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Daphne du Maurier Forster, Margaret [Daphne du Maurier] (Book #ID 74432) Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London First Edition 1993. London 1993. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, sepia photograph end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 455 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs. One slight mark to the fore edge. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0701136995 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Literature and Life; Addresses to the English Association [Second Volume] J. G. Bullocke, Joyce Cary, W. G. Cassidy, Patric Dickinson, Hermann Peschmann, Viscount Samuel, Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Angela Thirkell and Margaret Willy (Book #ID 79850) Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 182 High Holborn, London First Edition 1951. London 1951. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original yellow paper covered boards, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 187 printed pages of text. Pale dust marking to the top edge. Very near Fine clean unopened condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading strip to the front cover top edge, small closed tears, rubs and light creases to the cover edges, not price clipped 9/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Cambridge Guide To Children's Books In English Watson, Victor [Advisory Editors Elizabeth L. Keyser, Juliet Partridge and Morag Styles] (Book #ID 71404) Published by Cambridge University Press, The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge First Edition 2001. Cambridge 2001. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and front panel. Thick Quarto 10½'' x 8¼''. Contains 814 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Minimal marking to the page edges. Very near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0521550645 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Vicar of Wakefield Goldsmith, Oliver [1730-1774] Illustrated by George Thomas (Book #ID 73444) Published by Sampson Low and Co. 47 Ludgate Hill, London 1861. London 1861. Hard back binding in publisher's original tooled navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine [faded], gilt title block to the upper panel, all page edges gilt. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains [viii] 133 printed pages of text with many monochrome illustrations throughout. End papers are cracked and neatly repaired, light rubbing to the corners, text block is clean, a good reference or study condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Friar's, Summoner's and Pardoner's Tales from The Canterbury Tales Chaucer, Geoffrey [c.1340-1400] Edited by N. R. Havely (Book #ID 97955) Published by University of London Press Ltd., Warwick Lane, London First Thus Edition 1975. 1975. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 165 printed pages of text. Small ink name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the corners, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0340185031 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Mary Lamb Cox, J. Stevens and G. Stevens Cox [Two Recent Discoveries by] (Book #ID 75066) Published by Toucan Press, Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands 1971. Guernsey 1971. Publisher's original grey card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 7½'' x 4½''. Contains 16 printed pages of text with tipped-in monochrome illustrated frontispiece and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Heritage of British Literature Bowen, Elizabeth, Anthony Burgess, Lord David Cecil, Graham Greene and Kate O'Brien (Book #ID 107276) Published by Book Club Associates | Thames and Hudson, 30 Bloomsbury Street, London 1983. 1983. Hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 10'' x 7''. Contains 240 pp with 114 illustrations, 14 in colour. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Waldere [Edited from Royal Library, Copenhagen Ny Kgl. S. MS. 167b] Edited by Arne Zettersten (Book #ID 81528) Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester First Edition 1979. Manchester 1979. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 40 printed pages of text with facsimiles. Dust marking to the top edge. Very near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with pale shelf rubs and rubs to the corners and spine ends. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0719007240 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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From the Angle of 88 Phillpotts, Eden (Book #ID 78462) Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London First Edition 1951. London 1951. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 128 printed pages of text. Age darkened top edge, minimal ghosting and foxing to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with creases, rubs, chips, closed tears, larger chips from spine ends and corners, not price clipped 10s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Wisdom and Innocence; A Life of G. K. Chesterton Pearce, Joseph (Book #ID 79687) Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First Edition 1996. London 1996. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and front cover. Thick 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 522 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs to the centre. Cheap paper browning, light dust marking to the closed page edges. Very near Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with some rubs to the edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0340671327 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto the Third [1816] bound with Canto the Fourth [1818], Including Notes and "Poems", bound with Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte [1816] Byron, Lord [1788-1824] George Gordon (Book #ID 86701) Printed for John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, London First Edition 1816; 1818. 1816/1818. Hard back binding in contemporary smooth finest quality brown leather covers, twin navy blue gilt title lettering labels to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear board edges, marble paper end papers and page edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 76 [i]; [xiv] [i] 257 [ii]; 17 printed pages of text. Second issue, first variant with capital "L" of Lettre directly beneath lui of celui-la on title page and Eagle on p. 67. Half title present. Without any foxing or age toning to the paper beyond the first and last end leaves, spine is sun faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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John Milton Muir, Kenneth [John Milton 1608-1674] (Book #ID 79935) Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 6 & 7 Clifford Street, London First Edition 1955. London 1955. