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	ABRAMS, M.H. Natural Supernaturalism. Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature. New York: W.W.Norton & Co,1971. Study of the Romantic Age 1789-1835. "Abrams shows that the major poets of the age had in common important themes, modes of expression, and ways of feeling and imagining; that the writings of these poets were an integral part of a comprehensive intellectual tendency which manifested itself in philosophy as well as poetry, in England and Germany; and that this tendency was causally related to drastic political and social changes of the age." Ex college library. Pp.550, library stamp to inside front board, scuff to fep. Black cloth, d/w has minor sunning to spine edge. VG/VG. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 30596 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS. (TRANSLATED BY PHILIP VELLACOTT). The Oresteian Trilogy. Agamemnon. The Choeophori. The Eumenides. Harmondsworth: Penguin. nd (rep). "Philip Vellacott's verse translation makes available to the modern reader a milestone in the history of drama". Pp 203, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 25862 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS (TRANSLATED BY FREDERIC RAPHAEL AND KENNETH MCLEISH). Plays: One. Persians, Prometheus Bound, Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes. London: Methuen Drama. 1991. "Aeschyulus (c.525-456BC) was respected during his life as a dramatist and as a performer. Those of his plays which have survived, are the earliest examples of European drama". Pp 152, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 \| JP¥ 925] Book number: 25859 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS. (TRANSLATED BY FREDERIC RAPHAEL AND KENNETH MCLEISH). Plays: Two. Oresteia: Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, Eumenides. London: Methuen Drama. 1991. "Aeschylus (c.525-456BC) was respected during his life as a dramatist and as a performer. Those of his plays which have survived are the earliest examples of European drama". Pp 129, slight toning to pages. P/b, bump to base of spine, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 25860 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS. (TRANSLATED BY PHILIP VELLACOTT). Prometheus Bound. The Suppliants. Seven Against Thebes. The Persians. Harmondsworth: Penguin. nd (rep). "The first of the great Greek tragedians, Aeschylus wrote a large number of plays, of which seven survive...Here are four of them". Pp 159, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 25861 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AIRD, EILEEN. Sylvia Plath. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1973. 1st ed. "The first full length individual study of a poet whose reputation has continued to grow since her tragic suicide in 1963." Pp. 114, ex college library stamps to verso front cover, fep and title page, scuff to fep.Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has sunning and numbering to spine. G+/G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 26745 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AITKEN, JAMES. (EDITOR). English Letters of the XIX Century. Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1946. 1st ed. Collection of letters illustrating within the necessary limits the condition of England in the first half of the 19th century. Pp. 188/5(ads). Slight toning to pages. P/b. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 9646 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ALLEN, WALTER. The English Novel A general survey of the novel and the novelist's world from Pilgrim's Progress to Joyce and Lawrence. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958. Pelican Books, "The novel is followed from Pilgrim's Progress to James Joyce and D H Lawrence. Mr Walter Allen shows himself to be an acute and sensitive critic as well as an authoritative historian" . Pp376/7(ads), pages browned. P/b with portrait back cover. G. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 12061 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ALMANSI, G. (ED). 20th Century Studies. The Treatment of Sexual Themes in the Modern Novel. Canterbury: Faculty of Humanities of the University of Kent. 1969. Contents Include:- Eros and Metaphor-sexual relationship in the fiction of D.H.Lawrence: Gide and the theme of sexual liberation: Joyce and Sexuality: The Themes of Ulysses: Three versions of an article on Henry Miller: Interview with Leslie A. Fiedler: Jean Genet and the indefensibility of sexual deviation: William Burroughs and the sexuality of power: Sex and Identity in Cabot Wright Begins: Considerations on Sex and Laughter: A note on Hubert Fichte's new novel: The professional viewpoint. Pp 133, name to contents page. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, crease to front cover. G+. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 26136 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ATKINS, JOHN. Aldous Huxley: A Literary Study. London: John Calder, 1956. 0. 1st edition. Author's copy. Pp.224, author's signature (Birch Green Feb. 1957) to front free endpaper. Bright yellow cloth, spine slightly dulled. VG. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 35094 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ATKINS, JOHN. The Art of Ernest Hemingway: His Work and Personality. London: Peter Nevill, 1952. 