Search Results: Literature from Books & Bygones

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 375 pages. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. The top edges of the pages have not been trimmed by the publisher, resulting in all the pages being joined in sections of eight..

London: Faber & Faber, 1933. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Front board is water stained to bottom, but this has not affected the contents..

Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an illustrated anthology drawn from Berkshire's rich literary and historical heritage, and from its folklore and traditions over the years..

Stroud: Budding Books / Alan Sutton, 1998. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an illustrated anthology drawn from Berkshire's rich literary and historical heritage, and from its folklore and traditions over the years..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.5 x 8.25"; 364 pages; paperback; spine slightly faded, otherwise very good;.

London: Bodley Head, 1950. Book. Good Reading Copy. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4.25 x 7"; 179pp; paperback; crease to front cover and minor damp staining to bottom edge not affecting contents; Guild Books No. 423;.

London: Shenval Press, 1962. Book. Good. Paperback. Fifth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 272 pages. Some marks to front cover, otherwise a good tight copy..

London: George G. Harrap, 1909. Book. Good Reading Copy. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 233 pages. 15 black and white illustrations plus frontispiece. Blue leatherette with gilt titles. Scuffed to edges, but same format as our book number 18770 - The Aeneid. Front title page has some clipped out section, presumably where an address/inscription was previously..

London: Library Association, 1931. Book. Good Reading Copy. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136 pages. Both front and rear hinges have been repaired with cloth tape. First update to Books to Read published in 1930..

London: S. Hooper, 1770. Book. Good Reading Copy. Full-Leather. Third Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 293 + 280 pages. Fold-out frontispiece to volume I. Published in two volumes - Third edition, greatly enlarged and improved. Both volumes are in need of rebinding.,.

London: Collins and Brown, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1816 was "the year without a summer", when a volcanic eruption blotted out the sun, and it was also the season when a momentous friendship was forged. Byron, Shelley, Mary Shelley (who wrote "Frankenstein" in that year) and Claire Clairmont (Mary's step-sister, pregnant with Byron's child) were neighbours across the shores of Lake Geneva. Byron had just fled from England following the scandal surrounding his separation from his wife and rumours of incest with his half-sister, Augusta Leigh. This book charts the friendship between the flamboyant Byron and the youthful Shelley's and their friends and hangers-on, through Italy and England, through personal tragedies and passions, sex and scandal, wit and heartbreak - all accompanied by a prodigious and precocious outpouring of brilliant poetry which echoed the creative relationship between Byron and… Read More

London: Cassell & Company, 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 586 + 836 + 791 pages. First publication as a three volume set in slipcase. Slipcase is slightly scuffed to edges. Overseas customers please contact us for shipping quote, these books weigh 3.5kg..

Bristol: Corporation of Bristol, 1958. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A catalogue of books in the Bristol reference library printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of English books printed abroad 1641-1700..

London: Michael O'Mara Books, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6 x 9.5"; 217pp; red cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; illustrated; very good copy;.

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co., 1947. Book. Good. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6 x 8.75"; 296pp; brown cloth with gilt title to spine; dustwrapper; g/g;.

Eyre Methuen, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 224 pages. No inscriptions. Some wear to top of spine of dustwrapper and a few light marks.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194 pages. This book enters the current dialogue about whether modern literary theory can illuminate medieval works.

London: Penguin Books, 1978. Book. Good. Paperback. This trilogy provides an introduction to Tolstoy's literary method and his major preoccupations - love, morality and the avoidance of violence..

Beijing: Chinese Literature Press, 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 206 pages. English text. Colour illustrations. Covers are dusty..

London: Elliot Stock, 1899. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth with gilt. Side and bottom edges uncut..