Singing from the Well.
New York, Viking Penguin Inc., 1987. 23.8cm x 15.7cm. 206 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.
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The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
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One-Upmanship. Being Some Account of the Activities and Teaching of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Gameslifemastery. Illustrated by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson.
London, Rubert Hart-Davis, 1952. 19.2cm x 13cm.160 160 pages. With 36 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some foxing.
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Florilege Poetique De Tristan Klingsor.
Limited Edition. Number 345 / 500. Signed by Author. Blainville-Sur-Mer (Manche), L’Amitie Par Le Livre, 1955. 18 x 14 cm. 79 pages. With small illustrations in text. Quarter leather over paper covered boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Ex Library with a few library stamps and numbers. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Text block bright and clean.
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The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland.
First American edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. 24 x 16cm. 563 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckle edges. Excellent condition, like new. Book Three in the Millenium Trilogy.
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Triple Play. A Jake Hines Mystery.
New York, Walker & Company, 1997. 14 x 21 cm. 183 Pages. Black card boards with red lettering on the spine (hard cover). Excellent condition. Like New. No text markings. Pages clean, tight and fresh. Dustjacket in very fine condition. Inscribed and signed by author on the title page.
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The Commonwealth Saga – Complete in 5 Volumes Part one – Pandora’s Star / Part two – Judas Unchained / Prequel 2 – The Dreaming Void / Prequel 3 – The Temporal Void / Prequel 4 – The Evolutionary Void.
5 Volumes. London, Macmillan, 2004 – 2010. 8°. Pagination: Part I: VI, 881 pages / Part II: VIII, 948 pages / Prequel II: 624 pages / Prequel III: 713 pages / 694 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket.All dust jackets inside archival plastic jackets. Excellent, close to new condition.
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The Shakespeare Wars. Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, Palace Coups.
First Edition. New York, Random House, 2006. 23 x 16 cm. xvii, 601 pages, (4). Original black paper boards. Hard Cover with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Foreedge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Close to new condition.
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Atticus.
First Edition. New York, HarperCollins, 1996. 14 x 21 cm. 247 Pages. Hardcover. Original yellow boards with black cloth on spine (Hardback). Very good condition. Dustjacket slightly worn at edges from shelfwear. Black felt pen mark to bottom edge. Inside extremely clean and fresh. Signed by the author.
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The Colvins and their Friends.
First Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 22 x 15 cm. x, 365 pages. With a frontispiece and 25 other Illustrations. Original red cloth with with paper label on spine. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Very good condition. Binding mildly rubbed and bumped, partially faded. Front hinge opened, but binding holding. Internally some foxing and age darkening, mainly to the end papers and the first and last few pages of the book. Bookblock internally bright and clean.
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