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BECKETT & THE VOICE OF SPECIES.
A Study of the Prose Fiction.
Totowa: Gill And Macmillan, 1980. 8vo.,pp. 145, hardcover, silver lettering; foxing to edges of text block, otherwise very good, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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GROWING: An autobiography of the years 1904 to 1911.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1961. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 256, blue cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, light toning and slight foxing to edges of text block and endpapers, otherwise very good, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to spine and extremities, lightly chipped to head of spine and light wear to corners with small tear along front lower fore-edge, overall very good.
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EARLY PROSE AND POETRY.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First UK edition, 8vo.,pp. xiv,134, green hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; slight foxing to edges of text block, otherwise very good, in a very good clipped dust-jacket, which is lightly foxed to extremities and small chip to lower edge of front.
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THE LAGOON AND OTHER STORIES.
Christchurch: The Caxton Press. German edition 1961 (text printed in English), 8vo.,pp. 123, green and red mottled hardcover, yellow lettering; pencilling to half title page and ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light toning to spine, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned and soiled to spine and rear, which has wear to corners and head and foot of spine with small areas of loss, overall a very good copy.
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THE ELDER STATESMAN: A Play.
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition, 8vo., pp.108, red cloth, gilt; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, toned and lightly foxed to endpapers, light toning throughout with a little foxing to margins, light sunning to spine, overall very good, in a good+ unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities with foxing to fore-edges.
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THE BURNT ONES.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 314, brown hardcover, gilt; toned with light foxing to edges of text block, spine slightly rolled, otherwise very good, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to extremities, with light wear to corners.
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THE SELECTED LETTERS OF GEORGE OPPEN.
Durham: Duke University Press, 1990. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xxxiii,436, paperback, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; slight sunning to spine, light toning and foxing to upper and lower edge of text block, otherwise clean, a very good copy.
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BOTTOM: On Shakespeare.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. First edition thus, 8vo.,pp. 470, paperback, pictorial title page; light sunning to spine, a very good copy.
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SCENTED GARDENS FOR THE BLIND.
London: W.H. Allen, 1963. First UK Edition, 8vo.,pp. 192, red hardcover, gilt; light toning to margins and toned and foxed to edges of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities and soiling to rear.
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 21st-Century Oxford Authors
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 8vo., pp. xxxix, 800, black hardcover, gilt; a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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JACK
London: Virago, 2020. 8vo., pp. 309, green hardcover, gilt; author’s signature to half title page, a fine copy in a vg+ unclipped dust-jacket which has very minor rubbing to extremities and ‘signed copy’ sticker to front cover.
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BALOOKY KLUJYPOP [First Edition]
London: Heinemann, 1975. Small 8vo., unpaginated, pictorial hardcover, colour illustrations throughout; light toning to edges, otherwise internally clean, very light surface soil to boards, otherwise a very good indeed copy.
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A LEXICON OF THE HOMERIC DIALECT.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. 8vo., pp.ix,445, tan hardcover, gilt, coloured top edge; very slight foxing to front endpapers, very slightly toned, slight shelf wear to extremities, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket which is now in a protective cover.
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THE CRAFT OF DYING: A STUDY IN THE LITERARY TRADITION OF THE ARS MORIENDI IN ENGLAND. Yale Studies in English, 175.
New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 1970. 8vo., pp.xii,299, brown cloth, gilt neat ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, light sunning to spine, a very good, internally fresh copy.
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LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL BRITAIN. The French of England c.1100-c.1500.
York Medieval Press, 2009. 8vo., pp.xxii,533, navy hardcover, gilt, 22 b/w illustrations; inscription from the editor to front free endpaper, very slight shelf-wear to extremities, a very good copy indeed, in an unclipped dust-jacket which is very lightly shelf-worn, else very good indeed.
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THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HUMAN IN MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE,.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 8vo., pp.xi,257, navy hardcover, gilt; very slight rubbing to lower extremities, else a fine copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket which is lightly shelf-worn, otherwise very good indeed.
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THE MACHINE STOPS, AND OTHER STORIES.
The Abingdon Edition of E.M. Forster, Volume 7.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1997. First edition, 8vo., pp.xvii,190, black cloth, gilt; a fresh and near-fine copy in very good indeed unclipped dust-jacket with a few light surface scratches.
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THE MAXIMUS POEMS.
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1960. First UK printing, 4to., unpaginated, two-tone yellow cloth, metallic blue lettering, frontispiece; foxing to top edges, a fine, fresh copy, in slightly scruffed glassine wrapper.
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TOLKIEN MYTHS AND LEGENDS (BOXED SET). [Four Volume Set in a Slipcase] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun; The Fall of Arthur; Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary.
London: Harper Collins, 2025. Four volumes, 8vo., pp.255;377;233;xiii,425, black hardcover, gilt; a mint set, still in shrinkwrap. RRP £100.
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ANOTHER TIME. [First edition]
London: Faber and Faber. First edition, 8vo., pp.125, red cloth, gilt, uncut; toning to endpapers, foxing throughout, else a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a small area of loss to headband, a few chips to extremities, light sunning to spine, and small pencil mark to rear lower margin.
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