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Euripides' Kresphontes and Archelaos. Introduction, Text and Commentary.

HARDER, M.A., · 1985 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

Brill, Leiden, 1985. 307p. Theses. Sewn. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. 'Annette Harder's edition of two important plays is based in the first instance on a new investigation of the papyri. The result is a text which confirms, though with some significant differences, the te…

Peace. Edited with Introduction and Commentary by Maurice Platnauer.

ARISTOPHANES, · 1964 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964. XXVIII,174p. Original burgundy cloth. Spine gilt titled. Ex libris glued to paste-down endpaper. Pages a little bit yellowed. Some smoker's smell. 'Faced with material much of which is unrewarding, Platnauer has produced an edition and a commentar…

Waterfront

Schulberg, Budd · 1956 · Ariel Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

The Bodley Head Author won an academy award for his screen play of On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando in 1954 then wrote the book. Terry Malloy, a minor hood and would-be boxer, and Father Barry, a Catholic priest raised in the slums, struggle to survive in and reform the …

Streams : An Exhibition of Paintings & Music

Hepburn, Joan Levy ; Richard Shiff · 2014 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Warwick, Rhode Island, Joan Levy Hepburn, 2014. Softcover. Stapled wraps with color illustrations and white text. Unnumbered pages. Color illustrations. "With dimensions of three by four feet, Levy Hepburn's group of Stream paintings are neither large nor small in relation to th…

Now Playing: Hand-Painted Poster Art from the 1910s Through the 1950s

Slide, Anthony · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Santa Monica, CA, Angel City Press, 2007. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth in illustrated jacket. 159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm. "Now Playing is a magnificently illustrated book that opens a door to another time. Dramatic artwork and detailed text tell …

Het Eerste Prenteboek Op Moeders Schoot

Schenkman, J. · 1852 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Amsterdam, G. Theod. Bom, 1852. Paperback. Gray paper wraps with stamped lettering. 16 pp. 15 handcolored illustrations. Contains: The child with the doll; The child is dressed; The child learns to play; The child in the swing; Hand Paste; The child drives the car; How big will …

Capital: A Project by Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska

Cummings, Neil; Marysia Lewandowska · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Tate Publishing, 2001. Softcover. Pastel pink, blue and purple illustrated wraps, 111 pp. color illustrations throughout. From the back cover: This volume presents photographs of the two artists Marysia Lewandowska and Neil Cummings of the public spaces and private zones…

The Life of Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R. A. (2 Volumes)

Shee, Martin Archer · 1860 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, England, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Vol. 1: 443 pp. No illus. Vol. 2: viii, 389 pp. followed by 24 pp. of publishers ads. Good (ex-library with expected marks plus perforation stamps on title page and pg 1 of both volumes. slight t…

Galaxy Science Fiction: August, Aug. - September, Sept. 1970 ("I Will Fear No Evil")

GALAXY (JAMES BLISH; ROBERT A. HEINLEIN; R. A. LAFFERTY; DANNIE PLACHTA; ERNEST TAVES; SONYA DORMAN) · 1970 · Books from the crypt

$5.25 (€4.76 | £3.97 | ¥838)

NY, UPD Publishing. 1970. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 30, No. 5. Edited by Ejler Jakobsson. Cover by Gaughan for "The Day After Judgment" (novel) by James Blish. Includes "I Will Fear No Evil" (pt. 2) by Robert A. Heinlein; "About a Secret Crocodile" by R. A. Lafferty; "Powe…

Galaxy Science Fiction: August, Aug. - September, Sept. 1970 ("I Will Fear No Evil")

GALAXY (JAMES BLISH; ROBERT A. HEINLEIN; R. A. LAFFERTY; DANNIE PLACHTA; ERNEST TAVES; SONYA DORMAN) · 1970 · Books from the crypt

$5.25 (€4.76 | £3.97 | ¥838)

