Ino Erobert Die Welt; Eine Erzahlung

Switzerland: Vadian-Verlag St. Gallen, 1960. Second Printing. Unknown Binding. DJ chipped and scuffed with short tears, DJ lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped ; DJ in Mylar A tight solid book, hinges intact.; B&W Illustrations; Text in German. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 13472

Catalogue: World literature

Keywords: German JUVENILE JUVENILE

ATWOOD, MARGARET

Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (the Empson Lectures)

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521662605. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages; "What is the role of the Writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain--or excuse!--their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift? Atwood's wide reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences, both in Canada and elsewhere. ". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21321

Catalogue: Literature::Canada

Keywords: 0521662605 Canada LITERATURE LITERATURE

BAINE, RODNEY M.

Daniel Defoe and the Supernatural

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket chipped, short tear top back edge, spine faded ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1 x 9.3 x 6.4 Inches; 233 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 15056

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: METAPHYSICS LITERATURE Supernatural LITERATURE

BARDENSTEIN, CAROL

Translation and Transformation in Modern Arabic Literature the Indigenous Assertions of Muhammad Uthman Jalal

Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2005. Softcover. ISBN: 3447051981. Signed by Author; Light edge wear to red card covers ; Extensive author inscription on front fly leaf ; Trade PB; Studies in Arabic Language and Literature vol 5; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 216 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16516

Catalogue: World literature::Arabic

Keywords: 3447051981 muhammad uthman jalal Arabic Translation LITERATURE Language Study

BASSON, W. P.

Pivotal Catalogues in the Aeneid

Amsterdam: Adolf M Hakkert, 1975. Paperback. ISBN: 9025607675. Light crease front edge of beige card covers ; A tight solid book, unread ; Trade PB; 0.3 x 8.7 x 5.9 Inches; 208 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 13304

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 9025607675 Greek literature Drama LITERATURE

BLOOM, HAROLD

Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds

New York: Warner Books, 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0446527173. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Gift inscription on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 814 pages; "From the Bible to Ralph Ellison, America's most prominent and bestselling literary critic takes an enlightening look at the concept of genius through the ages in a celebration of the greatest creative writers of all time. ". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21573

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0446527173 Literaure FICTION LITERATURE

BOSE, MANDAKRANTA

The World My Mother Gave Me Asian Women's Perspectives and Perceptions in Literature

Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0888651694. Remnants of sticker on front cover, light wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book; 8.25 X 5.50 X 0.50 inches; 115 pages; A collection of papers from a conference held at the University of British Columbia by the Institute of Asian Research.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16748

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0888651694 oriental Asian Women LITERATURE LITERATURE

BULATOVIC, MIODRAG

Hero on a Donkey

London: Secker and Warburg, 1966. First English Edition. Hardcover. DJ chipped with a few short tears, large chip top back edge. A couple of pages creased lower corner ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; 448 pages; This is a novel, set in Montenegro in 1943, about a garrison of Italian 'liberators' and a local who seeks to become a hero.. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 10819

Catalogue: World literature

Keywords: Montenegro WWII Fiction

CHAYEFSKY, PADDY

The Goddess a Screenplay

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, previous owner's name on small sticker on front pastedown ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated first edition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21517

Catalogue: Literature::Drama

Keywords: Play chayefsky Screenplay DRAMA LITERATURE

COREN, MICHAEL

The Man Who Created Narnia the Story of C.S. Lewis

Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1996. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802838227. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 9.2 X 7.7 X 0.8 inches; 140 pages; Adults will recognize him for his Christian writings, such as 'The Screwtape Letters' and the younger crowd will remember him for his children's fantasy series 'The Chronicles of Narnia'.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20213

Catalogue: Literature::Biographies

Keywords: 0802838227 apologist narnia Christian Fantasy screwtape RELIGION LITERATURE Biographies & Memoirs

CORTINA, CLASSICI

Pagine Scelte Dalle Opere Di Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Ariosto, Tasso, Goldoni, Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi, Carducci

R. D. Cortina Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to green paper covered boards, light chipping head of spine, light spotting on spine ; A bright, solid book, top edge of pages uncut, printed on laid paper. Beige paper imprinted with title and series in red and black pasted on front board. Despite the defects, this is a lovely little book. ; Classici Cortina; 31 pages; This slim volume of excerpts in Italian from the works of a number of Italian classical authors: Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Ariosto, Tasso, Goldoni, Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi and Carducci. Text in Italian.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 13755

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE Italy LITERATURE

DANSON, LAWRENCE (EDITOR)

On King Lear: Kernan, Goldman, Bentley, Weiss, Mcfarland, Danson, Roche, Seltzer

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691064776. Light edge wear to DJ, some pencil underlining and margin notes ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 186 pages; The lectures are: 'King Lear and the Shakespearean pageant of history' by Alvin B. Kernan -- 'King Lear, acting and feeling' by Michael Goldman -- 'Shakespeare, the King's company, and King Lear' by G.E. Bentley -- 'As the wind sits, the poetics of King Lear' by Theodore Weiss -- 'The image of the family in King Lear' by Thomas McFarland -- 'King Lear and the two abysses' by Lawrence Danson -- '"Nothing almost sees miracles":Tragic knowledge in King Lear' by Thomas P. Roche, Jr. -- 'King Lear in the theater' by Daniel Seltzer.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14896

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0691064776 King lear Shakespeare LITERATURE

DICKENS, CHARLES

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2 Volumes in 1)

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, circa 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt design on spine show light wear a couple of tiny tears head and tail of spine, front hinge started but still solid. Previous owner's name on FFEP previous store stamp dated 1894 on front & back pastedown.; A bright solid, book. Both volumes contained in one book. Undated except for store sticker - a very attractive book. Frontispiece with tissue guard, a number of B&W plates. ; Works of Charles Dickens; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 464 + 460 pages; "Left penniless by the death of his improvident father, young Nicholas Nickleby assumes responsibility for his mother and sister and seeks help from his Scrooge-like Uncle Ralph. Instantly disliking Nicholas, Ralph sends him to teach in a school run by the stupidly sadistic Wackford Squeers. Nicholas decides to escape, taking with him the orphan Smike, one of Squeers’s most abused young charges, and the two embark on a series of adventurous encounters with an array of humanity’s worst and best—greedy fools, corrupt lechers, cheery innocents, and selfless benefactors.". Very Good .

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Book number: 8999

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: nicholas nickleby dickens LITERATURE

DOBRéE, BONAMY

Rudyard Kipling Realist & Fabulist

London: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows some shelf wear with scuffing, light soiling, creasing, small tears. Sun-faded on spine, price-clipped, some erasure on front free end paper. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19155

Catalogue: Literature::Biographies & Memoirs

Keywords: India POETRY LITERATURE

ECO, UMBERTO & MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN

On Literature

Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2004. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0151008124. Only slight wear to book & DJ ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.30 inches; 352 pages; Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin. "n this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to reflections on the experimental writing of Borges and Joyce, Eco's luminous intelligence and encyclopedic knowledge are on dazzling display throughout. And when he reveals his own ambitions and superstitions, his authorial anxieties and fears, one feels like a secret sharer in the garden of literature to which he so often alludes.Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection exhibits the diversity of interests and the depth of knowledge that have made Eco one of the world's leading writers.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17416

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0151008124 Books PHILOSOPHY LITERATURE LITERATURE