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FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM a New english Version
by Pullman, Philip
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- Fine
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670024971
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NY: Viking Penquin, 2012. (USA) 2nd printing of the first edition No maarkings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 406pp. ullman is better known for his Dark Materials trilogy, of which the first volume The Golden Compass was made into a major motion picture. Here he gives new translations of 50 of his favourite fairly tales such a… Read more about this item Item Price
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR WALEY Revised and Expanded Edition
by Johns, Francos A.
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- Fine (-)
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- 1st
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780485113440
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£38.29
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London: The Athlone Press, 1988. (UK) this book originally appeared in 1968; this is the first printing of the revised and expanded (second) edition. No markings, Fine in Fine(-) dust jackdt with a hint of rubbing to the head of spine of DJ and rubbing to panel gloss of rear panel. Hardcover, 160pp, index, no illus. This new edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE THREE PERILS OF MAN: War, Women and Witchcraft published for the Association of Scottish literary Studies
by Hogg, James; Introduction and Notes By Douglas Gifford
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st
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- 1972
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- 9780701118600
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Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1972. (UK) 1st publication of this edition (1972). There is an ownership stamp overprinted to remove the name to the endpaper, ownership stamp to the front flap, and rear endpaper, otherwsie Very Good in Very Good dust jacket with some rubbing to dust jacket panels. Hardcover, map endpapers, xxxii, 494pp, index, no illus. This novel appeared… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Age of Scandal, an Excursion Through a Minor Period
by White, T. H.
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- No Jacket
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- 1st
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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£13.34
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London: The Folio Society, 1993. (UK) 1st of this edition. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published, in Very Good slipcase with a crease to the back edge (a manufacturing fault) . Illus patterned cloth, 240 pp. index B&W illus. This amusing foray into eighteenth-century literature is an entertaining tabloid biography of an… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Best After-Dinner Stories
by Heald, Tim
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- 1st
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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£11.57
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London: The Folio Society, 2003. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, 2 leaves have folded corners, otherwise about Fine, no dust jackt as published in Near Fine slipcase with a couple of marks to the top and bottom edges. Hardcover, 268pp, B&W illus. This collection includes material from Chaucer to Groucho Marx, from Mae West to NM the Queen.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Short Stories by Guy De Maupassant
by De Maupassant, Guy; Tranlsated By Gerard Hopkins
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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£11.59
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London: Folio Society, 1959. (UK) 2nd impression 1960. Th is a tiny chop mark and tiny notation to the title page, no other markings, the lavender colour of the spine is slightly faded, otherwsie Very Good; no dust jacket as published; there is a slipcase which is black leatherette with a Maltese cross on it but I am unsure if… Read more about this item Item Price
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FAULKNER, Masks & Metaphors (Inscribed copy)
by Honnighauser, Lothar
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- Fine
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- 1st
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780878059980
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Jackson MI: University of Mississippi, 1997. (USA) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR in German to the half-title, no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 311pp, index, no illus. From the jacket: That Faulkner was a "liar" not just in his writing but also in his life has troubled many critics. They have explained his numerous "false stories,"… Read more about this item Item Price
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the Stories of Kleist, a Critical Study
by Dyer, Denys
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- Fine (-)
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- 1st
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 9780841903036
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£33.65
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NY: Holmes & Meier, 1977. (USA) First edition No markings, a touch of light rubbing to cover corner tips,otherwsie Fine in about Fine dust jacket with tiny crease to foot of spine panel. Cloth, 205pp, index, no illus. This is the first full-length study of Kleist's stories to be published. Dyer was an international authority on Heinrich von Kleist. … Read more about this item Item Price
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THE 'WAKE' IN TRANSIT (inscribed copy)
by Hayman, David
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- Fine
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- 1st
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780801424410
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£34.43
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Ithaca / London: Cornell University Press, 1990. (USA) 1st publication. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the end paper: " For I-- N---/ with warmest regards/ David Hayman/ Madison/ 14/ Jan'91" no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket . Hardcover, 207pp, index, no illus.Hayman is a professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This… Read more about this item Item Price
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GIRLS LEAN BACK EVERYWHERE The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Crime
by De Grazia, Edward
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- Fine
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- 1st
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394576114
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£15.36
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NY: Random House, 1992. (USA) Stated 1st edition. Name of UBC English professor in pencil to the end paper, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 814pp, index, There are portraits of writers to the back panel of the dustjacket but no illustrations in the book. This book is the story of how the arts in America… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Complete Stories
