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Fantina, Richard
Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism
14.5x21.5 cm. viii+206 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. In good condition.
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Avinoam, Reuben
A Hebrew Anthology of American Verse [IN HEBREW].
IN HEBREW. 23x15cm. XII+16+668 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Pen inscription on white page. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Desmet, Christy; Sawyer, Robert [Ed.]
Shakespeare and Appropriation [SERIES]: Accents on Shakespeare
21.5x14 cm. XVI+240 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
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Grady, Hugh [Ed.]
Shakespeare and Modernity: Early Modern to Millennium [SERIES]: Accents on Shakespeare
21.5x14 cm. XII+234 pages. Softcover. Front cover slightly chafed. Else in good condition.
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Hawkes, Terence [Ed.]
Shakespeare in the Present [SERIES]: Accents on Shakespeare
21.5x14 cm. X+164 pages. Softcover. Pen writing on title page. Else in good condition
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Callaghan, Dympna [Ed.]
Shakespeare Without Women: Representing Gender and Race on the Renaissance Stage [SERIES]: Accents on Shakespeare
21.5x14 cm. XIII+219 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
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Joyce, James; Vandenbergh, John / Vandenbergh, John [Trans.]
Ulysses / Aantekeningen bij James Joyce's Ulysses [TWO VOLUME SET]
TWO VOLUME SET. 20.5x13.5 cm. 876+224 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket in cardboard box. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Hofstadter, Douglas R.
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - A Metaphorical Fugue on Minds and Machines in the Spirit of Lewis Carroll
16.5X23.5 cm. 23+xxi+777 pages. Softcover. Cover edge's slightly chafed. Spine edge's slightly chafed. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Langlotz, Andreas
Idiomatic Creativity: A Cognitive-Linguistic Model of Idiom-Representation and Idiom-Variation in English. [SERIES]: Human Cognitive Processing / 17.
16x24.5 cm. vii+325 pages. Hardcover. In very good condition.
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Holland, Peter ; Smith, Emma [Eds.]
Shakespeare and Rome. [SERIES]: Shakespeare Survey / 69
25.5x20cm. XII+509 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Cover bottom corner slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Larkin, Philip
The Less Deceived: Poems
22.5x14.5cm. 43 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Macaulay, Rose
Catchwords and Claptrap. [SERIES]: The Hogarth Essays - Second Series / IV.
11x17 cm. 44 pages. Hardcover. Cover and spine slightly yellowing. Top and bottom of spine slightly chafed. Pen writing on inner cover. Else in good condition.
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Kipling, Rudyard
Many Inventions
14x19.5 cm. ix+365 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly chafed. Pen writing on first white page. Else in good condition.
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Hardy, Thomas / Reddick, Peter [Wood Engravings]
The Trumpet-Major: John Loveday - A Soldier in the War with Buonaparte and Robert his Brother
15x23 cm. xvi+314 pages. Hardcover inside a cardboard box. Text on spine is faded. Ex-Libris sticker in first white page. Else in good condition.
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Le Guin, Ursula K.
Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon's World - Planet of Exile - City of Illusions [THREE BOOKS IN ONE]
THREE BOOKS IN ONE. 14X21 cm. 370 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
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Levitt, Ruth
George Eliot: The Jewish Connection
21.5X14 cm. 158 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. Cover edges slightly chafed. Else in good condition.
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Wilde, Oscar
Die Ballade von Reading Gaol [Numbered]
Numbered. 23x15.5 cm. 42 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly chafed. Spine slightly exposed. Several Pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition.
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Rowling, J.K. [Joanne] / Grandpre, Mary [Illustrations] / Polkowski, Andrzej [Trans.]
Harry Potter I Kamien Filozoficzny / I Komnata Tajemnic / I Wiezien Azkabanu [THREE VOLUME SET]
THREE VOLUME SET.[ALL VOLUMES]: 13.5x20.5 cm. 325+362+458 pages. Softcover. [VOL. II]: Cover corner slightly bent. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Waeshwasky, Oyzer / Werman, Golda [Translation]
Smugglers: A Novel in Three Parts
17.5X24.5 cm. 234 pages. Hardcover with dustjucket. In good condition.
