Books - "literature"
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Legends of King Arthur / Tristan / The Holy Grail (3 Vol Boxed Set)
3 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to dark green spines, frontispiece to vol 1 only, 726pp total, Near FINE (sl rubbing to board corners, v sl spotting to page edges), in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & bruising)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2001
KEYWORDS: folio society King Arthur legends literature history historical illustrated
The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History
Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 386pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1988
KEYWORDS: classical classic literature historians history antiquity Herodotus historiography criticism literary
Latin: Story of a World Language
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black buckram spine, xiii + 332pp, illus, light bruising to spine, sl soiling & creasing to page edges, prev owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, minor patch of peeling to top edge of rear cover, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: languages Latin history linguistics colloquial philology literature vulgar teaching
The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + (6) + 388pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: Muslim travel literature writing England Iran Iranian 19th nineteenth century ethnicity
Celsus de Medicina (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, TEXT IN ENGLISH & LATIN, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, publisher's gilt initials to front boards, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate sticky adhesive residue to boards of vols 1 & 3, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ink markings) in d/w, VG (in plastic covers- easily removed if desired, light tanning to spines, light soiling/staining to covers, light creasing to edges, sm closed tear to base of crease to front cover & flap of vol 3)
PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1960-61
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature medical medicine Celsus antiquity history historical
The Tirukkural
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxix + 147pp, Near FINE (prev owner's name in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Aleph Book Company 2015
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Tiruvalluvar
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 415pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, prev. owner's name in ink & sm scuff to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Verso 2014
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism India Indian Hinduism caste social systems
Two Arabic Travel Books: Accounts of China and India ; Mission to the Volga
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, x + 312pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: New York University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature China India Arabic Volga River Russia
Painting and Performance: Chinese Picture Recitation and its Indian Genesis
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xx + 278pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing, 1cm closed tear to top edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1988
KEYWORDS: China Chinese culture Buddhist folk literature Indian India performance
Pap v Pap: The Party's Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore
Super octavo, white light card covers, coloured lettering to spine, xi + 162pp, Near FINE (sl creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cherian George & Donald Low 2020
KEYWORDS: Singapore politics political PAP People's Action Party essays literature
The Small Voice of History: Collected Essays
Octavo, illus light card covers, white & beige lettering to spine, x + 666pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2018
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature anthology history culture anthropology
Unsettling the Past: Unknown Aspects and Scholarly Assessments of D D Kosambi
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white & green lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, xiii + 389pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy crack to gutters of prelim pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2013
KEYWORDS: history D D Kosambi India Indian sanskrit literature writings
The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt publisher's motif to front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective covers- easily removed if desired, vol 2 price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing to spines, light foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1960-61
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history Rome Roman antiquity Aulus Gellius
Battle, Issue Six (2024)
Quarto 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: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand university magazines Battle past issues literature cartoons cartoon strips
Papyrus: The Rameses' Revenge
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2007
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: Imhotep's Transformation
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2008
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: Tutankhamun, the Assassinated Pharaoh
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2009
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: The Evil Mummies
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2010
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Papyrus: The Anger of the Great Sphinx
Quarto 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: Cinebook 2012
KEYWORDS: children's literature cartoons comic books ancient Egypt adventure Papyrus series De Gieter
Propertius
TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series Propertius classic literature verse