Books - "literature"
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The Red and the Black
Super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent cloth eps, frontispiece, xvii + 450pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press c.1980
KEYWORDS: easton press collector's editions full leather bindings literature Stendhal novels fiction illustrated
The Magic Mountain
Super octavo, brown heavy leather-effect boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed/patterned eps, illus prelims, xviii + 724pp, illus, VG+ (light cracking to gutter of half title page, sl scuffing to base of page block)
PUBLISHER: The Franklin Library c.1981
KEYWORDS: franklin library series Thomas Mann literature novels
The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History
Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 386pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1988
KEYWORDS: classical classic literature historians history antiquity Herodotus historiography criticism literary
Latin: Story of a World Language
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black buckram spine, xiii + 332pp, illus, light bruising to spine, sl soiling & creasing to page edges, prev owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, minor patch of peeling to top edge of rear cover, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: languages Latin history linguistics colloquial philology literature vulgar teaching
The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + (6) + 388pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: Muslim travel literature writing England Iran Iranian 19th nineteenth century ethnicity
The Tirukkural
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxix + 147pp, Near FINE (prev owner's name in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Aleph Book Company 2015
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Tiruvalluvar
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 415pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, prev. owner's name in ink & sm scuff to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Verso 2014
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism India Indian Hinduism caste social systems
Two Arabic Travel Books: Accounts of China and India ; Mission to the Volga
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, x + 312pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: New York University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature China India Arabic Volga River Russia
Painting and Performance: Chinese Picture Recitation and its Indian Genesis
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xx + 278pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing, 1cm closed tear to top edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1988
KEYWORDS: China Chinese culture Buddhist folk literature Indian India performance
The Small Voice of History: Collected Essays
Octavo, illus light card covers, white & beige lettering to spine, x + 666pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2018
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature anthology history culture anthropology
Unsettling the Past: Unknown Aspects and Scholarly Assessments of D D Kosambi
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white & green lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, xiii + 389pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy crack to gutters of prelim pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2013
KEYWORDS: history D D Kosambi India Indian sanskrit literature writings
Battle, Issue Six (2024)
Quarto 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: New Zealand university magazines Battle past issues literature cartoons cartoon strips
Papyrus: The Rameses' Revenge
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2007
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: Imhotep's Transformation
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2008
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: Tutankhamun, the Assassinated Pharaoh
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2009
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: The Evil Mummies
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2010
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: The Anger of the Great Sphinx
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PUBLISHER: Cinebook 2012
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Tacitus: Dialogus ; Agricola ; Germania
LACKS D/W, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series classic literature histories history Tacitus
Minor Latin Poets
LACKS D/W, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1961
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series classic literature poets poetry verse minor
Stag Party
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1964
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Ron Helmer