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$55.00
w1a/8

The Politics of Truth: Essays in Critical Anthropology


BERREMAN, GERALD D & VATUK, VED PRAKESH (Fore)

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 298pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate peeling to spine & edges, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: South Asian Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: essays literature anthropology social sciences

$45.00
w1a/10

Gender Transformations (Michigan Discussions in Anthropology, Spring 1990, Volume 9)


HURTIG, JANISE (Ed) & GILLOGLY, KATE (Ed) & GULEVICH, TANYA (Assist. Ed)

Quarto, patterned light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 142pp, VG (light creasing/curling & tanning to spine & cover edges, light foxing & tanning to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Anthropology, University of Michigan 1990

KEYWORDS: academic texts gender sexuality sociobiology essays discussions literature

$50.00
w1a/14

The Biological Foundations of Bioethics


LEWENS, TIM

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: science biology bioethics ethics medical social policy essays literature acaddemic texts philosophy

$50.00
w1a/15

Godwin


O'NEILL, JOSEPH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 277pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: 4th Estate 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Joseph O'Neill

$40.00
w1a/20

Inequality


TEMKIN, LARRY S

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii + 352pp, illus/diagrams, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory inequality

$40.00
w1a/21

The Limits of Morality


KAGAN, SHELLY

Octavo, grey glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiii + 415pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: philosophy morality literature discussion

$40.00
w14a/1

Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)


WILSON, JEAN MOORCROFT

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018

KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves

$100.00
w14a/7

Ozmar the Mystic


HULME-BEAMAN, EMERIC & SMITH, W T (Illus)

Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 378pp, illus, VG- (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate staining to terminals, light occasional soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Bliss Sands & Co 1896

KEYWORDS: colonial library editions literature novels fiction Emeric Hulme-Beaman

$245.00
w14a/13

Treasure Island


STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS & CAMERON, JOHN (Illus)

LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decoration to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 340pp, illus/plates- 1x plate missing, VG (moderate fading & staining/rubbing to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep & 1x plate missing, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1911

KEYWORDS: classic literature novels fiction Robert Louis Stevenson illustrated

$100.00
w14a/16

The Book of the Lion


PEASE, Sir ALFRED E

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913

KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease

$70.00
w14a/17

The Passing Years


RICHARD GREVILLE VERNEY LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924

KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke

$75.00
w14a/19

Late Harvest: Memories, Letters and Poems


BOSANQUET, ELLEN S

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with light fading/tanning also, minor soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chameleon Press (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: autobiographical Ellen S Bosanquet letters correspondence poems poetry verse literature

$100.00
2f9d/19

Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint


JACKSON, MACDONALD P

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism

$40.00
2f5b/26

The Other Shore: Essays on Writers and Writing


JACKSON, MICHAEL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FOR VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xi + 205; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2013

KEYWORDS: American fiction 20th 21st century history criticism literature writing authorship

$60.00
2f5b/32

Baudelaure a Paris


PICHOIS, CLAUDE; RUE, MAURICE (photos)

TEXT IN FRENCH. Provanace attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Imp. 8vo, pp. 163; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).

PUBLISHER: Librairie Hachette 1967

KEYWORDS: Charles Baudelaire 19th century poet author poetry literature fiction Paris France French language

$40.00
w14a/31

Theocritus' Pastoral Analogies: The Formation of a Genre


GUTZWILLER, KATHRYN J

LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 304pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Theocritus pastoral poetry literature writings Greek history criticism literary form

$35.00
w19a/5

Hunting Reminiscences


PEASE, ALFRED E

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 271pp + 32pp to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine cocked & faded with heavy cracking also- top half flapping loose but still tentatively attached, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, some prelims detached- some potentially missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking sporadically throughout- some pages may be detached)

PUBLISHER: W Thacker & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: hobbies sports hunting literature Alfred E Pease

$40.00
1y6a/4

Whim-Wham Verses 1943


WHIM-WHAM (CURNOW, ALLEN)

Octavo, stapled light card covers, black & green lettering to front cover, 47pp, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & sl foxing to covers- minor creasing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature Allen Curnow Whim Wham poetry poems verse

$60.00
1y6a/6

The Man Who Would Have Been Blamed, and Other Stories


FOX, JULIAN PEASE

SIGNED, octavo, grey stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: J P F (N/D)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Julian Pease Fox literature

$40.00
1y6a/8

The Danube With Pen and Pencil


BAKER, CAPTAIN B GRANVILLE

LACKS FEP, imperial octavo, blue/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & coloured lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 191pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- some minor loss to illus on front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, sm rust stains to front eps, ffep missing, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Company / Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: travel literature art drawings rivers Dunube history historical

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