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	GEORGE, A. R. (ED) The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts . 2003, 1726pp. HB. The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic is the oldest long poem in the world, with a history going back four thousand years. It tells the fascinating ad moving story of Gilgamesh's heroic deeds and lonely quest for immortality. This book collects for the first time all the known sources in the original cuneiform, including many fragments never published before. The author's personal study of every available fragment has produces a definitive edition and translation, complete with comprehensive introductory chapters that place the poem and its hero in context. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: F0758 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	GREENFIELD, G. . Scribblers for Bread: Aspects of the English Novel Since 1945 . 1989, xiipp, 340, bound, with d/j, v. GBP 5.75 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.55 \| JP¥ 844] Book number: 004892 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MACK, MAYNARD (GENERAL EDITOR ) The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces 2 Volumes. . 6th edition. Volume 1: Literature of Western culture through the renaissance. volume 2: Literature of Western culture since the renaissance. Edited by scholars, translators and teachers of the literary traditions represented, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, 6th Edition, offers nearly 3,000 pages per volume of the world's greatest literary landmarks, from early Egyptian love poetry to Chinua Achebe's stunning Things Fall Apart. Prized by teachers and students throughout the U.S. and Canada, this anthology is also the perfect introduction to the splendour of world literature for the lay reader. Containing a.o. Gilgamesh,texts by Aquinas, Villon, Beowulf, Boccaccio, Dante, Donne, Erasmus, Marlowe, Milton, Rabelais, Akhmatova, Blake, Borges, Brecht, Chekhov, Rilke, Rousseau, Tolstoy to mention a few. W.W. Norton, 1992, xix,2233,2211pp. printed on fine paper, v.g. hardbacks in v.g. d/j's [ heavy ! carriage in UK: 6.75 ask for postal quote if abroad ] [ SP]. GBP 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75 US$ 30.73 \| JP¥ 2715] Book number: 091871DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MÖNCH, WALTER Frankreichs Literatur Im Xvi. Jahrhundert De Gruyter. Eine nationalpolitische Geistesgeschichte der Französischen Renaissance. [Grundriss der Romanischen Philologie. G.Gröber. Neue folge. Gesch. der Franz. Literatur 5]. W.de Gruyter, Berlin, 1938; xiii + 333 + [3] pp; publ. cloth; label scar on fr. pastedown e.p. a few small libr stamps (cancelled), otherwise good-plus.[GL]. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 031231 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.

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	GEORGE, A. R. (ED) The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts . 2003, 1726pp. HB. The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic is the oldest long poem in the world, with a history going back four thousand years. It tells the fascinating ad moving story of Gilgamesh's heroic deeds and lonely quest for immortality. This book collects for the first time all the known sources in the original cuneiform, including many fragments never published before. The author's personal study of every available fragment has produces a definitive edition and translation, complete with comprehensive introductory chapters that place the poem and its hero in context. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: F0758 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	GREENFIELD, G. . Scribblers for Bread: Aspects of the English Novel Since 1945 . 1989, xiipp, 340, bound, with d/j, v. GBP 5.75 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.55 \| JP¥ 844] Book number: 004892 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MACK, MAYNARD (GENERAL EDITOR ) The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces 2 Volumes. . 6th edition. Volume 1: Literature of Western culture through the renaissance. volume 2: Literature of Western culture since the renaissance. Edited by scholars, translators and teachers of the literary traditions represented, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, 6th Edition, offers nearly 3,000 pages per volume of the world's greatest literary landmarks, from early Egyptian love poetry to Chinua Achebe's stunning Things Fall Apart. Prized by teachers and students throughout the U.S. and Canada, this anthology is also the perfect introduction to the splendour of world literature for the lay reader. Containing a.o. Gilgamesh,texts by Aquinas, Villon, Beowulf, Boccaccio, Dante, Donne, Erasmus, Marlowe, Milton, Rabelais, Akhmatova, Blake, Borges, Brecht, Chekhov, Rilke, Rousseau, Tolstoy to mention a few. W.W. Norton, 1992, xix,2233,2211pp. printed on fine paper, v.g. hardbacks in v.g. d/j's [ heavy ! carriage in UK: 6.75 ask for postal quote if abroad ] [ SP]. GBP 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75 US$ 30.73 \| JP¥ 2715] Book number: 091871DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MÖNCH, WALTER Frankreichs Literatur Im Xvi. Jahrhundert De Gruyter. Eine nationalpolitische Geistesgeschichte der Französischen Renaissance. [Grundriss der Romanischen Philologie. G.Gröber. Neue folge. Gesch. der Franz. Literatur 5]. W.de Gruyter, Berlin, 1938; xiii + 333 + [3] pp; publ. cloth; label scar on fr. pastedown e.p. a few small libr stamps (cancelled), otherwise good-plus.[GL]. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 031231 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.