Chevrefils, Maryla

The Brian Moore papers: first accession and second accession.

Canada: University of Calgary Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine faded but uncreased, appears little used. xxxviii + 378 pages, a few photo illustrations, index.. Very Good.

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Book number: 64426

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Irish Author English Literature

Crisp, Paul

Drawn at venture: The Saturday articles of Arthur Ransome from 1929 to 1932 together with their background, the history of such articles and their writers, ancient, contemporary and modern.

Amazon Publications, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket, minor sunning to spine otherwise appears little used. 320 pages, subscriber list. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67821

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Swallows & Amazons Literary Criticism Fishing Russia

Fitzgerald, Edward

Polonius: a collection of wise saws and modern instances.

U.S.A: Thomas B. Mosher, 1901. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hardback bound in blue paper over boards with gilt decoration to front board, yellow silk bookmark sewn in, 2 edges untrimmed, backstrip is missing, minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. xxxii + 110 pages, new introduction to this edition, index. Limited edition of 450 copies, not numbered. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 53586

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: English Literature Limited edition

Gant, Roland

Edward Thomas on the countryside. A selection of his prose and verse.

U.S.A: Faber & Faber, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, name, address and date on front endpaper, in a bright price clipped dustjacket which has a chip at top of front foldover. 184 pages, bibliography. Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67744

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Poetry Country Life Farming Downland Wiltshire

Gardner, Brian (ed.)

Up the line to death: the war poets 1914 - 1918.

Eyre Methuen, 1978. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with a neat inscription on the endpaper, else unmarked, in a bright priceclipped dustjacket. xxvi + 188 pages, biographical notes, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 66234

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Poets & poetry Great War Siegfried Sassoon Wilfred Owen

Garnett, David (ed)

The novels of Thomas Love Peacock: volume 2 only.

Hart-Davis MacGibbon Ltd, 1977. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a price clipped dustjacket which is tanned at the spine and chipped at the edges. Pages 438 - 982, includes Maid Marian, Misfortunes of Elphin, Crotchet Castle and Gryll Grange. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 60493

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: English Literature 19th century

Hastings, Selina

Evelyn Waugh: a biography.

Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with a short inscription on the endpaper, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the corners. Appears little used. xii + 724 pages, photos on plates, source notes, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 64885

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Literary Criticism Evelyn Waugh

Higgins, Charlotte

It's all Greek to me: from Homer to the Hippocratic oath: how ancient Greece has shaped our world.

Short Books Ltd, 2008. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 254 pages, illustrations in the text, map, reading list, index. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

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Book number: 56224

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Classics Humour Linguistics

Hipkins, Danielle

Contemporary Italian women writers and traces of the fantastic: the creation of literary space.

Legenda, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with a gift inscription signed by the author on the front endpaper, else unmarked. Paper covered boards, issued without a dustjacket. Appears little used. [x] + 230 pages, notes, bibliography, index ; Signed by Author. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 56213

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Literary Criticism Signed book

Honnighausen, Lothar

William Faulkner: the art of stylization in his early graphic and literary work (Cambridge studies in American literature and culture).

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good reading copy, an ex University library hardback with the usual stamps & a minor sticker removal mark on the front endpaper, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket. xvi + 216 pages, 106 text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Fair in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 55380

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Art & artists American Authors Literary Criticism

Horgan, Paul

Maurice Baring restored.

Heinemann, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is lightly sunned at the spine and rubbed at the edges. x + 444 pages, newspaper cutting by Antonia Fraser laid in. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 66868

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: British writers Poetry Men of letters Historians

Hunt, Peter

Approaching Arthur Ransome.

Jonathan Cape, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, pages age tanned, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 192 pages, illustrations in the text, references, bibliography, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67817

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Sailing Swallows & Amazons Arthur Ransome Literary Criticism Russian Revolution

Isaacs, Neil D & Zimbardo, Rose A.

Tolkien and the critics; Essays on J. R. R. Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings,.

University of Notre Dame Press, 1969. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback spine and card covers creased and worn at edges, no inscriptions. 296 pages, index. Good.

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Book number: 68740

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Literary Criticism Lord of the Rings The Hobbit Fantasy

Jeffares, A. Norman

W. B. Yeats: man and poet.

Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, cloth bumped and rubbed at corners, spine sunned and foxed, page edges foxed, small gift inscription on front endpaper, list of books on the rear endpaper, some underlining and notes in text. viii + 366 pages, photos on plates, notes, bibliography, index. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 60786

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Irish Writers Literary Criticism Poets & poetry

Johnson, Dr Samuel and Murphy, Arthur

The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. A new edition in twelve volumes with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Volumes I - III and V - XII (1 - 3 and 5 -12) 11 books.

J. Nichols & Son; F. & C. Rivington; Otridge & Son, A. Strahan et al, 1810. Reprint. Hardcover. 11 leather bound hardbacks with gilt titles and decorations, all rubbed and worn at spine ends and edges, page edges marbled, silk bookmark in each volume has left marks on pages, no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE THAT VOL. 4 IS MISSING. Volume the first: front board nearly detached, front endpapers and title pages have damp stain, viii + 408 pages. Volume the second: front board detached, rear endpapers have damp stain, iv + 470 pages. Volume the third: front board nearly detached, iv + 444 pages. Volume the fifth: front board detached and rear board nearly detached, viii + 444 pages. Volume the sixth: viii + 396 pages. Volume the seventh: viii + 416 pages. Volume the eighth: iv + 412 pages. Volume the ninth: front board detached, viii + 460 pages. Volume the tenth: iv + 404 pages. Volume the eleventh: iv + 390 pages. Volume the twelfth: front board detached, iv + 450 pages + index. Heavy set so additional postage will be requested for overseas orders. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 65267

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Leather bindings Dr Johnson Dictionary Lexicography William Shakespeare