BRONTE, EMILY & FRITZ EICHENBERG

Wuthering Heights

Random House, 1943. Hardcover. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg. A pictorial hardcover in Very good condition, green spine with gilt titles to the spine. Pages are tightly bound, bright& unmarked. Wear to the spine ends & corners, with cover edgewear. Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell and an Editor's preface by Currer Bell, all of whom were Charlotte Bronte, Emily's sister. Wood engravings by Fritz Eighenberg, depicting portions of the book. ; Wood engraving; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 213 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21540

Catalogue: Classics, Illustrations, Romance

Keywords: Fiction Romance Classics

BROOKE RUPERT, GEORGE WOODBERRY, INTRODUCTION, MARGARET LAVINGTON A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1934. Hardcover. Blue Hardcovers, gitl titles to the cover and faded titles to the spine. The front end paper has been removed leaving a small break between the half title page and the front cover. The pages are titghtly bound and clean. An ex-library book with a library sticker, and name, to the half title page and a pocket on the back end paper. A frontispiece of Brooke with a tissue guard. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27416

Catalogue: Poetry, Classics, War, Biography

Keywords: Classic Poetry War Biography Biography Poetry Classics War Literature

BUCHAN JOHN

Modern Short Stories

Paris, France: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Blue hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine, gilt N to the cover, decorative end papers. The binding is tight, pages are unmarked & clean except two pages at the very end of the book. Wear to the spine ends and corners. Overall in Very Good condition with some cover staining. ; Teaching of English, No. 100; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 239 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 20747

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction

Keywords: Fiction Classics Short Stories

BUCHAN JOHN

Path of the King, the

London, England: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd, 1930. Hardcover. Illustrated by Thompspn E. Heber. Blue hard boards / gilt letttering on spine. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Spine ends & corners bumped. Very Good. Scuffing and some white marks on cover. Clean interior. Frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln. "John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (1875-1940) , was a Scottish novelist best known for "The Thirty-Nine Steps, " as well as a Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. "; Thinking of English, No. 52; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 287 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1917

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: Fiction > Classics Fiction Classics

BUCHAN JOHN

Thirty-Nine Steps, the

Pan #X696, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market in Very Good+ condition. One name to the inside of the front cover, otherwise an unmarked book. Age tanning to the pages. An uncreased spine with light cover edgewear. Small sticker to the front cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 137 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26250

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Mystery

Keywords: Fiction Mystery & Detective Classics

BUCK PEARL S.

The Angry Wife

Pocket Books, # 550238, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. A Very Good Mass Market. Tightly bound, a name on front free end paper, otherwise a clean & unmarked copy. There is cover edgewear and rubbing. "Lucinda Delaney is a southern belle ruled by a vision of life that no longer exists. The Civil War has come and gone and her side has lost, yet she is determined to proceed as if nothing has changed—a denial that stokes the flames of her irrational angers. Despite her returned husband’s devotion, Lucinda is sure he is having an affair with one of their slaves." ; 6.9 X 4.1 X 0.7 inches; 250 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26368

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Classics, CIVIL War, Literature

Keywords: Historical Fiction Classics CIVIL War Literature Historical Fiction Classics War Literature

BUCKLER ERNEST

Mountain and the Valley

McClelland & Stewart, 1961. Paperback. A Very Good- Paperback. The binding is tight, unmarked pages with age tanning. Heavy cover edgewear and rubbing. "an affectionate portrait of David Canaan, a sensitive boy who becomes increasingly aware of the difference that sets him apart from his family and his neighbours. David’s desire to write is the secret that gives this haunting story its detailed focus and its poignant theme." ; New Canadian Library; Vol. 23; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 302 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26841

Catalogue: Canada, Classics, Fiction

Keywords: Canada > Fiction Classics Fiction Canada Classics

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM

Naked Lunch

Grove Press, 1991. Paperback. ISBN: 0802132952. As New Trade Paperback. Tight, bright, & unmarked, an uncreased spine. ""Naked Lunch" is the unnerving tale of a monumental descent into the hellish world of a narcotics addict as he travels from New York to Tangiers, then into Interzone, a nightmarish modern urban wasteland in which the forces of good and evil vie for control of the individual and all of humanity." ; 8.1 X 5.3 X 0.8 inches; 232 pages. As New .

