APULEIUS, LUCIUS; ALDINGTON, WILLIAM (TRANS)

The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius

London, United Kingdom, Privately Printed for the Navarre Society. 1920, Edition Unstated. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Hagreen, Philip. Not Dated c1920's. Green bds with crisp Gilt titles (fresh and unworn with sharp cnrs) pp 359 with nice woodblock illus and vignettes, tight with mild edge browning (not inscribed) Original DJ sl rubbed to spine head. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 10170

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Myths Legends Greek Hagreen, Philip

ARBER, EDWARD (ED); MILTON, JOHN; LATIMER, HUGH; GOSSON; STEPHEN

English Reprints: Areopagitica by John Milton (1644); Sermon on the Ploughers by Master Hugh Latimer (1549); The School of Abuse by Stephen Gosson (1579)

London, Alex. Murray & Son. 1868, First Edition Thus. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth with bright gilt titles, All edges have red publishers stain, each title paginated separately, pp 80; 40; 80. Mostly bright and clean, toned near ends and odd mark internally, tissue guard missing to title page, pencil note inside front to verso of half title, ownership stamp to verso of ffep showing class library for the English Dept of Victoria University, label residue to lower spine. Mostly in very nice condition. Good/N/A.

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Book number: 14771

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

AUSTEN, JANE

Volume the First

The Clarendon Press, 1933, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Jane Austen's remarkable juvenilia date from 1787, when she was eleven, to 1793, when she was seventeen. She preserved these early writings in three manuscript notebooks. Frederic & Elfrida; Jack & Alice; Edgar & Emma; Henry and Eliza; The Adventures of Mr. Harley; Sir William Mountague; Memoirs of Mr. Clifford; The Beautifull Cassandra; Amelia Webster; The Visit; The Mystery; The Three Sisters; A beautiful description; The generous Curate; & Ode to Pity. CONDITION Grey bds with White Linen spine and paper title label (spine cloth split at head o/w unworn) 140 pages on nice paper stock. Bright and crisp copy. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 15898

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

BARRETT, MICHELE; WOOLF, VIRGINIA

Virginia Woolf on Women & Writing: Her Essays, Assessments and Arguments

London, The Woman's Press. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0704338394) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Card wraps, 198 pages. Bright and crisp copy, covers are a little faded at edges, light cease along spine. Near Fine.

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Book number: 16389

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: 0704338394

BASHKIRTSEFF, MARIE

The Last Confessions of Marie Bashkirtseff and Her Correspondence with Guy De Maupassant with a Forward By Jeannette L Gilder

New York, U.S.A. Frederick A Stokes. 1901, First Edition Thus. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Marie Bashkirtseff (born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva, 1858-1884) was a Russian-Ukrainian diarist, painter, and sculptor. Bashkirtseff lived and worked in Paris for many years, and died at age 25 of Tuberculosis. Her journal was first published in 1887 in French was an immediate success, not least because its cosmopolitan confessional style. Combined with her letters, consisting of her correspondence with the writer Guy de Maupassant first published in 1891. CONDITION Grey ribbed cloth with bright gilt title and coloured and embossed rose decoration ( cloth unworn with some small marks and discolouration, bottom front cnr curved, slight damp stain to rear bd) publishers red stained top edge, pp 157 with 9 half tone photo plates. Pencil name inside front, printed on heavy cream paper stock. Copy is bright and crisp with some atmospheric toning to odd page edges. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 16075

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

BUCKLEY, THEODORE ALOIS

The Tragedies of Aeschylus. Literally Translated

London, United Kingdom, George Bell. 1880, Edition Unstated. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bohn's Classical Library. Blue cloth blind stamped decoration to bds with bright Gilt title (fresh with canted cnrs, sl. shelf wear) potrait frontis with tissue guard, pp 234 (interior mostly very clean, foxed title page, frontis and tissue guard, not inscribed, catalogues to ends have some browning due to cheaper quality paper). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 8614

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

BURGESS, ANTHONY

Here Comes Everybody : An Introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader

London, Faber & Faber. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, Copy is ex school library copy with usual markings.internally bright copy. Green cloth, 276 pages, DJ has been in old style brodart cover, toned to edges, expected associated gum residue to DJ and eps, top cnrs of the first few pages creased. Good/Good.

