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How Proust Can Change Your Life; Not a Novel

De Botton, Alain · 1997

CA$19.47 (€12.39 | $13.65 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

New York Pantheon Books pp. 199. 8vo. Light shelfwear, ink signature to ffep; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket.

Studying Early Printed Books 1450-1800; A Practical Guide

Werner, Sarah · 2019

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

Hoboken John Wiley & Sons pp. x, 188. 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Shelfwear, pencil marginalia; good+.

The Future of Nostalgia

Boym, Svetlana · 2023

CA$17.33 (€11.02 | $12.15 | £9.20 | ¥1,940)

New York Basic Books pp. xix, 404. 8vo. Light shelfwear, embossed stamp to title page; very good.

Mythologies

Barthes, Roland; Richard Howard [trans.]; Annette Lavers [trans.] · 2013

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

New York Hill and Wang pp. xii, 274. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good.

The War That Killed Achilles; The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

Alexander, Caroline · 2009

CA$19.47 (€12.39 | $13.65 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

New York Viking pp. 296. 8vo. Light shelfwear, ink lettering to ffep; very good in very good dustjacket.

The English Journal Vol. XLI, No. 5, May 1952

Hatfield, W. Wilbur, ed · 1952

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Chicago Uni of Chicago ,8vo,Age-toned, light scuffing; very good,

THE FINE LIBRARY OF JOHN E. BURTON of Milwaukee, Wis./ Part I Lincolniana/ Part V Civil War Material/ Part IV ..

ANDERSON GALLERIES [John E. Burton] · 1916

CA$270.82 (€172.28 | $189.89 | £143.73 | ¥30,313)

New York City Anderson Galleries first edition 8vo. Bound in brown buckram with leather spine label. Tipped-in at the end of this catalogue is an actual unused copy of the bid sheet. The Part V catalogue describes 859 lots (83 pages) sold at auction March 6 and 7, 1916. Both o...

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT of UK Editions / Issued with The Henty Society Bulletin

[G. A. HENTY] Peter Newbolt (compiler) · 1991

CA$59.92 (€38.12 | $42.01 | £31.80 | ¥6,707)

England The Henty Society 1st printing ,,A lot of sixteen mimeographed issues printed on oversized paper,This lot consists of sixteen issues published with the society's quarterly publication, 'The Henty Society Bulletin'. Our offering begins with Number 3, September, 1980 and...

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT of American 'Pirate' Editions / Issued with The Henty Society Bulletin

[G. A. HENTY] Christopher Holtom (compiler) · 1990

CA$59.92 (€38.12 | $42.01 | £31.80 | ¥6,707)

England The Henty Society 1st printing A lot of nine mimeographed issues printed on oversized paper. This lot consists of nine issues published with the society's quarterly publication, 'The Henty Society Bulletin'. Our offering begins with Number 1, March 1983, and then runs ...

THE NEW BOOK-ILLUSTRATIONS IN FRANCE

PICHON, Leon / Translated from the French by Herbert B. Grimsditch · 1924

CA$19.26 (€12.25 | $13.50 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

London The Studio Ltd 1st printing pp. 168.,4to, Card covers show wear and soiling. Very occasional foxing to preliminary pages, else contents clean and tight. A good copy. woodblocks, color, b&w ills.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, May 7, 1966

BOWERS Fredson and Lyle H. Wright / With an Introduction by Hugh G. Dick · 1966

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Los Angeles, CA University of California 1st printing pp. 53.,8vo,,Stapled card covers very sl. soiled, else in vg/nf condition,

ADVICE TO PARENTS ON CAREERS IN THE BOOK TRADE [together with] PAPER, &c. Book Trade Terms in Rolt's Dictionary (1756)

1984

CA$19.26 (€12.25 | $13.50 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

New York City pp. 32 and 22. 8vo. Both bound in stitched stiff blue covers and in near fine cond,These are facsimile publications, 'Advice' being first published in 1747, and 'Paper' about 1756. The pages of 'Advice' are uncut. Sold as a lot of two. Published by the Columbia S...

HENRY MILLER: A Personal Archive

JACKSON, Roger & Wm. E. Ashley · 1994

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,366)

1st edition pp. xii, 316.,8vo,,Larger format soft cover: sl. soiled, else vg/nf condition, A sale catalogue compiled on behalf of Pacific Book Auction Galleries and published in an edition of 1,000 copies. black-and-white photographs

A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRM OF BERNARD QUARITCH

[BERNARD QUARITCH] With a portrait-study of the founder by his daughter Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore · 1947

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London Bernard Quaritch Ltd 1st edition pp. xvii, 91.,Small 4to,,, Printed card covers toned at edges, spine partially absent. Contents age-toned, but still clean & tight. A good copy. black-&-white illustrations

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1770-1850 / An Exhibition

GORDAN, John D. · 1950

CA$19.26 (€12.25 | $13.50 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

New York City The New York Public Library 1st edition pp. 31.,4to,,Staple-bound in light blue card covers,A catalogue for an exhibition of Wordsworthian material drawn from the collection of Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Extensive descriptions of each item on display. Covers su...

THE KOH-I-NOOR OF BOOKS An Essay in Bibliosophical Eristics

DEBRENOWSKY, Tydor · 1938

CA$16.26 (€10.34 | $11.40 | £8.63 | ¥1,820)

Cedar Rapids, IA Printed by The Torch Press 1st edition pp. 26.,Slim 8vo,,,Board edges darkened with light shelf wear; else good plus, to very good, condition. The original fragile glassine wrapper is present but it is torn and somewhat discoloured. 'Privately printed for the ...

A TENNYSON-BROWNING ASSOCIATION BOOK

BAY, J. Christian · 1940

CA$14.98 (€9.53 | $10.50 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

1st edition pp. 16.,Slim 8vo,,,Board edges a trifle soiled, else in very good condition. The original delicate glassine wrapper is present and shows some edge-chipping and darkening at the foods, else good condition. 'Printed for the friends of Walter M. Hill Christmas Nineten...

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERARY CRITICISM

HARRIS, Laurie Lanzen (ed.) · 1981

CA$162.53 (€103.39 | $113.96 | £86.26 | ¥18,192)

Detroit, MI Gale Research Company 1st edition ,Heavy 4to,,,'Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Tellers, and Other Creative Writers Who Lived between 1800 and 1900, from the First Published Critical Appraisals to Current Evaluatio...

THE CONCISE OXFORD COMPANION TO CANADIAN LITERATURE

TOYE, William (ed.) · 2001

CA$10.16 (€6.46 | $7.12 | £5.39 | ¥1,137)

Don Mills, ON Oxford University Press 1st edition pp. v, 529.,Royal 8vo,,Near fine condition in sl. scuffed, else vg/nf dust jacket, ISBN 019541523X.

LETTRES DE MADAME DE MAINTENON, Tome VII [bound with] LETTRES DU CLERGE DE FRANCE, A MADAME DE MAINTENON, Tome VIII

[Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon] · 1751

CA$81.21 (€51.66 | $56.94 | £43.10 | ¥9,090)

Amsterdam pp. 348, 336. 12mo. Two volumes bound into one, with the number '4' on spine. Letters cover the period 1700 to 1725; text is in French. Bound in original full leather; contents clean & tight: good+ condition. Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719) was...