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The Temple of Gnidus: Followed by Cephisa and Cupid, and Arsaces and Ismenia
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The Temple of Gnidus: Followed by Cephisa and Cupid, and Arsaces and Ismenia

by Charles de Secondat

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Used - Good. Heavily bruised at the head, tail and corners of the boards with a little damage to the board decoration at the margins. A
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1889
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London: Vizetelly & Co., 1889. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Heavily bruised at the head, tail and corners of the boards with a little damage to the board decoration at the margins. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. The contents complete, clean and tight but with light spotting to the margins throughout and many of… Read more about this item
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Satires and Personal Writings

Satires and Personal Writings

by Jonathan Swift

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Used - Very Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded with heavier toni
Published
1956
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London, New York & Toronto: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1956. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded with heavier toning to the spine and tape-repaired tears to the lower panel. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Previous owners'… Read more about this item
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Engines of Instruction, Mischief, and Magic: Children's Literature in England from Its Beginnings to 1839

Engines of Instruction, Mischief, and Magic: Children's Literature in England from Its Beginnings to 1839

by Mary V. Jackson

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Used - Very Good.
Published
1989
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Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.)
ISBN
9780803275706
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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. . Paperback. Physically 10” x 6¾” (1 kg); (xiv) 304pp; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Black & white photographs (within the text); Black & white drawings; List of sources; Frontispiece; ISBN: 0-8032-7570-6 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the… Read more about this item
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Shakespeare's Comedy as You Like It
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Shakespeare's Comedy as You Like It

by William Shakespeare

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Used - Good. Spine strip split from the upper board the entire length. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. The contents
Published
1909
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Spine strip split from the upper board the entire length. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. The contents complete, clean and tight. . Hugh Thomson. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and… Read more about this item
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The Parson in English Literature: A Galaxy of Clerical Figures Gathered from the Writers of Six Centuries

The Parson in English Literature: A Galaxy of Clerical Figures Gathered from the Writers of Six Centuries

by F. E. (Frederick Ernest) Christmas

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Used - Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper worn at the edges with loss to the spine ends. A little age-toning to the ed
Published
1950
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper worn at the edges with loss to the spine ends. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Gift inscription to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in… Read more about this item
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The Book of Love: Essays, Poems, Maxims, & Prose Passages
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The Book of Love: Essays, Poems, Maxims, & Prose Passages

by Arthur Ransome

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Used - Poor. Heavily faded at the spine, less so to the boards which are a little soiled. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners
Published
1910
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Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.)
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London & Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1910. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Poor. Heavily faded at the spine, less so to the boards which are a little soiled. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Hinges weak fore and aft. Previous owners' name… Read more about this item
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The Oxford Companion to English Literature: Fourth Edition Revised by Dorothy Eagle

The Oxford Companion to English Literature: Fourth Edition Revised by Dorothy Eagle

by Edited by Sir Paul Harvey

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Used - Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped. Previous owners' name to the first blank.
Published
1969
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped. Previous owners' name to the first blank. . ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day… Read more about this item
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The Works of Shakespeare
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The Works of Shakespeare

by Howard Staunton

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Used - Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with the leather worn at the spine ends and corners. Hinges sl
Published
1865
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London: George Routledge & Sons, 1865. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with the leather worn at the spine ends and corners. Hinges slightly weak across the set. The contents lightly toned with age with spotting to the start and finish of all three volumes. A decent set overall.… Read more about this item
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The Complete Works

The Complete Works

by William Shakespeare

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Used - Very Good — in Good Slip Case. Slip case worn and marked. Private book plate to the pastedown, gift inscription to the firs
Published
1951
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Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.)
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London & Glasgow: Collins, 1951. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good — in Good Slip Case. Slip case worn and marked. Private book plate to the pastedown, gift inscription to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . Hardback. Physically 8½” x 5½” (1.8 kg); 1376pp; Edited by Peter Alexander; Includes: Ribbon markers (1); Colour… Read more about this item
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

by Giovanni Boccaccio

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Used - Good. Both volumes darkened at the spine, less so at the boards but a few small marks here and there. Pages lightly age-tanned w
Published
1905
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London: Privately Printed for The Navarre Society, 1905. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Both volumes darkened at the spine, less so at the boards but a few small marks here and there. Pages lightly age-tanned with scattered spotting. Fly leaves to the frontispieces darkened. . Louis Chalon. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian… Read more about this item
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Essays, Moral and Literary: A New Edition

