Letteratura

The quality of mercy.

Roberts, David · 2006 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Constable, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with remains of the usual stickers, signed by the author on the title page, in an unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and rubbed at bottom edge. 232 pages; Signed by Author. Fair in V...

Pocket War Library: no. 144 Mission of the lone soldier.

Anon · 1974 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Top Sellers Ltd. 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine & covers creased, 1-40 in black felt tip on back cover but no other inscriptions. 66 pages, illustrations in the text. No date but post 1971, 1974 a guess from 8p price. Fair.

The best one act plays of 1942 - 43.

Marriott, J. W. (ed) · 1944 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, spine and edges sunned, cloth rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 188 pages, notes. Includes Beyond by Peter Ustinov, Corfe gate by Helen Foy, The inner man b...

More one-act plays.

Lockitt, C. H. (ed) · 1946 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Longmans, Green & Co. 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with dark green titles, spine tanned, cloth bumped at corners and centre of front board fore edge, name on front endpaper. 208 pages, notes. Includes Hyacinth Halvey by Lady ...

The sonnets, and a lover's complaint.

Shakespeare, William & Harrison, Dr G. B. (ed) · 1949 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, 1949. Reprint. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned and foxed and chipped at the edges with 2 inch closed tears at the base of the foldovers/covers, name and date at top of front cover. 128 pages, notes....

Coriolanus.

Shakespeare, William and Deighton, K. (intro) · 1931 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1931. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback book tightly bound in red boards with black titles, cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends, Hulme Granmmar School name plate on front pastedown and annotations on front endpaper and in the text. xxiv + 250 pag...

Henry IV Part 2 only.

Shakespeare, William and Wilson, John Dover (ed) · 1946 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean hardback book & tightly bound in brown boards with gilt titles, cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends, name on front endpaper and pencil annotations in the text. 232 pages, frontispiece, notes, ...

Human life, a poem, Lines written at Paestum, March 4, 1815 and The boy of Egremond.

Rogers, Samuel · 1819 · Aucott & Thomas

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in leather with gilt titles and decoration, blindstamped borders, spine has 4 raised bands of black leather with gilt decoration, gilt partially rubbed away at fore edges bumped at corners, name on secon...

Triple mirror.

Wallace, Kathleen · 1945 · Aucott & Thomas

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

William Heinemann Ltd. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with light blue titles, spine tanned, boards slightly cocked, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, page15/16 has short horizontal tear from fore edge, no inscriptions. 158 pages. G...

Arthurian chronicles.

Wace, Robert and Layamon · 1977 · Aucott & Thomas

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, pages age tanned, name, address & date on front pastedown, in an unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and rubbed at the edges. xviii + 266 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts,...

Tragedy.

Thorndike, Ashley H · 1908 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Archibald Constable & Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt, cloth has minor rubbing at corners & is a little faded at the spine, pencilled annotations on several pages (which could easily be erased). viii +...

So this is science!.

Ellis, H. F. · 1932 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Methuen, 1932. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound book with a neat inscription on front end paper, in an unclipped dustjacket which has 20mm loss at top of spine and minor chipping at the corners. x + 110 pages + adverts, illustrations by Arthur Watts, i...

The land of heart's desire & The Countess Cathleen.

Yeats, W. B. · 1925 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

T. Fisher Unwin, 1925. New edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, name/date (Oct 1926) on half-title, no other inscriptions. 166 pages, notes. Good with no dust jac...

The paradiso.

Alighieri, Dante · 1903 · Aucott & Thomas

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

J. M. Dent and Co, 1903. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback tightly bound in green leather with gilt titles and decoration, spine and edges sunned, leather worn at edges, minor loss at top of spine and splits at spine/boards, endpapers foxed, name and date on fro...

W. H. Hudson: writer & naturalist.

Shrubsall, Denis · 1978 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Tisbury: Compton Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which has faded at the spine and top edge - yellow has gone to cream. Appears little used. xiv + 128 pages, 15 plates, bibliography...

Theatre de Voltaire coutenant tous ses chefs-d'ouvre dramatiques.

Voltaire · 1874 · Aucott & Thomas

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

France: Garnier Freres, 1874. New edition. Hardcover. Texte en Francais. Clean hardback bound in quarter blue leather with gilt titles, leather on spine faded so has lost most of the blue colour, 5 raised bands on spine, boards and leather rubbed and worn at edges, marbled end...

Théatre choisi: nouvelle édition précédée d'une notice par M. Francisque Sarcey.

Dancourt, Florent Carton · 1884 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

France: Garnier Freres, 1884. New edition. Hardcover. Texte en Francais. Ex university library hardback bound in quarter blue leather with gilt titles, leather on spine faded so has lost all blue colour, 5 raised bands on spine, boards and leather rubbed and worn at edges, mar...

Unconsidered trifles.

Mackenzie, Compton · 1932 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Martin Secker, 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, spine slightly sunned, no inscriptions. 266 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket.

The Ledbury scene: as I have used it in my verse.

Masefield, John · 1990 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Ledbury: Ledbury Parish Church, 1990. Second Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback original, no inscriptions, stapled spine, uncreased, appears little used. 16 pages + card covers, illustrations in the text by Frederick Sheppard. An undated reprin...

The adventures of Johnny Newcome in the navy: a poem in four cantos.

Burton, Alfred · 1904 · Aucott & Thomas

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Methuen, 1904. New edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with paper title label on spine, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, bookplate on front pastedown, no inscriptions. 246 pages, 16 colour illustrations by Rowlandson on plates, notes. Good with no ...