0. 1st edition. Author's copy. Pp.245, b/w photo portrait frontispiece + 5 further b/w photo plates, authors signature (Birch Green. Jan. 1958) to front free endpaper and his notation to final endpaper. Green cloth, spine and title to spine faded, fading to top edge of front. G+. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 35095 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AUDEN, W.H. Paul Bunyan: The Libretto of the Operetta by Benjamin Britten. London: Faber and Faber, 1988. 0571151426. "This is the lively, witty and often moving text of W.H.Auden's libretto for Benjamin Britten's operetta about the giant logger of American folklore..Donald Mitchell, the foremost authority on Britten's music, has written a long Essay for this edition which sets out the history of the operetta and makes available for the first time much documentation and illustrative material from the Britten-Pears Library, including excerpts from the composer's correspondence." Pp.8/150. Pbk. VG. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 31856 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AURELIUS, MARCUS. Meditations. Harmondsworth: Penguin 1997. "Marcus's writings reveal a man of great compassion and humility...Meditations are as relevant and inspirational today as when they were first written". Pp 157, slight toning to page edges. P/b, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 28337 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AURELIUS, MARCUS. Meditations. (Translated by A.S.L. Farquharson.) London: David Campbell Publishers Ltd, 1992. 1st David Campbell ed. Everyman's Library. "His 'Meditations', written in moments snatched from military campaigns and the rigours of politics, reveal a mind of exceptional clarity and originality.." Pp. 11/250/1(ad), Everyman's logo to endpapers. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has clear protective wrap. VG/G+. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.41 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 21988 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AUSTEN, JANE. The History of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1995. "Written when Jane Austen was in her late teens, a lively and somewhat disrespectful overview of the history of England's monarchy...Also contains 'Lesley Castle', a delightful and often hilarious correspondence detailing the mishaps and misapprehensions that befall five young ladies". 14cms x 10.5cms. Pp 54. P/b, slight toning to pages, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 28338 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AXTHELM, PETER M. The Modern Confessional Novel. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967. 1st ed. Ex college library. "The form of all these novels originates in traditional religious confessions, like that of Saint Augustine, but represents a particularly illuminating response to the challenge facing modern man." Pp.11/189, inkstamps to front endpapers and title page, scuffing to fep. Grey cloth, d/w has inked number to spine. G+/G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 31904 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BAKHTIN, M.M./HOLQUIST, MICHAEL(EDITOR). The Dialogic Imagination. Four Essays. (Translated by Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist). Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. 029271534X. University of Texas Press Slavic Series, No.1. "..examines the difficulty of arriving at a generic definition of the novel and attempts a classification of novelistic works based on the philosophic attitude toward time and space that each presumes." Pp.34/443. Pbk. VG. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 32280 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BARNETT, ANNIE. (EDITOR). A Little Book of English Prose. Selections from 82 of the finest English writers from Chaucer onwards. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1919. 4th ed. "The Editor of this Little Book has endeavoured to present the chosen passages as nearly as possible in the form in which they left the hands of their authors." 15.5cms. x 10cms. Pp. 11/335, portrait frontis (by Godfrey Kneller). Green cloth, d/w rubbed and chipping to top of spine. G+/G. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 18609 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BATHO, EDITH C AND DOBREE, BONAMY. The Victorians and After 1830-1914. (Introductions to English Literature Vol.4). London: The Cressent Press. 1962. "The Introduction, deals with the literature of the period in all its forms. The economic background is dealt with in a seperate chapter. The remaining two-thirds of the book consist of a bibliography raisonnee, made up of lists of books". Pp 360, ex library inkstamps to verso front cover, fep and title page. Cream cloth cover, title to spine, d/w has numbers to spine. VG/G+. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 26440 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BELGION, MONTGOMERY. Reading for Profit. Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1945. 1st ed. Lectures on English Literature delivered in 1941, 1942 & 1943 to British Officers Prisoners of War in Germany. Pp. 288/1(ad). Toning to pages. P/b. G. