Manning, Robert
The Shortest Way to End Disputes about Religion: In Two Parts [BOUND IN ONE VOLUME]. In Answer To all Objections against Infallibility contain'd in a Book entitled, The Case Stated, &c.
RARE FIRST EDITON of a famous book from the silver age of English Catholic controversial writing, written by the renowned English Roman Catholic priest and writer Robert Manning (1655-1731). 175x115mm. 342 pages [+14]. Hardcover rebound with cloth spine and original brown leather boards. Cover worn and scratched. Cover edges and corners bumped and peeling. Title page party taped, edges tattered. First two pages of the preface taped near binding - NO damage to text. Few page corners worn - NO damage to text. Pages browning, age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is otherwise in good condition.
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Hallman, Samuel S.
The Somulus Option - A Novel
23.5x16.5 cm. 338 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine upper edge slightly bumped. Pen writing on front inner cover. Else in good condition.
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Rosenberg, J. Mitchell / Lewisohn, Ludwig [Intro.]
The Story of Zionism - A Bird's-Eye View
225X145 mm. XIV+272 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Plumly Thompson, Ruth / Neil, John R. [Illu.]
The Wishing Horse of Oz
Contains color plates.235X160 mm. 304 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. In good condition.
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Steinbeck, John / Gannett, Ruth [Illustrations]
Tortilla Flat [SIGNED BY JOHN STEINBECK]
SIGNED BY JOHN STEINBECK with short dedication. RARE SIGNED COPY of the early Steinbeck novel 'Tortilla Flat' with the author's original inscription and autograph on the endpaper. This edition features several b&w illustrations by Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn. 195x165mm. 316 pages. Orange cloth hardcover with blue lettering on spine. Cover slightly worn. Two small and faint stains on front cover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Small bump mark on spine. Spine edges tattered. Pages yellowing. Page edges rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This precious, beautifully illustrated edition of Steinbeck's novel, signed and dedicated by the author, is in good condition.
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
Vanity Fair [IN HEBREW]
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Henke, Suzette ; Unkeless, Elaine [Ed.]
Women in Joyce
23.5X15.5 cm. XXII+216 pages. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. Sticker on inner cover. Writing in pencil on some pages. Else in good condition.
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Rubinstein, Frankie
A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance
23.5x15.5 cm. XXIII+372 pages. Spine edges and cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Shakespeare, William \ Evans, Henri; Leyris, Pierre [Eds.]
Oeuvres Completes de Shakespeare - The Works of Shakespeare: [SEVEN VOLUME SET] [FRENCH-ENGLISH].
SEVEN VOLUME SET. FRENCH-ENGLISH. [ALL VOLUMES]: 21X13.5 cm. [1538]+[XXII+1478]+[1558]+[XCI+1394]+[XVII+1701]+[XXIII+1547]+[XXVIII+1588] pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges slightly stained. Spine edges slightly torn and stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [VOL.I]: Spine upper edge torn. [VOL.II]: Cover corners slightly bumped. [VOL.III]: Cover corners slightly scratched. [VOL.IV]: Cover corners slightly scratched. [VOL.VII]: Inner spine slightly torn. [SUMMARY]: Else in good conditions. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Percy, Sholto and Reuben
The Percy Anecdotes, Original and Select - Anecdotes of Humour ; Anecdotes of the Stage
14x9 cm. 178+178 pages. Gilt hardcover. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Shakspeare, William [Shakespeare] / Foersom, Peter [Thun] [Ed.]
William Shakspeare's Tragiske Værker, oversatte af Peter Foersom - Forste Deel [Første]: Julius Caesar / Hamlet [Shakespeare's Tragic Works IN DANISH] [THIS VOLUME ONLY].
VOLUME ONE ONLY. IN DANISH. RARE FIRST EDITION of the first known translation of 'Julius Caesar' and the second known translation of 'Hamlet' into Danish. This volume is part of a celebrated series of Shakespear's plays translated by the best Danish men of letters, and edited by the eminent Danish actor and translator Peter Thun Foersom (1777-1817). 170x110mm. [VIII]+252 pages [+4]. Quarter-cloth black board rebound Hardcover. Gilt spine Cover and spine heavily rubbed. Cover corners and edges bumped and peeling. Ink inscriptions on front endpaper. Pages yellowing, slightly age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare edition of an early Danish translation of Shakespeare's works is in good condition for its age.
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Carrol, Lewis
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass [SERIES]: Library of Classics
16x11 cm. 318 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering with dust jacket. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Nadel, Ira B.