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Book number: 16355

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

CARLEN, EMILIE (FLYGARE-CARLEN)

Woman's Life; or, the Trials of Caprice 3 Volumes

London, Richard Bentley. 1852, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First English. Popular Swedish Author whose literature was translated into English and German. Her writing has been likened to that of Charlotte Bronte. CONDITION Set is from the General Assembly (Govt) Library of New Zealnd with their binding and gilt emblem to front, half bound in leather with burgundy cloth (leather is rubbed and cloth a bit mottled) , marbled edges and eps, bookplate with withdrawn stmped to front pastedown, pp 347, 339, 328. Copies are bright and crisp internally with foxed ends. OVERWEIGHT. Good/N/A.

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Book number: 14773

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

FOURNIER, ALAIN; DELISLE, FRANCOISE (TRANS)

The Wanderer . Le Grand Meaulnes

London, Elek. 1947, First Edition Thus. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: John Minton. Classic French literature is the authors only book and is based on his childhood, originally published 1928 it has twice been made into a film. CONDITION Green cloth, unworn with colour transferance to rear from shelving, 223 pages with nice illus. Bright copy with toned ends and gift inscription inside front. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 16834

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: John Minton

GLADSTONE, W E

Homer : Literature Primers

London, United Kingdom, Macmillan. 1878, First Edition. Cloth, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Red bds with Black borders and titles (unworn with sl darkened spine, cnrs sharp) pp 152 is clean with sl age toned end pages, not inscribed. A nice tight copy. Fine/N/A.

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Book number: 9087

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

GOULD, G[EORGE] M[ILBREY]; STEDMAN, LAURA

Concerning Lafcadio Hearn

London, T Fisher Unwin. 1908, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. He was a professor of English literature at the Imperial University of Tokyo. He is notable for writing about the customs, religion, and literature, translations of stories of the supernatural and translations of haiku poetry. CONDITION Blue cloth with gilt titles (unworn with faded spine) frontis portrait with clean tissue guard, pp xv 303 with 4 illus plates internally. Very bright and crisp copy, foxed to ends and edges, lightly toned to pages opposing plates due to differing paper types, extensive bibliography ro rear. DJ spine has chipped away due to paper type causing two separate panels that are bright and clean. Near Fine/Good.

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Book number: 15295

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

GREY, GEORGE

Old books: An essay

Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Central City Library, Special Collections. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0958344264) Soft Cover, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Numbered 55 of 100 copies hand set and printed at the Pear Tree Press. Taken from Grey's writings in the 1850s. Grey card, stapled with paste on title flag to front, with titple in portrait whip stitched, unpaginated (approx 12 pages). Near Fine.

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Book number: 16596

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: 0958344264

HARVEY, SIR PAUL

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Univ Pr. 1951, Re-Issue. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint with corrections. pp 468+xv+appendix of maps, charts, and diagrams. Light foxing to eps else would be Fine copy. DJ unworn in Mylar protection, price clipped. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 5857

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

HUGHES, RICHARD ARTHUR

A Moment in Time

London, Chatto & Windus. 1926, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of short stoies by Welsh author, playwright and journalist who associated with Dylan Thomas and Robert Graves. CONDITION Green cloth bds with bright gilt title, unworn with lightly faded spine. pp viii 243. Has foxing to ends and edges though mostly bright and crisp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 15993

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

ISHILL, JOSEPH; HOUSMAN, A E

A Centennial Memento with Excerpts from a Shropshire Lad and a Fragement of a Grrek Tragedy, Including 5 Unpublished Letters

New Jersey, U.S.A. Oriole Press. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number 75 of 100 copies printed at the Oriole Press by Joseph Ishill who is primarily known for his limited, private editions usually in editions of 100 to 200 copies. Very few copies of these editions were sold, with most given either to friends and correspondents. CONDITION Card wraps, whip stitched, unpaginated (12 pages) with photo frontis, inscription inside front to Miss Anne Earnsahw (later Roche) with best wishes from Joseph and Rose Freeman Ishill Sept 1960, and coloured head piece illus. Nice bright copy with faded spine. Very Good/N/A. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 16226

Catalogue: Literature & Literary