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 \| JP¥ 640] Book number: 9487 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BERGEN, HENRY.(EDITOR). Lydgate's Fall of Princes. (Part One). London: The Early English Text Society /Oxford University Press, 1967. Part I: Introductory Note, The Metre, Boccaccio's and Laurence's Prefaces, etc. Books I and II. Pp.68/328, frontispiece plate after a woodcut by Hans Weiditz. Brown cloth, gilt title and E.E.T.Society motif to front, gilt title to spine. Near Fine. GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.75 US$ 62.85 \| JP¥ 5407] Book number: 31573 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BIRRELL, FRANCIS AND LUCAS, F.L. The Art of Dying. An Anthology. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930. 1st ed. Famous 'Last Words' - an anthology of quotations. Pp.96, initials and date to fep, toning to endpapers. Black cloth, title to spine dulled. G+. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 30837 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BLAKE, N.F. Middle English Religious Prose. (York Medieval Texts Series.) London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd, 1972. 1st ed. "This collection of texts is designed to show the continuity and at the same time the diversity of work by English writers in the religious prose tradition during the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries." Pp. 6/228, ex college library stamps to fep, verso front board and title page. Marled brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+. GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.37 \| JP¥ 1494] Book number: 26368 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BLOOM, HAROLD. (EDITOR). Samuel Richardson. (Modern Critical Views). New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. 1555462863. 1st ed. "One of the chief founders o the modern novel, Samuel Richardson aimed to 'introduce a new species of writing'..Together with Henry Fielding, Richardson was one of the two most influential novelists of the eighteenth century, a precursor to Austen, Eliot, and James." Pp.8/173. Brown cloth, d/w. VG/VG. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 31520 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BONE, GERTRUDE. Women of the Country. Lopndon: Duckworth, 1913. 1st ed. In the 'Roadmender' series. Pp.191, drypoint frontispiece by Muirhead Bone, illustrated endpapers but with one page of front endpapers absent, owners name to half-title. Green/brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G+. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 30674 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.

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	ABRAMS, M.H. Natural Supernaturalism. Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature. New York: W.W.Norton & Co,1971. Study of the Romantic Age 1789-1835. "Abrams shows that the major poets of the age had in common important themes, modes of expression, and ways of feeling and imagining; that the writings of these poets were an integral part of a comprehensive intellectual tendency which manifested itself in philosophy as well as poetry, in England and Germany; and that this tendency was causally related to drastic political and social changes of the age." Ex college library. Pp.550, library stamp to inside front board, scuff to fep. Black cloth, d/w has minor sunning to spine edge. VG/VG. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 30596 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS. (TRANSLATED BY PHILIP VELLACOTT). The Oresteian Trilogy. Agamemnon. The Choeophori. The Eumenides. Harmondsworth: Penguin. nd (rep). "Philip Vellacott's verse translation makes available to the modern reader a milestone in the history of drama". Pp 203, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 25862 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS (TRANSLATED BY FREDERIC RAPHAEL AND KENNETH MCLEISH). Plays: One. Persians, Prometheus Bound, Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes. London: Methuen Drama. 1991. "Aeschyulus (c.525-456BC) was respected during his life as a dramatist and as a performer. Those of his plays which have survived, are the earliest examples of European drama". Pp 152, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 \| JP¥ 925] Book number: 25859 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS. (TRANSLATED BY FREDERIC RAPHAEL AND KENNETH MCLEISH). Plays: Two. Oresteia: Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, Eumenides. London: Methuen Drama. 1991. "Aeschylus (c.525-456BC) was respected during his life as a dramatist and as a performer. Those of his plays which have survived are the earliest examples of European drama". Pp 129, slight toning to pages. P/b, bump to base of spine, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 25860 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AESCHYLUS. (TRANSLATED BY PHILIP VELLACOTT). Prometheus Bound. The Suppliants. Seven Against Thebes. The Persians. Harmondsworth: Penguin. nd (rep). "The first of the great Greek tragedians, Aeschylus wrote a large number of plays, of which seven survive...Here are four of them". Pp 159, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 25861 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AIRD, EILEEN. Sylvia Plath. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1973. 1st ed. "The first full length individual study of a poet whose reputation has continued to grow since her tragic suicide in 1963." Pp. 114, ex college library stamps to verso front cover, fep and title page, scuff to fep.Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has sunning and numbering to spine. G+/G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 26745 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AITKEN, JAMES. (EDITOR). English Letters of the XIX Century. Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1946. 1st ed. Collection of letters illustrating within the necessary limits the condition of England in the first half of the 19th century. Pp. 188/5(ads). Slight toning to pages. P/b. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 9646 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ALLEN, WALTER. The English Novel A general survey of the novel and the novelist's world from Pilgrim's Progress to Joyce and Lawrence. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958. Pelican Books, "The novel is followed from Pilgrim's Progress to James Joyce and D H Lawrence. Mr Walter Allen shows himself to be an acute and sensitive critic as well as an authoritative historian" . Pp376/7(ads), pages browned. P/b with portrait back cover. G. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 12061 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ALMANSI, G. (ED). 20th Century Studies. The Treatment of Sexual Themes in the Modern Novel. Canterbury: Faculty of Humanities of the University of Kent. 1969. Contents Include:- Eros and Metaphor-sexual relationship in the fiction of D.H.Lawrence: Gide and the theme of sexual liberation: Joyce and Sexuality: The Themes of Ulysses: Three versions of an article on Henry Miller: Interview with Leslie A. Fiedler: Jean Genet and the indefensibility of sexual deviation: William Burroughs and the sexuality of power: Sex and Identity in Cabot Wright Begins: Considerations on Sex and Laughter: A note on Hubert Fichte's new novel: The professional viewpoint. Pp 133, name to contents page. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, crease to front cover. G+. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 26136 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ATKINS, JOHN. Aldous Huxley: A Literary Study. London: John Calder, 1956. 0. 1st edition. Author's copy. Pp.224, author's signature (Birch Green Feb. 1957) to front free endpaper. Bright yellow cloth, spine slightly dulled. VG. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 35094 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ATKINS, JOHN. The Art of Ernest Hemingway: His Work and Personality. London: Peter Nevill, 1952. 0. 1st edition. Author's copy. Pp.245, b/w photo portrait frontispiece + 5 further b/w photo plates, authors signature (Birch Green. Jan. 1958) to front free endpaper and his notation to final endpaper. Green cloth, spine and title to spine faded, fading to top edge of front. G+. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 35095 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AUDEN, W.H. Paul Bunyan: The Libretto of the Operetta by Benjamin Britten. London: Faber and Faber, 1988. 0571151426. "This is the lively, witty and often moving text of W.H.Auden's libretto for Benjamin Britten's operetta about the giant logger of American folklore..Donald Mitchell, the foremost authority on Britten's music, has written a long Essay for this edition which sets out the history of the operetta and makes available for the first time much documentation and illustrative material from the Britten-Pears Library, including excerpts from the composer's correspondence." Pp.8/150. Pbk. VG. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 31856 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AURELIUS, MARCUS. Meditations. Harmondsworth: Penguin 1997. "Marcus's writings reveal a man of great compassion and humility...Meditations are as relevant and inspirational today as when they were first written". Pp 157, slight toning to page edges. P/b, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 28337 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AURELIUS, MARCUS. Meditations. (Translated by A.S.L. Farquharson.) London: David Campbell Publishers Ltd, 1992. 1st David Campbell ed. Everyman's Library. "His 'Meditations', written in moments snatched from military campaigns and the rigours of politics, reveal a mind of exceptional clarity and originality.." Pp. 11/250/1(ad), Everyman's logo to endpapers. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has clear protective wrap. VG/G+. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.41 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 21988 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AUSTEN, JANE. The History of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1995. "Written when Jane Austen was in her late teens, a lively and somewhat disrespectful overview of the history of England's monarchy...Also contains 'Lesley Castle', a delightful and often hilarious correspondence detailing the mishaps and misapprehensions that befall five young ladies". 14cms x 10.5cms. Pp 54. P/b, slight toning to pages, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 28338 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	AXTHELM, PETER M. The Modern Confessional Novel. