Eastleach Books

Mad Puppetstown

Farrell, M J [ Keane, Molly ] & Devlin, Polly [introduction] · 1985

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Virago 1985 1st edition. Paperback, G. xviii+5-288pp, edges rubbed & spine creased, a good reading copy. A new edition of Keane's 1931 novel, when she was using the pen name M J Farrell, with a new introduction. Molly Keane [ 1904 - 1996 ] Irish novelist and playwright.

Two Days In Aragon

Farrell, M J [ Keane, Molly ] & Devlin, Polly [introduction] · 1985

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Virago 1985 1st edition. Paperback, G. xvi+5-256pp, edges rubbed & spine creased, a good reading copy. A new edition of Keane's 1941 novel, when she was using the pen name M J Farrell, with a new introduction. Molly Keane [ 1904 - 1996 ] Irish novelist and playwright.

Superstructuralism - The Philosophy Of Structuralism And Post Structuralism

Harland, Richard · 1987

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Methuen 1987 1st edition. Paperback, VG. x+213pp, index, pages tanned otherwise a fine copy. A study of the Structuralist movement, divided into three sections : The Superstructuralist Way Of Thinking - Superstructuralism Becomes Philosophical - Post-Structuralist Philosophy.

How To Do Things With Words

Austin, J L - Urmson, J O & Sbisà, Marina [editors] · 2000

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2000 reprint of 2nd edition. Paperback, F. x+169pp, index, a fine copy. The text of the twelve William James Lectures, given in 1955. They became the founding text of speech act theory and a classic of ordinary language philosophy. John Lan...

I Malavoglia

Verga, Giovanni & Simioni, Corrado [editor] · 1968

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Arnoldo Mondadori 1968 reprint Paperback, G+. 291pp, 4pp b/w illustrations, pages somewhat tanned, covers marked. Along with possibly Verga's greatest novel, originally published in 1881, this edition contains short biography of the author as well as a critical introduction t...

A Mortal Sin

Verga, Giovanni & Halliday, Iain [translator] · 1995

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Quartet Books 1995 1st edition. Paperback, VG. [x]+5-140pp, page margins a little tanned, otherwise a fine copy. A new translation of an early novel by Verga, originally published in 1866 as 'Una Peccatrice'. Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca [ 1840 - 1922 ] Italian rea...

Boredom

Moravia, Alberto & Weaver, William [introduction] & Davidson, Angus [translator] · 1999

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

New York Review of Books, New York 1999 1st edition. Paperback, F. x+320pp, a fine copy. The author's 1960 novel ( La Noia ) about the relationship between a young, rich painter who is trying to find his place in life & an easy going girl in Rome. Alberto Pincherle [ 1907 - 1...

A Moveable Feast

Hemingway, Ernest · 2000

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Arrow 2000 reprint. Paperback, F. 182pp, 1 b/w illustration ( a portrait of Hemingway writing ), a nice copy. An account of Hemingway's life in Paris in the 1920s when he was an unknown writer.

A History Of British Gardening

Hadfield, Miles · 1985

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Penguin 1985 1st edition. Paperback, G. 507pp, 32pp b/w plates, 13 text figs, index, spine rather creased & edge rubbed, a reading copy. A revised & expanded history of the garden in Britain with a new appendix covering the mid 20th century. The book begins with the enclose...

Histoire Générale Du XXe Siècle - Premièr Partie : Jusqu'en 1949 - II : La Naissance Du Monde Contemporain

Droz, Bernard & Rowley, Anthony · 1986

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1986 1st edition. Paperback, VG. 288pp+30pp publisher's catalogue, index, covers & page margins a little tanned. A history of France in the first half of the twentieth century.

Petite Histoire De La France Au XXe Siècle

Prost, Antoine · 1988

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Armand Colin, Paris 1988 reprint. Paperback, VG. 127pp, index, covers a little rubbed. A history of France in the 1900s.

The 'Wild Beasts' - Fauvism And Its Affinities

Elderfield, John · 1976

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Museum of Modern Art, New York 1976 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG. 168pp, b/w frontis, 24 colour & 181 b/w illustrations, a fine copy in a slightly edge bumped dustjacket that has a yellowed spine. A brief outline of Fauvism which lasted only a few years, (1905 - 1908) in Fran...

Interpreting Cézanne

Smith, Paul · 1996

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Tate Publishing 1996 1st edition. Paperback, VG. 80pp, colour frontis, 52 colour & 7 b/w illustrations, edges a little rubbed. A brief outline of the life & work of Paul Cézanne [ 1839 - 1906 ] the French Post-Impressionist painter.

Castletown And Its Owners

Boylan, Lena · 0

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Castletown Trust, Celbridge nd c 1967 1st edition. Paperback, G. 64pp, b/w illustrations, crease to the bottom corner of the book, staples rusted & with the centre leaf detached. A history of the the large Palladian house built in 1722 for William Conolly. The estate was purc...

Stanton Harcourt - A Short History

Goddard Fenwick, T J [editor] · 1962

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

printed by Hall the Printer, Oxford 1962 2nd edition. Paperback, VG. 17pp, crease to the rear cover, edges rubbed. A very brief history of the village of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.

Untying The Text - A Post Structuralist Reader

Young, Robert [editor] · 1987

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Routledge 1987 2nd edition. Paperback, VG. x+326pp, index, edges rubbed, text unmarked. A collection of texts relating to the Post Structuralist literary movement.

Retreat And Rearguard 1914 - The BEF's Actions From Mons To The Marne

Murland, Jerry · 2014

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Pen & Sword 2014 2nd edition. Imitation cloth, dj, F/F. xviii+205pp, 16pp b/w plates, 10 b/w maps, index, a fine copy. An account of the First Battle of Mons, the first major engagement of the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War.

The Cambridge Introduction To French Poetry

Shaw, Martin Lewis · 2003

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Cambridge University Press 2003 1st edition. Paperback, F. xii+226pp, 4 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy. A guide to French poetry from the Medieval period onwards.

Forgotten Land - Journeys Among The Ghosts Of East Prussia

Egremont, Max · 2011

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Picador 2011 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG+/VG+. xii+356pp, b/w map, 23 b/w illustrations, index, ownership signature to the endpaper, page margins a little tanned, dustjacket a little rubbed along the top edge. Travels in modern day East Poland & the Kalingrad Oblast ...

Constance Garnett : A Heroic Life

Garnett, Richard · 1991

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Sinclar Stevenson 1991 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, G/G. xiv+402pp, 8pp b/w plates, index, 'withdrawn' stamp to the front endpaper & ink library classification to the verso of the title ( but no other library evidence ), edges of the book & dustjacket rather rubbed & bump...