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xxscw214883

Demosthenes, Vol III: Orations L-LIX


DEMOSTHENES & MURRAY, A T (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN GREEK & ENGLISH, sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1939

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GREEK & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Demosthenes

$25.00
xxscw214884

Saint Augustine: The City of God Against the Pagans, I: Books I-III


SAINT AUGUSTINE & McCRACKEN, GEORGE E (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Saint Augustine

$22.50
xxscw214885

Seneca: Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales, Vol II


SENECA & GUMMERE, RICHARD M (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, LACKS D/W, sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Seneca

$25.00
xxscw214886

Plautus, II: Casina ; The Casket Comedy ; Curculo ; Epidicus ; The Two Menaechmuses


PLAUTUS & NIXON, PAUL (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient plays Plautus

$9.50
xxscw214888

As the Saying Goes: The Philosophy of a Kiwi Bushman


CRUMP, BARRY

Square duodecimo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Barry Crump

$40.00
1e3c/1

The Prisons of Marguerite de Navarre


DE NAVARRE, MARGUERITE & DALE, HILDA (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, xix + 152pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to spine, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Whiteknights Press 1989

KEYWORDS: literature verse cantos Marguerite de Navarre poetry poems philosophy English translations

$75.00
1e3c/2

Ramopakhyana - the Story of Rama in the Mahabharata: An Independent-Study Reader in Sanskrit


SCHARF, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xi + 945pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2003

KEYWORDS: sanskrit languages study guides India Indian Rama world literature

$45.00
1e3c/3

Striding Both Worlds: Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand's Literary Traditions


KENNEDY, MELISSA

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xix + 255pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Rodopi N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture literary traditions Witi Ihimaera history literature

$45.00
1e3c/5

Mediating Aotearoa: Essays on Maori Culture


RIEMENSCHNEIDER, DIETER

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 164pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Tranzlit 2021

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose New Zealand Maori culture

$45.00
1e3c/6

Quarrels with Himself: Essays on James K Baxter as Prose Writer


WHITEFORD, PETER (Ed) & MILES, GEOFFREY (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 319pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges, sm coffee stain to top edge of pgs 90/91)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers literature literary criticism James K Baxter essays prose

$40.00
1e3c/22

Goodbye to Berlin


ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER & GROSZ, GEORGE (Drawings) & WHITFORD, FRANK (Selected by)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & light tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1975

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Christopher Isherwood novels fiction illustrated

$47.50
1w48a/2

The Sun King


MITFORD, NANCY & STRONG, ROY (Intro)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & white illus to spine & front board, illus title page, xxi + (5) + 246pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (v sl bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Nancy Mitford history France French Louis xiv

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1w48a/3

The Red and the Black


BEYLE (STENDHAL), MARIE-HENRI & SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, C K (Trans) & BASSO, HAMILTON (Intro) & BUSONI, RAFAELLO (Illus)

Super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent cloth eps, frontispiece, xvii + 450pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press c.1980

KEYWORDS: easton press collector's editions full leather bindings literature Stendhal novels fiction illustrated

$40.00
1w48a/4

The Magic Mountain


MANN, THOMAS & LOWE-PORTER, H T (Trans) & FONSECA, GONZALO (Illus)

Super octavo, brown heavy leather-effect boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed/patterned eps, illus prelims, xviii + 724pp, illus, VG+ (light cracking to gutter of half title page, sl scuffing to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: The Franklin Library c.1981

KEYWORDS: franklin library series Thomas Mann literature novels

$50.00
1w48a/15

The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History


HARTOG, FRANCOIS & LLOYD, JANET (Trans)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 386pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1988

KEYWORDS: classical classic literature historians history antiquity Herodotus historiography criticism literary

$45.00
1w48a/16

Latin: Story of a World Language


LEONHARDT, JURGEN & KRONENBERG, KENNETH (Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black buckram spine, xiii + 332pp, illus, light bruising to spine, sl soiling & creasing to page edges, prev owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, minor patch of peeling to top edge of rear cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: languages Latin history linguistics colloquial philology literature vulgar teaching

$47.50
1y22c/1

The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London


GREEN, NILE

Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + (6) + 388pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Muslim travel literature writing England Iran Iranian 19th nineteenth century ethnicity

$75.00
1y22c/13

Celsus de Medicina (3 Vol Set)


CELSUS & SPENCER, W G (Trans)

3 VOL SET, TEXT IN ENGLISH & LATIN, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, publisher's gilt initials to front boards, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate sticky adhesive residue to boards of vols 1 & 3, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ink markings) in d/w, VG (in plastic covers- easily removed if desired, light tanning to spines, light soiling/staining to covers, light creasing to edges, sm closed tear to base of crease to front cover & flap of vol 3)

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1960-61

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature medical medicine Celsus antiquity history historical

$45.00
1y22c/25

The Tirukkural


TIRUVALLUVAR & GANDHI, GOPALKRISHNA (New English Version)

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxix + 147pp, Near FINE (prev owner's name in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Aleph Book Company 2015

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Tiruvalluvar

$45.00
1y22c/26

Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition


AMBEDKAR, B R & ANAND, S (Ed & Annotated) & ROY, ARUNDHATI (Intro Essay)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 415pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, prev. owner's name in ink & sm scuff to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Verso 2014

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism India Indian Hinduism caste social systems

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