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Language as Gesture. Essays in the Craft and Elucidation of Modern Poetry.

BLACKMUR, R.P. · 1961

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George Allen & Unwin, 1961 (1954). Hardcover. Slight sunning to spine of dj, o/wise good condition. Includes essays on Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy, Yeats, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot etc. 440pp.

Friend of Pharoah.

GREENHOUGH, Terry. · 1975

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New English Library, 1975. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Gilt to cover. 288pp.

Talking to Strange Men.

RENDELL, Ruth. · 1987

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Hutchinson, 1987. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. 300pp.

Daughter of France. The Life of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans duchesse de Montpensier 1627 - 1693 La Grande Maemoiselle.

SACKVILLE-West, Vita. · 1959

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Michael Joseph, 1959. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Slight sunning & a few small tears to spine of price-clipped dj, o/wise good condition. Frontis. B/W plates. Includes a fold-out chart. 384pp.

Words and Women: New Language in New Times.

MILLER, Casey & SWIFT, Kate. · 1976

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Anchor Press/ Doubleday, 1976. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Shop stamp & owner's name to fep, o/wise condition vg in dj. Portrays how the English language has responded to changing social perceptions, a process that continues today as beliefs about the place & potential of women...

The American Musical.

VALLANCE, Tom. · 1970

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Castle Books, 1970. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. B/W photos. An illustrated guide to 500 key figures in the American musical & index to over 1750 films. 192pp.

The White Cad Cross-Up.

NOLAN, William F. · 1969

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Sherbourne Press, 1969. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. A Bart Challis thriller. 234pp.

Hey Babes.

PADELL, Bert. · 1985

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Acropolis Books, 1985. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Small tear to dj, o/wise good condition. A collection of poems by the famous agent that focus on his clients such as Blondie, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Talking Heads,Joe DiMaggio, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Madonna, The Clash, ...

The Romance of the Sydney Stage.

OSRIC. HALL, Humphrey & CRIPPS, Alfred J. · 1996

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Currency Press, 1996. 1st Australian edition. Hardcover. 4to. Fine in dj. B/W photos & illus. A remarkable account of popular entertainment in Sydney between 1789 & 1861. 323pp.

Atomic-Absorption Spectroscopy and Analysis by Atomic-Absorption Flame Photometry.

RAMIREZ-MUNOZ, Juan. · 1968

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Elsevier Publishing Co., 1968. 1st edition. Hardcover. A few tape-marks to feps, o/wise good condition in dj. Presents the essentials of the method of atomic-absorption spectroscopy with great emphasis on the practical aspects. Includes an exhaustive bibliography. xii, 493pp.

Haunted Royal Homes.

FORMAN, Joan. · 1987

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Harrap, 1987. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Good condition in dj. B/W photos & illus. A fascinating account of Britain's haunted royal palaces & castles. 224pp.

Theatre and Revolution. The Culture of the French Stage.

BROWN, Frederick. · 1980

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The Viking Press, 1980. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Small stain to lower edge of rear cover of dj, o/wise good condition. B/W photos & illus. Traces the history of popular theatrical forms in France from their heyday in the 18th century to their revival & transformation in the...

Australian Artists Today.

NORRIS, Graeme ed. · 1984

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Graeme Norris, 1984. 3rd edition. Hardcover. 4to. Condition vg in dj. Ex-libris card to fep. Colour plates. Provides a comprehensive list of Australian artists with biographical notes & over 100 colour reproductions. 331pp.

Sex and Dehumanization in Art, Thought and Life in Our Time.

HOLBROOK, David. · 1972

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Pitman, 1972. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Good condition in price-clipped dj. Offers an ethical, psychological & social critique of the supposed "sexual revolution". 228pp.

Vibrations. The Adventures and Musical Times of David Amram.

AMRAM, David. · 1968

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Macmillan, 1968. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Small chip to dj, o/wise good condition. B/W plates. The memoir of the renowned jazz & classical french horn player & composer. 469pp.

Love Match and Arranged Marriage. A Tokyo-Detroit Comparison.

BLOOD, Robert O., Jr. ] · 1967

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The Free Press, 1967. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Small tear to dj, o/wise good condition. First systematic empirical analysis of marital phenomena in 2 countries & the first data-based study of husband-wife relationships in Japan. Includes an examination of sex role preference...

The Shirt of Nessus.

GIBBON, Constantine Fitz. · 1956

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Cassell & Co., 1956. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. A little wear to price-clipped dj, o/wise good condition. B/W plates. An in-depth analysis of the plans to assassinate Hitler by members of the German Army. 288pp.

Malay Fishermen. Their Peasant Economy.

FIRTH, Raymond. · 1966

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Archon Books, 1966. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Some wear to dj, about a dozen pages with pen underlining, o/wise good condition. Frontis. Fold-out maps. B/W plates. Provides for the first time a survey of the fishing industry on the East Coast of Malaya in 1939-1940, followed...

Rules and Laws in Sociology.

BROWN, Robert. · 1973

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Routledge & Kegan, 1973. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Slight wear to top of spine of dj, o/wise good condition. Examines the difficulties which sociologists have in providing useful scientific definitions of terms like "prejudice" and "discrimination". Argues such notions are es...

With All Deliberate Speed. Civil Rights Theory and Reality.

MCCORD, John H. · 1969

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University of Illinois Press, 1969. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Good condition in price-clipped dj. Provides a detailed historical survey of civil rights legislation & of executive & judicial implementation of constitutional & legislative guarantees. A collection of essays prin...