Books - "literature"
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Herodotus: The Histories
Imp 8vo, illus cl bds, gilt lettering & ornament to leather spine, upper pg edge stained red, illus map eps, frontispiece, xxi + 632 pp., plates counted all present, VG+ (light soiling/rubbing to spine, light rubbing to bords & extrems, minor foxing to pg edges) in slipcase with gilt ornament to front and back cover VG+ (light chaffing to covers & spine, light brusing to exrems & front cover)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1992
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history Herodotus Histories war military classical literature Peloponnesian War
Brave Men: A Study of D. H. Lawrence and Simone Weil
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, 223 pp., VG+ (v minor soiling to bds, light bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims/terminals, light foxing to eps & sporadic throughout), in d/w VG- (moderate foxing/tanning to spine & cover, light chipping to spine extrems, tape residue to spine)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1958
KEYWORDS: D H Lawrence Simone Weil author philosopher literature philosophy criticism literary criticism study
Lawman: Brut
FIRST EDITION THUS. Super 8vo, black heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, xli + 485 pp., VG+ (v minor soiling to boards, sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges & sl foxing to eps), in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, sl foxing/soiling, light curling & creasing to edges & spine extrems, minor closed tear to upper spine extrem, light chipping to base of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1992
KEYWORDS: Brut Britain British historu English history literature Old English Anglo Saxon The History of the British myth legend medieval
The Wild Silence
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, black heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, orange eps, viii + 280 pp., NF (closed tear to p. 162 ) in d/w NF (in archival wrappers, prev bookseller's sticker to base of back cover)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 2020
KEYWORDS: England landscape home literature 21st century fiction adventure
Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed
8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg1974
KEYWORDS: Tennessee Williams fiction 20th century novel literature
The Waves
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2019
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf 20th century literature fiction coming of age
The Knightly Quest
FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1968
KEYWORDS: Tennessee Williams novella short stories fiction literature
Sunset Village
FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Martin Brian & O'Keeffe 1976
KEYWORDS: literature fiction 20th century social criticism vernacular candences
Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings 1932-1975
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1980
KEYWORDS: Janet Flanner essays literature journalism litersry biography
The Past
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PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 2008
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish literature fiction relationships romance drug use grief
Pack My Bag: A Self-Portrait
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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1979
KEYWORDS: Henry Green autobiography biography 20th century author social history literature
Back
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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1979
KEYWORDS: fiction literature 20th century prision isolated
The Attraction of Things: Fragments of an Oblique Life
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PUBLISHER: New Directions 2016
KEYWORDS: attraction philosophy beauty literature literary fiction
A Box of Matches
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PUBLISHER: Vintage 2004
KEYWORDS: ficiton literature social habits customs mid-life
The Bloomsbury Group: A Study of E. M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, Virginia Woolf, and their Circle
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PUBLISHER: The Noonday Press 1954
KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury Group 20th century literature criticism Virginia Woolf art history
A Boy at the Hogarth Press
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1972
KEYWORDS: autobiography biography The Hogarth Press the Bloomsbury Group 20th century literature printing and publishing history
A New Dominion
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PUBLISHER: Quartet Books 1976
KEYWORDS: India Indian literature East and West tradition tragedy
A Kind of Testament
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PUBLISHER: Dalkey Aarchive Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Eastern European literature series autobiography Poland 20th century
The Demon Love & Other Stories
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PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1966
KEYWORDS: Elizabeth Bowen short stories fiction literature 20th century feminist criticism
Billiards at Half Past Nine
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PUBLISHER: John Calder (A Jupiter Book) 1961
KEYWORDS: Heinrich Boll German Germany German history German guilt social history histoy fiction literature