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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 130 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription inside. Full red cloth boarrds. Edge wear and stains to price-clipped dust jacket. 11 1/8"w x 8 1/2"h. 64 pages. Black and white illustrations.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 204 pages, Contents include: English Antiquarians, Gothic Revival, Blomfield, Edwardians, Colvin, Classicism, the country house, etc.
Hardcover in-12 cartonnage illustre de l'editeur Bel exemplaire. [FL-16]
With this book, M.H. Abrams has given us a remarkable study, admirably conceived and executed, a book of quite exceptional and no doubt lasting significance for a number of fields - for the history of ideas and comparative literature as well as for English literary history, criticism and aesthetics. 406. bibliography. Neat clean copy. ffep missing. Book
Dustjacket has a couple of small ink stains and is wavy and water stained. Book is clean and bright. ; This book examines the literary and intellectual relationships between Piers Plowman and The Faerie Queene. It links those two rich and problematical poems by showing their development from a common religious and artistic matrix and by assessing their roles in the evolution of allegory. ; 256 pages
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. 162 p. Meditating on the works of contemporary American poets and environmental activists Gary Snyder and W. S. Merwin, Baris Agir explores the traces of two central cultures, the American Indian and Buddhism, in Snyder's and Merwin's poetics. The book culminates in a discussion of these poets' new mythic sense derived from non-Western origin which ultimately deconstructs the anthropocentric ethics and values of Western culture.
205x135mm. 14 pages. Softcover. Rear cover wrinkled. Cover edges slightly worn. Pen inscription on first whitepage. Else in good condition.
Early English Text Society No. 295; 68 pages; This is a new critical edition of A Famylyer Dyaloge of the Freende and the Felaw, a late 15th-century translation of the Latin work Dialogus familiaris amici et sodalis (c. 1425) by Alain Chartier. The prose work forcefully laments the ruinous conditions in France brought about by the corruption and vices of the rulers, army, and common people in the early 15th century.
Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with photographs by a group of young photographers. 4to. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. First American Edition. Very good. W101
An upbeat exploration of Shakespeare's life and times covers a wide range of topics, from descriptions of his educational studies and discussions about his lost plays to the reasons behind the Globe fire and the difference between a Folio and a Quarto. 214p. bibliography. index Crisp copy Name of previous owner, else as new. Book
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Book has bumped corners and spine. ; Special edition for Sandpiper Reprint of 1981.; 8vo; 214 pages; The problems of the origins, development and character of the 'Mother of Parliaments' have always been subjects of controversy among medievalists. In this volume seven leading scholars review past debates and explore fresh lines of enquiry. They clarify the procedures and influences which created the distinctive features of the English representative assembly and deal with topics including the 'pre-history' of Parliament, its development in relation to royal demands and the needs of war, and the relationship between clerical and parliamentary assemblies. 1. The Prehistory of Parliament by J. C. HOLT 2. The Formation of Parliament, 1272-1377 by G. L. HARRIS 3. Parliament and the Constituencies, 1272-1377 by J. R. Maddicott 4. The Clergy and Parliament in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by J. H. Denton 5. Parliament, c. 1377-1422 by A. L. Brown 6. Parliament, 1422-1509 by A. R. Myers 7. A Seventeenth-century Perspective by D. H. Pennington Bibliography of the Published Writings of John Smith Roskell, 1937-79
21x14.5 cm. 172 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition.
21x14.5 cm. 165 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition.
Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. DJ has a bit of edgewear with light creasing. ; 1155 pages
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 172, [2] p. West meets East: An English diplomat in the Ottoman Empire and Persia, 1890-1918. The unfinished autobiography of Sir Charles Marling. Contents: Acknowledgements.; Editor's Introduction.; Part I: The Autobiography of Sir Charles Marling Part II: Letters from Sir Charles Marling to Sir L. Oliphant, May 1915 to November 1918 Epilogue: Sir Charles Marling at the Eastern Committee, 19 December 1918.; Appendix.; Bibliography.; Illustration. West meet East: An English diplomat in the Ottoman Empire and Persia, 1890-1918. The unfinished autobiography of Sir Charles Marling.
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [vi], 87 p. George Eliot and her work. Proceedings of The Seventh METU British Novelists Seminar, 11-12 March, 1999.
22X14 cm. 135 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket torn and yellowing. Cover corners and edges slightly worn. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Writing in marker of first white page. Else in good condition.
1 tiny tear to rear wrap. Minor shelfwear. ; 412pp.; 412 pages
pp. 403. Illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. The most complete and comprehensive reference on wine books in the world. It contains information on virtually every wine book ever published in English (there are over 3,200 entries), biographical sketches of prominent wine writers and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years." Hardbound. Very Good. First Edition. WHISKEY 4
pp. xv, 92 + Plus fascinating full page wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Text ruled in blue throughout. All edges blue. Mildly XLib., with bookplate of the Union League of Philadelphia presented to the Union League by Grahame T. Smallwood, Jr. Sm. 4to. Original full blue cloth binding. Front board embossed with a pictorial of a graveyard and decorated in silver. Hardbound. Very nice copy. Includes the original text from the first edition. THESE HERITAGE PRESS BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS. W81
325p. + Plus Frontis and full page plates. Ownership of L. Greenwalt. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, very slightly soiled. Hardbound. First Printing. Nice copy. SHAKESPEARE BOX 1
Very light shelfwear to book. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. DJ is a bit tattered with chipping, tears and browning and some loss to upper edge. ; 73 pages
19.5x12.5 cm. 17+508 pages. Soft cover. In good condition.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 215x140 mm. 144 pages. Softcover. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
