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London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911. Book. Very Good. No Binding. LOVE SONNETS SONNETS from PORTUGUESE by E.B.BROWNING London, Arthur L. Humphreys; 1911 64 pages Full Sandorski and Sutcliffe leather binding, stamped Sandorski and Sutcliffe. Size 4 1/2 by 5 3/4" Very good condition, minor wear and foxing .

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Gertrude Atherton. 8vo - over 7¾. Gertrude Atherton was an American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California.She wrote many best sellers 1920s -1930s In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and often controversial for her anti-communist views..

London: Edw. Moxon, 1842. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 8vo. Three vols, contemporary cloth; gilt lettering. A nice set that wants rebacking..

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed By Kate Douglas Wiggin. 8vo.. 1893. --'THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL'-- An early printing, twice signed and inscribed by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Portrait of Kate Douglas Wiggin adhered to the front pastedown. An 'Author's Reading' program, tipped on the front-end paper & signed by Ms. Wiggin (& Mrs Geo. Christopher Riggs), There's a neat author's inscription on title page. Hinges repaired, and in nice condition..

London: Faber and Faber, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. Murder in the Cathedral, poetic drama in two parts, with a prose sermon interlude, the most successful play by American English poet T.S. Eliot. The play was performed at Canterbury Cathedral in 1935 and published the same year. Set in December 1170, it is a modern miracle play on the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury. The play's most striking feature is the use of a chorus in the Classical Greek manner. The poor women of Canterbury who make up the chorus nervously await Thomas's return from his seven-year exile, fretting over his volatile relationship with King Henry II. Thomas arrives and must resist four temptations: worldly pleasures, lasting power as chancellor, recognition as a leader of the barons against the king, and eternal glory as a martyr. After Thomas delivers his Christmas morning sermon, four knights in the service of the king accost him and… Read More

NY: Viking Press, 1926. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 1/2 lea. marbled end papers. TEG; VG Russian lit in translation. Alpha Epsilon Pi sticker on front pastedown..

London: The Fortune Press, 1928. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. bright, tight copy. 1 of 800. Pseud. of the Duchess of Rochefoucault.