Joyce and the Jews: Culture and Texts
22x14 cm. xii+290 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering in dust jacket. In good condition.
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Anne Tyler
Breathing Lessons [Limited First Edition] [Signed By the Author]
Limited First Edition. Signed By the Author. 23x16 cm. 327 pages. Gilt hardcover with gilt page edges. Writing in pen on white front page. Else in good condition.
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Dickens, Charles
Dombey and Son [In three volumes, each volume with an original frontispiece by William Rainey and Signed by Rainey. Volume XIII signed by Edward Dowden] The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. Volume XIII [part one]. Volume XIV [part two] Volume XV [part three]. Introduction by Edward Dowden. Edited with Annotations, Bibliography, and Topography by Frederic G. Kitton
Three volume set. Autograph Edition. All volumes: 25x17cm. Part one: [xxxiii + 373] pages. Part two: [xiii + 413] pages. Part three: [xii + 388] pages, including Index. Hardcover, Original maroon publishers' buckram with printed paper title label to spine. The printed paper title label on part three is mostly missing. Covers and spines are in good condition, with some minor wear and tear on edges and corners. Pages with gilt upper edges. Pages yellowing. Some uneven trimmed pages . Many black & white illustrations, each with a protective leaf. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Wheeler, Richard P.
Shakespeare's Development and the Problem Comedie: Turn and Counter-Turn
24x17 cm. xi+229 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly worn. Writing in pen on white front page. Else in good condition.
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Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron ; Baron] / Moore, Thomas [Notes&Bio]
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
With explanatory notes and a Comprehensive life of the author, illustrated with numerous fine steel engravings. 27x21 cm. 740 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover and spine rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges worn. Binding visible between few pages. Few pages partly detached from spine. Several pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Mendilow, A.A & Shalvi, Alice
The World & Art of Shakespeare
24.5x18 cm. viii+285 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly worn and torn on edges. Else in good condition.
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Tennyson, Alfred \ Stone, Marcus; Kilburne, G. G.; Sauber, R.; Warry, I.; Kemm, R.; Bowers, Fanny [Illustrations]
Tennyson's Heroes and Heroines
Contains colored plates. 23x30 cm. No pagination. Gilt hardcover. Gilt page edges. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges faded. Cover corners worn. Spine wrinkled. Spine edges bumped and worn. Pages detached at the end of the book. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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St. John Adcock, Almey [prefatory]
Wonderful London: The World's Greatest City Described by its Best Writers and Pictures by its Finest Photographers Silver Jubilee Edition: With 205 photographic views reproduced in photogravure
28.5x22.5 cm. 223 pages. hardcover. Ex library copy with usual marks. Cover very rubbed and its color is fading. 4 pages detached from binding. pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Spark, Muriel / Cook, beryl [Illustration]
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
28x18.5 cm. 152 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering, with a case. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sassoon, Siegfried
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
21x14 cm. 244 pages. Hardcover in case. Ex-Libris sticker inner cover. Else in good condition.
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Hughes, Langston [Ed.]
The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers: An Anthology from 1899 to Present
19.5x12.5 cm. 17+508 pages. Soft cover. In good condition.
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Mark Twain [Langhorne Clemens, Samuel] / Ratcliffe, S. K. [Introduction]
What is Man? [SERIES]: The Thinker's Library No. 60
16.5X10.5 cm. XXXIX+114 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Dickens, Charles / Vallance, Ronald [introduction and selection]
Dickens in Europe
23x14.5 cm. 212 pages. Hardcover in a slipcase. In good condition.
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Priestley, J. B. [ John Boynton]
English Journey
26x18.5 cm. 348 pages. Hardcover in a slipcase. In a good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Orwell, George / Edwards, Bob [introduction]
Homage to Catalonia
22.5x14 cm. 214 pages. Hardcover in a slipcase. In good condition.
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Piketty, Thomas / Goldhammer, Arthur [Tran.]
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
21.5x14 cm. 793 pages. Softcover. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Disraeli, Benjamin / Goldscheider, Ludwig [tr']
Der Tolle Lord
20x12.5 cm. 278 pages. Gilt Hardcover. Spine Upper edge slightly bumped. Spine faded. Binding is visible between several pages. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Rowling, J. K.
Hogwarts Library [SET IN 3 VOLUMES] [SERIES]: Hogwarts Library
[SET IN 3 VOLUMES].[Volume 1:] Quidditch Through the Ages [Volume 2:] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [Volume 3:] The Tales of Beedle the Bard. [ALL VOLUMES]: 21x14 cm. 129+122+98 pages. Hardcover. In good condition.
