Ino Erobert Die Welt; Eine Erzahlung

Switzerland: Vadian-Verlag St. Gallen, 1960. Second Printing. Unknown Binding. DJ chipped and scuffed with short tears, DJ lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped ; DJ in Mylar A tight solid book, hinges intact.; B&W Illustrations; Text in German. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 13472

Catalogue: World literature

Keywords: German JUVENILE JUVENILE

ATWOOD, MARGARET

Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (the Empson Lectures)

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521662605. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages; "What is the role of the Writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain--or excuse!--their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift? Atwood's wide reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences, both in Canada and elsewhere. ". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21321

Catalogue: Literature::Canada

Keywords: 0521662605 Canada LITERATURE LITERATURE

BAINE, RODNEY M.

Daniel Defoe and the Supernatural

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket chipped, short tear top back edge, spine faded ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1 x 9.3 x 6.4 Inches; 233 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 15056

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: METAPHYSICS LITERATURE Supernatural LITERATURE

BARDENSTEIN, CAROL

Translation and Transformation in Modern Arabic Literature the Indigenous Assertions of Muhammad Uthman Jalal

Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2005. Softcover. ISBN: 3447051981. Signed by Author; Light edge wear to red card covers ; Extensive author inscription on front fly leaf ; Trade PB; Studies in Arabic Language and Literature vol 5; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 216 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16516

Catalogue: World literature::Arabic

Keywords: 3447051981 muhammad uthman jalal Arabic Translation LITERATURE Language Study

BARRIE, J. M.

Peter and Wendy

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1416585559. Gilt decorated boards show light shelf wear, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, page 260 has a 1.5 inch tear, repaired with archival tape, 1 small insect bore hole in page bottoms, approx. 1/8" diameter, 1/4" deep. Illustration facing page 56 separated to halfway up ; A solid book, hinges intact, gilt decorations front and spine are still bright. Light wear, no fraying. Copyright page states Copyright 1911 by Charles Scribner's Sons, Published October 1911 with Scribner's seal below. All plates illustrated by Bedford are present, frontispiece tissue guard present. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages; Barrie started his fascination with Peter Pan with 'Little White Bird' published in 1902. In 1904 a play featuring the characters, in 1906 a novella 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'. 1911 came with the novel 'Peter and Wendy' which brought together the story lines and characters that we know and love.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 21908

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Peter pan nana neverland captain hook j.m. barrie wendy darling JUVENILE LITERATURE

BASSON, W. P.

Pivotal Catalogues in the Aeneid

Amsterdam: Adolf M Hakkert, 1975. Paperback. ISBN: 9025607675. Light crease front edge of beige card covers ; A tight solid book, unread ; Trade PB; 0.3 x 8.7 x 5.9 Inches; 208 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 13304

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 9025607675 Greek literature Drama LITERATURE

BLOOM, HAROLD

Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds

New York: Warner Books, 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0446527173. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Gift inscription on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 814 pages; "From the Bible to Ralph Ellison, America's most prominent and bestselling literary critic takes an enlightening look at the concept of genius through the ages in a celebration of the greatest creative writers of all time. ". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21573

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0446527173 Literaure FICTION LITERATURE

BOSE, MANDAKRANTA

The World My Mother Gave Me Asian Women's Perspectives and Perceptions in Literature

Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0888651694. Remnants of sticker on front cover, light wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book; 8.25 X 5.50 X 0.50 inches; 115 pages; A collection of papers from a conference held at the University of British Columbia by the Institute of Asian Research.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16748

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0888651694 oriental Asian Women LITERATURE LITERATURE

BULATOVIC, MIODRAG

Hero on a Donkey

London: Secker and Warburg, 1966. First English Edition. Hardcover. DJ chipped with a few short tears, large chip top back edge. A couple of pages creased lower corner ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; 448 pages; This is a novel, set in Montenegro in 1943, about a garrison of Italian 'liberators' and a local who seeks to become a hero.. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 10819

Catalogue: World literature

Keywords: Montenegro WWII Fiction

CHAYEFSKY, PADDY

The Goddess a Screenplay

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, previous owner's name on small sticker on front pastedown ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated first edition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21517

Catalogue: Literature::Drama

Keywords: Play chayefsky Screenplay DRAMA LITERATURE

COREN, MICHAEL

The Man Who Created Narnia the Story of C.S. Lewis

Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1996. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802838227. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 9.2 X 7.7 X 0.8 inches; 140 pages; Adults will recognize him for his Christian writings, such as 'The Screwtape Letters' and the younger crowd will remember him for his children's fantasy series 'The Chronicles of Narnia'.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20213

Catalogue: Literature::Biographies

Keywords: 0802838227 apologist narnia Christian Fantasy screwtape RELIGION LITERATURE Biographies & Memoirs

CORTINA, CLASSICI

Pagine Scelte Dalle Opere Di Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Ariosto, Tasso, Goldoni, Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi, Carducci

R. D. Cortina Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to green paper covered boards, light chipping head of spine, light spotting on spine ; A bright, solid book, top edge of pages uncut, printed on laid paper. Beige paper imprinted with title and series in red and black pasted on front board. Despite the defects, this is a lovely little book. ; Classici Cortina; 31 pages; This slim volume of excerpts in Italian from the works of a number of Italian classical authors: Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Ariosto, Tasso, Goldoni, Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi and Carducci. Text in Italian.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 13755

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE Italy LITERATURE

COWARD, NOEL

The Cream of Noel Coward

London: The Folio Society, 1996. First thus. Hardcover. Book and slipcase show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations. Gold cloth covered boards with playful black wraparound design, plain paper covered slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 277 pages; A selection of the best of Noel Coward across the span of his career.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 21890

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Plays DRAMA LITERATURE

DANSON, LAWRENCE (EDITOR)

On King Lear: Kernan, Goldman, Bentley, Weiss, Mcfarland, Danson, Roche, Seltzer

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691064776. Light edge wear to DJ, some pencil underlining and margin notes ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 186 pages; The lectures are: 'King Lear and the Shakespearean pageant of history' by Alvin B. Kernan -- 'King Lear, acting and feeling' by Michael Goldman -- 'Shakespeare, the King's company, and King Lear' by G.E. Bentley -- 'As the wind sits, the poetics of King Lear' by Theodore Weiss -- 'The image of the family in King Lear' by Thomas McFarland -- 'King Lear and the two abysses' by Lawrence Danson -- '"Nothing almost sees miracles":Tragic knowledge in King Lear' by Thomas P. Roche, Jr. -- 'King Lear in the theater' by Daniel Seltzer.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14896

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0691064776 King lear Shakespeare LITERATURE

DAVIES, ROBERTSON

A Voice from the Attic

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1960. Second Printing. Hardcover. DJ shows some shelf wear with short tears and chipping, light soiling. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages; "A collection of essays “filled with pleasantly rambling opinions about everything from self-help books to erotica” from the celebrated Canadian author (The Chronicle Journal). An urbane, robust, and wonderfully opinionated voice from Canada, sometimes called “America’s attic,” speaks here of the delights of reading, and of what mass education has done to readers today, to taste, to books, to culture. With his usual wit and breadth of vision, Robertson Davies ranges through the world of letters—books renowned and obscure, old and recent; English, Irish, Canadian, and American writers both forgotten and fondly remembered.". Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21898

Catalogue: Literature::Canada

Keywords: Books reading Essays Literature LITERATURE