DANTE; MARTIN, Sir THEODORE (Trans, Intro & Notes)

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PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1893

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CARROLL, LEWIS & HOLIDAY, HENRY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1910

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DOSTOJEWSKIJ, F M [DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR]

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PUBLISHER: Buchergilde Gutenberg 1954

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LEVERTOV, DENISE

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PUBLISHER: New Directions 1992

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COCHRANE, GEOFF

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PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2009

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RICKETTS, HARRY

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BELL, QUENTIN

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + (3) + 230pp, vol 2- ix + (3) + 300pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals of both vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine of vol 1, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1973

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CAMUS, ALBERT

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1961

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BYATT, A S

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1978

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GLASSCO, JOHN & EDEL, LEON (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 241pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soilingb/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1970

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PEPYS, SAMUEL & WHEATLEY, HENRY B (Ed & Additions)

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PUBLISHER: G Bell and Sons 1949

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BECKETT, SAMUEL

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, cream flecked cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, brown publishers motif embossed on front board, 231pp, VG+ (minor fading & foxing to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Les Editions De Minuit 1971

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COLUMELLA & ASH, HARRISON BOYD (Trans) & FORSTER, E S (Trans) & HEFFNER, EDWARD H (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Loeb / Harvard University Press / William Heinemann 1968-79

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FLANNAGAN, ROY (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1998

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HARDY, P DIXON (Conducted by)

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PUBLISHER: P D Hardy 1835

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ROSSETTI, D G & ROSSETTI, W M (Intro) & MACDOUGALL, W B (Decorations)

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PUBLISHER: Duckworth & Co 1898

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ROBERTSON, MANNING & SELLEY, H R (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1924

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TOLSTOJ, LEO N (TOLSTOY, LEO)

TEXT IN GERMAN, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- 876pp, vol 2- 936pp, VG+ (light fading to spines, sl soiling to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Buchergilde Gutenberg 1956

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DOYLE, A CONAN & PAGET, SIDNEY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co., 15, Waterloo Place 1910

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DICK, PHILIP K

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1977

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