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Darwin, Bernard
The Dickens Advertiser
22x15 cm. 208 pages. Hardcover. Cover stained and slightly faded. Spine slightly worn. Binding visible on several pages. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Rowling, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 20th Anniversary Edition [SLYTHERIN EDITION] [SERIES]: Harry Potter
20.5x13.5 cm. 371 pages. Hardcover. In good condition.
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Doescher, Ian
William Shakespeare's: Jedi the Last- Star Wars Part the Eighth [THIS PART ONLY] [SERIES]: William Shakespeare's: Star Wars
21x14.5 cm. 172 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition.
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Doescher, Ian
William Shakespeare's: The Force Doth Awaken- Star Wars Part the Seventh [THIS PART ONLY] [SERIES]: William Shakespeare's: Star Wars
21x14.5 cm. 165 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition.
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Stein, Gerrude / Rose, Francis [Illustrartor]
The First Reader and three Plays.
22x14 cm. 83 pages. Hardcover. Cover curved in the edges. else in good condition.
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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
23.5x15.5 cm. xxi+777 pages. Softcover. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sitwell, Edith [Ed.]
Planet and Glow-Worm: A Book for the Sleepless
19x12.5 cm. 96 [xiv+82] pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover stained. Spine edges slightly worn. Binding visible between several pages. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Werfel, Alma Malher
And the Bridge is Love.
22x14 cm. 286 pages. Hardcover. Spine lower part rubbed. Exposed spine between front white page and the front cover. A sticker on inner front cover. Pen writing on front white page. Age marks on few pages. Else in good condition.
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Thompson, Flora / Casson, Hugh [Intro.]
Lark Rise.
23x15.5cm. 241 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover age stained and slightly curved. Spine yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Asimov, Isaac / Palacios, Rafael [Tran.]
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare: Volume One - The Greek, Roman, and Italian Plays, Volume Two - The English Plays [TWO VOLUMES IN ONE]
TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. 24x16 cm. 10+884 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Writing on first white page. Paper slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Williamson, Henry / Tunnicliffe, C. F. [Ilustrations] / Fortescue, J. W. [Introduction]
Tarka The Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of Two Rivers
16x22.5 cm. xii+220 pages. Gilt hardcover in cardboard box. In good condition.
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Klien, Issac
The Anguish and the Ecstasy of a Jewish Chaplin [SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR]
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 21x13.5 cm. 239 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Inscription in pen on front cover page. Top edge of book is age stained. Else in good condition.
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Kipling, Rudyard / Wilkinson, Tim [Ed. / Introduction] / Ribbons, Ian [Drawings]
Twenty-One Tales [Twenty One]
15x22.5 cm. xii+355 pages. Hardcover in cardboard box. Spine slightly faded and stained. Ex-Libris sticker on inner cover. Several pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition.
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Defoe, Daniel / Borel, Petrus [Trans.]
Vie et Aventures de Robinson Crusoe
17.5x10.5 cm. 37+1334 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket and plastic jacket. Spine is slightly scuffed. Edges of book are slightly dirty. Pages are slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Kushner, Tony
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes [TWO VOLUMES SET] [VOLUME I]: Millennium Approaches /[VOLUME II]: Pepestroika
TWO VOLUMES SET. [ALL VOLUMES]: 22x13.5 cm. x+119+xi+155 pages. Softcover with slipcase. In good condition.
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Schoenfeldt, Michael C.
Bodies and Selves in Early Modern England: Physiology and Inwardness in Spenser, Shakespeare, Herbert and Milton. [SERIES]: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture / 34.
23x15.5 cm. 203 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
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Hemingway, Ernest
Green Hills of Africa. [SERIES]: Guild Books / No. S92
18x13 cm. 167 pages. Softcover. Ex-Library copy with usual marks. Cover slightly dirty. Papers yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Robert Frost: His Life, His Poems, His Land. [SERIES]: Study Course for Advanced English.
26.5x21 cm. 95 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly chafed. Spine missing. Else in good condition.
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Wilde, Oscar
Selections from Oscar Wilde [SET IN TWO VOLUMES]
SET IN TWO VOLUMES. 17.5x12.5 cm. 390+443 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition.
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Dubrow, Heather
Shakespeare and Domestic Loss: Forms of Deprivation, Mourning, and Recuperation
16x23.5 cm. xiii+242 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. Highlighter markings on many pages - text not damaged. Pen and pencil markings on several pages. Else in good condition.
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