by Kafka, Franz; Edited By Nabaum N. Glatzer
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- Used - Good
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- Lacking the Jacket
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- 1st
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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£11.22
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NY: Schocken Books, 1971. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, slight darkening of spine, tight and square, Good only used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Vermilion cloth, 486pp, no illus. biblio, editors and tranlators, chronology. selected writings on Kafka. (1.8 JM LVR 201/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Lacking the Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Item Price
£11.22
The Portrait of a Lady
by James, Henry
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- 1st
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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£13.85
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NY: The Heritage Press, 1967. (USA) Presumed 1st of this edition, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published; lacking the slipcase.Lavender cloth, xii, 516pp, 16 colour illustrated plates. A handsomely produced edition. (3.0 JM HOZ 401/4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Browning, Colleen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Item Price
£13.85
THE MABINOGION
by Jones, Gwyn; Jones, Thomas, Translated By
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- Lacking the Jacket
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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£23.21
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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1957. (UK) Later printing, 1957. Owner's inscription, no other markings, Very Good; lacking the dust jacket. Red cloth, 282pp, no illus. The Mabinogion are the earliest British prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. (1.4 EKN HOQ… Read more about this item Item Price
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FOLIO Volume XV Number 2, Spring 1963
by Dewdney, Keewatin, Editor
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- 1963
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- Paperback
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£9.66
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London ON: University of Western Ontario, 1963. (CAD) No markings, Fine. Card cover, with abstact design in black and green on tan card, stapled, 36pp, B&W reprodcutions of artworks. A. Breakspear: Punch the Killer; Nora Keeling; Guy Demarino; David Gee; Wayne McEwing; Ronald Campbell; Bill Webster and others. This is a journal of strudent writings and art. (1.2… Read more about this item Item Price
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Family without a Name: a Romance of the Rebellion of 1837 in Quebec
by Verne, Jules; Translated By Edward Baxter
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780919601864
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Toronto: NC Press, 1982. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings Fine in about Fine dust jacket with very slight toning to edges of white portions of dust jacket. Boards, 312pp, B&W illus. Published in France in 1889, Famille-sans-nom, appeared in France in the first Canadian edition 1in 1970. Now this edition commisioned by NC Press gives an English translation of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Atlas of Literature
by Bradbury, Malcolm [General Editor]
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- Fine
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- 1st
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9781552671863
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£20.11
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USA: Prospero Books, 2001. (USA) Presumed 1st American edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 352pp, index, colour and B&W photos and illus; maps. This is a compendium of places of writers and their works: Cervantes' Spain, Joyce's Dublin, the Brontes' Yorkshire, Kafka's Prague, Paris in the 1920s. A great reference to literary geography A heavy book, (3.9… Read more about this item Item Price
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Classic Library Leather bound)
by Dickens, Charles; Edited By Kathryn Knight
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1st
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9781403742162
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Atlanta: Dalmatian Press, 2007. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, touch of rubbing to the lower cover corner tips, and tiny nick to leading edge of front cover near the lower front corner, thus Very Good;no dust jacket as published. Dark blue gray faux leather with gold borders and titles, hubbed spine, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, [xvi} 559pp, no… Read more about this item Item Price
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DAVID COPPERFIELD (Classic Library Leather bound)
by Dickens, Charles; Edited By Kathryn Knight
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- 1st
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9781403742148
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Atlanta: Dalmatian Press, 2007. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, touch of rubbing to the lower cover corner tips, and tiny bump to top corner tip of back cover, thus Very Good;no dust jacket as published. Dark tan faux leather with gold borders and titles, hubbed spine, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, [xvi} 732pp, no illus. The text is unabridged,… Read more about this item Item Price
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OLIVER TWIST (Classic Library Leather bound)
by Dickens, Charles; Edited By Kathryn Knight
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- 2007
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Atlanta: Dalmatian Press, 2007. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, touch of rubbing to the lower cover corner tips, thus Near Fine; no dust jacket as published. Green faux leather with gold borders and titles, hubbed spine, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, xii, 497pp, no illus. The text is unabridged, taken from the Charles Dickens Edition of 1867 with the punctuation… Read more about this item Item Price
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Synod of Sleuths Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction
by Breen, Jon L.; Greenberg, Martin Harry
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1st
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780810823822
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Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, Remiander mark to bottom edge of pages, no other markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Green cloth, 161pp, index, no illus. In this collection of original essays, several prominent writers and critics of the genre examine the interface of theology and detection. Edward D. Hoch discusses Roman Catholic sleuths;… Read more about this item Item Price
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