Books - "literature"
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Homer's Stories Simply Told
With 97 Illustrations, from designs by Flaxman and Other Artists
First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, motif in brown panel & decorative ruling to spine & front board, aeg, black eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus half-title page, xi + 284pp, illus, VG- (bruising, fraying & rubbing to spine extrems, rubbing to boards & edges & corners, crease to fep lower corner, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: T Nelson and Sons 1882
KEYWORDS: first edition Charles Henry Hanson Homer classics literature stories retold
Pindar's Pythian Odes: Essays in Interpretation
First edition, super octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 202pp, VG+ (foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (browning to spine & edges, foxing, cellotape residue stains internally, 2cm closed tear with 13cm diagonal crease to lower front edge)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: first edition RWB Burton Pindar Pythian odes Greek literature poems poetry classics literary criticism
The Birds of Aristophanes: The Greek Text Revised
With a Translation into corresponding metres, introduction & commentary
Super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xcii + 305pp, VG+ (two owners' names in ink to fep, cellotape residue stains to eps, slight soiling to lower page edges)
PUBLISHER: G. Bell & Sons 1930
KEYWORDS: Benjamin Bickley Rogers Aristophanes classics Greek literature play drama theatre parallel English-Greek text
The Birds of Aristophanes: The Greek Text Revised
With a Translation into corresponding metres, introduction & commentary
First edition, picture of birds taped/tipped in, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xcii + 305pp + 2pp press review, G+ (1cm fray/closed tear to centre spine, light bruising to upper spine & lower front board corner, staining & sellotape residue damage/tears with loss to eps, tape reinforcement to gutters front & rear, owner's name in pencil to fep, 2cm missing portion to half-title upper hinge-edge, annotation in red ink to rear pastedown, horizontal crease to rear board)
PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1906
KEYWORDS: first edition Benjamin Bickley Rogers Aristophanes classics Greek literature play drama theatre parallel English-Greek text
I Must Tell You Something
Rosemyn's story about the sudden death of her mother
Softcover octavo (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: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Arno Bo literature emotional issues child psychology dealing with death
Stepping Out
Short Stories on Friendship Between Women
Softcover octavo (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: Pandora Press 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Ann Oosthuizen literature short stories feminist writers
Modern Poetry from Africa
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PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1970
KEYWORDS: specials Gerald Moore Ulli Beier poetry African literature anthology native poets Africa
The Triple Echo
His Famous Tale of Love, Loneliness and Deception
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PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: specials H.E. Bates literature fiction WWII era romance betrayal military
Adultery
The Hotel D'Amour gives up its secrets: tales of infidelity with a twist
Softcover octavo (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: Penguin Books 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Maurilia Meehan literature short stories adultery anthology fiction infidelity romance
The Delta Star
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PUBLISHER: Future Publications 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Joseph Wambaugh literature crime detective fiction novel
The Male Characters of Euripides: A Study in Realism
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 267pp, VG (light bruising/discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to pgs sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand University press 1952
KEYWORDS: first editoin EM Blaiklock Euripides Greek literature literary criticism text analysis male characters
Dieback
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Chris Eipper literature novel
The Eggman's Apprentice
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PUBLISHER: Vintage 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Leitch literature novel
Cluster
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PUBLISHER: Avon 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Piers literature science fiction
The Broken Cycle: A New John Grimes Adventure
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PUBLISHER: Daw Books 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Bertram A Chandler literature science fiction
Star Hunters
The Fifth Novel of the Diadem
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PUBLISHER: Daw Books 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Jo Clayton literature science fiction fantasy
The Sand Wars
Celestial Hit List 3
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PUBLISHER: Daw Books 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Ingrid literature science fiction
Death Calls
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PUBLISHER: Silhouette Books 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Caridad Pineiro literature fantasy vampires
Temptation Calls
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PUBLISHER: Silhouette Books 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Caridad Pineiro literature fantasy vampires
Darkness Calls
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PUBLISHER: Silhouette Books 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Caridad Pineiro literature fantasy vampires