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The Literature category is still being written, please review after a period! Meanwhile, here are the first drafts ... Some best-selling writers and modern works may be found on the Fiction page.
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| Used, out of print and rare Literature |
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Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. [Books That Have Changed Man's Thinking collection]
Boswell, James (Heron Books) London, 1969
Out-of-print hardback in luxurious gilt-tooled qtr-bound two-tone faux-lea, gilt-decorative endpapers & silken bookmark, 407pp with index & refs, contemporary illustrations, selected & abridged by Edmund Fuller, intro & appreciation by Colin Bell, dark green/tan boards/gilt, no inscriptions, covers & cont [LL 23344] £9.50 ($15.00) |
Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. [Books That Have Changed Man's Thinking collection]
Boswell, James (Heron Books) London, 1969
Out-of-print hardback in luxurious gilt-tooled qtr-bound two-tone faux-lea, gilt-decorative endpapers & silken bookmark, 407pp with index & refs, contemporary illustrations, selected & abridged by Edmund Fuller, intro & appreciation by Colin Bell, dark green/tan boards/gilt, no inscriptions, covers & cont [DD* 25649] £7.95 ($13.00) |
Gray's Poems, edited with Introduction and Notes
Bradshaw, John (ed) (Macmillan) London, 1894
2nd printing with corrections, out-of-print hardback in full calf, Crown octavo over 7.5x5inches, xl + 148 pp with index plus publisher's adverts, tanned spine frayed at extremities, couple of small marks, no inscriptions, dusty edges, faint edge tan o/w VG. *see an actual image of this item on our website or by request.*see another X books of poems in the poetry section of our website. [LP 33231] £12.50 ($20.00) |
Judas Eye and Self-Portrait/Deathwatch
Breytenbach, Breyton (Faber & Faber) London, 1988
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [clean bright artwork by the author, virtually unblemished, not price-clipped], 134pp, incl 63 prison poems of indefinite colour, with autobiographical fragments, black cloth, covers & contents unblemished, no inscriptions, light edge-tan o/w fine book. NF/Fine. [LL 17593] £9.50 ($15.00) |
Judas Eye and Self-Portrait/Deathwatch
Breytenbach, Breyton (Faber & Faber) London, 1988
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [clean bright artwork by the author, virtually unblemished, not price-clipped], 134pp, incl 63 prison poems of indefinite colour, with autobiographical fragments, black cloth, covers & contents unblemished, no inscriptions, light edge-tan o/w fine book. NF/Fine. [DD* 25655] £7.95 ($13.00) |
Robert Bridges 1844 - 1930
Bridges (Edward Thompson, ed) (Oxford University Press) London, 1944
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dark blue cloth/gilt, vii + 131 pp with index & bibliography, clean boards with spine very faintly sunned, no inscriptions, bright white unblemished textblock. VG+. [LL 29062] £8.95 ($14.00) |
Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books
Bridges, Robert (Oxford University Press) London, 1929
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in cream cloth/gilt, Crown octavo over 7.5x5inches, 192 pp with publisher's note on the txt tipped in, nice clean boards now only lightly shelf-sullied, no inscriptions, untrimmed edges, unblemished textblock. VG+. [LL 29057] £14.34 ($23.00) |
British Poets including Translations in One Hundred Volumes XXXIX. Swift Vol.III Broome
British poets (C Whittingham) Chiswick, 1822
First edition (presumed), out-of-print hardback in leather-bound boards, Cr. 8vo, 252 pp, lea/gilt labels on well-sunned boards, spine extremities chafed, owner's inscription on pastedown, untrimmed edges, few spots o/w clean bright textblock. G++. *see an actual image of this item on our website or by request.*see another X books of poems in the poetry section of our website. [LP 33186] £15.50 ($25.00) |
Testament of Friendship. The Story of Winifred Holtby
Brittain, Vera (Macmillan) London, 1940
4th imp, out-of-print hardback in dark blue cloth/gilt, xiii + 442 pp, colour portrait frontis, clean boards only lightly rubbed, no inscriptions, slightly dusty top-edge o/w unblemished textblock. VG. [LL 29096] £6.00 ($10.00) |
Shakespeare
Brown, Ivor (Reprint Society) London, 1951
Out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [spine head frayed, little edge-rubbed & age-sullied], 383pp with index, brilliantly bright clean yellow boards/gilt, minor dmp evidence at bottom edge, no inscriptions. VG+/G+. [LL 16705] £4.50 ($7.00) |
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[ Last updated 02 February 2012 ]
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