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Title:English and Scottish Popular Ballads
Price:GBP£350.00 (about USD$435.90)
Item ID:B500-21219
Quantity:1
Publisher:Folklore Press, 1957
Edition:US. 1st
Folklore Press, 1957, US. 1st

5 volumes in 3. Ex reference library. 569 + 508 + 521 + 525 + 569 pages. Label and stamp at front, o/w clean text. Green cloth. Title gt on part discoloured spines with shelf number. Vol 3/4 spine unsticking, o/w a very good sound set. Heavy.
Title:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. In Twelve Volumes (Complete)
Price:GBP£300.00 (about USD$373.60)
Item ID:DB03-49294
Quantity:1
Publisher:F. C. and J. Rivington, London, 1823
Edition:New
Binding:Hardcover (Full Leather)
Condition:Very Good
F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823, Hardcover (Full Leather), Book Condition: Very Good, New

Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 12-volume set (complete). Tastefully rebacked with gilt decoration to spines, title-pieces and volume numbers present on all volumes. Original boards retained. Minor wear to spine ends. Some hinges cracked but boards firmly affixed. Scattered foxing. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Damp staining to outer bottom corner of first two volumes. Corners bumped. Some wear to covers. Leather peeling away ... More Text...
Title:Exotics and Retrospectives
Price:USD$300.00
Item ID:PL00-001682
Quantity:1
Publisher:Sampson Low, Marston, & Co, London, England, 1898
Edition:First Edition
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good Condition
Dust Jacket:No Dust Jacket
Sampson Low, Marston, & Co, 1898, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good Condition, Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, First Edition

Dust Jacket is in good condition, but has been neatly removed and is folded and stored inside the front cover. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 299 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Previous owner's inscription and bookplate on endpapers. Deckled edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt in good condition. Cover has no significant flaws. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001682.
Title:Bruce Weber
Price:USD$275.00
ISBN:9780821218884
Item ID:RE00-50352
Quantity:1
Publisher:Treville, Tokyo, 1991
Edition:First
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Near Fine
Dust Jacket:No
Treville, 1991, Softcover, Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

[EXHIBITION CATALOG] Bruce Weber. Tokyo: Treville, 1991. Large quarto, first edition, unpaginated, wraps, duotone photos with some color family pictures, on medium-weight matted paper typical of Weber books, with a six-page essay called Eternal Farewells! by the beat writer William S. Burroughs and an autobiographical essay by Weber, with family photos. Weber begins by telling us that when he was 20, he wanted to look ... More Text...
Title:Lancelot do Lac: The Non-Cyclic Old French Prose Romance (2 Volumes)
Price:AUD$400.00 (about USD$257.60)
ISBN:0198120648
Item ID:LU00-0026745
Quantity:1
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Near Fine
Dust Jacket:Very Good
Oxford University Press, 1980, Hardcover, Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First

22cm x 14cm. x, 613, [vi], 516 pages. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, lettered jackets. Near Fine Condition in Very Good Jackets. Very minor soiling to edges. Very lightly worn jackets with sticker ghosts. Shipped Weight: 1.51 kilos. ISBN: 0198120648. ISBN/EAN: 9780198120643.
Title:On Hamlet
Price:USD$250.00
Item ID:AZ00-1560795488
Quantity:1
Publisher:Tapp and Toothill LTD, London, UK, 1948
Edition:Presumed 1st as not stated
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No Jacket
Tapp and Toothill LTD, 1948, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, Presumed 1st as not stated

Text is clean, pages are no longer white and crisp, but have aged gently with time. Binding is tight and solid. Gold lettering to spine still legible. First printing 1948; J. O. Rieklau (?) printed on fly page and dated 1949. Light shelf and corner wear. Text reviews Hamlet and most all associated characters in great detail and love of author and character. Rare/scare rm # 240. 130 pages including introduction and bibliography . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560795488.
Title:Suite D'Estampes pour Kou-Kou-Hai (A Series of Sketches for Kou-Kou-Hai)
Price:USD$200.00
Item ID:RE00-54823
Quantity:1
Publisher:High Loft, Seal Harbor, 1980
Edition:First
Illustrator:Nancy McCormick
Binding:Hardcover (Printed Boards)
Condition:Fine
Dust Jacket:No
High Loft, 1980, Hardcover (Printed Boards), Book Condition: Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First, Illustrated By: Nancy McCormick