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original lilac patterned on cream paper covered boards, gilt and purple title and author block lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 196 printed pages of text. Dust marking and foxing to the closed page edges, bookplate to the front free end paper, foxing to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light foxing, age darkening, closed tears, chips, creases and rubs, not price clipped 10/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Roland Yorke Wood, Mrs Henry [1814-1887] Pen-name of Ellen Wood [née Price] (Book #ID 81016) Published by Richard Bentley and Son, London 1894. London 1894. Hard back binding in publisher's original red cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and front cover, charcoal black paper end papers, top and fore edges untrimmed. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 469 printed pages of text. Sun faded spine, age darkened closed page edges, light foxing to the first and last few pages. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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A History of English Literature | and of the Chief English Writers, Founded Upon the Manual of Thomas B. Shaw, with Notes, Etc. Hamilton Thompson, A. [Alexander Hamilton Thompson 1873-1952] Thomas B. Shaw. (Book #ID 107459) Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, London Reprinted Edition 1906. 1906. Reprinted third edition hard back binding in publisher's original polished red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (xi), 836 + iv pp. Spine sun faded else in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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An Essay on the Archaeology of Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes (Volume II Only) Ker, John Bellenden [John Bellenden Ker, originally John Gawler, was an English botanist born about 1764 in Ramridge, Andover, Hampshire and died in June 1842] (Book #ID 111326) Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, London, A New Edition 1837. 1837. Hard back binding rebound in quarter tawny brown calf, the spine divided into six panels, part of morocco and gilt labels to the first and third, soft brown suede sides, new hand made paper cream end sheets, marble end papers, radial corners. 16mo. 6¾'' x 4½''. On 5 November 1804 Gawler changed his name to Ker Bellenden, but continued to sign his name as Bellenden Ker until his death. He was an unsuccessful claimant to the Roxburghe dukedom. His son was the legal reformer Charles Henry Bellenden Ker. Contains (v), errata leaf, 304 pp. Foxing to the title, else in Very Good condition Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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My Dear Dorothea | A Practical System of Moral Education for Females Embodied in a Letter to a Young Person of that Sex Shaw, Bernard [Illustrated by Clare Winsten with a note by Stephen Winsten] (Book #ID 106799) Published by Phoenix House Ltd., London First Edition 1956. 1956. First edition hard back illustrated paper covered boards. 8¼'' x 5¼''. 55 pp. Illustrated with twenty-one full page black and white lithographic plates by Clare Winsten. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper, in original and scarce folded tissue outer protective dust wrapper, not price clipped, 9s 6d. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Orley Farm Trollope, Anthony [1815-1882] Illustrations by J. E. Millais (Book #ID 95239) Published by Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, London 1866. 1866. Two volumes bound in one. Hard back binding in publisher's original red blind stamped pebble cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 320; 320 printed pages of text with 40 illustrations by J. E. Millais. Lacks title page to volume 2, but has an additional plate (40 instead of stated 39) at p.311 of volume 2. Repaired cracking to the spine edges, the hinges have internal repairs with white linen acid-free pH neutral conservation tape, fraying of the cloth across the spine ends, scattered foxing, from the private library of Robert Victor Elvey with his name plate to the front paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Philip, Neil [Edited By] Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Illustrated by Isabelle Brent (Book #ID 98767) Published by Little, Brown and Company Ltd., Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London First Edition 1994. 1994. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, colour illustrated end papers. 4to. 10½'' x 8¼''. Contains 141 printed pages of text with splendid full-page colour illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine, not price clipped, £15.00. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0316909874 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Song of Songs Graves, Robert (Text and Commentary) Illustrated by Hans Erni (Book #ID 98787) Published by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., London and Glasgow First Edition 1973. 1973. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt line vignette to the front cover. 4to. 11'' x 8¼''. Contains traditional form of the Hebrew pastoral drama performed at marriage festivals; it assigns parts to bride, bridegroom, bridesmaids and bridesmen over 54 printed pages of text with full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Neat fountain message to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0002167581 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Angel in the House | Books I (1) and II (2) by Coventry Patmore: The First Editions Collated with His Original Holograph Manuscript Aske, Patricia [Compiled by] and Ian Anstruther [Edited by]. Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (23 July 1823 - 26 November 1896) was an English poet and critic best known for this book 'The Angel in the House', his narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage. (Book #ID 99878) Published by Haggerston Press, 38 Kensington Place, London and Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts First Edition 1998. 1998. Uniform matching first collated edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter nutmeg brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spines, marble paper sides, terracotta end papers. 4to. 9'' x 9½''. Two volumes. The first volume presents, on each two-page spread, a facsimile of the manuscript on the left-hand page (column 1). On the right-hand page there is a printed transcription of the manuscript (column 2), each line as it appeared in the first edition (column 4), while column 3 is used to highlight variants between manuscript and printed versions. Finally, column 5 shows the location in the first edition of lines which have been moved from their position in the manuscript and those manuscript lines which never found their way into the printed version. The second volume provides facsimile printings of the first editions of the two books on the poem: The Betrothal (1854) and The Espousals (1856). Contents Volume I: colour frontispiece (xxii)-3, 127. Volume II: The Betrothal and The Espousals facsimiles. Both volumes in Fine condition, housed in matching terracotta paper covered open fronted slip case with small rubbing of the paper to the bottom front corner. Heavy volumes 2.3 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1869812158 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Great Comic Scenes from English Literature Oliphant, Lancelot (Book #ID 108071) Published by The Gregg Publishing Co. Ltd., Kern House, Kingsway, London 1930. 