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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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Only One Year
Alliluyeva, Svetlana (Hutchinson) London, 1969
1st edition UK, out-of-print hardback in 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 escape from [d* 25608] £5.45 ($10.00)

Matthew Arnold [Writers and Their Works: No.60]
Allott, Kenneth (British Council & The National Book League/Longman) London, 1968
Revised edition with additions to bibliography, out-of-print clear protected softback in printed ochre paper wraps, 8vo, 44pp, 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 19848] £6.81 ($13.00)

Matthew Arnold [Writers and Their Works No.60]
Allott, Kenneth (British Council & The National Book League/Longman) London, 1968
Revised edition with additions to bibliography, out-of-print clear softback in printed ochre paper wraps, 8vo, 44pp, 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* 25609] £5.45 ($10.00)

Elizabeth Gaskell [Writers and Their Works: No.124]
Allott, Miriam (British Council & The National Book League/Longman) London, 1960
1st edition UK, out-of-print clear protected softback in printed ochre paper wraps, 8vo, 46pp, 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 comprising: appreciati [LL 19885] £9.54 ($18.00)

Elizabeth Gaskell [Writers and Their Works No.124]
Allott, Miriam (British Council & The National Book League/Longman) London, 1960
1st edition UK, out-of-print clear softback in printed ochre paper wraps, 8vo, 46pp, 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 comprising appreciation, ap [d* 25610] £8.13 ($15.00)

Memoirs
Amis, Kingsley (Hutchinson) London, 1991
1st edition UK, out-of-print hardback in clear archive-film dust jacket [clean bright & glossy, tiny snag at spine top/tail, not price-clipped], Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 346pp with index, b/w photo illustrations, dark blue cloth/gilt, no inscriptions, covers & contents unblemished, fine book. Fine/VG++. {with pen portraits of people like Larkin, Yevtushenko, [LL 17890] £6.36 ($12.00)

Memoirs
Amis, Kingsley (Hutchinson) London, 1991
1st edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dust jacket [clean bright & glossy, tiny snag at spine top/tail, not price-clipped], Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 346pp with index, b/w photo illustrations, dark blue cloth/gilt, no inscriptions, covers & contents unblemished, fine book. Fine/VG++. {with pen portraits of people like Larkin, Yevtushenko, Driberg, Thatcher, Burgess, Powell, Braine, Betjeman et al} [NB non-standard item for delivery non-standard item for delivery] [d* 25611] £5.45 ($10.00)

Greek Society
Andrewes, Antony (Penguin) London, 1981
out-of-print paperback, 324pp with index, bibliography, chronology & maps, bright wraps, minor shelf-wear, very faint edge-tan o/w: VG. [LG 15873P] £4.50 ($8.00)

Greek Society
Andrewes, Antony (Penguin) London, 1981
out-of-print paperback, 324pp with index, bibliography, chronology & maps, bright wraps, minor shelf-wear, very faint edge-tan o/w VG. [d* 25612P] £4.49 ($8.00)

Nook Farm. Mark Twain's Hartford Circle
Andrews, Kenneth R (Harvard University Press) Cambridge , 1950
1st US edition, out-of-print hardback in clear archive-film protected dust jacket [small loss across spine head likewise triangular loss at bottom front panel, spine base snagged/repaired, corners rubbed, price-clipped], 288pp with index, green boards with very light edge-extremities fade, bookplate of Paul Gurley Merrow on pastedown, sepia tints illustrations [LL 16486] £14.09 ($26.00)

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