MARGUERITE YOUCENAR. Suite D'Estampes pour Kou-Kou-Hai (A Series of Sketches for Kou-Kou-Hai), Seal Harbor: High Loft, 1980. Thin quarto, No. 161 of an edition of 180, pp. 20, 1 (limitation page), printed boards with a red morocco label on the spine, illustration by Nancy McCormick, text in French with an English translation laid in. An ode to dogs and their spirit. Condition ... More Text...
Title:Night Visitors:The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story
Price:GBP£150.00 (about USD$186.80)
ISBN:0571111130
Item ID:B500-11709
Quantity:1
Publisher:Faber & Faber, 1977
Edition:1st
Faber & Faber, 1977, 1st

The Author asks why so many were published between 1850 and 1930, and why did authors like Dickens, Stevenson, Kipling & Henry James write them. 238 pages. Ex library. Yellow boards. VG in VG dust jacket in protective sleeve
Title:Fors Clavigera Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain Four Volumes Complete Set
Price:GBP£150.00 (about USD$186.80)
Item ID:PB09-3575
Quantity:1
Publisher:George Allen, London, 1896
Edition:Later
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
George Allen, 1896, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Later

1896 Edition: This being a new edition in small form with illustrations and an Index at the end of each volume. Complete in four volumes. Vol I Letters 1-XXIV, index, 17 illustrations; Vol II Letters XXV-XLVIII, index, 4 illustrations; Vol III Letters XLIX-LXXII, index, 12 illustrations; Vol IV Letters LXXIII-XCVI, index, 8 illustrations. All volumes, original covers, top edge uncut. Pages age toned, contents clean. ... More Text...
Title:JEAN-PAUL SARTRE:THE EVOLUTION OF HIS THOUGHT AND ART
Price:GBP£150.00 (about USD$186.80)
ISBN:0773495266
Item ID:B500-22706
Quantity:1
Publisher:MELLEN PRESS, 1992
Edition:US. 1st
MELLEN PRESS, 1992, US. 1st

439 pp. Red cloth. Gilt lettering fairy faint ow Fine
Title:The Australian Academy of the Humanities Proceedings 1970-1979 10 Volumes
Price:AUD$237.50 (about USD$153.00)
Item ID:PW-12426
Quantity:1
Publisher:Sydney University Press, 1970
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover (Full Leather)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Sydney University Press, 1970, Hardcover (Full Leather), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

Size: Quarto. 10-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Australia; Philosophy. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 12426.
Title:LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE, Earl of Orford 1735-97:Including Numerous Letters Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts
Price:GBP£120.00 (about USD$149.50)
Item ID:B500-22644
Quantity:1
Publisher:BENTLEY, 1840
BENTLEY, 1840

6 volumes. 375 + 479 + 496 + 496 + 496 + 537 pp. 4 engravings in each volume. Inscriptions dated 1850 on feps. Foxing/staining mainly to prelims. Some hinges cracked. Decorated purple boards with gilt crown. TItles gt on pines sunned & torn.
Title:The Complete Works of Voltaire Les Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire
Price:GBP£113.59 (about USD$141.50)
ISBN:0729404269
Item ID:B00B-210831VFC3-2-034
Quantity:1
Publisher:The Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, 1992
Edition:1st
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
The Voltaire Foundation, 1992, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, 1st

This is a former Voltaire Foundation library copy, and is stamped 'Voltaire Foundation Library' on the title page. There are no other stamps or markings, and in all other respects it is a brand new, unread copy. Size: 24 x -24 x 24 cm. 666 pp.. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; French literature; Sweden; Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718; Kings and rulers; Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727; 77.11; ISBN: 0729404269. Add. Inventory No: 210831VFC3-2-034.
Title:Barbarous Barbers and Other Stories
Price:USD$135.00
Item ID:PL00-001680
Quantity:1
Publisher:Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, Japan, 1939
Edition:First Edition
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good Condition
Dust Jacket:Good
Hokuseido Press, 1939, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good Condition, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First Edition