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Firbank, Ronald / Powell, Anthony [Introduction]
The Complete Firbank
13X20 cm. 766 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Cover edges slightly chafed. Several pages slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Cowper, William
The Poems of William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple: Complete in One Volume
19.5x13 cm. 491 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly chafed. Spine missing. Pen marking on title page. Binding visible on one page. Pen markings on many pages. Several pages slightly stained. As is.
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The Editors
The Coca-Cola Cup Final 1997 Official Matchday Programme : Leicester City v Middlesborough (SIGNED BY JOHN HENDRIE)
Signed on rear cover by John Hendrie who played for Boro from 1990-1996. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards, no bumping to corners and traces of handling. 74pp. Loosely tucked-in is a facsimile page of signatures of famous Middlesboro Team players and staff.
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Duffy, Maureen
England : The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert Square
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with very slight traces of handling. 274pp. In this fascinating study, acclaimed author Maureen Duffy takes us through three thousand years of English and British history, illuminating the myths that have come to be such an important part of our national identity. This book will change your view of England's past - and England's future.
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Bayan, Rick (editor)
The Cynic's Dictionary
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with signs of handling. 128pp. Amusing new definitions for a little over 900 well-known English words, from a cynic's perspective. Examples include - Politician : a bundle of gaseous ambition cleverly packaged as a public servant or a corporate manager, - Neurotic : sane but unhappy about it, - Lottery : the equivalent of betting that the next pope will be from Dingwall, - Cult Film - a movie seen about fifty times by about that many people.
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No Author
Illustrated Walks and Drives in the Lake District
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing adjacent to staples, non to rest of to covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 31pp.
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Donaldson, Ethelbert Talbot
Essays and Studies 1976
Neat school stamp to three pages and English Dept on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a little rubbing and small nicks to some edges. 121pp. Volume twenty-nine of the new series of essays and studies collected for The English Association .
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Various
Writers at Home
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very tiny bumps to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a few nicks and a little creasing to upper edge. 184pp. English writers, mostly of the past, the homes in which they s=chose to live and how these properties affected and influenced their writing. Illustrated.
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Clark, Leonard
Sark Discovered : The Prospect of an Island, Being a Literary and Pictorial Record of the Island of Sark, Wherein Is Portrayed Her Beauties and Glories, and the True Essence of Her Ancient Being
Previous owner's name and date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight sunning to extreme top board edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper edge and spine foot. Protected in fully removable plastic sleeve. 93pp.
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Judd, Denis
The Life and Times of George V
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 224pp. British royalty biography.
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Mais S P B
Round About England
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boardsfoxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 328pp. More travels around Great Britain from London to the Shetlands. Illustrated.
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Read, Donald
The English Provinces c.1760-1960 : A Study in Influence
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine and slight rubbing to edges. 319pp. A study which explains how the English provinces reached a peak of independence and influence in the 19th century, and how this has lessened in the 20th century.
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The Editor
Forum for Modern Language Studies : Scottish Number : Vol III No 3 July 1967
Initials JCD to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 201-318pp Scottish language, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Renaissance, Scottish literature, Scottish verse etc.
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Connell, Brian
The Plains of Abraham
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 246pp. The military build-up to the American War of Independance in the 18th century and Wolfe's fight for Quebec. Illustrated.
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Thomas, Owen P.
Transformational Grammar and the Teacher of English
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny faint crease to upper corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 240pp. An in-depth work designed for the pupil and the teacher of English.
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Scragg, D.G.
A History of English Spelling
At first glance, the book appears in fine condition but some pages are highlighted in ink. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 130pp. An outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons adoption of the Roman alphabet to the present day, showing the respective influences of native French and Latin.
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Haas, William H.
Phono-graphic Translation (Mont Follick Series)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with slight sunning to spine. 94pp. A study on the basic relationship between spoken and written language. Mont Follick Series, Volume 2.
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Haas, William H.
Alphabets for English (Mont Follick Series)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with slight sunning to spine. 120pp. A study of English spelling, with discussions about its reform. Mont Follick Series, Volume 1.
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Thoms, W. J.
Early English Prose Romances II - Robin Hood (Limited Edition)
One of a Limited Edition of 500 copies. Bookplate dated 1906 inside front board. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with slightly dusty and sunned but otherwise unmarked boards and minor rubbing to corners. Gilt embossed card boards with well sunned buckram spine also gilt lettered. Hand-made paper pages with untrimmed edges. 30pp. 'The Noble Birth and Gallant Atchievements of the Remarkable Outlaw Robin Hood Together with a True Account of the Merry & Extravagant Exploits he Play'd'.
