HASWELL, JUDITH (Ed) & JONKERS, JANNY (Ed)

Octavo spiralbound softcover (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: Donek Press 2017

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SUMMERS, JOHN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: The Nag's Head Press 1967

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PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER & YARMOLINSKY, AVRAHM (Selected, Ed & Intro)

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: The Modern Library / Random House 1936

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DICKSON, JOHN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo softcover (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: Auckland University Press 1998

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MACDIARMID, HUGH

Octavo stringbound softcover (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: Macmillan & Co 1934

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JACKSON, ANNA

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PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2025

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BARNES, JOHN E

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PUBLISHER: The Canterbury Press 1996

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AUDEN, W H

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1972

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COHEN, LEONARD

Octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained red (faded), x + 245pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine extrems, sl staining & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/foxing/chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969

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WATERHOUSE, PETER & WALDROP, ROSMARIE (Trans)

SCARCE, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 128pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to front & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Burning Deck 2009

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ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 111pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2024

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FERTE, Monsieur HENRI & BASKERVILLE, Mrs GEORGE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, blue lettering & decoration to title plate to front cover, unpaginated prelims & terminals + 24pp/poems, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to covers, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1948

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TOLKIEN, J R R (Poems & Decorations) & SWANN, DONALD (Music)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, cream heavy boards, red lettering to spine & front board, ix + (3) + 68pp, illus/decorations, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, sm ink ticks to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & tanning to spine & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing, 3cm closed tears to edges of front cover & flap)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1968

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ERICSON, ARTHUR

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PUBLISHER: Arthur Wm Ericson 1986

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GRASS, GUNTER & HAMBURGER, MICHAEL (Trans) & MIDDLETON, CHRISTOPHER (Trans)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 143pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1978

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WOUBSHET, DAGMAWI

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xvi + 169pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2015

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MANDELSHTAM, O

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, sm octavo, red faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 79pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ardis 1983

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RAFFEL, BURTON (Trans, Intro & Afterword) & BASKIN, LEONARD (Drawings)

FIRST EDITION THUS, quarto, cream cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xxii + 103pp, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm patch of clear tape to front & rear pastedowns, light foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (taped in to tidy plastic protective cover, light creasing to edges, minor tape damage & remnants to fore-edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: University of Massachusetts Press 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS English literature epic poems poetry verse Germanic Scandinavian Beowulf

FET, AFANASIY AFANASYEVICH

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, 559pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (all corners clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light soiling0

PUBLISHER: Fiction 1970

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN literature poems poetry verse Afanasiy Afanasyevich

MILTON, JOHN & DORE, GUSTAVE (Illus) & VAUGHAN, ROBERT (Intro)

Quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black illus to spine, black & gilt lettering & illus to front board, marbled page edges- very faded & tanned, frontispiece, 311pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & fading to marbling on page edges, old school presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps & throughout, 1x sm single patch of library notation/marking to title page- no others detected, minor chipping/closed tearing to som epage edges, occasional light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Publishing Company N/D (c.1890s?)

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