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Prelude to the Enlightenment: French Literature 1690-1740

By: Atkinson, Geoffroy; Keller, Abraham C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, UK, George Allen & Unwin Ltd: 1971

Seller ID: LITHIS1

ISBN: 0048400017

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hard cover, first edition, 432g, 221pgs. A study of the attitudes of French writers during the transition from the Classical Age to the Enlightenment. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, dust jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Wicked Wit of Jane Austen, The

By: Austen, Jane; and Enright, Dominique (compiled by(

Price: $6.50

Publisher: London, England, Michael O'Mara Books Limited: 2002

Seller ID: LITHIS4

ISBN: 1854796526

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with laminated blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 338g, 162pgs, blue endpapers. This is an absorbing collection of Jane Austen's sharpest, most profound and amusing observations on human nature, money, marriage, life and society. Book is in good condition with only mild general wear and tear. Boards and dust jacket are also in good condition with only light shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch

By: Bayley, John

Price: $5.50

Publisher: London, England, Time Warner Books UK: 2002

Seller ID: BIOUK296

ISBN: 0349114293

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover, first thus, 326gms, 294 pages. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Dylan Thomas in America

By: Brinnin, John Malcolm

Price: $4.50

Publisher: London, England, Ace Books: 1958

Seller ID: BIOUSA174

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, reprint, 150gms, 219pgs. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader

By: Eagleton, Mary (ed)

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Oxford, UK, Blackwell Publishers: 1997

Seller ID: LITHIS5

ISBN: 0631197346

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover, reprint of second edition, 756g, 438pgs. Is there a distinctive women's tradition in literature? Do women write differently from men? These are among the many questions addressed, debated and illuminated in this new edition of Mary Eagleton's classic Reader in feminist literary theory. Book is in very good condition with only mild general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Yeats: The Man and the Masks

By: Ellmann, Richard

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, England, Penguin Books: 1988

Seller ID: BIOUK287

ISBN: 0140113649

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 288gms, 336 pages. This Richard Ellmann's classic study of the life of Yeats which presents an extraordinary mixture of the public and personal. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is also some creasing to the spine, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Dab of Dickens & A Touch of Twain, A: Literary Lives From Shakespeare's Old England to Frost's New England

By: Engel, Elliot

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, USA, Pocket Books: 2002

Seller ID: LITHIS3

ISBN: 0743448979

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, first edition, 346g, 349pgs. Dr Elliot Engel, a foremost suthority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed men and women of literature's elite. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Dostoevsky and Romatic Realism

By: Fanger, Donald

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, ILL, Phoenix Books: 1965

Seller ID: LITCRI3

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

Softcover, first edition, 304g, 307pgs. A study of Dostoevsky in relation to Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol. Book is in fair to good condition with spotting on page ends, and mild general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Photo featured is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!!.
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Mysterious World of Agatha Christie, The

By: Feinman, Jeffrey

Price: $5.50

Publisher: New York, USA, Award Books: 1975

Seller ID: BIOUK280

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, first award printing, 104gms, 190 pages. This book looks behind Agatha Christie's veil of privacy and discovers a woman even more remarkable than her public suspects. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and heavy page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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In Search of Steele Rudd

By: Fotheringham, Richard

Price: $8.50

Publisher: St Lucia, QLD, Australia, University of Queensland Press: 1996

Seller ID: BIOAUS1878

ISBN: 0702228753

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Paperback, first seal paperback edition, 370gms, 227 pages, blank endpapers. This is a literary biography of Steele Rudd, author of the classic Dad & Dave stories. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a large pen inscription from a previous owner on the inside front endpaper and some more inscriptions on the next page as well, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Angel at My Table, An (Autobiography 2)

