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$12.50
xxekd221036

Requiem for Harlem [Mercy of a Rude Stream, Volume IV]


ROTH, HENRY

Octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Phoenix 1998

KEYWORDS: American fiction literature Mercy of a Rude Stream

$9.00
xxekf221039

The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals


SMART, ELIZABETH

Paperback (VG) pencil annotatons; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Granada Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

$9.00
xxekf221043

Hearing Secret Harmonies


POWELL, ANTHONY

Paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Fontana Books 1977

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

$8.50
xxekf221044

Searching for Caleb


TYLER, ANNE

Paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn 1983

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

$20.00
xxelf221055

G. K. Chesterton: A Selection from his Non-Fictional Prose


CHESTERTON, G. K. & AUDEN, W. H. (selected by)

Ex-library octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) minor pencil annotations; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: essays literary criticism commentary literature

$35.00
xxelf221056

Elidor


GARNER, ALAN & KEEPING, CHARLES (illus.)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: British children's fantasy fiction literature

$16.50
xxemb221057

The White Unicorn


BLANTON, MARGARET GRAY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Rudo S. Globus 1961

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

$22.50
xxemb221058

Dance of the Tiger: A Novel of the Ice Age


KURTEN, BJORN & GOULD, STEPHEN JAY (intro.)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1980

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature

$15.00
xxemb221059

The Lady and the Unicorn


CHEVALIER, TRACY

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dutton 2004

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature

$25.00
xxemb221060

The Golden Unicorn: Poems for Children


SANSOM, CLIVE & LEVETUS, MARGARET (illus.)

Ex-library FIRST EDITION small octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Methuen 1965

KEYWORDS: first edition children's poetry literature b&w illustrations

$15.00
xxeme221062

Eagle and Unicorn


BROOK-SHEPHERD, GORDON

Ex-library octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1966

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

$16.50
xxeme221063

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter


MCCULLERS, CARSON

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Readers Union / The Cresset Press 1954

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

$16.50
xxeme221064

At the Sign of the Unicorn (The Life, Times and Journal of Robert Grenville)


BELL, NELL

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Alvin Redman 1959

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature

$100.00
3c1/15

Essay on the Theory of the Earth (Fifth Edition)


CUVIER, Baron G [GEORGES] & JAMESON, Professor (Geological Illus)

FIFTH EDITION, FRONTIS LOOSE, super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate on spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 16pp + xxiv + 550pp, VG- (leather title plate on spine heavily cracked, moderate creasing/wrinkling to spine, moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to eps, prev. owners' names/details in ink to ffep, moderate soiling to prelims, ffep detached but present, moderate foxing & age appropriate staining to pages throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T Cadell, Strand, London MDCCCXXVII (1827)

KEYWORDS: natural history literature essays Baron Georges G Cuvier

$200.00
3c1/20

The Wild West of New Zealand: A Summer Cruise in the Rosa


PAULIN, ROBERT

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to front board, frontispiece, viii + 121pp, G+ (bottom half of spine partially detached & flapping loose, moderate to heavy chipping/scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership embossed to ffep, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- tape reinforcement to front gutter, prev. owners' names in ink to verso of half title page, top corner of title page missing [text affected] with repairs, numerous tears with tape repairs to pages throughout, prev. owner's minor ink markings sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters, large crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board shaky)

PUBLISHER: Thoburn & Co 1889

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel literature Robert Paulin south west

$60.00
3c1/26

Let the Wind Speak: Mary de Rachewiltz and Ezra Pound


SHLOSS, CAROL LOEB

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xvii + 324pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press 2023

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Ezra Pound Mary de Rachewiltz

$60.00
3c1/28

Writing Politics in Imperial Rome


DOMINIK, W J (Ed) & GARTHWAITE, J (Ed) & ROCHE, P A (Ed)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 539pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & boards, lighth chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Brill, Leiden 2009

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity literature Rome imperial politics political writing classics classical

$42.50
3d5/4

The Bala Volcanic Series of Caernarvonshire and Associated Rocks; Being the Sedgwick Prize Essay for 1888


HARKER, ALFRED

Octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 130pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine & rear board, light to moderate scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, some page edges remain uncut, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1889

KEYWORDS: literature essays geology bala volcanic series rocks

$200.00
3d5/6

Titi Lucreti Cari de Rerum Natura, Libri Sex (3 Vol Set)


LUCRETIUS & BAILEY, CYRIL (Ed, Prolegomena, Critical Apparatus Trans & Commentary)

3 VOL SET, INCL. POEM IN LATIN WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND SCHOLARLY MATERIAL, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, 175pp total, VG (moderate fading to spines & some boards, moderate chafing/soiling & bruising/scuffing to boards/edges, light tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, occasional pen & pencil underlining/annotation, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1947

KEYWORDS: classic literature classics Lucretius philosophy poems poetry ancient philosophers Roman latin

$40.00
3d5/7

Metaformations: Soundplay and Wordplay in Ovid and Other Classical Poets


AHL, FREDERICK

SIGNED, super octavo, grey cloth boards, dark grey lettering to spine, 352pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading/discolouration & soiling to spine & covers, minor creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: classical literature classics Ovid poetry verse literary signed Frederick Ahl

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