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$25.00
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Creed or Chaos? and Other Essays in Popular Theology


SAYERS, DOROTHY L

Octavo hardcover (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: Methuen & Co 1947

KEYWORDS: essays literature Dorothy L Sayers religion theology

$37.50
xx181pol208186

Solovyev: Prophet of Russian-Western Unity


MUNZER, EGBERT

Octavo hardcover (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: Hollis & Carter 1956

KEYWORDS: philosophy Russia Russian Vladimir Solovyev literature

$30.00
xx181pol208189

Go She Must!


GARNETT, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, octavo 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: Chatto & Windus 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions David Garnett literature

$17.50
xx181pol208195

God and the Poets: The Gifford Lectures, 1983


DAICHES, DAVID

Octavo softcover (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: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: religion religious Gifford lectures Christian Christianity literature poetry

$100.00
1y88a/18

Nga Mahi a Nga Tupuna


GREY, Sir GEORGE & WILLIAMS, H W (Ed)

TEXT MOSTLY IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 211pp, VG+ (minor bruising/rubbing & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- archival tape repairs, light to moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing/scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1971

KEYWORDS: TEXT MOSTLY IN TE REO MAORI New Zealand literature Sir George Grey Maori heritage legends tales folklore lore ancient history anthropology ancestors stories

$60.00
1y88a/19

A History of Russian Philosophy (2 Vol Set)


ZENKOVSKY, V V & KLINE, GEORGE L (Authorised Trans)

2 VOL SET, very tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained maroon- faded, xiv + viii + 947pp total, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges-minor archival tape repairs, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1953

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature philosophy history English translations

$500.00
1y88b/2

Louis Couperus Werken (49 Vols)


COUPERUS, LOUIS

49 VOLS- HEAVY, EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, TEXT IN DUTCH, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spines, mixed pagination, Near FINE (occasional sl bruising to extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Uitgeverij L J Veen c.1990s

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH literature novels fiction Louis Couperus collections

$75.00
1y88b/7

Animals as Religious Subjects: Transdisciplinary Perspectives


DEANE-DRUMMOND, CELIA (Ed) & CLOUGH, DAVID L (Ed) & ARTINIAN-KAISER, REBECCA (Ed)

Super octavo, green & white heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiv + 310pp, VG+ (light chafing to boards, parts of title page neatly cut-out, minor pencil annotation & underlining)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2013

KEYWORDS: religion theology animals symbols symbolism symbolic literature

$40.00
1y88b/9

Gaudete


HUGHES, TED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, 200pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing, sm adhesive staining to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1977

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Ted Hughes

$75.00
1y88b/11

A Life for Dance: Reminiscences


LABAN, RUDOLF & ULLMANN, LISA (Trans & Annotated)

Octavo, black textured faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 193pp, illus, VG+ (prev. owner's ink stamps to page edges & eps - otherwise near fine) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning & chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Evans 1975

KEYWORDS: Rudolf Laban philosophy literature

$40.00
1y88b/17

Suedehead


ALLEN, RICHARD

Sm octavo, illus light card cover, white & blue lettering to spine & covers, 110pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: New English Library 1975

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Richard Allen small paperbacks

$40.00
1y88b/18

Anarchy After Leftism


BLACK, BOB

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 176pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: C A L Press 1997

KEYWORDS: literature social science sociology anarchy politics anarchists

$58.50
1y88b/19

The Private Press


CAVE, RODERICK

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, 376pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing/chipping to spine & edges- archival tape repairs, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions printing history print literature

$40.00
1y95b/8

Stendhal on Love


STENDHAL & WOOLF, PHILIP SIDNEY (Trans) & WOOLF, CECIL N SIDNEY (Trans) & GRECO, ROBERT (Decorative Drawings)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, page edges stained pink, 261pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate fading & tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning/soiling, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Peter Pauper Press N/D

KEYWORDS: Stendhal French literature English translations illustrated Marie-Henri Beyle literary

$46.50
1y95b/10

Scribes and Sources: Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century


OSLEY, A S (Selected, Introduced & Translated by) & WOLPE, BERTHOLD (Account)

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980

KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne

$40.00
1y95b/12

Grimaldi: King of Clowns


FINDLATER, RICHARD

LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955

KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature

$40.00
1y95b/15

Showmen & Suckers


GORHAM, MAURICE & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (Illus)

Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 262pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light chafing & soiling, sm pencil scribble to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Percival Marshall 1951

KEYWORDS: literature entertainment Maurice Gorham illustrated

$60.00
1y95b/18

The Library


LANG, ANDREW & DOBSON, AUSTIN

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, xv + 184pp, VG- (light bruising & moderate rubbing & discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light foxing to prelims & terminals, front & rear gutters have adhesive reinforcement, heavy cracking to gutters- pgs 49-64 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1881

KEYWORDS: books book collecting bibliophilia bibliophiles literature appreciation Andrew Lang art at home series

$40.00
1y95b/24

Drunkard's Garden


HUNT, SAM

UNCOMMON, octavo, white light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 30pp, VG (moderate foxing & staining to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Hampson Hunt 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry verse poems literature Sam Hunt

$350.00
1y95b/26

The Works of John Locke, the Tenth Edition (10 Vol Set)


LOCKE, JOHN

10 VOL SET, TENTH EDITION, octavo, brown leather boards, blue ink lettering to white title plate on black adhesive cloth spines, speckled page edges, mixed pagination, folding chart to vol 1, VG- (heavy bruising & rubbing/surface loss to board edges & extrems, minor chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to gutters, age appropriate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, top corner of ffep to vol 7 torn)

PUBLISHER: J Johnson, G G and J Robinson, W J and J Richardson, Otridge and Son, J Sewell, Leigh and Sotheby, F and C Rivington, T Payne, J Walker, R Faulder, W Lowndes, Lackington, Allen and Co Darton and Harvey, T Egerton, G Wilkie, J White, C Law, Longman an

KEYWORDS: literature John Locke essays writings prose collections anthologies history historical philosophy government politics

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