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967. 1st ed. Ex college library. "The form of all these novels originates in traditional religious confessions, like that of Saint Augustine, but represents a particularly illuminating response to the challenge facing modern man." Pp.11/189, inkstamps to front endpapers and title page, scuffing to fep. Grey cloth, d/w has inked number to spine. G+/G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 31904 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BAKHTIN, M.M./HOLQUIST, MICHAEL(EDITOR). The Dialogic Imagination. Four Essays. (Translated by Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist). Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. 029271534X. University of Texas Press Slavic Series, No.1. "..examines the difficulty of arriving at a generic definition of the novel and attempts a classification of novelistic works based on the philosophic attitude toward time and space that each presumes." Pp.34/443. Pbk. VG. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 32280 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BARNETT, ANNIE. (EDITOR). A Little Book of English Prose. Selections from 82 of the finest English writers from Chaucer onwards. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1919. 4th ed. "The Editor of this Little Book has endeavoured to present the chosen passages as nearly as possible in the form in which they left the hands of their authors." 15.5cms. x 10cms. Pp. 11/335, portrait frontis (by Godfrey Kneller). Green cloth, d/w rubbed and chipping to top of spine. G+/G. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 18609 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BATHO, EDITH C AND DOBREE, BONAMY. The Victorians and After 1830-1914. (Introductions to English Literature Vol.4). London: The Cressent Press. 1962. "The Introduction, deals with the literature of the period in all its forms. The economic background is dealt with in a seperate chapter. The remaining two-thirds of the book consist of a bibliography raisonnee, made up of lists of books". Pp 360, ex library inkstamps to verso front cover, fep and title page. Cream cloth cover, title to spine, d/w has numbers to spine. VG/G+. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 26440 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BELGION, MONTGOMERY. Reading for Profit. Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1945. 1st ed. Lectures on English Literature delivered in 1941, 1942 & 1943 to British Officers Prisoners of War in Germany. Pp. 288/1(ad). Toning to pages. P/b. G. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 \| JP¥ 640] Book number: 9487 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BERGEN, HENRY.(EDITOR). Lydgate's Fall of Princes. (Part One). London: The Early English Text Society /Oxford University Press, 1967. Part I: Introductory Note, The Metre, Boccaccio's and Laurence's Prefaces, etc. Books I and II. Pp.68/328, frontispiece plate after a woodcut by Hans Weiditz. Brown cloth, gilt title and E.E.T.Society motif to front, gilt title to spine. Near Fine. GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.75 US$ 62.85 \| JP¥ 5407] Book number: 31573 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BIRRELL, FRANCIS AND LUCAS, F.L. The Art of Dying. An Anthology. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930. 1st ed. Famous 'Last Words' - an anthology of quotations. Pp.96, initials and date to fep, toning to endpapers. Black cloth, title to spine dulled. G+. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 30837 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BLAKE, N.F. Middle English Religious Prose. (York Medieval Texts Series.) London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd, 1972. 1st ed. "This collection of texts is designed to show the continuity and at the same time the diversity of work by English writers in the religious prose tradition during the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries." Pp. 6/228, ex college library stamps to fep, verso front board and title page. Marled brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+. GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.37 \| JP¥ 1494] Book number: 26368 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BLOOM, HAROLD. (EDITOR). Samuel Richardson. (Modern Critical Views). New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. 1555462863. 1st ed. "One of the chief founders o the modern novel, Samuel Richardson aimed to 'introduce a new species of writing'..Together with Henry Fielding, Richardson was one of the two most influential novelists of the eighteenth century, a precursor to Austen, Eliot, and James." Pp.8/173. Brown cloth, d/w. VG/VG. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 31520 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BONE, GERTRUDE. Women of the Country. Lopndon: Duckworth, 1913. 1st ed. In the 'Roadmender' series. Pp.191, drypoint frontispiece by Muirhead Bone, illustrated endpapers but with one page of front endpapers absent, owners name to half-title. Green/brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G+. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 30674 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.