By: Frame, Janet

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, England, Flamingo: 1993

Seller ID: BIONZ2

ISBN: 0586085866

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint edition, 180gms, 190 pages. In this second volume of award-winning New Zealand novelist Janet Frame's autobiography she tells the story of her leaving the family home, only to find that her hard-won independence is as much a burden as a blessing. Cracking under the strain, she is mistakenly pronounced schizophrenic, and spends the next 8 years in mental institutions. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Tradition of Smollett, The

By: Giddings, Robert

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, England, Methuen & Co Ltd: 1967

Seller ID: LITCRI1

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 444g, 215pgs. This is the first full length critical study of Smollett in the light of the tradition in which he wrote. It is concerned with the formal organization of social criticism in fiction. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with minor shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Photo featured is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title...
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Poet Kendall: His Romantic History (From the Cradle to the Humeneal Altar)

By: Hamilton-Grey, Mrs A. M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, John Sands Limited: 1926

Seller ID: BIOAUS404

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover with cloth boards, no dust jacket, first edition, 768gms, 334 pages. This is the first of a two volume biography of the Australian poet Henry Kendall. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Book is ex-library and shows the associated stampings and markings. Boards are in good condition with moderate shelf wear and chipping. Spine has a library code written on the cloth, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Kendall: Our "God-Made Chief" - "A Singer of the Dawn" - A Continuation of Poet Kendall, Making a Complete History from Cradle to Grave

By: Hamilton-Grey, Mrs A. M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, 1940

Seller ID: BIOAUS405

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover with cloth boards, no dust jacket, edition not stated, 552gms, 185 pages. This is the second of a two volume biography of the Australian poet Henry Kendall. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Book is ex-library and shows the associated stampings and markings. Boards are in good condition with moderate shelf wear and chipping. Spine has a library code written on the cloth, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Hopkins: A Collection Of Critical Essays (Twentieth Century Views)

By: Hartman, Geoffrey H. (ed)

Price: $5.50

Publisher: New Jersey, USA, Prentice Hall: 1966

Seller ID: LITCRI13

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 240g, 182pgs. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a small pen mark on the inside front page from a previous owner, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime

By: Keating, H. R. F. (ed)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, England, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1977

Seller ID: BIOUK295

ISBN: 0297772953

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 836gms, 224 pages. This book is a compilation of pieces by distinguished writers about the first lady of crime, Agatha Christie. What results is perhaps the fullest account of her life yet published. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. This is an ex-library book and shows the associated stampings and markings. Book has been covered in clear plastic for protection, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature

By: Ker, W. P.

Price: $6.50

Publisher: New York, USA, Dover Publications:

Seller ID: LITHIS10

ISBN: 0486203557

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 484g, 398pgs. The essays gathered together in this volume constitute one of the major classic in the study of literature of the Middle Ages. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Book has been covered in clear plastic and stuck to inside card for protection, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame

By: King, Michael

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia: 2001

Seller ID: BIONZ3

ISBN: 0330362909

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Medium softcover, reprint, 778gms, 583 pages. This is the remarkable account of Janet Frame who has been pushed to the limit by life and has pushed back, using the powers of her imagination to create extraordinary literary works. Book is in very good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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"O Beloved Kids": Rudyard Kipling's Letters to His Children

By: Kipling, Rudyard; and Gilbert, Elliot L. (ed)

Price: $14.00

Publisher: London, England, Zenith Books: 1984

Seller ID: BIOUK298

ISBN: 0099350009

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, first thus, 412gms, 225 pages. This book features a selection of the letters written by Rudyard Kipling to his two younger children, John and Elsie, between 1906 and 1915. It includes over 50 illustrations in pen and ink from Kipling himself, plus a handful of photographs. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Shakespeare Book of Lists, The

By: LoMonico, Michael

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, UK, Bounty Books: 2006

Seller ID: LITHIS2

ISBN: 0753713640

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Soft cover, reprint, 462g, 232pgs. The ultimate guide to the bard, his plays and how they've been interpreted (and misinterpreted) through the ages. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Category: Literary Criticism/History