Books On Books from
New Arrivals
J.M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing. Face-to-Face With Time
by Attwell, David
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2015
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780525429616
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$44.53
Show Details
Description:
New York: Viking. 2015. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 248 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Item Price
NZ$44.53
Inner Workings : Literary Essays 2000-2005
by Coetzee, J. M.
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 0978067003657
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$27.83
Show Details
Description:
New York: Viking. 2007. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Small remainder mark to lower edge. Introduction by Derek Attridge. xiv, 304 pages. 21 essays and literary reviews. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$27.83
A Brief History of Sherlock Holmes
by Cawthorne, Nigel
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780762444083
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$20.04
Show Details
Description:
London and Philadelphia: Robinson/Running Press. 2011. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. An excellent copy. 280 pages. The Detective, the stories, the background, the author - essential reading for Sherlock fans. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Item Price
NZ$20.04
To Relish the Sublime? : Culture and Self-Realisation in Postmodern Times
by Ryle, Martin and Soper, Kate
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781859844618
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$24.49
Show Details
Description:
London: Verso. 2002. A Near Fine copy. Card covers. 262 pages. Education in the humanities still relies, more or les, on Matthew Arnold's ideal of culture as the means for intellectual devlopment. In a distinctive and original work the author reflect critically on this enduring ideal, exploring the tensions and contradictions between it and the contemporary world. … Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$24.49
Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint's Trunk
by Hardyment, Christina
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780224025904
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$22.26
Show Details
Description:
London: Jonathan Cape. 1992. Very Good condition. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings and maps. 224 pages. The author has gone in search of the real people and places on which Ransome's 'Swallows and Amazons' books were based. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Item Price
NZ$22.26
Collecting Shakespeare. The Story of Henry and Emily Folger
by Folger, Stephen H.
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781421411873
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$38.96
Show Details
Description:
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2014. Octavo Size [approx 16x24cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 244 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Item Price
NZ$38.96
September 1, 1939 A Biography of a Poem
by Sansom, Ian
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2019
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780007557219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$22.26
Show Details
Description:
London: 4th Estate. 2019. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 341 pages. Its a book about a poem - one of the most famous poems ever written, a poem… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$22.26
The World of the Forsytes
by Fisher, John
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$22.26
Show Details
Description:
London: Book Club Associates. 1976. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. DJ spine very slightly sunned. Well illustrated with colour and black & white plates, photographs and drawings. 224 pages. Illuminates the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$22.26
Miscellany 13 Lost Causes
by Hare, Steve (Edited by)
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$66.79
Show Details
Description:
London: Penguin Collectors' Society. 1998. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Glossy card covers. Previous owner's details to half-title page. Illustrated with colour plates and black & white drawings. 65 pages. Contents include: Introduction; Porpoise; A Natural History - Allen Lane A Wrong Decision, The Pasque Flower, and Fish; Local Building… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$66.79
Miscellany 11 Penguins March On Books for the Forces during World War II
by Pearson, Joe
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$55.66
Show Details
Description:
London: Penguin Collectors' Society. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 96 pages. The first indepth study of Penguin's contribution to the war effort centre around the Forces Book Club. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Item Price
NZ$55.66
The Infernal Library. On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy
by Kalder, Daniel
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2018
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781627793421
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$27.83
Show Details
Description:
New York: Henry Holt & Company. 2018. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 379 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Item Price
NZ$27.83
An Apology for Poetry or The Defence of Poesy
by Sidney, Sir Philip; Shepherd, Geoffrey (edited by)
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$27.83
Show Details
Description:
London: Nelson. 1965. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front pastedown (hidden by front DJ flap). Includes extensive Notes, Index and Bibliograpy. xviii, 244 pages. First published in 1595. Part of Nelson's Medieval and Renaissance Library. … Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$27.83
Tolkien and the Silmarils
by Helms, Randall
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780500012642
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$20.04
Show Details
Description:
London: Thames & Hudson. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Some light foxing to upper and fore edges. xiii, 104 pages. Imagination and myth in The Silmarillion by the author of Tolkien's World. Robust, professional packaging and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$20.04
The Hard Way
by HARDY, Frank
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780855501532
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$15.58
Show Details
Description:
Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1976. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Mild age-toning to dustjacket. 255 pages.. The story of how 'Power Without Glory' was written ...and almost repressed. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. .… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$15.58
The Textual History of King Lear
by Stone, P.W.K.
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780859675369
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$27.83
Show Details
Description:
London: Scolar Press. 1980. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in A Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a little sunned. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 279 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Item Price
NZ$27.83
The Land of Lost Content: Children and Childhood in Nineteenth-Century French Literature
by Lloyd, Rosemary
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780198151739
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$55.66
Show Details
Description:
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1992. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. xiv, 271 pages. Ranges widely through poetry, fiction, autobiography and letters. Includes Further Reading and Index. Robust, professional packaging… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$55.66
Erich Maria Remarque
by Barker, Christine R. & Last, R.W.
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780854960606
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$27.83
Show Details
Description:
London: Oswald Wolff (Publishers) Limited. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 14x21cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Presentation plate to prelims. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 174 pages. A study of the author of "All Quiet on the Western Front". .… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$27.83
From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction. Conversations with Iris Murdoch
by Murdoch, Iris [Edited by Gillian Dooley]
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781570034992
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$77.92
Show Details
Description:
Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. 2003. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Page 61/62 creased. Inscibed and signed by editor of half-title page. Previous owners name whited out on front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$77.92
Counterparts. The dynamics of Franco-German literary relationships 1770-1895
by Furst, Lilian R.
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780416673609
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$38.96
Show Details
Description:
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd,. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 201 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Item Price
NZ$38.96
Swiss Men of Letters : Twelve Literary Essays
by Natan, Alex (edited by)
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
- Item Price
-
NZ$27.83
Show Details
Description:
London: Oswald Wolff (Publishers) Limited. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is a little worn at corners and has a sunned spine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 288 pages. Also looks at the concept of Swiss literature… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$27.83