698

Modern Japanese Writers


RUBIN, JAY (ed) & Et Al

Very tidy ex-library. Imp octavo hardcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Charles Scribner's Sons 2001

KEYWORDS: Jay Rubin Encyclopedia literature Asia Asian authors Japan Japanese Yukio Mishima Kobo Abe Junichiro Tanizaki Fumiko Enchi Haruki Murakami

$12.50
xxrij231700

Silas Marner


ELIOT, GEORGE

Octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Heinemann Educational Books 1966

KEYWORDS: George Eliot literature fiction novel

$15.00
xxrjc231701

The Pardoner's Tale


CHAUCER, GEOFFREY & BROWN, CARETON (ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG) pencil annotation throughout; Photos available on request. 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: The Clarendon Press 1958

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Chaucer medieval literature analysis criticism literary

$20.00
xxrjc231702

Doctor Faustus


MANN, THOMAS & LOWE-PORTER, H T (trans)

Octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 1948

KEYWORDS: literature Thomas Mann fiction novel

$25.00
xxrjc231705

Letters of Travel (1892 - 1913)


KIPLING, RUDYARD

FIRST EDITION THUS DOMINIONS EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Macmillan and Co 1920

KEYWORDS: first edition thus Rudyard Kipling letters travel adventure literature

$16.50
xxrjc231706

Slouching Towards Bethlehem


DIDION, JOAN

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008

KEYWORDS: Joan Didion essays literature San Francisco American culture 60s sixties california

$17.50
xxrjc231707

Labyrinths : Selected Stories & Other Writings


BORGE, JORGE LUIS

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: New Directions 1964

KEYWORDS: Jorge Luis Borges literature surreal surrealist fiction essays philosophy short stories

$18.50
xxarc231708

In Memoriam : An Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Sources Criticism


TENNYSON, LORD ALFRED & ROSS, ROBERT H

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Norton & Company1973

KEYWORDS: Lord Alfred Tennyson Robert Ross poetry prose literature criticism notes

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