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![Partisan Review. Spring 1965](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/614/005/1609005614.0.m.jpg)
Partisan Review. Spring 1965
by Sontag, Susan; Dickey, James et al.
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- Used - Good
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- 1965
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$21.64
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New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Publisher, 1965. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. A long running little magazine focusing on art, literature and politics, that during the 1950s and 60s, was supported by funds from the CIA through its front, The American Committee for Cultural Freedom. This issue with an essay, "Marat/Sade/Artaud," by Susan Sontag, a poem by… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$21.64
![Life of William Blake. With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings. Two volumes, Complete](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/634/321/1600321634.0.m.jpg)
Life of William Blake. With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings. Two volumes, Complete
by Gilchrist, Alexander
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- Used - Good
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- 1880
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$539.46
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1880. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth with extensive gilt illustrations and ornamentation to the front cover and spine. Xxi, 431; ix, 383 pp. Illustrations throughout. A critical and biographical look at the life and work of William Blake, including printings of some of his poetry, along with reproductions of his drawings and art. Originally published… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$539.46
![Nestor Perlongher. The Poetic Search for an Argentine Marginal Voice](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/296/827/1594827296.0.m.jpg)
Nestor Perlongher. The Poetic Search for an Argentine Marginal Voice
by Bollig, Ben
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 2008
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$43.29
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Cardiff: Unversity of Wales Press, 2008. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Charcoal cloth in unclipped jacket. 245 pp. A study of the work of poet and anthropologist Nestor Perlongher, an Argentinian poet known for his exploration of transgressive themes, including sexuality and contemporary taboos. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, scuffing and edgewear to the book. Item Price
NZ$43.29
![Origin. A Quarterly For the Creative. No. 5. Spring 1952](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/808/483/1583483808.0.m.jpg)
Origin. A Quarterly For the Creative. No. 5. Spring 1952
by Stevens, Wallace et al.
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- Used - Good
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- 1952
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$44.96
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Dorchester, MA: Origin magazine, Publisher, 1952. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 65 pp. Edited by Cid Corman, this journal features a lengthy essay on metaphor in the work of Wallace Stevens, and includes a new poem, "Long and Sluggish Lines," by Stevens. Fifth issue of this noted journal, as Clay and Phillips note, " The possibilities for writing explored and… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Horizon. A Review of Literature and Art. April, 1942](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/150/512/1573512150.0.m.jpg)
Horizon. A Review of Literature and Art. April, 1942
by Barea, Arturo et al.
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- Used - Good
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- 1942
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$21.64
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London: Horizon, Publisher, 1942. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Single issue of this little magazine featuring an article on Federico Garcia Lorca (Part III), etc. GOOD condition. General fading and toning to the wrappers. Minor curling and creasing along the edges. Item Price
NZ$21.64
![The Cabirion and Gay Books Bulletin. No. 10. Winter/Spring 1984](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/139/485/1535485139.0.m.jpg)
The Cabirion and Gay Books Bulletin. No. 10. Winter/Spring 1984
by Various authors
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- Used - Good
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- 1984
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$53.28
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New York: Scholarship Committee of the New York Chapter of the Gay Academic Union, Publisher, 1984. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 34 pp. Single issue of this journal devoted to new research and though relating to gay and lesbian related topics, as well as reviewing books pertaining to those same topics. This issue looks at a bibliography of bibliographies of… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Teenage Tarzan. A Literary Analysis of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/809/723/1486723809.0.m.jpg)
The Teenage Tarzan. A Literary Analysis of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan
by Galloway, Stan
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2010
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- Trade Paperback
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$48.29
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Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2010. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback. 265 pp. A detailed look at the short stories written by Burroughs that chronicle Tarzan as a teenager, looking at context, themes, motifs and its links to comic book and film adaptions. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and edgewear. Some curling to the covers along the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$48.29
![Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No. 5](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/420/177/1439177420.0.m.jpg)
Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No. 5
by Lawrence, D.H.
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- Used - Good
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- 1929
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$26.64
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London: Faber and Faber, 1929. Wraps. Good. Printed orange wraps. 32 pp. An essay by D.H. Lawrence discussing what is considered clean and dirty in society, and how art and literature is thus influenced. He describes "phallic sex," as 'a creative flow,' while defining pornography as an 'attempt to insult sex and the human spirit.' GOOD condition. Some… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$26.64
![Humphrey Dyson and His Collections of Elizabethan Proclamations. Offprint from the Harvard University Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 1 Winter 1947](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/862/441/1429441862.0.m.jpg)
Humphrey Dyson and His Collections of Elizabethan Proclamations. Offprint from the Harvard University Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 1 Winter 1947
by Jackson, William A.
