Search Results: Literature from JimsOldBooks

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1985. Some fading to spine, minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, a fold to first two pages, a handwritten note re one of the contributors on page vii, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Contains papers originally given at the First National Conference of Aboriginal Writers which was held in Perth in 1983, namely "Aboriginal Writing: a Personal View" by Jack Davis, "White Forms, Aboriginal Content" by Colin Johnson, "Black Policies" by Kevin Gilbert, "The Politics of Aboriginal Literature" by Bruce McGuinness and Dennis Walker, "The Role of Research" by Faith Bandler, "Black Theatre" by Gerry Bostock, "Aboriginal Poetry and White Criticism" by Cliff Watego, and "Traditional Aboriginal Oral Literature" by Catherine Berndt. 112pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2008. Issue number 26. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews". Orange cover. 156pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2015. Issue number 48 Some scuffing to corners and spine ends, but otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews". Dark prussian blue covers. 159pp.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2009. Issue number 28. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews", in this issue mostly dealing with Harold Pinter, who died in December 2008. This issue is out-of-print, and no longer available from the publisher.. Turquoise cover. 156pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2010. Issue number 33. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews". Purple cover. 155pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2003. Issue number 13. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews". Blue cover. 157pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2005. Issue number 19. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews". Light brown cover. 157pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2006. Issue number 21. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews". Purple cover. 157pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Arete, 2005. Issue number 18. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover literary magazine. Contains, according to the cover, "Fiction, Poetry, Reportage and Reviews". Pink cover. 156pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1907. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to corners of black buckram-covered boards, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Number 139 (CXXXIX) in the publisher's "The Worlds Classics" series which was issued in ten different bindings, this is bound in black buckram with paper title label on spine and with top edge of pages gilt. The autobiography of the author of "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". 339pp plus 8pp adverts.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981. Some fading to spine and to inner edges of covers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. An anthology of fifteen essays by various authors which had originally appeared in "Women & Literature" and its predecessor "The Mary Wollstonecraft Newsletter" between 1972 and 1979. 174pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1964. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, also a few old bits of water-marking to same. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, the author's third volume of autobiography. This covers the period from when he returned from Ceylon in 1911, his marriage to Virginia, the Bloomsbury Group, and life in England during the Great War. 260pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921. No dustwrapper, spine strip of green boards has come loose at some point and been glued back on, some minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, original owner's name and date (November 1923) on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, a few passages lightly marked in pencil, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Old-English poem "Beowulf", the "Finnsburg Fragment", and the story of Offa son of Wermund (which is given in Latin., as well as other topics relating to the poem, but DOES NOT contain the text of the poem. 417pp, 8 b&w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Peking, China: Foreign Languages Press, 1959. 1959 edition. Ex library copy with card pocket on f/ep and ''Withdrawn'' ink stamp on same, some creasing and small tears to the edges of dustwrapper, mark at bottom of dustwrapper spine where a label has been removed, also a library number written. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with fiction in China from the Han dynasty to the turn of the twentieth century. 462pp, 18 b&w full-page illustrations and a folding family tree for the eighteenth century novel ''Tale of a Rock''.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Bridgend: Seren Books, 1993. Very slight scuffing to spine ends and corners, otherwise a good clean tight copy. Looks at the life and work of Bruce Chatwin, author of "On the Black Hill" and "Songlines". 139pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1897. No dustwrapper, bumping to spine ends and corners of green cloth-covered boards, paper title label on spine is faded and torn at the edges, a tear across the spine about halfway up. Binding is split inside front and back covers, the first ten pages (front endpaper to page 10) are loose but still present,but otherwise an internally good clean copy. A heavy book, weighing over 1 kilo, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. Contains volumes three to six of the author's "Burnsiana", being articles compiled from newspapers and other sources relating to Robert Burns. 111pp (vol 3), 112pp (vol 4), 97pp (vol 5), and 93pp (vol 60).. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1979. Verys slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Revels Plays" series, this one contains the play "Bussy d'Ambois" by George Chapman, using the text from the quarto of 1607 rather than the revised quarto of 1642. Edited and with lengthy introduction by N S Brooke. 169pp plus 76pp introduction.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Minor scuffing to outer edges of cover, pencil notes and underlinings by previous owner in some of the sections, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Cambridge Companions to Literature" series, this contains fourteen pieces by various authors on the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft, best-known for her "A Vindication of the Rights of Women". 284pp. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1861. Three volume set. Packaged weight is just under 3 kilos, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. Green cloth-covered faux-Morocco style boards have some wear to spine ends and corners, also small tears to top ends of spines. Some rubbing to the boards but gilt lines to inner side of boards (next to spine) and corners are still bright. Hinges starting to split inside front and back covers (volumes 1 and 2, not so much to volume 3). A previous (original?) owner's name inside front board of volume 1 and 2, erased on volume 3. Otherwise a not too bad set of volumes, part of the publisher's "Nichol's Library Edition of the British Poets" series. This contains the text of the "Canterbury Tales" (not Bowdlerised but with some of the spelling modernised: lines 3275-6 of the Millers Tale reads "...as clerkes be full subtle and full quaint. And privily he caught her by the queinte" rather than "As… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1949. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, some foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains the tragi-comic play ''The Change of Crownes'' by Edward Howard which was performed once on April 15th 1667 before Charles II, who didn't approve, so the play was never published and was previously believed to have been lost. 99pp, 2 b&w illustrations of the original manuscript.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.