NY, UPD Publishing. 1970. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 30, No. 5. Edited by Ejler Jakobsson. Cover by Gaughan for "The Day After Judgment" (novel) by James Blish. Includes "I Will Fear No Evil" (pt. 2) by Robert A. Heinlein; "About a Secret Crocodile" by R. A. Lafferty; "Powe…

The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings

FINE, REUBEN · 1964 · Clausen Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1964, Sixth Printing. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Textblock very clean and tight. Binding is bumped at the spine extremities, clean, with bright titling; Gently scuffed board corners and spine extremities; Unclipped, spine-sunned du…

Nutrition in the Clinical Management of Disease

DICKERSON, JOHN W. T. AND LEE, H. A. (EDITORS) · 1978 · Godley Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

London, Edward Arnold. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0815124511) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Trace of label mark to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked purple cloth boards, trace …

Jumpers Playbill for Premier Production

Stoppard, Tom · 1972 · Clayton Fine Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Near Fine 1st Edition National Theatre London 0 Near fine in wrappers with light, small stains toward top of back panel. Program for world premiere of "Jumpers" with Diana Rigg and Graham Crowden. Program also contains a b&w stage photo of Diana Rigg (centerfold) an interview w…

Martine

Fowles, John, translator. Jean-Jacques Bernard · 1982 · Clayton Fine Books

$1,050.00 (€952.63 | £794.63 | ¥167,691)

Fine Issued without dust jacket. First Edition London, n.d. [circa 1982]. 0 Fine in dark red brad-bound wrappers with a die-cut opening in the front panel. 90 pages mechanically printed on rectos only. This is the text of Fowles' translation of Bernard's play which was performed…

Fugitive Poetical Pieces. By Mr. Jerningham.

JERNINGHAM (Edward): · 1778 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London: Printed by Scott for J. Robson..., 1778. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [viii], 46, disbound. Jerningham (1737 - 1812) is usually regarded as more of a dilettante than a \"real\" poet, and his poetry is seldom encountered in anthologies of 18th century verse. See…

Mlle. Kesore, ou le Denouement imprevu et l'Impatiences des Femmes.

KESORE. · 1810 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

A Paris, Chez Tiger, Imprimeur-Libraire, res du Petit-Pont-Saint-Jacques, au coin de cellede Huchette. Au Pilier Litteraire [no date] c. 1810. 12m0 , 128 x 72 mms., pp. [3] 4 - 106, engraved frontispiece, marbled boards. A very good copy. The unexpected denouement apparentl…

My Darling Daughter

J.P. Delaney · 2022 · Book Haven

NZ$15.50 (€7.77 | $8.56 | £6.48 | ¥1,367)

Quercus 2022 Trade Paperback, 388pp. Out of the blue, Susie Jones is contacted on social media by Anna, the girl she gave up for adoption fifteen years ago. But when they meet, Anna's home life sounds distinctly strange to Susie and her husband Gabe. And when Anna's adoptive par…

The Presidential Papers

Norman Mailer · 1976 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Panther Books 1976 Paperback, 335pp. The Presidential Papers is a collection of essays, interviews, poems, open letters to political figures, and magazine pieces written by Norman Mailer, published in 1963 by G.P. Putnam's Sons. It is, by Mailer's own admission, similar in struc…

The Sucker's Kiss

Alan Parker · 2004 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Sceptre 2004 Paperback, 352pp. It is during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 that seven-year-old Thomas Moran finds himself accidentally embarking on his dubious career as a pickpocket. He grows to manhood travelling from state to state across America through Prohibition and…

A Dark Enchantment

Roland Vernon · 2008 · Book Haven

NZ$12.50 (€6.26 | $6.90 | £5.23 | ¥1,103)

Black Swan 2008 Paperback, 496pp. Godwin Tudor, a young English photographer recently arrived in Athens, is intrigued by the mysterious, maverick British landowner Edgar Brooke, whose vast estate dominates the island of Pyroxenia. While visiting Brooke's remote home, Godwin is e…