Dust Jacket is in good condition, but has been neatly removed and is folded and stored inside the front cover. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 319 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Cover has no significant flaws. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001680.
Title:The Death of the Moth and other Essays
Price:GBP£100.00 (about USD$124.60)
Item ID:TP01-75341
Quantity:1
Publisher:The Hogarth Press, London, 1942
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:Good
The Hogarth Press, 1942, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First

First printing. The front free endpaper has been excised, presumably to remove an inscription, elsewise the book is would have been very good. The jacket has some nicks and short closed tears but also some small losses at the spine. Size: Octavo . Category: Literature & Literary; Essays & Literary Criticism.
Title:Delight
Price:AUD$187.10 (about USD$120.50)
ISBN:043460304X
Item ID:MB02-19040273
Quantity:1
Publisher:Heinemann, UK, 1973
Edition:Reissue
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Near Fine
Dust Jacket:Very Good
Heinemann, 1973, Hardcover, Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Reissue

Hardcover. 267 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Heinemann, UK, 1973. Reissue. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This ... More Text...
Title:Philip Massinger: A Critical Reassessment
Price:AUD$185.50 (about USD$119.50)
ISBN:9780521258951
Item ID:PW-18006
Quantity:1
Publisher:Cambridge Univ. Press, 1985
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Very Good
Cambridge Univ. Press, 1985, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First

This collection of essays attempts a full reappraisal of the critical position of Massinger's works. The essays discuss major plays as well as important general aspects of Massinger's dramaturgy. They include an analysis of the playwright's strikingly individual dramatic language; the subtlety of his handling of the relationships between men and women; his political views and his ... More Text...
Title:Portraits Litteraires : "Croques Feminins", "Figurines des Poetes" and "Portraits - Cartes"
Price:GBP£94.52 (about USD$117.80)
ISBN:0859890341
Item ID:B00B-210917VFB4-2-127
Quantity:1
Publisher:University of Exeter Press, 1980
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good
University of Exeter Press, 1980, Softcover, Book Condition: Good

Minor wear to front and back cover. Clean pages, free from notes or highlighting. Binding is tight, spine fully intact. In good order overall. Size: 22 x 14 cm. 136 pp.. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Characters and characteristics in literature; Characters and characteristics in literature; 12.59; ISBN: 0859890341. Add. Inventory No: 210917VFB4-2-127.
Title:Literary Essays
Price:USD$110.00
Item ID:PL00-001681
Quantity:1
Publisher:Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, Japan, 1939
Edition:First Edition
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good Condition
Dust Jacket:Good
Hokuseido Press, 1939, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good Condition, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First Edition

Dust Jacket is in good condition, but has been neatly removed and is folded and stored inside the front cover. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 205 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Cover has no significant flaws. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001681.
Title:Camp-Fires and Guide-Posts. A Book of Essays and Excursions
Price:GBP£85.60 (about USD$106.60)
Signed:By Author
Item ID:BB08-05922071162
Quantity:1
Publisher:Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1921
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First, Inscribed by Author

Inscribed and signed by author on front end-paper "To Agnes Rix with grateful wishes, Henry van Dyke, April 25 1921". Van Dyke was the US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1913 and 1916. Miss Rix seems to have been known to him during that period. Cover design probably by Margaret Armstrong. Dark blue clean covers with ornate decoration and lettering in gilt and green ... More Text...
Title:Charmian Clift: Selected Essays
Price:AUD$160.00 (about USD$103.10)
ISBN:9780732268879
Item ID:P002-9121
Quantity:1
Publisher:Flamingo, Sydney, 2001
Edition:First
Binding:Trade Paperback
Condition:Fine
Flamingo, 2001, Trade Paperback, Book Condition: Fine, First

First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 408 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A new selection of the essays Charmian Clift wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald during the 1960's. For thousands of readers, Thursday's Herald and it's Clift column ... More Text...
Title:Anticourt Drama in England 1603-1642
Price:USD$100.00
ISBN:0813912008
Item ID:PL00-607873
Quantity:1
Publisher:University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1989
Edition:First Edition
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Near Fine Condition
University Press of Virginia, 1989, Hardcover, Book Condition: Near Fine Condition, First Edition