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- Used - Good
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- 1947
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$44.96
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No place: Harvard University, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. Good. No place (Cambridge): 1947. Printed wraps. A brief historical and bibliographical survey/study of Elizabethan proclamations collected by Humphrey Dyson, highlighting the importance of the collection. With appendices listing prints, drawings and broadsides in Dyson's sets of Elizabethan proclamations; unrecorded editions of Elizabethan proclamations in Dyson's sets at Harvard and Folger,… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Innovation in Samuel Beckett's Fiction](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/588/308/1399308588.0.m.jpg)
Innovation in Samuel Beckett's Fiction
by Rabinovitz, Rubin
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1992
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$24.98
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. 218 pp. A critical work looking at innovative, experimental devices in the fiction of Samuel Beckett, including his use of narration, chronology and figurative language. VERY GOOD condition. Some fading, soiling and scuffing to the jacket, mostly to the rear panel. Minor scuffing… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$24.98
![The Beckett Studies Reader](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/368/461/1356461368.0.m.jpg)
The Beckett Studies Reader
by Various authors. Gonarski, S.E., Editor
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1993
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$31.64
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Gainsville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1993. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 238 pp. A collection of essays originally appearing in the Journal of Beckett Studies, offering critical analysis on the work of Samuel Beckett, including recurring themes of the absurd, existentialist readings, etc. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear to the jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$31.64
![A Reconstructed Swinburne Ballad. Offprint from Harvard Library Bulletin Autumn 1958](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/046/353/1316353046.0.m.jpg)
A Reconstructed Swinburne Ballad. Offprint from Harvard Library Bulletin Autumn 1958
by Henry, Anne W.
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- 1958
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$26.64
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Cambridge: Harvard Library Bulletin, Publisher, 1958. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 354-362. A bibliographic discussion of an 1859 manuscript poem by A.C. Swinburne, with a printed reconstruction of the poem. Offprint from the Autumn 1958 issue of the Harvard Library Bulletin. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and toning to the covers. Minor soiling. Minor browning to the paper.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$26.64
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Noh Drama and The Tale of the Genji: The Art of Allusion in Fifteen Classical Plays (Princeton Library of Asian Translations)
by Goff, Janet Emily
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1991
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780691014760
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$24.98
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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 296 pp. A detailed study of 15 Noh plays based on the Genji and the use of allusion in Japanese literature. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, rubbing and edgewear. Item Price
NZ$24.98
![Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe: A Contribution to the History of Ideas](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/199/077/1252077199.0.m.jpg)
Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe: A Contribution to the History of Ideas
by Kerry, Paul E.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2001
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9781571134073
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$38.30
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Rochester, New York: Camden House, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 243 pp. A critical and philosophical look at a variety of writings by Goethe, discussing examples of his goal to promote tolerance among people of differing religions and cultures. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and edgewear. Light fading. Item Price
NZ$38.30
![Venus and Adonis: Critical Essays (Shakespeare Criticism)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/908/210/1174210908.0.m.jpg)
Venus and Adonis: Critical Essays (Shakespeare Criticism)
by Philip C. Kolin
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1997
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- Cloth
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- 9780815321491
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$179.82
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New York: Garland Publishing, 1997. Cloth. Very Good. 429 pp. A collection of essays discussing and providing historical and critical commentary on Shakespeare's first published work, the long poem "Venus and Adonis." VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, scuffing and soiling. Item Price
NZ$179.82
![Poem and Music in the German Lied from Gluck to Hugo Wolf](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/031/746/1156746031.0.m.jpg)
Poem and Music in the German Lied from Gluck to Hugo Wolf
by Stein, Jack M.
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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- Hard Cover
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$29.97
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 230 pages including index. Illustrated with musical scores. A study of the lied's evolution in Germany between 1750 to 1900, discussing problems in the art form as well as specific songs from Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf. GOOD jacket and book. Minor darkening and edgewear to… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$29.97
![Ocho No Himegimi. Sekaishiso Seminar](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/310/744/1140744310.0.m.jpg)
Ocho No Himegimi. Sekaishiso Seminar
by Osamu Otsuki
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1984
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$19.98
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Tokyo: Sekai Shisosha, 1984. Wraps. Very Good. Wraps in cardboard slipcase. 242 pp. With a few black and white photos throughout. All text in Japanese. A study of Japanese literature of the Heian Period, including women in literature. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning and soiling to the covers. Minor staining to the slipcase. Item Price
NZ$19.98
![Pegasus in Harness. Victorian Publishing and W.M. Thackeray. (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/247/272/1139272247.0.m.jpg)
Pegasus in Harness. Victorian Publishing and W.M. Thackeray. (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
by Peter L. Shillingsburg
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- 1992
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- Cloth
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- 9780813913971
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$18.32
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Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992. Cloth. Good/Good. 301 pp. A study of the relationship between author and publisher, examining Thackeray's writing in the context of the Victorian marketplace, the forces under which he wrote and influence of trends in the publishing marketplace on an author. GOOD condition. Heavy fading to the jacket spine. Minor scuffing and edgewear.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$18.32
![Pageantry and Spectacle in Shakespeare](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/653/923/1138923653.0.m.jpg)
Pageantry and Spectacle in Shakespeare
by Fujita, Minoru
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Published
- 1982
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- Cloth
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- 9784895800013
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$98.24
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Tokyo: The Renaissance Institute, 1982. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Signed, with a brief inscription, by the author. 164 pp. A study of pageantry and the use of sound, color and staging in Shakespeare's plays in introduce symbolism that would resonate with his audiences, tying it to its roots in pre-Renaissance past. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Minor… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$98.24
![An Introduction to the Tale of the Genji](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/041/770/1123770041.0.m.jpg)
An Introduction to the Tale of the Genji
by Hirose, Isako; Keene, Donald (foreword); Tyler, Susan (translator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1989
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$53.28
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Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1989. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Light blue cloth in rice paper jacket. Houses in cream colored slipcase. Small, narrow folio. 221 pp. A few color illustrations at the front. Text in Japanese and English. A modern version of this classic of Japanese literature, written close to 1000 years ago, providing a depiction of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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