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Thoms, W. J.
Early English Prose Romances I - Robert the Deuyll (Limited Edition)
One of a Limited Edition of 500 copies. Bookplate dated 1906 inside front board. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with dusty and sunned but otherwise unmarked boards, foxed/tanned end papers and minor rubbing to corners and edges. Gilt embossed card boards with buckram spine also gilt lettered. Hand-made paper pages with untrimmed edges. 57pp. An early English romance about a Norman knight.
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Helm, Alex
The Rushcart and the North Western Morris
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 14pp. A study of the Morris Dance in the North West of England and its connection to Rushcarting. It includes a list of places where Rushbearing took place with references plus the places where the Morris was practised in the North West. Extremely scarce.
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Whiteman, Robin & Talbot, Rob
Lakeland Landscapes
Inscription opposite half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with nicks/slight creasing to top of spine. 160pp. Superb photographical work on England's Lake District.
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Dorothy Sword Bishop
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (Fables Bilingues)
Inscription in French. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to front cover, faint creasing to fore edge of last few pages. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 72pp. An illustrated children's story, told in French in one half of the book and in English in the other half. Scarce in the UK.
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Miller, Alice Duer
The White Cliffs
Small inscriptio/date inside front cover. No other marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with small mark to lower front edge and minor rubbing to corners. 41pp. A poem written in the depths of World War Two concerning a young American girls, who marries an Englishman, loses him in the Great War, bears his son and faces her new peril.
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Glover, A. J.
Enrich Your English
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 102pp. A sel-help manual of exercises designed to build one's vocabulary in a variety of ways,
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Quennell, Peter & Hodge, Alan (editors)
History Today : July 1975
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Kosciuszko - Polish Champion of American Independance - 18th century, Voyage of Admiral Cheng Ho - trading China to India and Africa - 15th century, English forests, Spaniard Diego de Landa in Mexico - 16th century, Survival of Don Quixote and the 16th century Spain it was based on, 19th centurry Russians in Central Asia and British Missions and the wives of Crimean War soldiers who served as cooks, laundresses and nurses plus book reviews and letters.
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Quennell, Peter & Hodge, Alan (editors)
History Today : November 1975
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 67pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Gordon and the Slave Trade, Roger Williams of Rhode Island and the English Civil War, George III and Life at Windsor - 18th century, Paulinus of Pella and the disintegration of Rome, Anatole France as a Politician, The Steelyard of London from medieval times to 1852 and Game and Poaching in Shakespeare's England plus book reviews and letters.
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John Dean (editor)
Book and Magazine Collector : No 89 August 1991
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with very slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 147pp. This issue includes HG Wells, Jonathan Raban, Gerald Swan comics, Thomas Bewick, Curtis Warren, John Gardner, English ghost stories, Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle.
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Bernstein, Theodore M.
The Careful Writer; a Modern Guide to English Usage
Name/date to both inside covers in bold felt tip. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges, minor bumping to a few adjacent lower page corners and no bumping to cover corners. 487pp. A concise yet thorough handbook, covering more than 2,000 alphabetical entries the problems that give (or should give) a writer pause for thought before he sets words to paper - questions of use, meaning, grammar, punctuation, precision, logical structure, and colour.
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Quennell, Peter & Hodge, Alan (editors)
History Today : October 1978
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on George Ticknor 1791-1871 - an American man of letters, English visitors to Rome in the Middle Ages, John Cam Hobhouse (Lord Broughton) 1786-1869, the Nuraghi of Sardinia 1500-500 BC, Count Momplegard and the Garter 1592-1603, Henry Moule and cholera in Dorset - 19th century sanitary reform, the rise and fall of Mr Nicks - an East India Company servant in Madras, Aelfraed and Haranfot - Anglo-Saxon personal names plus book reviews and letters.
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Quennell, Peter (editor)
History Today : August 1979
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Medieval Schools of England, Botanist Explorers of two continents, Margaret Fuller in Europe 1846-1850, Lord Derby of the Oaks, Woodes Rogers - privateer and pirate hunter, Smuggling in the War of 1812, Henry Crabb Robinson, the English Earthquake of 1580 plus book reviews and letters.
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