BARNES, JULIAN

Arthur & George

London, Jonathan Cape. 2005. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [vi], 360 pp. Illustrated cloth. Includes vertical wraparound. As new. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9656

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, British Writers, Barnes

BAYLEY, NICOLA

One Old Oxford Ox

London, Jonathan Cape. 1977, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Bayley, Nicola. Book, 4to. [Unpaginated = 28 pp.] Illustrated boards. Nicola Bayley's exquisitely illustrated rendition of this traditional nursery rhyme. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9712

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Bayley, NicolaLiterature, Children's Literature, Art, British Artists

BEARDSLEY, DOUG

A Dancing Star

Saskatoon, Thistledown Press. 1988, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 93 pp. Illustrated card wraps. First edition from this popular Canadian writer, beautifully produced with only light toning to spine. Very Good.

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Book number: 9409

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, Canadian Writers

BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT

Western Star

New York, Farrar & Rinehart. 1943, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. viii, 181 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt to front and spine. Top-edge tinted light blue. Dustjacket (designed by Hilda Scott) complete with mild signs of age and is strengthened internally. This posthumously published narrative poem won the late Stephen Benét the Pulitzer for poetry in 1944. Fine/Good.

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Book number: 8959

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, American Writers

BENNETT, ALAN

Untold Stories

London, Faber and Faber / Profile Books. 2005, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xvi, 658 pp. Green boards with white to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. A fine first edition of Bennett's second anthology of autobiography, essays and musings. Once again illustrated with numerous photographs. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9436

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Autobiography, Essays, British Writers, Alan Bennett

BENNETT, ALAN

Writing Home

London, Faber and Faber. 2005, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xviii, 634 pp. Black boards with white to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. A fine first edition of this much expanded and revised edition of Bennett's first anthology of autobiography, essays and musings. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9437

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Autobiography, Essays, British Writers, Alan Bennett

BISHOP, ELIZABETH

North & South

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. 1946, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [viii] 54 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering and decorative vignettes to front board and spine. Pictorial dustjacket unclipped ($2.00). Elizabeth Bishop's debut work of poetry containing thirty poems, which (with the addition of the "Cold Spring" poems) won her the Pulitzer in 1955. A seminal collection, limited to only 1,000 first edition copies, which has influenced numerous poets and contains some of her most memorable poems. Shows the usual shelf-wear common with this susceptible jacket, with a little chipping and closed tears. Internally superb, as is the poetry. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 8930

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, American Writers, Elizabeth Bishop

BLAND, PETER

The Crusoe Factor

London, London Magazine Editions. 1985, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [ii] 44pp. Card wraps. A very good copy of this scarce collection which explores the themes of exile and arrival. Very Good.

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Book number: 9374

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers

BLAND, PETER

Stone Tents

London, London Magazine Editions. 1981, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. vi, 60 pp. Card wraps. A scarce early collection which explores the theme of home in the modern world. Very Good.

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Book number: 9375

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers

DU BOIS, WILLIAM PÈNE

The Twenty-One Balloons

New York, The Viking Press. 1947, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: du Bois, William Pène. Book, Illustrated basket-weave patterned boards, salmon-coloured spine and matching coloured top-edge. The unclipped dustjacket ($2.50) has the usual chipping and shelf-wear common to its vulnerability. Wonderfully written and illustrated throughout by William Pène du Bois, which also won him the prestigious 1948 John Newbery Medal. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 8935

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: du Bois, William PèneLiterature, Novels, American Writers, Illustrators

BORGES, JORGE LUIS

The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969

New York, E.P. Dutton. 1970, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. 288 pp. Blue cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. First English-language translation of Borges's short story collection, edited and translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni. A fine first edition copy of this superb collection of typical Borges. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9184

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Argentine Writers, Borges

BORGES, JORGE LUIS

The Book of Imaginary Beings

New York, E.P. Dutton. 1969, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. 256 pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. First English-language translation of Borges's extraordinary collection of this modern variation of the traditional bestiary, translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with Borges. In really excellent condition. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9185

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Argentine Writers, Borges

BORGES, JORGE LUIS

Dreamtigers

London, Souvenir Press. 1973, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. 95 pp. Red cloth boards with black to spine. A nice first UK edition of Borges's short stories and poems with a woodcut illustration by Antonio Frasconi. Fine.

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Book number: 9190

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Argentine Writers, Borges

BORGES, JORGE LUIS

Evaristo Carriego

New York, E.P. Dutton. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 174 pp. Green boards and cream half-cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. First English-language translation of Borges's disarming and unclassifiable essay about the Argentine poet Evaristo Carriego anf perhaps Borges's first attempt at creating his very own Buenos Airestaking on elements of the fantastic. Translated and introduced by Borges specialist, Norman Thomas Di Giovanni. In really fine condition. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9183

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Essays, Criticism, Argentine Writers, Borges

BORGES, JORGE LUIS (AND CASARES, ADOLFO BIOY)

Extraordinary Tales

New York, Herder and Herder. 1971, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. 144 pp. Plum cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated clipped dustjacket. A very nice first English-language (US) edition of short sketches compiled by these great 20th century writers. Translated by Anthony Kerrigan. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9187

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Argentine Writers, Borges, Casares