Search Results: Authors starting with A from Literary Cat Books

London: MacMillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First Edition; First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 180 pages. Deckle-edged. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Octavo (standard book size) .

Helsinki: Painopaikka. Fine+ with no dust jacket. 2017. First Edition. Softcover (with Flaps). 9527067480 . Original colour printed wrappers with flaps. With plates throughout. Slight shelfwear. ; 20.3x28x1 cm; 103 pages .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 326 pages. With library stamps & labels. Occasional underlining in pencil. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Octavo (standard book size) .

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Deckle-edged and partially unopened. ; Quarto .

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition; First Edition. Original Wrappers. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Deckle-edged and partially unopened. Bottom right hand corner front cover partially missing. ; Quarto .

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth University College. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition; First Edition. Original Wrappers. With plates. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. ; Quarto; Contents: 1. The Anglo-Saxon Riddles. By George A. Wood, M. A. 2. Some Ancient Defensive Earthworks near Aberystwyth. By F. S. Wright. 3. Whitman and Verhaeren. By P. M. Jones, B.A. .

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Deckle-edged and partially unopened. ; Quarto .

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth University. Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First Edition; First Edition. Original Wrappers. With folding plates. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Partially unopened. ; Ex-Library; Quarto .

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth University. Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Original wrappers bound in. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Quarto .

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth University. Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition; First Edition. Original Wrappers. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Deckle-edged and partially unopened. ; Ex-Library; Quarto .

Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press. Good with no dustjacket. 2008. First Edition. Original Decorated Cloth. With b/w and coloured plates and illustrations. Light soiling to upper page edges. Spine is uncreased. Soiling to cover. Light wear to cover and corners. ; A poignant collection that unveils a critical, yet underexplored facet of Polish history through the medium of poetry. This book compiles 25 poems written by Polish nationals who were forcibly deported to the Soviet gulags after World War II. These individuals, interned in concentration camps from 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union, faced the threat of death for discussing, writing, or publishing anything about their harrowing experiences. ; 23.5 x 15.8 x 1.7cm; xx, 165 pages .

Chatto & Windus Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0701132965 . 260 pages. Dustjacket in plastic protective cover. With remnants and/or residue of sticky tape on endpapers, covers and dustjacket. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear to spine, covers, corners and dustjacket. .

London.: Warwick Arts Trust.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Edition. Illustrate Card Covers. Catalogue of an exhibition of 38 sculptures produced by Ivor Abrahams in the period 1972 - 1982. With An Introduction by the Artist. And illustrated with 20 full page Plates, 3 in colour. There is a slight vertical crease affecting all the pages, but generally a good fresh copy copy with slight wear to spine, covers & corners. ; Book; Octavo .

Evergreen. Very Good. 1963. First Edition. Softcover (perfect bound). Original illustrated wrappers. With corrugated subscription leaf bound in. With b/w illustrations and adverstisments. Slight wear to spine covers and corners. ; Evergreen Review; Vol. 30; 20.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cms; 127 pages .

London: Victoria Miro Gallery. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Softcover (Perfect Bound). Original green wrappers. With coloured plates throughout. Slight shelfwear. ; 15.5x17x0.5 cm .

London: Hutchinson. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Impression. Original Decorated Wrappers. 0091931150 . Dannie Abse (1923-2014) was a Welsh poet, playwright, and physician. He was born on September 22, 1923, in Cardiff, Wales. Abse's writing spans a wide range of themes, encompassing personal experiences, love, loss, and the human condition. He is known for his ability to combine poetic and medical language in his work, reflecting his dual career as a doctor and a poet. Abse's poetry often explores the complexities of relationships, both romantic and familial, and delves into the intricacies of memory and mortality. His poetry exhibits a keen sense of observation, introspection, and a blend of emotional depth and intellectual reflection. Abse's works are characterized by their accessible style, combining vivid imagery with a lyrical and often conversational tone. One of Abse's notable poetry collections is "Welsh Retrospective" (1955) ,… Read More

Llandybie: Seren. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition; Fourth Impression. Original Decorated Wrappers. 1854112015 . Light shelfwear. ; "Welsh Retrospective" is a poignant and reflective selection of poetry by Dannie Abse, a Welsh poet and writer. The poems take the reader on a journey through Abse's personal and cultural history, as he reminisces about his Welsh roots and the landscapes of his youth. Through vivid imagery and lyrical language, Abse evokes the rugged beauty of Wales and the deep connection he feels to its land and people. As Abse reflects on his past, he grapples with the complexities of his identity as a Welshman and the ways in which his Welsh and Jewish heritage have shaped him. He explores the tension between tradition and modernity, the pull of the past and the promise of the future. Abse captures the bittersweet nostalgia of looking back on a bygone era, while also celebrating the resilience of Welsh culture and the enduring spirit of its people. ;… Read More

New York: ACA Galleries.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Edition. Original Saddle Stapled Wrappers. Well illustrated Catalogue of an exhibition of works by Jon Schueler 1916 - 1992 . In two galleries. At the ACA Galleries and the Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery in New York. Paintings spanning the years 1964 - 1983. With 12 Recollections of the Artist by various Authors. Biographic and Bibliographic Notes etc. With 11 colour plates of paintings made in New York and at Mallaig in Scotland. Light wear to covers.; Paperback; Octavo Oblong .

London: The British Academy. New in New dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Edition. Original Boards. 507 pages. With plates. Glassine dustjacket. ; Hardcover; Annual Volume of Speeches read at the British Academy in 1978 on philosophy, literature, economics, history and literary history. Contents: - The Mind of Nietzsche (Lecture on a Master Mind) . By J. P. Stern. Read 6 April 1978- The Tempest: what sort of play? (Annual Shakespeare Lecture) . By H. F. Brooks. Read 27 April 1978- Keynes, political arithmetic and econometrics (Keynes Lecture in Economics) . By Sir Rchard Stone. Read 3 May 1978- The Compilation of the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, 60 BC to AD 890: Vocabulary as Evidence (Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture) . By Janet Bately. Read 10 May 1978- The Pre-Conquest Boroughs of England, Ninth to Eleventh Centuries (Mortimer Wheeler Archaeological Lecture) . By C. A. Ralegh Radford. Read 11 May 1978- A Carolingian Renaissance Prince: the Emperor Charles the Bald (Raleigh Lecture… Read More

London: British Academy. New in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Edition. Original Boards. 543 pages. With plates. Light shelfwear. ; Hardcover; Annual Volume of Speeches read at the British Academy in 1971 on philosophy, literature, economics, history and literary history. Contents: - Browning+s Lyricism (Warton Lecture on English Poetry) . By Rachel Trickett. Read 13 January 1971- The Court Poet in Medieval Ireland (Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture) . By J. E. Caerwyn Williams. Read 27 January 1971- Quarrying in Antiquity: Technology, Tradition and Social Change (Mortimer Wheeler Archaeological Lecture) . By J. B. Ward-Perkins . Read 17 February 1971- Problems and roles of the American artist as portrayed by the American novelist (Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American Literature and History) . By Tony Tanner. Read 10 March 1971- Shakespeare+s lofty scene (Shakespeare Lecture) . By J. I. M. Stewart. Read 21 April 1971- John Maynard Keynes: Economist, Author, Statesman… Read More