GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

The Vicar of Wakefield, A Tale

London, Willoughby and Co. 1841, Another Edition. Hardcover, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Ill.: George Dorrington. Book, xxviii, 252 pages. Illustrated with two hundred engravings by George Dorrington. 'Prefatory memoir of the author by G. Moir Bussey'. Loss to top of spine and small splits at joint of spine. Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: George Dorringtondr Primrose; Arabella Wilmot; Squire Thornhill; Mr Burchell; English Novel;

GOODCHILD, GEORGE (EDITOR)

The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book

London, Jarrold & Sons. 1111, Another Edition. Hardcover, 250mm Tall, 4to. Book, A collection of stories by a variety of authors including John Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, G. K. Chesterton, W. Heath Robinson, Edmund Gosse, Frank Wright, and others. Well illustrated with full page plates, some in colour. All profits from this book went to St Dunstans, Regents Park, for the welfare of those blinded in the First World War. Not dated, [1915?] Light wear to covers. Light foxing on title page and following few pages and page edges. Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 003236

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Literature; Wwi;

GRINDEA, MIRON (EDITOR)

Adam International Review Nos. 440-442.

London, Adam International Review. 1982, First Edition. Soft cover, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Book, With various contributors including George Painter, Harry Guest and V. S. Pritchett. 56 pages. Covers have rubbing on surface. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: London Garrets, Chateaubriand, Literary Criticism

HARDY, THOMAS

A Group of Noble Dames

London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1896, Another Edition. Hardcover, 200mm Tall, 8vo. Book, A Collection of short stories. Ten members of a club each tell one story about a noble dame in the 17th or 18th century.  Red leather spine, red cloth covers.  Small inscription on front free endpaper. Back pastedown hinge cracked. Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 004182

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Literature

HAYWARD, JOHN (EDITOR)

Swift: Gulliver's Travels and Selected Writings in Prose and Verse

London, Nonesuch Press. 1946, Another Edition. Hardcover, 200mm Tall, 8vo. Book, As well as Gulliver's Travels comes Selections from A Tale of a Tub, Irish Tracts, Selections from Directions to Servants and more. Still splendid stuff and relevant for today. Dust jacket has chips and small losses at top edge, now in protective sleeve. Very Good/Fair.

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Buchzahl: 004043

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Gulliver's Travels; Literature;

HERRTAGE, SIDNEY J. (EDITOR)

The English Charlemagne Romances, Parts III and IV: The Lyf of the Noble and Crysten Prynce Charles the Grete

London, Oxford University Press for The Early English Text Society. 1967, Reprint. Hardcover, 225mm Tall, 8vo. Book, With Notes and Glossary at rear of book. 268 pages. A few light marks on covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 6721

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Charlemagne, Roland, Saracens, Fierabras, Otinel, Christian Knights,

HERVEY, LORD JOHN

Ancient and Modern Liberty Stated and Compar'd

Los Angeles, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. 1989, Another Edition. Soft cover, 220mm Tall. Book, The Augustan Reprint Society Publication Numbers 255-256. Facsimile of the 1734 version of Lord Hervey's challenge to the Tory perception and interpretation of English history. xii, 67 pages. Creases to front and back cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Great Britain Politics and Government 1727-1760, Liberty, Constitutional History Great Britain, Military and War

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

London, Blackie & Son. 1111, Another Edition. Full-Leather, 155mm Tall 16mo. Book, Essays, each ending in a poem, in the form of discussions between an anonymous author and residents of an English Boarding house. Not dated [1904] 390 pages. Soft red leather covers with gilt decoration on front cover, title and decoration on spine. Top page edges gilt. Crack down edge of spine and front cover. Good.

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Buchzahl: 004562

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Essays; Literature;

HOLZAPFEL, RUDOLF MELANDER

Shakespeare's Secret: A new & correct interpretation of Shakespeare's Sonnets

Dublin, Dolmen Press. 1961, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 260mm Tall, 4to. Book, One of 1000 'Standard' copies. Includes a letter from the author to Dr Gutala Krishnamurti, Hon Secretary of the Francis Thompson Society; dated 15 July 1968. Also a loose title page with differences to that published, dated 1960 - publishers early sample. Yellow boards with gilt title on spine and gilt coat of arms on front cover. 158 paginated pages. Dust jacket has small tears and creases to top and tail edges. Very Good/Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 7601

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Shakespeare, Sonnets, Poetry

HUGO, VICTOR

Notre-Dame de Paris Volume I and II

J. Hetzel. 0, Nouvelle Èdition. Soft cover, 185mm Tall. Book, Text in French. Two volumes I and II. 275, 312 pages. Inscription to top corner of front free endpaper of both volumes. Wear to extremities of both volumes with creases down spine and browning to page edges. Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 8249

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Hunchback of Notre-Dame, French Literature, Fiction

HYDE, LEWIS

Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking

Dallas, Texas, The Dallas Institute Publications. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0911005102) Soft cover, 225mm Tall, 8vo. Book, First published 1975. Staple bound. 19 pages. Rubbed area on front cover. Three red ink lines, two down margin and one underlining text, on page 6. Previous owner's inscription in pencil at top of title page. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 6738

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: 0911005102 Poetry Criticism, Alcoholism in Literature, Poets, Inebriated Poets, Alcoholics Anonymous,

INGOLDSBY, THOMAS

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

London, Richard Bentley & Son. 1891, Edinburgh Edition. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, With fifty illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech, Tenniel, Barham, Du Maurier etc. 546 pages. Front cover has split away from spine three quarters of joint, and covers are worn and scuffed. Gilt school coat of arms vignette on front cover. Text pages and illustrations in excellent condition. Fair.

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Buchzahl: 004441

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Humour and Satire;

IWASZKIEWICZ, JAROSLAW (EDITOR)

Twórczosc Rok XXVI, nr 5 (298)

1970, 1st Edition. Soft cover, 235mm Tall, 8vo. Book, Polish monthly literary journal. Creases on half-title page. Slight browning to page margins. Some wear at top of spine. Good.

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Buchzahl: 5694

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Polish Literature; Literary Criticism; Poetry; Fiction; Julia Hartwig; Adolf Rudnicki; Jan Czopik; Marek Nowakowski; Maria Kurecka; Stefan Morawski; Literary Criticism

IWASZKIEWICZ, JAROSLAW (EDITOR)

Twórczosc Rok XXVI, nr 6 (299)

1970, 1st Edition. Soft cover, 235mm Tall, 8vo. Book, Polish monthly literary journal. 166 pages. Creases on half-title page. Slight browning to page margins. Some wear at top of spine. Good.

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Buchzahl: 5695

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Polish Literature; Literary Criticism; Poetry; Fiction; Helena Zaworska; Witold Maj; Elias Canetti; Aleksandra Frybesowa; Literary Criticism

JENSEN, JOHANNES V.

Gudrun

Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandel. 1936, 1st Edition. Half-Leather, 200mm Tall, 8vo. Book, Danish literature by the Nobel prize in Literature winner in 1944. 219 pages. Wear to cover extremities. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 7660

Katalog: Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: Danish Literature,