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GREAT ABNORMALS.
The Pathological Genius of Kafka, van Gogh, Strindberg and Poe.
New York: Hawthorn Press, 1968. 8vo., pp.248, quarter pale blue cloth lettered in navy, patterned paper boards; light foxing to cloth, with a little toning to the edges, foxing to edges of text block, overall a very good copy, in a lightly worn dust-jacket.
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THE HELIAND: THE SAXON GOSPEL.
Oxford University Press, 1992. 8vo., pp.xviii,238, paperback, b/w frontispiece; a fine copy.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CELTIC LANGUAGES.
London/New York: Longman, 1995. 8vo., pp.xviii,347, paperback; a fresh and near-fine copy.
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FORESTS OF THE NIGHT.
London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. First edition, 8vo., pp.299, black hardcover, gilt; pale foxing to endpapers and edges, else a very good, clean copy, in a very good pictorial unclipped dust-jacket.
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PERELANDRA.
A Novel.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1944. Fourth impression, published in the year after the first edition, 8vo., pp.256, blue cloth; foxing to edges, sunned to edges of boards and head/tailbands, a very good copy, in a lightly chipped pictorial dust-jacket,.
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THE SAXON SAVIOR.
The Germanic Transformation of the Gospel in the Ninth-Century Heliand.
Oxford University Press, 1989. 8vo., pp.xiii,129, black cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good+ unclipped dust-jacket, just lightly creased to front upper margin.
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NOTE BOOKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
From the Originals in the Library of W.K. Bixby.
New York: Phaeton Press, 1968. Reprint, three volumes, 8vo., pp.xvi,209;vii,187;vi,179, red cloth, gilt, b/w plates; pale foxing to edges, Volume III cased upside-down, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good+ set. No dust-jackets.
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GAUDETE.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1977. First edition, 8vo., pp.200, black cloth, lettering in gilt and red; single spot of foxing to preliminary leaves, light foxing to top edges, a very good copy indeed, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990. Longevity in Publishing.
London: The British library and Oak Knoll Press, 2008. Small 4to, pp.xi,587, green hardcover, gilt,many colour and b/w illustrations; a near fine copy in a very good unclipped dust-jacket which has a small mark to front and a very small tear to top of spine, in a clear protective covering.
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THE GRAND RESPOSITORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. English Linguistics 1500-1800 (A Collection of Facsimile Reprints). No. 155.
Menston: The Scholar Press Ltd, 1969. Facsimile, 8vo., unpaginated, hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; slightly toned to edges, slight wear to spine and extremities, slight soiling to boards, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE BEGINNINGS OF WELSH POETRY. Studies by Sir Ifor Williams, D.LITT., LL.D., F.B.S.
Cardiff: University Of Wales Press, 1980. 8vo.,pp. xx,200, purple cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; a very good clean copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine and lightly rubbed to extremities with light adhesive marks to lower front of wrapper.
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STOICISM, POLITICS & LITERATURE IN THE AGE OF MILTON. War and Peace Reconciled.
Cambridge: Univerisity of Cambridge Press, 1998. 8vo., pp.xi,174, black hardcover, gilt, 5 b/w illustrations; very light foxing to edges, very slight damp staining to boards, very slight rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket which is lightly damp stained, overall very good, now in a protective cover.
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IRISH BARDIC POETRY.
Oxford: The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974. 8vo., pp,xi,320, cream hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; very slight staining to spine, a very good copy indeed, in an unclipped dust-jacket which is lightly sunned to spine and lightly toned, with a small area of price sticker residue to front, overall very good.
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THE COUNTERFEITERS. A Historical Comedy.
Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. 8vo., pp.181, paperback, b/w illustrations; author’s signed presentation copy, light foxing to edges, slight toning to wrappers, lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy.
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THE ICELANDIC RUNE-POEM.
University College London, 1999. 8vo., pp.37, paperback, 2 b/w plates; lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy indeed.
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MEDIEVAL WELSH LITERATURE.
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1997. 8vo.,pp. 174, hardcover, silver lettering; a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, with a price label to inner fold.
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THE BOOK AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF BRITAIN, c.500- 1050. A Study in Written and Visual Literacy and Orality. The Sanders Lectures in Bibliography, Cambridge University Library, 2009.
London: The British Library, 2011. 8vo.,pp. 184,hardcover, gilt, b/w and colour illustrations, b/w frontispiece; a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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THE CYNFEIRDD. Early Welsh Poets and Poetry.
University of Wales Press, 1981. 8vo., pp.135, paperback, b/w frontispiece; lightly shelf-worn with slight soiling to rear, a very good copy.
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RAPTURE.
London: Picador, Pan Macmillan, 2005. First edition, first impression, 8vo., pp.62, pictorial red hardcover, silver gilt, ribbon bookmark; light creasing to headband, else a fine, fresh copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.
Oxford: Clarendon, Oxford University Press, 1985. 8vo., pp.lx,371, navy cloth, gilt, 5 b/w illustrations and 3 maps; light foxing to endpapers and edges, a few small folds to upper corners, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else very good, in plain plastic wrapper.
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