Book in excellent condition - no interior marks noted, head and tail of spine lightly bumped, head of spine slightly sun-faded for an inch, otherwise light shelf and edge wear only - a very handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 235 pages, index, notes, abbreviations and short titles. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Theatre & Plays; Britain/UK; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0813912008. ISBN/EAN: 9780813912004. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 607873.
Title:Little Rivers, A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
Price:GBP£78.00 (about USD$97.20)
Signed:By Author
Item ID:BB08-05922071161
Quantity:1
Publisher:Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1914
Edition:Reprint
Illustrator:From drawings by F V DuMond
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Reprint, Inscribed by Author, Illustrated By: From drawings by F V DuMond

Second free front end-paper has a gift inscription " Miss Rix. With sincerest greetings , Marshall Langhorne Xmas 1914" and Inscribed and signed by author: "How long ago I lauched this book, - It was my first canoe! And now it comes around again. To bear good-will to you. Henry van Dyke, The Hague, Jan. 11. 1915". Hand-written note ... More Text...
Title:Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures by John Ruskin, LL.D
Price:USD$93.75
Item ID:QB00-924
Quantity:1
Publisher:Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1891
Edition:Revised and Enlarged Ed
Binding:Hardcover (Full Leather)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:None (as issued)
Thomas Y. Crowell, 1891, Hardcover (Full Leather), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: None (as issued), Revised and Enlarged Ed

VG HB with no DJ (as issued), but protected by custom cut clear polyester cover. 2 p. l., 3-184 p. front. (port.) 17 cm. A very attractive early copy of Ruskin's essays with an intertwined "JR" monogram in black and gilt embossed on the front cover and bright gilt title on spine with 5 raised bands. Size: Sextodecimo (16mo; up to 6 3/4" / 15-17.5 cm tall). Text block ... More Text...
Title:SELECTED LETTERS
Price:GBP£75.00 (about USD$93.40)
ISBN:0192828185
Item ID:B500-22725
Quantity:1
Publisher:OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 1991
Edition:1st Oxford Paperback
OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 1991, 1st Oxford Paperback

Edited by Catherine Phillips. Oxford Letters & Memoirs series. Fairly unobtrusive 'Damaged' stamp on title page. Minor bumping bottom front & top rear, with small stain on bottom edge. Slight creasing to bottom rear, Contents clean. Still a nice copy
Title:The Spectator: Volume the Fifth
Price:AUD$138.00 (about USD$88.90)
Item ID:PW-14816
Quantity:1
Publisher:Spilsbury, London, 1789
Edition:Unstated
Binding:Hardcover (Full Leather)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Spilsbury, 1789, Hardcover (Full Leather), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Unstated

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. Heavy foxing throughout. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Edges badly foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; England; 18th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 14816.
Title:Richard II (Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition)
Price:GBP£63.48 (about USD$79.10)
ISBN:0485810026
Item ID:B00B-230923FB01PHW054076
Quantity:1
Publisher:The Athlone Press, London & Atlantic Highlands, NJ, 2000
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
The Athlone Press, 2000, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good

An excellent copy. Very slight wear to cover. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Size: 23.1 x 14.7 x 3.8 cm. 612 pp.. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Shakespeare; Richard II; Critcism & Interpretation; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; ISBN: 0485810026. Add. Inventory No: 230923FB01PHW054076.
Title:Six Days of the Week
Price:GBP£61.80 (about USD$77.00)
Signed:By Author
Item ID:BB08-05922071172
Quantity:1
Publisher:Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, London, 1924
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First, Inscribed by Author

Small volume with dark blue covers with gilt lettering and simple decoration on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine is much dulled, lightly bumped corners. Sound binding, clean pages. Inscription on front end-paper "To Agnes Rix, Sec., a birthday gift with grateful wishes from her chief, Henry van Dyke, Avalon, Nov. 10, 1924", a NJ address is pencilled below. Van Dyke was the ... More Text...
Title:The Life and Times of Chaucer
Price:AUD$119.00 (about USD$76.70)
ISBN:9780394493176
Item ID:PW-18583
Quantity:1
Publisher:Knopf, 1977
Edition:First
Illustrator:J. Wolf
Binding:Hardcover (Embossed Cloth)
Condition:As New
Dust Jacket:As New
Knopf, 1977, Hardcover (Embossed Cloth), Book Condition: As New, Dust Jacket Condition: As New, First, Illustrated By: J. Wolf

Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: J. Wolf. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; ISBN: 0394493176. ISBN/EAN: 9780394493176. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 18583.
Title:Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Containing Several Singular Anecdotes relating to the Character and Conduct of that great Genius, and the most deservdly celebrated Stella. To ... (Truncated)
Price:GBP£60.00 (about USD$74.80)
Item ID:DB03-49217
Quantity:1
Publisher:W. Reeve, London, 1754
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover (Full Leather)
Condition:Poor
W. Reeve, 1754, Hardcover (Full Leather), Book Condition: Poor, First

Full Book Title: Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Containing Several Singular Anecdotes relating to the Character and Conduct of that great Genius, and the most deservdly celebrated Stella. To Which Are Added, Two Original Pieces of the Same Author (Excellent in Their Kind) Never Before Published

Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 310 pp. Boards detached. Covers worn. Corners ... More Text...
Title:Latitudes
Price:GBP£60.00 (about USD$74.80)
Item ID:SL00-24463
Quantity:1
Publisher:Melrose, 1924
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Good
Melrose, 1924, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, First

The first UK edition ( first published in the US ). Presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. Publishers blue cloth with original paper spine label. End papers browned, some other light foxing. No inscriptions or annotation. [ 8 ] + 322 pages. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; scotland; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24463.
Title:Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, in Two Volumes: Vol. II ONLY
Price:GBP£60.00 (about USD$74.80)
Item ID:DB03-49500
Quantity:1
Publisher:Edward Moxon, London, 1840
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Poor
Edward Moxon, 1840, Hardcover, Book Condition: Poor, First

Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". viii + 360pp. One volume of the 2-volume set. Disbound. Text block loose from boards and spine. Spine remains attached to both boards, though there are splits to both joints. Text block split in two at p 96. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Edges browned. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; 19th century; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49500.
Title:Transactions of the Loggerville Literary Society
Price:GBP£58.00 (about USD$72.30)
Item ID:M002-12674
Quantity:1
Publisher:John Russell Smith, London, 1867
Edition:1st
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
John Russell Smith, 1867, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, 1st

VERY GOOD- purple, cloth backed boards with gilt titles.Top and tail of spine are badly worn with some loss. The boards are a little faded and rubbed with chipping to the corners and spine top and extremities. Grey eps and aeg. The innards are clean .168 pp. but now the bookblock is detached from the case as both hinges are 100\\% split. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support genuine ... More Text...
Title:Ishmael Reed and the New Black Aesthetic Critics
Price:AUD$108.90 (about USD$70.20)
ISBN:0333420586
Item ID:MB02-14010427
Quantity:1
Publisher:Macmillan, London, 1988
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Very Good
Macmillan, 1988, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First

Hardcover. 120 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan, London, 1988. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. . There is a "Withdrawn" stamp on the ... More Text...
Title:The Early Modern Subject : Self-Consciousness and Personal Identity from Descartes to Hume
Price:USD$70.00
ISBN:019954249X
Item ID:BB06-50317
Quantity:1
Publisher:Oxford, United Kingdom, 2013
Edition:Reprint
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Good
Oxford, 2013, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Reprint

The Early Modern Subject explores the understanding of self-consciousness and personal identity - two fundamental features of human subjectivity - as it developed in early modern philosophy. Udo Thiel presents a critical evaluation of these features as they were conceived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He explains the arguments of thinkers such as Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Wolff, and Hume, as well as their early critics, followers, and ... More Text...
Title:Blandings The Blest; A Companion to the Blandings Castle Cycle of P. G. Wodehouse LL. D., with a Complete Wodehouse Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage
Price:AUD$108.00 (about USD$69.60)
Item ID:SB00-0102864
Quantity:1
Publisher:McDonald & Company, London, 1968
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:Ordinary
McDonald & Company, 1968, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Ordinary, First

228pp., last blank, preface by author, a complete Wodehouse peerage, key to the works of P. G. Wodehouse. Brown coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. A little fraying to the extreme edges of the book panels. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste down. Foxing to the endpapers and internal ... More Text...
Title:Mosaics: Focusing on Essays- Annotated Instructor's Edition- 4th Edition
Price:USD$67.50
ISBN:0132319683
Item ID:AZ00-1560760830
Quantity:1
Publisher:Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2008
Edition:4th
Binding:Softcover
Condition:As New
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008, Softcover, Book Condition: As New, 4th