Essays, Moral and Literary: A New Edition

by Vicesimus Knox

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Used - Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with rubbing to the leather. Spine starting to separate from t
Published
1822
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Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.)
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London: Printed for J. Jones, 1822. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with rubbing to the leather. Spine starting to separate from the upper board on volume II. Hinges weak in both. Pages lightly age-tanned, more heavily in places. . Hardback. Physically 8½” x 5¼” (1.5 kg); (iv/viii)… Read more about this item
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The Works of Shakespeare: Revised from the Best Authorities, with a Memoir, and Essay on His Genius, by Barry Cornwall: Also, Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays, by Many Distinguished Writers
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The Works of Shakespeare: Revised from the Best Authorities, with a Memoir, and Essay on His Genius, by Barry Cornwall: Also, Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays, by Many Distinguished Writers

by William Shakespeare

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Used - Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the slipcase with light sunning to the spine.
Published
2009
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Hardback in Slip Case (No Dust Wrapper.)
ISBN
9781842053379
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New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset, 2009. Hardback in Slip Case (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the slipcase with light sunning to the spine. . Kenny Meadows. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 3.3kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00… Read more about this item
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An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made use of by Shakspeare: Calculated to Point Out the Different Meanings to which the Words are Applied

An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made use of by Shakspeare: Calculated to Point Out the Different Meanings to which the Words are Applied

by Samuel Ayscough

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Used - Very Good. A little rubbing to the spine ends and raised banks. Previous owners' name to the first blank. Pages lightly age-
Published
1827
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Hardback [½ Leather] (No Dust Wrapper.)
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London: Printed for Thomas Tegg; J. Anderson, Edinburgh; R. Griffin and Co., Glasgow; J. Cumming, Dublin; M. Baudry, Paris; & A. M. Schlesinger, Berlin;, 1827. Hardback [½ Leather] (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. A little rubbing to the spine ends and raised banks. Previous owners' name to the first blank. Pages lightly age-tanned. . Hardback [½ Leather]. Physically… Read more about this item
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Rendered Into English from the Literal and Complete French Translation of J.C.V. Mardrus
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Rendered Into English from the Literal and Complete French Translation of J.C.V. Mardrus

by Powys Mathers

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Used - Very Good — in Good Dust Wrappers. Dust wrappers faded on all four volumes. Dust wrapper to volume IV more heavily so and t
Published
1982
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
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London: Bibliophile Books, 1982. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrappers. Dust wrappers faded on all four volumes. Dust wrapper to volume IV more heavily so and to the margins of the panels with a mark to the upper. Previous owners' name to the first blank of each volume. . ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 4.4kg.… Read more about this item
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Garden of Zola: Emile Zola and His Novels for English Readers

Garden of Zola: Emile Zola and His Novels for English Readers

by Graham King

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Used - Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little age-toned at the top edge of the text block.
Published
1978
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
ISBN
9780214204036
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London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little age-toned at the top edge of the text block. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (grey boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1.6 kg); (xxiv) 432pp; Index; Includes: Further reading list;… Read more about this item
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The Thousand & One Nights; Or, Arabian Nights' Entertainments
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The Thousand & One Nights; Or, Arabian Nights' Entertainments

by Anon

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Used - Very Good. Leather lightly worn and the bands and spine ends of all 6 volumes. Small scuff to the upper board of volume I. Edges
Published
1896
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Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.)
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London: Gibbings & Company Limited, 1896. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Leather lightly worn and the bands and spine ends of all 6 volumes. Small scuff to the upper board of volume I. Edges of the textblock heavily spotted. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned. A nice set. . Frank Brangwyn. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing… Read more about this item
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Love-tales from Tallemant: Rendered from the French

Love-tales from Tallemant: Rendered from the French

by Gedeon Tallemant Des Reaux

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Used - Good. Bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is a little scuffed and marked on both boards. A little age-ton
Published
1925
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London: Grafton & Co., 1925. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is a little scuffed and marked on both boards. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Pages gently tanned with scattered spotting throughout. . Hardback. Physically 10½” x 7¾” (1.2 kg); 247pp; A limited… Read more about this item
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Le Morte D'Arthur
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Le Morte D'Arthur

by Thomas Malory

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Used - Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Previous owners' name & date to the head of half-title page.
Published
2007
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
ISBN
9781907360503
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London: Collector's Library Editions, 2007. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Previous owners' name & date to the head of half-title page. . Aubrey Beardsley. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed… Read more about this item
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William Carlos Williams' Paterson: Landscape and Language

William Carlos Williams' Paterson: Landscape and Language

by Joel Conarroe

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Used - Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with tanning to the spine. Pages lightly a
Published
1970
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
ISBN
9780812276121
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1970. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with tanning to the spine. Pages lightly age-tanned. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (brown boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8½” x 5½” (0.7 kg); 177pp;… Read more about this item
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Virgil

Virgil

by Edited by D. R. (Donald Reynolds) Dudley

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Used - Very Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with loss to the head of the spine a
Published
1969
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
ISBN
9780710062123
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with loss to the head of the spine and further nicks and chips. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8¾”… Read more about this item
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