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Ancient Christian Writers, Volumes VII & VIII: Arnobius of Sicca: The Case Against the Pagans (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 659pp total, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to board & spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spines, moderate tanning & foxing to spines, light creasing & chipping to edges, light general tanning & foxing, fore-edge of rear flap clipped- both vols)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1949
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature Arnobius of Sicca
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XIII: Tertullian: Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage; to His Wife an Exhortation to Chastity Monogamy
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, vii + 196pp, VG+ (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, price clipped, moderate tape remnants to edges, minor scuffing to text on rear flap, sm ink stamps to covers, light general foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1951
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature Tertullian
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XVIII: St Gregory of Nyssa: The Lord's Prayer ; The Beatitudes
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, v + 210pp, VG (usual librray markings, sl bruising to extrems, minor tape residue & staining to board edges, sl staining/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, moderate tape remnants to edges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, general light to moderate foxing, sm patch of scuffing to text in rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1954
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Gregory of Nyssa
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXI: St Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life the Four Centuries on Charity
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, viii + 284pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tape residue/staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, minor tape remnants & staining to flap edges, general light foxing, sm ink stamps, sm scuff & surface loss to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1955
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Maximus the Confessor
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XIV: St Prosper of Aquitaine: The Call of all Nations
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 234pp, VG+ (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor scuffing to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, price clipped, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, moderate tape remnants & staining to edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, sm ink stamp to rear, light tanning & foxing, sm scuffing & surface loss to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1952
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Prosper of Aquitaine
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXIII: Athenagoras: Embassy for the Christians ; The Resurrection of the Dead
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 193pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl oiling to boards, sl tape residue/staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate scuffing to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, moderate tape remnants to edges & flaps, sm ink stamp to rear, moderate scuffing/surface loss to rear flap, general light foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1956
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Prosper of Athenagoras
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXII: St Augustine: The Problem of Free Choice
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, vi + 291pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, usual library markings, light staining to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor scuffing to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG - (single library label to base of spine, price clipped, moderate tanning/foxing & tape reinforcement to spine, light foxing, sm ink stamp to rear cover, moderate scuffing & surface loss to rear flap, moderate tape remnants & light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1955
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Augustine
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation I-VII (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, VOL 1- AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, VOL 2- 1975 REPRINT, VOL 3- UK FIRST EDITION [UNIFORM DUSTWRAPPERS], super octavo, green/black/blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor creasing to pgs 367/368 of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing, vol 2 price clipped, sl peeling to fore-edge of front cover of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: Collins & Harvill Press 1974-78
KEYWORDS: Gulag archipelago first editions literature literary Alexander Solzhenitsyn pows Russia Russian prisoners of war prisons prison camps history
Journal d'un Cure de Campagne
TEXT IN FRENCH, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, cream light card wrappers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 370pp, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to covers & spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, some page edges remain uncut) with glassine cover, in slipcase, VG (moderate tanning & bruising to edges/corners, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Andre Sauret, Editeur 1936
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH novels literature fiction Georges Bernanos limited numbered editions
Castle to Castle
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 359pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate to heavy scuffing & rubbing to board & spine edges/extrems, minor tape staining/residue to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges with moderate staining also, light tanning & foxing/staining to eps, terminal page removed/missing, numerous patches of correction fluid to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, fore-edge of rear flap clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges- moderate tape reinforcement also, moderate general staining & foxing, moderate staining)
PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first editions English translation novels fiction literature Louis Ferdinand Celine Ralph Manheim
The Day Forever
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 126pp, VG (usual library markings, minor bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling & tape staining/residue to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling to occasional pages) in d/w, VG (light to mderate creasing to edges & spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Voctir Gollancz 1986
KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature modern first editions J G Ballard
Kennedy's Brain
Super 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: The New Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Swedish fiction in translation literature
With an Eye to the Future: Illustrated by the Author
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: Readers Union 1968
KEYWORDS: Osbert Lancaster cartoonist architectural historian stage designer memoir autobiography literature b&w illustrations
Lover Under Another Name
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: The Book Club, n/d (c. 1953?)
KEYWORDS: fiction literature
Cry Vengeance
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: Abelard-Schuman 1961
KEYWORDS: war thriller fiction literature
Memories of my Melancholy Whores
REPRINT super 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: Jonathan Cape 2005
KEYWORDS: fiction literature
Ready Player One
FIRST EDITION, SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY; super 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: Crown Publishers 2011
KEYWORDS: first edition science fiction sci fi literature
The Magician's Death
FIRST EDITION super 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: Headline / Hodder 2004
KEYWORDS: historical detective fiction literature Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries
The Last Light of the Sun
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: Harper Voyager / HarperCollins 2011
KEYWORDS: historical fantasy fiction literature
THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET
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: Virago Press / Little, Brown 2017
KEYWORDS: Psammead series book two children's fiction literature