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To Make a Prairie: Essays on Poets, Poetry and Country Living
by Kumin, Maxine
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1979
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- Paperback
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- 9780472063062
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- 1
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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1979. A slight crease to the spine, also fading to spine and to inner half-inch of covers, scuffing to spine ends, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Poets on Poetry" series, this one has interviews, essays and lectures by American poet Maxine Kumin, including… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Author of Waverley: a Study in the Personality of Sir Walter Scott
by Keith, Christina
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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London: Robert Hale, 1964. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of purple boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the personality of Walter Scott based on his novels and poems, and on his journal. The author died before the book was published. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Two North-East Makars: Alexander Scott and Alastair Mackie, a Study of Their Scots Poetry
by Mason, Leonard
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1975
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- Paperback
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Preston: Akros Publications, 1975. Some creasing to corners of card covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim soft-cover book. Looks at the Scots poetry of Alexander Scott and Alastair Mackie, both originally from Aberdeen. 59pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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The Haunting of Sylvia Plath
by Rose, Jacqueline
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1992
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- Paperback
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- 9781853814815
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London: Virago Press, 1992. Minor scuffing to spine ends and to corners of cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the life and (more so) at the works of poet Sylvia Plath. 288pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
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Be Good Sweet Maid: An Anthology of Women & Literature
by Todd, Jane (editor)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1981
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- Paperback
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- 9780841907027
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New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981. Some fading to spine and to inner edges of covers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. An anthology of fifteen essays by various authors which had originally appeared in "Women & Literature" and its predecessor "The Mary Wollstonecraft Newsletter" between 1972 and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Simply Lasting: Writers on Jane Kenyon
by Peseroff, Joyce (editor)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2005
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781555974299
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Saint Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2005. Fading to spine and to inner edges of covers, some scuffing to outer corners, outer edges of pages a little bit grubby, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. A collection of essays, memoirs and criticism pieces by various authors on American poet Jane Kenyon. 278pp.. Paperback. Good/No… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence
by Holbrook, David
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1988
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- Paperback
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- 9780485120622
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London: The Athlone Press, 1988. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1976, this is a later edition from 1988. Looks at the poetry of Sylvia Plath from a literary and a psychoanalytical point-of-view. 308pp.. Paperback. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reading Adrienne Rich: Reviews and Re-Visions 1951-81
by Cooper, Jane Roberta (editor)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780472093502
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NZ$14.83
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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1984. Hardback edition. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Under Discussion" series, this contains essays and reviews of the poetry and prose of American feminist writer Adrienne Rich. 367pp.. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reading Raymond Carver
by Runyon, Randolph Paul
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1993
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- Paperback
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- 9780815626312
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Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993. Minor scuffing to outer corners of covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the short stories of American writer Raymond Carver (1938-88). 226pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Astrid Lindgren: a Critical Study
by Edström, Vivi
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- First US Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren förlag. , 2000. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to corners of blue boards, a previous owner's gift message on f/ep (possibly from the translator: last word looks a bit like Eivor, but I can't be sure), but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft
by Johnson, Claudia L (editor)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2002
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- Paperback
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- 9780521789523
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Minor scuffing to outer edges of cover, pencil notes and underlinings by previous owner in some of the sections, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Cambridge Companions to Literature" series, this contains fourteen pieces by various authors on the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Racine: Britannicus (Studies in French Literature 1)
by Moore, W G
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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London: Edward Arnold, 1963. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper,also some discolouration to spine of same. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, some pencil underlining in the text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally published in 1960, this is a reprint from 1963. Part of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Corneille: Polyeucte (Studies in French Literature 3)
by Currie, Peter
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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London: Edward Arnold, 1960. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper,also some discolouration to spine of same. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no underlining in the text, of this slim hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Studies in French Literature" series aimed at sixth form or undergraduate… Read more about this item Item Price
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La Fontaine: Fables (Studies in French Literature 4)
by de Mourgues, Odette
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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London: Edward Arnold, 1963. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper,also some slight discolouration to spine of same. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, some pencil underlining in the text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally published in 1960, this is a reprint from 1963. Part of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Singular Preference: Portraits and Essays
by Quennell, Peter
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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- Hardcover
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London: Collins, 1952. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Twenty-eight pieces by the author, originally published in magazines between 1930 and 1951, on various literary topics including Elizabethan dramatists, Kipling, H G Wells, "Les Liasons Dangereuses", "Moll… Read more about this item Item Price
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Understanding Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings
by Ready, William
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1978
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780446887823
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New York: Warner Books, 1978. Some creasing to corners of cover, someyellowing to the pages and an old ink price on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. Originally published in 1968 as "The Tolkien Relation", an introduction to J R R Tolkien and his works. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Will to Believe: Novelists of the Nineteen--Thirties
by Johnstone, Richard
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780192117793
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Some fading to spine of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Looks at the the work of six English novelists of the 1930s, namely Edward Upward, Rex Warner, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Isherwood and George Orwell; particularly… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Defence of Fantasy: a Study of the Genre in English and American Literature Since 1945
by Swinfen, Ann
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1984
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- Paperback
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- 9780710095251
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London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1984. Paperback edition. Some creasing to spine, minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Looks at the "Fantasy"novel since the mid 1940s, mainly at what might be thought of now as juvenile fiction such as Mary Norton's "Borrowers", Lloyd… Read more about this item Item Price
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Politics and the Novel
by Howe, Irving
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- Used - Good
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- Good
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
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London: Stevens and Sons Ltd, 1961. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Originally published in the US in 1957, this is a slightly later Briish edition, part of the publisher's "New Left Books" series. Looks at the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Edwin Muir
by Butter, P H
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1962
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- Paperback
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Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1962. Slight creasing to spine and minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Writers and Critics" series, this one looks at the works, mostly at the poetry, of Scottish writer Edwin Muir. This was the first book… Read more about this item Item Price
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