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Book number: 26280

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Adventure, Addicts

Keywords: 0802132952 Fiction > Classics Narcotic Addicts Satire Psychological Fiction Psychology Literary & Literary Citicism Classics

CAMOENS

Les Lusiades - Traduction Nouvelle Avec Notes Et Commentaires & D'Une Etude Sur la Vie Et Les Moeurs E Camoens par Edmond Hippeau

Garnier Freres, Libraires - Editeurs, 1890. Hardcover. Good+. Tan spine, with paper covered boards. Five raised bands, gilt titles panelled in red and brown to the spine. Designed foreedges and endpapers. No published date, circa 1890's. A name written on the title page, otherwise the pages are unmarked and tightly bound. Heavy cover edgewear. "Un parallele trop peu ? Atteur le chantre du Vert, Galant. En presence de ses illustres predecesseurs. Avant de discuter les griefs ou les assertions des commentateurs ou des adversaires, nous devons chercher a definir le caractere du poeme des Lusiades en etudiant de pres la vie de l'auteur, l'epoque ou il a vecu et le theme qui s'est otl'ert a son genie. L'oeuvre sera par la mome tout expli quee': avant de la critiquer il importe de la bien comprendre et de marquer sa veritable place dans l'histoire litteraire." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 303 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26514

Catalogue: French, Classics, Portugal, Literature, Historical Fiction

Keywords: French Books Portuguese Literature Historical Fiction Historical Fiction Classics Literature French Books

CAMPBELL GRACE

Thorn - Apple Tree

Toronto, Ont: Collins, 1943. Cloth. Illustrated by Franklin Carmichael. Light brown cloth covers with brown titles and illustrations to the cover and the spine. Spine ends and corners are worn, light soiling to the covers with edgewear. Illustrated end papers, the interior illustrations were designed and engraved on wood by Carmichael. Tightly bound, no interior marks. "This Scottish-Canadian idyll of pioneer days in glengarry is a homespun tale of rare beauty, with an atmosphere as winsome as it is wholesome. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Shelved. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 9182

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Keywords: Frontier & Pioneer Life History Sociology

CAMPBELL GRACE

Thorn - Apple Tree

Toronto, Ont: Collins, 1943. Cloth. Illustrated by Franklin Carmichael. Light brown cloth covers with brown titles and illustrations to the cover and the spine. Spine ends and corners are worn, light soiling to the covers with edgewear. Illustrated end papers, the interior illustrations were designed and engraved on wood by Carmichael. Tightly bound, no interior marks. "This Scottish-Canadian idyll of pioneer days in glengarry is a homespun tale of rare beauty, with an atmosphere as winsome as it is wholesome. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Shelved. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 9182

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Keywords: Frontier & Pioneer Life History Sociology

CAMUS ALBERT

La Mort Heureuse. Tome 1

Gallimard, 1971. First Edition. . A Very Good Paperback. A solid binding, the pages are bright & unmarked. There is some brown staining to the spine hinges. The DJ is Good+ with cover edgewear, a small tear to the front cover top edge. "Ce Cahier n° 1 contient exclusivement La mort heureuse, texte présenté et annoté par Jean Sarocchi. Il s'agit de la première entreprise romanesque d'Albert Camus, élaborée entre 1936 et 1938 (époque à laquelle il écrivait L'Envers et l'Endroit et Noces). Il travaillait encore à la remanier lorsque se forma en lui le premier projet de L'Étranger, auquel il ne tarda pas à se consacrer entièrement." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27239

Catalogue: Fiction, Philosophy, Classics, France

Keywords: Fiction > Classics Philosophy France Classics Philosophy France French Books

CAMUS ALBERT

Le Mythe de Sisyphe

Gallimard / Idees, 1966. Paperback. A Very Good Paperback, tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages with age tanning. An uncreased spine, light cover edgewear. "«Il n'y a qu'un problème philosophique vraiment sérieux : c'est le suicide. » Avec cette formule foudroyante, qui semble rayer d'un trait toute la philosophie, un jeune homme de moins de trente ans commence son analyse de la sensibilité absurde. Il décrit le «mal de l'esprit» dont souffre l'époque actuelle : «L'absurde naît de la confrontation de l'appel humain avec le silence déraisonnable du monde. »"; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 186 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27333

Catalogue: Philosophy, France, Essays, Classics, Mythology

Keywords: France > Essays Mythology Philosophy Essays Classics Classics Philosophy France Mythology / Folklore French Books

CARLETON WILL

Farm Ballads, Festivals, & Legends

London, England: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1891. Hardcover. Decorative covers with gilt lettering to the cover and spine. Rubbing to the covers and edgewear, the edges are gold tinted. The binding is loosened from the body of the book, and the front free end paper is loose. A nice & clean interior without any markings. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 192 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 8785

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction

Keywords: Ballads, Literary Collections Farms Fiction Culture Poetry History Classics

CHARLES DICKENS C. DICKENS

Pickwick Papers, the

Wordsworth Classics, 1998. Paperback. ISBN: 9781853260520. A Near Fine Trade Paperback with a sound binding, unmarked pages with some age tanning to them. An uncreased spine ; 4.99 X 1.52 X 7.76 inches; 701 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 27502

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Literature

Keywords: 9781853260520 Fiction Classics Literature Fiction Classics Literature