The book appears new, Corresponds with Student ISBN #0132395053. This is the Annotated Instructor's Edition Quantity Available: 1. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; ISBN: 0132319683. ISBN/EAN: 9780132319683. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560760830.
Title:An Essay on Criticism (1711)
Price:GBP£53.83 (about USD$67.10)
ISBN:0854172882
Item ID:B00B-220313ROSE4-2-058
Quantity:1
Publisher:Scolar Press, Menston, 1973
Edition:Facsimile of 1711 ed
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Good
Scolar Press, 1973, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Facsimile of 1711 ed

Facsimile reprint of original edition of 1711. Dust jacket is fully intact, only lightly rubbed at edges. Internally, clean and bright, with unmarked and uncreased pages. Bindings and spine firm and intact. A good used copy with no major defects. Size: 25 x 18 x 1.3 cm. 52 pp.. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Poetry; 61.43; ISBN: 0854172882. Add. Inventory No: 220313ROSE4-2-058.
Title:ZEN in English Literature and Oriental Classics
Price:AUD$102.40 (about USD$66.00)
Item ID:MB02-21030510
Quantity:1
Publisher:Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1942
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Hokuseido Press, 1942, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

Hardcover. 446 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1942. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. Pages are lightly tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Inventory No: 21030510. *** FREE tracked shipping for all orders within Australia ***
Title:The Yellow Emperor's Four Canons - a literary study and edition of the text from Mawangdui
Price:AUD$101.00 (about USD$65.10)
ISBN:9575462920
Item ID:TT00-51446
Quantity:1
Publisher:Kuangchi Press, Taipei, 1997
Edition:First
Binding:Softcover (with flaps)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Kuangchi Press, 1997, Softcover (with flaps), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

Small tear to card cover, back top. Small mark from sticky tape to card cover, front top. Crease down first page. Light age and reading wear. 498 pages. Text is in English and Chinese. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; China; English and Chinese Language; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 9575462920. ISBN/EAN: 9789575462925. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51446.
Title:Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil, with Notes and Glossorial Index By W. Aldis Wright
Price:USD$65.00
Item ID:PL00-103162
Quantity:1
Publisher:Macmillan and Co, Cambridge, UK, 1863
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:No Dust Jacket
Macmillan and Co, 1863, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

464pp; Green boards with gilt lettering and decoration; Part of the Golden Treasury Series; Stated "Second thousand"; Corners are bumped and chipped; Spine caps are worn; Pages are tanned; Pages up to Table of Contents are detached, but all appear to be present; Owner's inscription on logo page; Dried flower on page 185; Some spotting and soiling throughout; Size: 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 103162.
Title:Caribbean Essay An Anthology
Price:USD$65.00
ISBN:0237289431
Item ID:AZ00-1561015925
Quantity:1
Publisher:Evans Brothers Limited, London, UK, 1975
Edition:Second impression
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good (ex-library)
Evans Brothers Limited, 1975, Softcover, Book Condition: Good (ex-library), Second impression

Light shelf and corner wear, Text appears clean, Ex-Library book with usual markings and attachments, Binding is in good sturdy condition. 131 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; ISBN: 0237289431. ISBN/EAN: 9780237289430. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561015925.
Title:Don't say that about Maine! (Inscribed)
Price:USD$65.00
Signed:By Author
Item ID:QB00-1342
Quantity:1
Publisher:Colby College Press, Waterville, ME, 1951
Binding:Softcover (Saddle-stapled)
Condition:Good
Colby College Press, 1951, Softcover (Saddle-stapled), Book Condition: Good, Inscribed by Author

A scarce bit of ephemera, especially inscribed by Roberts. The copies I have seen are marked as Christmas gifts to friends in 1951. This copy is inscribed on the title page to Dr. Oscar Johnson by Roberts. The Christmas notation at the bottom of the page next to the year of publication is almost completely washed away by the water. The text was originally written by Roberts as his last article for the Saturday ... More Text...
Title:The Routledge Handbook of International Beat Literature
Price:AUD$100.00 (about USD$64.40)
ISBN:9780415785457
Item ID:LU00-0022573
Quantity:1
Publisher:Routledge, London and New York, 2018
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Fine
Routledge, 2018, Hardcover, Book Condition: Fine, First

