ECO, UMBERTO

Foucault's Pendulum

London, Secker & Warburg. 1989. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 641pp. Black boards with white to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. A very good copy of Eco's second novel, translated by William Weaver. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9205

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Italian Writers

ECO, UMBERTO

The Island of the Day Before

Orlando, Harcourt Brace & Company. 1995, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 516pp. Blue boards and half-cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. An excellent first English language edition of the celebrated author's lyrical tale of navigation and science in the mid-seventeenth century.Translated by William Weaver. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9206

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Italian Writers

ECO, UMBERTO

The Limits of Interpretation

Bloomington, The University of Indiana Press. 1990. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (viii), 296pp. White cloth boards with blue to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. An excellent copy of Eco's work on interpretive theory and the application of his theoretical approach to various types of material. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9208

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Linguistics, Semiotics, Essays, Criticism

ECO, UMBERTO

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

Orlando, Harcourt. 2005, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 469pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. A splendid illustrated first edition about a rare -book dealer in Milan who can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, by the incomparable Eco. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9207

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Italian Writers, Illustrated Books

EDMOND, LAURIS

Summer Near the Arctic Circle

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1988, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [xiii] 64 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first edition of this collection from one of New Zealand's most distinguished poets and whose influence on other writers remains strong. Fine.

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Book number: 9400

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, New Zealand Writers

EDRIC, ROBERT

Gathering the Water

London, Doubleday. 2006, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (8), 250 pp. Black boards with silver to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. An excellent first edition of Robert Edric's fine Man Booker David nominated novel set in Victorian northern England full of dense symbolism. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9882

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, British Writers, Robert Edric

EGGERS, DAVE

What Is the What

London, Hamish Hamilton. 2007. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 478pp. Red boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. An excellent copy of this eye-opening account of life amid the madness of war, of tragedy and triumph. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9450

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers

ELIOT, T.S. (TRANS.); PERSE, SAINT-JOHN

Anabasis

London, Faber & Faber. 1930, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 75 pp. Green cloth with gilt to front and spine. Boards with slight toning. Name to ffep. A very good first edition of T.S. Eliot's excellent translation of the French poet's celebrated prose poem published in 1924. Bilingual French - English with preface by Eliot. Both poets were to go on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Very Good.

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Book number: 9776

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers, French Writers, T.S. Eliot, Saint-John Perse

ELIOT, T.S.

The Cocktail Party

London, Faber and Faber. 1950, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 171 pp. Green cloth with gilt to spine. A sound first edition of this popular verse drama by the Nobel laureate. Very Good.

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Book number: 9733

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Drama, Poetry, British Writers, American Writers, T.S. Eliot

ELIOT, T.S.

The Elder Statesman

London, Faber and Faber. 1959, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 108, (1) pp. Red cloth boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with strengthening to inside. Fine woodcut bookplate (Henri de Greeve) to pastedown. An excellent copy of this popular verse drama by the Nobel laureate. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9724

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Drama, Plays, British Writers, American Writers, T.S. Eliot

ELIOT, T.S.

The Family Reunion

London, Faber and Faber. 1939, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (10), 136 pp. Grey cloth with red to spine. Clipped thick paper dustjacket. A fine first edition (March 1939) with a later issue dustjacket (c.1946) of this popular verse drama by the Nobel laureate. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 9736

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Drama, Poetry, British Writers, American Writers, T.S. Eliot

ELIOT, T.S.; ELIOT, VALERIE (ED.)

The Letters of T.S. Eliot. Volume 1, 1898-1922

San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1988, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. xxxii, 639 pp. (+ 32 pp. plates). Black half-cloth with grey boards and silver to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. An excellent first edition of this literary landmark. Through these carefully annotated letters one gains a special insight into the growth of the famous poet and the social and intellectual milieu before and after World War I. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9722

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Correspondence, Brish Writers, American Writers, T.S. Eliot

ELIOT, T.S.

Little Gidding

London, Faber and Faber. 1942, First Edition. Original Wraps. Book, 8vo. (6), 16 pp. Stapled mauve wraps. An excellent first edition of T.S. Eliot's fourth and final part of his masterpiece the Four Quartets. Very Good.

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Book number: 9717

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, Nobel Prize, British Writers, American Writers, T.S. Eliot

ELIOT, T.S.

Poetry and Drama

London, Faber and Faber. 1951, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 35 pp. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with strengthening. Old bookseller's ticket to pastedown. Fine first edition of Eliot's essay given as the Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture at Harvard University. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9725

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Essays, British Writers, American Writers, T.S. Eliot

ELIOT, T.S.

What Is a Classic?

London, Faber and Faber. 1945, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 32 pp. Blue cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with chipping and strengthening. Library stamp to front pastedown. First hardback edition of Eliot's essay given as the first Annual Address to the Virgil Society, of which Eliot was the first President. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 9721

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Essays, British Writers, American Writers, T.S. Eliot