LORD BYRON SKELTON, PERCIVAL (Illus Drawn on Wood) & WHYMPER, J W (Engraved by) & COOPER, J (Engraved by)

Octavo, maroon full leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration with raised bands to spine, blind rule to boards, gilt coat of arms to front board, gilt decoration to board edges, aeg, frontispiece, vignette to unpaginated prelims, 329pp, illus/engravings, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing to boards, presentation plate to front pastedown, sl cracking to gutters, light soiling & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, contents in very nice condition with only very minor blemishes)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1869

KEYWORDS: Lord Byron literature verse poetry full leather bindings

RAO, B SURYANARAIN

2 VOL SET, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, 835pp total, VG- (heavy scuffing to head of spine & board edges- minor loss, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & loss to top edges, light creasing & chipping to other edges, light fading to spines, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1996

KEYWORDS: spirituality English translations literature B Suryanarain horoscope astrology zodiac

HARRIS, JOCELYN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 280pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to board/spine edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of Delaware Press 2007

KEYWORDS: English literature literary appreciation criticism Jane Austen Persuasion

CREEL, HERRLEE GLESSNER et al (Prepared by)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, green/red buckram boards, black lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xv + 213pp, vol 2- ix + 252pp, VG (moderate discolouration to spines, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep of vol 1, minor soiling & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1948

KEYWORDS: language languages Chinese literature literary

TOLKIEN, J R R & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

BEAUTIFUL FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 64pp, lovely illustrations throughout, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems- sl surface loss, sl tanning to page edges, occasional sl soiling to some prelim page edges, v minor scuffing to bottom of pgs32-33) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to base of jacket, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to top of jacket, sl tanning & fading to spine, minor tanning to flaps) a beautiful copy

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy verse literature J R R Tolkien illustrated Pauline Baynes

GEE, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 175pp, VG (minimal library markings- mostly to eps, light bruising to extrems, moderate adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tape staining to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, single library label to rear flap, ligh tto moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & staining to spine, other general light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Maurice Gee

SCHUTZ, ALBERT J

Super octavo, green light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xvi + 325pp, VG (light fading to spine, sm adhesive stain to front cover, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1969

KEYWORDS: Vanuatu linguistics Nguna texts New Hebrides languages literature anthropology

MERTON, THOMAS

Ex-library, octavo, brown cloth boards, black lettering to cream cloth spine, deckled page fore-edges, vii + 328pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light fading to board edges & rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light adhesive staining to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, no library markings, light fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling, minor vertical creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1966

KEYWORDS: literature Thomas Merton theology philosophy religion

WARD, MAISIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 276pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps, prev. ownership ink markings to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, sm adhesive label to spine, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate general tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sheed and Ward 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism appreciation G K Chesterton

ATWILL, JOSEPH & RUSSELL, JERRY (Intro)

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Joseph Atwill 2018

KEYWORDS: religion religious debate Shakespeare theology literature literary criticism Joseph Atwill

RUSSELL, BERTRAND

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PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1956

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Bertrand Russell

JONG-FAST, MOLLY

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PUBLISHER: Sceptre 2000

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Molly Jong-Fast

SENECA & AHL, FREDERICK (Trans & Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: latin classical literature Seneca plays

SENECA & AHL, FREDERICK (Trans & Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: latin classical literature Seneca plays

BARKS, COLEMAN (Trans) & MOYNE, JOHN et al

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1995

KEYWORDS: sufi poetry poems verse literature Rumi English translations

THIBAULT, JOHN C

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PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1964

KEYWORDS: classical literature Ovid

BORNHOLDT, JENNY

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PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers authors literature poetry poems verse Jenny Bornholdt

DELARUE-MARDRUS, LUCIE & LIVIA, ANNA (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: New York University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: lgbtq lesbian novels fiction literature Lucie Delarue-Mardrus

ALDEN, W L et al

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PUBLISHER: Castle Books 1979

KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction literature short stories anthologies

MASON, F VAN WYCK

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1970

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature F van Wyck Mason historical New Zealand