26cm x 18cm. xv, 350 pages. Pictorial matte papered boards. The world of Beat literature beyond San Francisco. Shipped Weight: .85 kilos. ISBN/EAN: 9780415785457.
Title:The Penguin Companion to World Literature 4 Vols., Classical Oriental and African Literature & English Literature & American Literature & European Literature
Price:AUD$99.00 (about USD$63.80)
Item ID:SB00-0267589
Quantity:1
Publisher:Penguin, New York, 1969
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Slipcase Very Good
Penguin, 1969, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase Very Good, First

4 Volumes with matching slipcase; Vol Oriental ISBN 0070492786 Vol Oriental and African 0070492824 Vol English 007049276x Vol European 0071492808. All volumes have previous owner's bookplate on the first page, and all appear free of annotation. The English volume has been handled more often and the spine is darkened. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 384, 575, 908, 364 pages. 4-volume set (complete). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Books on Books; Essays & Literary Criticism. Inventory No: 0267589.
Title:Essays by Dr. Goldsmith
Price:GBP£50.00 (about USD$62.30)
Item ID:DB03-49148
Quantity:1
Publisher:C. Cooke, London, 1799
Edition:Cooke's
Binding:Hardcover (Full Leather)
Condition:Very Good
C. Cooke, 1799, Hardcover (Full Leather), Book Condition: Very Good, Cooke's

Size: 18mo <6 1/2". 144 pp. Hinges cracked. Boards remain firmly affixed. Small splits to top of both joints. Moderately foxed throughout. Edges foxed and browned. Corners bumped. Contains dual frontispiece and one additional plate. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; 18th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49148.
Title:The Poems of Ossian
Price:GBP£50.00 (about USD$62.30)
Item ID:SL00-25806
Quantity:1
Publisher:Rivington, Nunn, Cadell etc etc, 1825
Edition:New
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:No
Rivington, Nunn, Cadell etc etc, 1825, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, New

'To which are prefixed, A Preliminary Discourse, and Dissertations on the Aera and Poems of Ossian'. Publisher's printed paper covered boards, as issued.. A good and sound copy, rubbed at extremities, dust soiled. 455 pages, engraved frontispiece and an engraved extra title page. Approx. size 6" x 3.5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25806.
Title:Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays
Price:AUD$93.60 (about USD$60.30)
ISBN:0246116781
Item ID:MB02-11040975
Quantity:1
Publisher:Grafton Books, UK, 1986
Edition:Cambridge
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Near Fine
Dust Jacket:Near Fine
Grafton Books, 1986, Hardcover, Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, Cambridge

Hardcover. 193 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Grafton Books, UK, 1986. Cambridge Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor bumping to edges and a couple of small indentations. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Remainder mark. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0246116781. ISBN/EAN: 9780246116789. Inventory No: 11040975. *** FREE tracked shipping for all orders within Australia ***
Title:From a Limestone Ledge: Some Essays and Other Ruminations About Country Life in Texas
Price:USD$60.00
Signed:By Author
ISBN:0394512383
Item ID:PL00-610133
Quantity:1
Publisher:Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1980
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Fair
Dust Jacket:Fair
Alfred A. Knopf, 1980, Hardcover, Book Condition: Fair, Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, First, Signed by Author

Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 228 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Rear hinge is cracked. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. One small chip near the "J" in "John" on the front cover. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription on endpapers. Minimal shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Farming & Rural Life. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0394512383. ISBN/EAN: 9780394512389. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 610133.
Title:Fantasias y Realidades Del Viaje a Madrid de la Condesa D'Aulnoy (Criticado Historicamente)
Price:USD$60.00
Item ID:PL00-105689
Quantity:1
Publisher:Saturnino Calleja, Madrid, Spain
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good Condition
Saturnino Calleja, Softcover, Book Condition: Good Condition

No publication date given, but it's most likely in the early 1900's. Text entirely in Spanish. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription on endpapers. Cover is very worn around the edges, with a chip out at the base of the spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Non-English Language::Spanish; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 105689.

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