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           Literature

 

The Literature category is still being written, please review after a period! Meanwhile, here are the first drafts ...

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Used, out of print and rare Literature
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Education of Henry Adams. An Autobiography [Great Lives Collection]
Adams, Henry (Heron Books) London, c1970
Uniform set, out-of-print hardback in luxurious faux-leather dark-chocolate brown Skivertex, lavish gilt scrolling, silken bookmark, gilt-decorated endpapers, portrait frontis, xvii + 517pp with index, with intro by DW Brogan, bright unblemished boards/gilt, immaculate pgs, most copies in the set are near fine & unopened, only very minor blemishes to occasional copies such as slightly dusty or speckled top/edge, or minute scuff, or bookmark fading, exceptionally handsome copies near fine. NF. [NB non-standard item for delivery ] [LL 19652] £11.36 ($21.00)

Education of Henry Adams. An Autobiography [Great Lives Collection]
Adams, Henry (Heron Books) London, 1970
Uniform set, out-of-print hardback in luxurious faux-leather dark-chocolate brown Skivertex, lavish gilt scrolling, silken bookmark, gilt-decorated endpapers, portrait frontis, xvii + 517pp with index, with intro by DW Brogan, bright unblemished boards/gilt, immaculate pgs, most copies in the set are near fine & unopened, only very minor blemishes to occasional copies such as slightly dusty or speckled top/edge, or minute scuff, or bookmark fading, exceptionally handsome copies near fine. NF. [NB non-standard item for delivery non-standard item for delivery] [d* 25604] £9.54 ($18.00)

Alarums and Excursions
Agate, James (Grant Richards) London, 1922
1st edition UK, out-of-print hardback in olive buckram, 264 pp, clean boards barely rubbed, no inscriptions, dusty edges o/w clean unblemished textblock. VG. [LL 29097] £6.81 ($13.00)

Poetry of the English-Speaking World
Aldington, Richard (ed) (Readers Union/Heinemann) London, 1950
out-of-print hardback in dark blue cloth/silver, Royal octavo over 10x6inches, xxiii + 936 pp with usual indexes, bright boards mottled & rubbed at edges, decorative endpapers, crsd prelims, no inscriptions, dusty top-edge o/w clean unmarked textblock. G++. (NB non-standard item for delivery) [LL 29497] £4.54 ($8.00)

Latin Passages for Translation
Alford, M (ed) (MacMillan) London, 1960
out-of-print hardback, 7x5 ins, 250 pgs, Texts; ex-school text (may contain bookplates, stamps, inscriptions, notations; multiple copies may be available). generally VG. {a substantial collection of texts from classical authors, for the use of Higher Forms in [LG 18486] £4.54 ($8.00)

Latin Passages for Translation
Alford, M (ed) (MacMillan) London, 1960
out-of-print hardback, 7x5 ins, 250 pgs, Texts; ex-school text (may contain bookplates, stamps, inscriptions, notations; multiple copies may be available). generally VG. {a substantial collection of texts from classical authors, for the use of Higher Forms in [d* 25605] £4.54 ($8.00)

Joyce Cary [Writers and Their Works: No.41]
Allen, Walter (British Council/Longman) London, 1970
Revised edition with additions to bibliography, out-of-print clear protected softback in printed ochre paper wraps, 8vo, 32pp, portrait frontis, no inscriptions, unblemished copy. Fine. {the WATW is a respected series of authoritative essays by eminent critics of the foremost British literary writers [LL 19840] £4.54 ($8.00)

Joyce Cary [Writers and Their Works No.41]
Allen, Walter (British Council/Longman) London, 1970
Revised edition with additions to bibliography, out-of-print clear softback in printed ochre paper wraps, 8vo, 32pp, portrait frontis, no inscriptions, unblemished copy. Fine. {the WATW is a respected series of authoritative essays by eminent critics of the foremost British literary writers comp [d* 25606] £4.54 ($8.00)

Only One Year
Alliluyeva, Svetlana (Hutchinson) London, 1969
1st edition UK, out-of-print hardback in clear archive-film dust jacket [1 closed/repaired edge nick to rear panel o/w bright jacket with minimal shelf-wear, not price-clipped], 415pp, bright grey boards/gilt, mild top-edge fade, spine lean, translated by Paul Chavchavadze. VG+/VG. {fateful yr for Stalin's daughter - one person's escap [LL 16519] £6.36 ($12.00)

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