1930. Hard back binding in publisher's original dark green and black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, (xxii), 259 pp. Bookplate to the front end paper, light foxing to the end papers and in Very Good condition, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Salome | A Tragedy in One Act Wilde, Oscar [1854-1900] Translated from the French by Lord Alfred Douglas with a New Introduction by Holbrook Jackson [Decorated and Hand-Illuminated by Valenti Angelo]. (Book #ID 106082) Published by The Heritage Press, New York, First Edition Thus 1945. 1945. First edition thus Valenti Angelo illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original black linen covers with impressed arabesque design by the artist to the front and rear boards, gilt title lettering to the spine, top edge dyed yellow, red and yellow illustrated end sheets. 8vo. 10'' x 6¼''. This limited edition was not numbered but it was printed only once. Contains colour frontispiece, 51 French fold pages that have lovely yellow decoration surrounding each page of text with a design of Persian arabesque printed on it in light red, 4 full-page colour illuminated illustrations. From the private library of Yehudi and Diana Menuhin with 'Ex libris' label to the front paste down and in Fine condition, in Poor torn and repaired slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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English Literature | The Beginnings to 1500 | Anthologies Under the General Editorship of James Dow McCallum McCallum, James Dow (Editor) (Book #ID 106636) Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1932. 1932. Hard back binding in publisher's original Venetian red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back which has oxidised, end paper maps. 12mo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains red and black printed title, (xxvii)-1, 478 pp. Slight tanning to the closed text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Epitaphs | Graveyard Humour and Eulogy Beable, William H. (Compiled by) (Book #ID 108194) Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., Stationers Hall Court and Paternoster Row, London Second Edition 1925. 1925. Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 246 pp. Collection of epitaphs drawn from ancient British graveyards and early writings on the subject. Rubbed patch to the front board, contents in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Chester Mystery Cycle. Volume I: Text [S.S.3] Lumiansky, R. M. and David Mills [Edited by] (Book #ID 107326) Published by Early English Text Society First Thus Edition 1974. 1974. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 624 pp [20-page Publisher's catalogue] with double-page frontispiece. Minimal wear to the lower spine tips. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to spine ends and corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0197224032 Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (Dent Everyman's Library Series Number 449) Cousin, John W. (Book #ID 107979) Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., Aldine House, Bedford Street, London 1910. 1910. Hard back binding in publisher's original crimson Bancroft cloth covered boards, flat back blocked and lettered in gilt, coloured top (faded), olive illustrated art nouveau end papers. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains [viii], 455 pp. Extensive pencil notes to the rear second free end paper, spine sun faded and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Castle of Otranto | A Gothic Story (Oxford English Novels Series | Herbert Davis) Walpole, Horace [Edited by W. S. Lewis] With Explanatory Notes and Note on the Text by Joseph W. Reed. (Book #ID 108804) Published by Oxford University Press, Ely House, London Reprinted Edition with Additional Notes 1969. 1969. Hard back binding in publisher's original donkey brown cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back over green ground. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains frontispiece, (xviii), 115 pp. Ex Royal Holloway College Library with slip inside and stamp to the title leaf, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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'Everyman' with Other Interludes Including Eight Miracle Plays (Dent Everyman's Library Poetry and the Drama Series Number 381) Plays Included : Everyman; The Deluge; Abraham, Melchisedec, and Isaac; The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play; The Coventry Nativity Play; The Wakefield Miracle-Play of the Crucifixion; The Cornish Mystery-Play of the Three Maries; The Mystery of Mary Magdalene and the Apostles; The Wakefield Pageant of the Harrowing of Hell; and God's Promises. Rhys, Ernest (Editor) (Book #ID 109045) Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., Aldine House, Bedford Street, London 1912. 1912. Hard back binding in publisher's original olive green Bancroft cloth covered boards, flat back blocked and lettered in gilt, coloured top (faded), olive illustrated art nouveau end papers. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains [xxi], 208 pp. Bottom half of the front paste down torn away, else in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages [Oxford History of English Literature Series] Chambers, E. K. (Book #ID 110481) Published by Oxford University Press, Amen House, London First Edition 1945. 1945. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black waxed cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 247 pp. Spine ends creased and lightly rubbed. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with age darkened spine, shallow nicks and chips to edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Rise of English Literary Prose Krapp, George Philip (Book #ID 109642) Published by Oxford University Press, 35 West 32nd Street, New York, USA First Edition 1915. 1915. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 551 pp. Spine ends turned-in, shallow rubs to corners and spine ends, ink name to front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Works of Alfred Tennyson - Poet Laureate Tennyson, Alfred Lord [Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892) Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets]. Illustrated by H. M. P. and others. (Book #ID 111361) Published by C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1 Paternoster Square, London 1881. 1881. Hard back binding in publisher's original elaborately decorated burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt and black to the spine and front cover, rear cover with small embossed device, all page edges gilt, bevelled edges, grey and white oak leaf end sheets. Thick quarto. 9¾'' x 7¼''. Contains paper guarded portrait frontispiece, (xvi), 737 + ii pp with 26 full-page single-sided monochrome illustrations throughout. Foxing to the end papers, one page gathering slightly proud, rubbing to the corners, spine ends turned over, sun fading to the fore edge of the rear board. Scarce in original binding. Heavy volume weighing 2 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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