Books - "literature"
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Gender Transformations (Michigan Discussions in Anthropology, Spring 1990, Volume 9)
Quarto, patterned light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 142pp, VG (light creasing/curling & tanning to spine & cover edges, light foxing & tanning to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dept of Anthropology, University of Michigan 1990
KEYWORDS: academic texts gender sexuality sociobiology essays discussions literature
The Biological Foundations of Bioethics
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: science biology bioethics ethics medical social policy essays literature acaddemic texts philosophy
Godwin
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 277pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: 4th Estate 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Joseph O'Neill
Disadvantage
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & blue lettering to spine, xiii + 231pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: political theory philosophy literature
Inequality
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii + 352pp, illus/diagrams, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory inequality
The Limits of Morality
Octavo, grey glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiii + 415pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: philosophy morality literature discussion
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves
Ozmar the Mystic
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 378pp, illus, VG- (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate staining to terminals, light occasional soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Bliss Sands & Co 1896
KEYWORDS: colonial library editions literature novels fiction Emeric Hulme-Beaman
Treasure Island
LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decoration to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 340pp, illus/plates- 1x plate missing, VG (moderate fading & staining/rubbing to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep & 1x plate missing, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1911
KEYWORDS: classic literature novels fiction Robert Louis Stevenson illustrated
The Book of the Lion
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease
The Passing Years
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924
KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke
Late Harvest: Memories, Letters and Poems
Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with light fading/tanning also, minor soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Chameleon Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: autobiographical Ellen S Bosanquet letters correspondence poems poetry verse literature
The Triumph of Romanticism
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. viii + 462; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained red; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; sm open tears to back; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: University of South Carolina Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Morse Peckham collected essays 20th century literaty criticism literature romantic romanticism
Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism
The Other Shore: Essays on Writers and Writing
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FOR VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xi + 205; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2013
KEYWORDS: American fiction 20th 21st century history criticism literature writing authorship
Oeuvres completes (2 vols)
TWO VOL SET. Sm 8vo, pp. lvii + 1604, xiii + 1691; green leather bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; top edge stained grey; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing; back to cover not present).
PUBLISHER: Gallimard 1975
KEYWORDS: Charles Baudelaire 19th century poet author poetry literature fiction complete works France French language
Baudelaure a Paris
TEXT IN FRENCH. Provanace attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Imp. 8vo, pp. 163; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Librairie Hachette 1967
KEYWORDS: Charles Baudelaire 19th century poet author poetry literature fiction Paris France French language
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Letters and Papers From Prison
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 207pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate tipped in to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (unevenly price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, light to moderate scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: SCM Press 1956
KEYWORDS: Dietrich Bonhoeffer letters correspondence theology theologians literature German
Theocritus' Pastoral Analogies: The Formation of a Genre
LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 304pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Theocritus pastoral poetry literature writings Greek history criticism literary form
Hunting Reminiscences
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 271pp + 32pp to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine cocked & faded with heavy cracking also- top half flapping loose but still tentatively attached, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, some prelims detached- some potentially missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking sporadically throughout- some pages may be detached)
PUBLISHER: W Thacker & Co 1898
KEYWORDS: hobbies sports hunting literature Alfred E Pease