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1 Altick, Richard D. THE ART OF LITERARY RESEARCH. Revised Edition. Second Edition; pp. xvi, 304; bibliography, index; original cloth (a waterstain to lower spine and to lower inner corner throughout, but a sound and serviceable copy in dustwrapper). New York; W. W. Norton & Company; (1975). ***First published in 1963. #65918 A$15.00
2 Americana: FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING IMPORTANT AMERICANA. [Ten Auction Catalogues]. 4to; pp. in total over 1900; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original stiff pictorial wrappers. New York; