Lawrence, D. H. & Lacy, Gerald M. (ed)

Letters to Thomas and Adele Seltzer.

U.S.A: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine tanned, card covers rubbed & tanned,page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 558 pages, photos on plates, maps in the text, notes, bibliography, index. Good.

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Book number: 57387

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: 20th century author New Mexico Frieda Lawrence Publishers

Lee, Laurie

As I walked out one midsummer morning.

Andre Deutsch, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in orange cloth with faded gilt titles, spine sunned and marked at bottom edge,no inscriptions. 252 pages, illustrations in the text by Leonard Rosoman. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69023

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Gloucestershire Spain Spanish Civil War

Lee, Laurie

I can't stay long.

Andre Deutsch, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, no inscriptions, in a dustjacket which is lightly sunned at the bottom edge of the front cover and top of back cover, price has been torn from front foldover. 230 pages, frontispiece of the author by William Thomson, decorations by Susan Campbell. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 69021

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Gloucestershire Aberfan Travel writing

Lindemannus, Fridericus (ed.) [Titus Maccius Plautus; Friedrich Lindemann]

Titi Macci Plauti: Comoediae; Tres captivi; Miles gloriosus; Trinummus.

Germany: Sumptibus I. C. Hinrichsii, 1844. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown half-leather over marbled paper on boards, gilt titles on a black spine panel, 5 raised spine bands, gilt decoration, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, worn at edges & corners, first 30 pages are damp marked at top edge, no inscriptions. lviii + 326 pages, introduction by the editor, extensive footnotes, index. Text in Latin. Good.

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Book number: 51518

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Latin literature Plays & playwrights Classics

Lockitt, C. H. (ed)

More one-act plays.

Longmans, Green & Co. 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with dark green titles, spine tanned, cloth bumped at corners and centre of front board fore edge, name on front endpaper. 208 pages, notes. Includes Hyacinth Halvey by Lady Gregory, An interlude of war by George R. Preedy, Valley of a dream by Mary Pakington and They went forth by H. F. Rubinstein. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 58012

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Playscripts Drama Val Gielgud

Macaulay, Thomas Babington

Essays: Vol I - William Pitt, Earl of Chatham; Lord Clive and Warren Hastings, with, Vol II - The life and writings of Addison, Horace Walpole, Lord Bacon, Lord Byron and Comic dramatists of the Restoration.

Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 clean hardbacks tightly bound in half leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles on red leather, 5 raised bands with gilt decoration on spines. Leather rubbed at corners and spine ends, no inscriptions. 300 & 390 pages, marbled endpapers. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 54895

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: British History Indian Empire

Mackenzie, Compton

Unconsidered trifles.

Martin Secker, 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, spine slightly sunned, no inscriptions. 266 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 57702

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Greece First World War Great War Military History

Maffei, Francesco Scipione

La Merope Tragedia.

Italy: Andrea Bonducci, 1760. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. A leather bound hardback with faded gilt lettering and pattern on the spine. Boards rubbed and corners very worn. Binding loose and pages age toned. 94 pages. Text in Italian.. Good.

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Book number: 34763

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Italian literature Italian drama Playscript Greek mythology

Mangin, Edward. (E. M.)

Oddities and outlines: volumes 1 and 2.

J Carpenter, 1806. First Edition. Hardcover. Pair of small format hardbacks bound in half leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Paste-downs and end papers marbled. Both volumes rubbed and edges worn. Leather spine on Vol 2 is missing. Some foxing and pages age toned. Book plate on both front paste-downs. Vol 1 192 pages and Vol 2 240 pages. The volumes contain a series of letters written while walking through France just after the Revolution. The author was not impressed by Paris 'her long streets are in general narrow and nasty' but liked Avignon 'this venerable old town'. Fair.

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Book number: 34756

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Travel Walking tours France French Revolution

Margolies, David

Monsters of the deep: social dissolution in Shakespeare's tragedies.

Manchester University Press, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, gift inscription signed by the author on the endpaper else unmarked, spine uncreased, appears little used. x + 164 pages, index.; Signed by Author. Very Good.

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Book number: 65460

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: William Shakespeare Literary Criticism

Marriage, Philip (ed.)

Charles Dickens: an exhibition to commemorate the centenary of his death June - September 1970.

Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback original, no inscriptions, appears little used. xii + 122 pages + frontispiece and 89 illustrations on plates, plan. Very Good.

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Book number: 44157

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Engravings Victorian Authors

Marriott, J. W. (ed)

The best one act plays of 1942 - 43.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, spine and edges sunned, cloth rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 188 pages, notes. Includes Beyond by Peter Ustinov, Corfe gate by Helen Foy, The inner man by Harold Brighouse and Of social significance by Mikhail Aklom plus 6 others. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 58016

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Playscripts Drama William Dinner Philip Johnson

Martin, Lady Helena Faucit

On some of Shakespeare's female characters: Ophelia, Portia, Desdemona, Juliet, Imogen, Rosalind, Beatrice, Hermione.

William Blackwood & Sons, 1899. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in cream buckram with gilt titles, top edge gilt, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, spine dulled, author's signature on a card slip pasted to title page, description of this book on a slip from a catalogue pasted on rear endpaper, minor light fox-spotting to a few pages, no inscriptions. xiv + 410 pages & 32pp adverts, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, appendix. There is a new 6 page preface to this edition by the author. Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 57662

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Signed book William Shakespeare Literary Criticism Geraldine Jewsbury Robert Browning

Milward, Peter

Shakespeare the Papist.

U.S.A: Sapientia Press, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 310 pages, bibliography, index. Very Good.

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Book number: 65594

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: William Shakespeare Catholicism Literary Criticism

Moncur-Sime, A. H.

Shakespeare: his music and songs.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1916. Third Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, cloth is worn at corners, neat name/place on front endpaper, otherwise no inscriptions. viii + 196 pages, 2 plates, musical examples, appendices. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 54923

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Folk and traditional music Plays and playwrights Shakespearian Drama