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$40.00
3b3/8

Two-Up: By Scooter to Australia


MARRIOTT, MICHAEL

Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 214pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minro fading to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Travel Book Club 1960

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Australia Michael Marriott

$40.00
3b3/9

The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News


WITTEK, STEPHEN

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, viii + 157pp, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in pencil- otherwise still a very tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2015

KEYWORDS: English drama literature stage plays theatre theater history criticism

$40.00
3b3/12

Thomas Dekker: Selected Prose Writings (The Stratford-Upon-Avon Library 4)


DEKKER, THOMAS & PENDRY, E D (Ed)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, ix + 374pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing & soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minro tanning & foxing to flaps, sm date ink stamp & publisher's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1967

KEYWORDS: literature prose collections anthologies Thomas Dekker

$95.00
3b3/36

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Two 1840-1841 (The Pilgrim Ediiton)


DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MADELINE (Ed) & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed) & TILLOTSON, KATHLEEN (Associate Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 547pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (minor fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light foxing & soiling, sm annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Editions edition literature literary letters correspondence Charles Dickens autobiographical

$95.00
3b3/37

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Eight 1856-1858 (The British Academy / The Pilgrim Edition)


DICKENS, CHARLES & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed) & TILLOTSON, KATHLEEN (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvii + 807pp, VG+ (sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm inscription to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Editions edition literature literary letters correspondence Charles Dickens autobiographical The British Academy

$65.00
3b3/42

The Sadist Hunters


BROWNE, COURTNEY

Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, green & black lettering to spine, 158pp, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to cover edges/extrems, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sm adhesive label to front cover, moderate tanning & sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New English Library / NEL 1969

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Courtney Browne

$40.00
3b2/9

Maigret on Holiday


SIMENON, GEORGES

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, v + 274pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals- occasionally throughout also, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Georges Simenon Maigret series

$40.00
3b2/11

Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke 1902-1926


RILKE, RAINER MARIA & HULL, R F C (Trans)

Super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 420pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, occasional minor tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, moderate foxing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1947

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Rainer Maria Rilke literature literary autobiographical

$150.00
3b2/17

Remembrance of Things Past (12 Vol Set)


PROUST, MARCEL & MONCRIEFF, C K SCOTT (Trans)

12 VOL SET, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (spines of vols 11 & 12 missing- attempts at tape repair to vol 12 but to no avail, other moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some with loss at spines, light tanning to spines of remaining vols, moderate general foxing & soiling, annotation in ink & pencil to rear flaps)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1949-52

KEYWORDS: Marcel Proust literature collections

$95.00
3b2/18

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Three 1842-1843 (The Pilgrim Edition)


DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MAEDLINE (Ed) & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed) & TILLOTSON, KATHLEEN (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 692pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling & foxing, heavy annotation in ink & pencil to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Edition editions Charles Dickens literature literary letters correspondence

$95.00
3b2/19

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume One 1820-1839 (The Pilgrim Edition)


DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MADELINE (ED) & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xlvi + 744pp, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light fading & tanning/soiling/foxing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor general soiling, moderate annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Edition editions Charles Dickens literature literary letters correspondence

$60.00
3b2/20

The Pickwick Papers (Clarendon Edition)


DICKENS, CHARLES & KINSLEY, JAMES (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, civ + 898pp + map of London to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling, light fading to spine, minor annotation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

$60.00
3b2/21

Dombey and Son


DICKENS, CHARLES & HORSMAN, ALAN (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lx + 871pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl fading & 1cm scuff to spine, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

$60.00
3b2/22

Martin Chuzzlewit


DICKENS, CHARLES & CARDWELL, MARGARET (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 864pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to rear board, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional pencil marking to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light general soiling, minor annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

$60.00
3b2/23

Little Dorrit


DICKENS, CHARLES & SUCKSMITH, HARVEY PETER (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxv + 835pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light soiling, minor scuff/surface loss to fore-edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

$45.00
3b2/24

David Copperfield


DICKENS, CHARLES & BURGIS, NINA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 781pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins) in d/w, G- (front cover & front flap completely missing, spine detached but present- all just loosley enclosed in book, moderate rubbing & tearing to spine, annotation to rear flap, other heavy scuffing & tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

$47.50
3b1/6

Cybele and Attis: The Myth and the Cult


VERMASEREN, MAARTEN J

Imperial ocatvo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (minor scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor fading to top edge of rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink markings to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & rear cover, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1977

KEYWORDS: ancient mythology Cybele literature art antiquity Greece Greek

$45.00
3b1/15

A History of Greek Literature


LESKY, ALBIN & WILLIS, JAMES (Trans) & DE HEER, CORNELIS (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering on silver gilt backing to spine, top page edges stained red, xviii + 921pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing, light to moderate creasing & chipipng to edges, sm pencil annotation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Greek literature history criticism

$45.00
3b1/17

Night and Day


WOOLF, VIRGINIA

Sm octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 538pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolourtion to spine, light to moderate foxing & soiling, minor pencil annotaiton to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1960

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Virginia Woolf

$40.00
3b1/19

The Invention of Jane Harrison


BEARD, MARY

Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt face illus to front board, xiii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to page edges, moderate pencil annotaiton to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: classical philology literature anthropology classicists mythology history historiography

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