Books - "literature"
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The Talking Mirror
and Other Tales of Magical Adventure
Hardcover imperial octavo (G) lacks d/w ; some writing on f.ep ; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Ward Lock & Co., Limited 1949
KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Gladwin children's literature juvenile fiction magic fairy tales
Theophrastus; the Characters, and Menander; Plays and Fragments
Paperback (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd 1967
KEYWORDS: specials Philip Vellacott classical studies classical literature prose theatre character development
Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History
Selected from his Commentary on Pausanias' Description of Greece
Octavo, maroon buckram boards with gil lettering to spine, x + 419pp, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, bruising to spine extrems, ding to central spine, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1919
KEYWORDS: Sir James George Frazer Greek literature literary criticism myth legend history Pausanias classics
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World
Imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 510pp, illus, VG+ (tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (bruising to upper edges, creasing to lower edges, tanning & foxing internally)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low1976
KEYWORDS: Michael Avi Yonah Israel Shatzman encyclopaedia reference Greece Rome Graeco-Roan history law literature mythology philosophy religion art
Serious Intent
paperback (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Warner Books 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Margaret Yorke literature fiction novel crime murder
The Matchbreaker
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Chris Manby literature romance fiction
An Absolute Scandal
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Headline Review 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Penny Vincenzi literature romance chick-lit fiction novel
Aftermath
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Knight / Caxton 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Simon Gandolfi literature thriller espionage fiction
Skylark Three
Paperback (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Pyramid Books 1963
KEYWORDS: specials EE Smith literature science fiction
Bridge On the River Kwai
paperback (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Collins/Fontana Books 1965
KEYWORDS: specials Pierre Boulle prisoner of war camp japan war novel literature fiction
The Colditz Story
paperback (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Coronet Books 1974
KEYWORDS: specials P R Reid literature german prisoner of war camp world war two
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Ken Kalfus literature black comedy fiction
Middle English Lyrics
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 cost
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Maxwell S Luria Richard L Hoffman middle english poetry critical literature history
The Chinese Assassin
hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG-) first edition; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Grey literature novel political mystery action first edition
Call For The Saint
paperback (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1964
KEYWORDS: specials Leslie Charteris fiction literature mystery magazine
Mesopotamian Myths
softcover super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Henrietta McCall myths mythology mesopotamia literary criticism classical literature history
Roman Myths
softcover super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Jane F Gardner myths mythology rome roman classical literature literary criticism history
The Comedies of Aristophanes in Six Volumes: IX The Frogs; X The Ecclesiazusae
This volume only, two volumes bound as one, both first edition thus, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to darker brown cloth spine & gilt NZ General Assembly Library motif to front board, teg, xlviii + 274pp + xxxvii + 238pp + 4pp adverts, VG (bruising to spine extrems, fading to boards, library label to front pastedown, handwritten ink titles to fep, tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1902
KEYWORDS: first edition thus Aristophanes Benjamin Bickley Rogers Greek literature drama comedy Frogs Ecclesiazusae classics
The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs
Second Edition, revised by Sir Paul Harvey
Super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 740pp, VG+ (foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, bruising & creasing to spine extrems, browning to spine, tanning & foxing inside & out)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: George William Smith Paul Harvey Oxford dictionary proverbs reference sayings saws literature literary criticism
Martial Book XIII: The Xenia
Text with Introduction & Commentary
First edition, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 209pp, VG+ (bookseller's stamp to fep) Without the stamp, book condition would be 'fine'. In d/w, VG+ (bruising & creasing to upper spine extrem, slight soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth 2001
KEYWORDS: first edition TJ Leary classics Martial epigrams Xenia Saturnalia Latin literature ancient Rome food drink poems poetry literary criticism