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$16.50
xxemc57950

The Talking Mirror


and Other Tales of Magical Adventure

GLADWIN, ANDREW

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

$10.00
xxemc57957

Theophrastus; the Characters, and Menander; Plays and Fragments


VELLACOTT, PHILIP (TRANS.)

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

$40.00
1j41a/2

Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History


Selected from his Commentary on Pausanias' Description of Greece

FRAZER, SIR JAMES GEORGE

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

$35.00
1j41a/4

Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World


YONAH, MICHAEL AVI & SHATZMAN, ISRAEL

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

$9.00
xxeme58074

Serious Intent


YORKE, MARGARET

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

$8.50
xxeme58076

The Matchbreaker


MANBY, CHRIS

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

$9.50
xxeme58088

An Absolute Scandal


VINCENZI, PENNY

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

$8.50
xxeme58089

Aftermath


GANDOLFI, SIMON

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

$8.50
xxeme58091

Skylark Three


SMITH, E. E.

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

$8.50
xxeme58092

Bridge On the River Kwai


BOULLE, PIERRE

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

$8.50
xxeme58093

The Colditz Story


REID, P. R.

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

$10.00
xxeme58096

A Disorder Peculiar to the Country


KALFUS, KEN

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

$12.50
xxeme58099

Middle English Lyrics


LURIA, MAWELL S. & HOFFMAN, RICHARD L.

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

$12.50
xxeme58113

The Chinese Assassin


GREY, ANTHONY

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

$8.50
xxemf58176

Call For The Saint


CHARTERIS, LESLIE

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

$10.00
xxena58185

Mesopotamian Myths


MCCALL, HENRIETTA

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

$10.00
xxena58186

Roman Myths


GARDNER, JANE F.

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

$45.00
1j41a/22

The Comedies of Aristophanes in Six Volumes: IX The Frogs; X The Ecclesiazusae


ARISTOPHANES & ROGERS, BENJAMIN BICKLEY

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

$40.00
1j41a/23

The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs


Second Edition, revised by Sir Paul Harvey

SMITH, WILLIAM GEORGE (Ed) & HESELTINE, JANET (Int

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

$100.00
1j41a/28

Martial Book XIII: The Xenia


Text with Introduction & Commentary

LEARY, T. J. (Ed)

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

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