CULLER, JONATHAN

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PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1978

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CRANE, R S & KEAST, W R & MCKEON, RICHARD & MACLEAN, NORMAN & OLSON, ELDER & WEINBERG, BERNARD

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PUBLISHER: Phoenix Books 1970

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism interpretation philosophy

WILLIAMS, DAVID; ROSS, TONY (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2017

KEYWORDS: David William Tony Ross children's books literature

GRAFF, GERALD & WARNER, MICHAEL (eds.)

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PUBLISHER: Routledge 1989

KEYWORDS: literature literary studies criticism education

DE BARY, BRETT (ed.)

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PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese historu literature

FUJI, JAMES A

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PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature literary criticism

COWAN, BAINARD & KRONICK, JOSEPH G (eds.)

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PUBLISHER: Louisiana State University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: American literature literaty criticism philosophy

BOOTH, ALLYSON

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: First World War 1 I One literature modern modernism war stories 20th century

MARCHANT, W T (Collected & Arranged by)

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PUBLISHER: George Redway 1888

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CLOETE, STUART

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PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1943

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Stuart Cloete

HEINLEIN, ROBERT A

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl water staining to top edge of front board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's inscription in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals & sporadically througout) in d/w, G (in plastic protective wrapper- non adhesive, light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine & wrapper edges, bottom half of rear cover missing, moderate tanning to spine & folds, sm patch of discolouration to rear)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1963

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Robert A Heinlein

THOMAS, J BISSELL & SOPER, VERNON L (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp illus to front board, illus, VG (light fading to spine & front board edges, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & fading to page edges & eps, 9cm closed tear to pg15 with yellowing tape residue)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1946

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SACKVILLE-WEST, V

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PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1946

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BROOKNER, ANITA

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed Anita Brookner literature fiction

SCHULZ, BRUNO & WIENIEWSKA, CELINA (transl)

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus, VG+ (moderate foxing to upper page edges, minor foxing to page edges, minor bruising to head and base of spine and extrems, minor creasing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to extrems and head of spine, minor scuffing to base of front hinge, minor tanning and creasing to flaps, minor soiling to wrappers) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1979

KEYWORDS: modern UK first edition literature fiction

ANDERSON, MARSTON

FIRST EDITION, very tidy Ex Library (unread), black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (minor Ex Library markings to fep, title page and rep, minor Ex Library labelling to rep and rear pastedown, minor fading to upper edges of boards and head of spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor adhesion marking to base of spine, barcode labelling with minor adhesion markings to rear wrapper, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990

KEYWORDS: First Edition China chinese fiction history literature literary criticism

RAMSAY, ALLAN & FERGUSSON, ROBERT & KINGHORN, ALEXANDER MANSON (ed) & LAW, ALEXANDER (ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (light fading/discolouration to boards and spine, minor creasing to extrems and head and base of spine and hinges, light foxing to upper page edges, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light chipping to upper edges of wrappers, flaps and heads of spine and hinges, minor 1.2cm loss to upper edge of rear wrapper, minor foxing to wrappers, minor fading to front wrapper, minor creasing to bases of spine and hinges, light scuffing and minor chipping to extrems, light foxing to rear fold) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Scottish Academic Press 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry verse poems Allan Ramsay Robert Fergusson

MIEVILLE, CHINA

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novel uncorrected proof copies China Mieville

CALDWELL, ERSKINE

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PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition short stories literature Erskine Caldwell

ROBLES, EMMANUEL & POL, THERESE (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition literature fiction Emmanuel Robles Therese Pol modern