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$40.00
3c4/17

Plato, on the Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)


PLATO & COOPER, LANE (Trans, Intro & Prefatory Notes)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 200pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & boards, minor staining to front board, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, underlining to text in ink & pencil)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1947

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature philosophy Plato

$40.00
3c4/24

Dialogus de Scaccario / The Course of the Exchequer


RICHARD, SON OF NIGEL & JOHNSON, CHARLES (Trans, Intro & Notes)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, lxiv + 144pp [some double pagination], VG (heavy bruising to bottom corners of front & rear boards, only minor bruising to other exterms, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1950

KEYWORDS: classical literature Latin English translations medieval classics dialogus de scaccario

$40.00
3c4/26

The Silver Unicorn


CHRISTIAN, CATHERINE

Sm octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 240pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ink stain to pg98) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, minor tanning & soiling, sl creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Huchinson & Co N/D (c.1948)

KEYWORDS: literature historical novels fiction Catherine Christian

$65.00
3c4/29

The Unicorn


WALSER, MARTIN & ELLIS-JONES, BARRIE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 283pp, VG+ (sl fading to base of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling/foxing, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Martin Walser

$75.00
3c4/30

E Pluribus Unicorn


STURGEON, THEODORE & CONKLIN, GROFF (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 276pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction fantasy short stories Theodore Sturgeon

$65.00
3c4/31

The Cantos of Ezra Pound


POUND, EZRA

Octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frotnispiece, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, sl wrinkling to rear board, light tanning& foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other 'ghost' lettering to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, general minor tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: New Directions / Jams Laughlin 1948

KEYWORDS: literature Ezra Pound poetry verse cantos

$145.00
3c4/38

The Little White Horse


GOUDGE, ELIZABETH & HODGES, C WALTER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to bottom corner of front board, maps/illus to front & rear eps, colour frontispiece, vi + 286pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, light fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, minor general tanning & soiling to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: University of London Press 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first editions classic children's literature novels fiction Elixabeth Goudge illustrated C Walter Hodges

$50.00
3c3/1

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : The Strife of Love in a Dream


COLONNA, FRANCESCO & GODWIN, JOSCELYN (Trans & Intro)

Lg quarto, brown cloth boards, xix + 474pp, illus, VG (jacket fully affixed to boards- cannot be removed with damage, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl staining/rubbing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (aforementioned sealing to boards- cannot be removed without damage, moderate wrinkling to adhesive covering, moderate tanning & soiling, moderate water staining to base of spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1999

KEYWORDS: classic literature English translations Francesco Colonna renaissance

$100.00
3c3/12

The Evolution of Cro-Magnon


JOSEPH, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, (10) + iii + 428pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutter of title page, minor vertical folding to title page)

PUBLISHER: Punkhouse Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: first editions signed John Joseph literature punk culture Bloodclot autobiography memoir New York

$45.00
3c3/17

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3: Creation and Fall


BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH & RUTER, MARTIN (Trans) & TODT, ILSE (Trans) & DE GRUCHY, JOHN W (English Ed) & BAX, DOUGLAS STEPHEN (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light cracking to front & rear gutter) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 1996

KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity

$60.00
3c3/27

Guide to Napier


N/A

Octavo, stapled brown illus light card wrappers, 18pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minot tanning to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The hawke's Bay Motor Co 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand old travel brochures Napier literature guides historical

$245.00
3c3/30

Day and Night: Poems 1924-1934


BETHELL, MARY URSULA

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO G A HORSMAN, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 57pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minro staining to front & rear eps, moderate to heavy foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (top section of spine missing, minor loss to base of spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling, heavy ink annotation to flaps- by G A Horsman)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed poetry poems verse literature poets writers Mary Ursual Bethell

$40.00
3c3/32

Translations


LYTTELTON, LORD & GLADSTONE, The Right Hon W E

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, octavo, red textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to brown leather spine, teg, iv + 151pp, G+ (large portion of spine missing & cracked/flapping with heavy rubbing to remainder, minor bruising to board corners, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edgesminro ink markings & label residue to front eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Quaritch 1861

KEYWORDS: first editions Greek Latin Engish translations literature poetry poems verse

$95.00
3c3/37

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 14: Theological Education at Finkenwalde 1935-1937


BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH & DUDZUS, OTTO (Trans) & HENKYS, JURGEN (Trans) et al

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxviii + 1230pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2013

KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity

$95.00
3c3/38

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 15: Theological Education Underground 1937-1940


BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH & SCHULZ, DIRK et al (Trans) & BARNETT, VICTORIA J (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiv + 726pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2012

KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity

$40.00
3c3/39

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 1: Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church


BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH & VON SOOSTEN, JOACHIM (Trans) & GREEN, CLIFFORD J (Ed) & KRAUSS, REINHARD (Trans) & LUKENS, NANCY (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xv + 373pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, minor creasing to bottom corner of pgs 147-152, minor pencil annotations)

PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2009

KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity sociology church social science

$40.00
3c3/41

Voices


LE GUIN, URSULA K

Octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue spine, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 341pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's numerals to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Harcourt Inc 2006

KEYWORDS: fantasy literature fiction novels Ursula K le Guin

$40.00
3c3/43

French Visitors to Newfoundland: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Travel Writings


JAMIESON, SCOTT (Trans & Ed) & THAREAU, ANNE (Trans & Ed) & ROMPKEY, RONALD (Original French Edition Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, x + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl curling & tanning to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: ISER Books 2013

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings anthologies collections Newfoundland history historical

$60.00
3c3/50

Kierkegaard's Instant: On Beginnings


KANGAS, DAVID J

Super octavo, beige cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + (6) + 235pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Soren Kierkegaard literature philosophy

$70.00
3c3/51

The Animals Noah Forgot


PATERSON, A B [BANJO] & LINDSAY, NORMAN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, briwn heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 62pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: The Endeavour Press 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Banjo A B Paterson illustrated Norman Lindsay

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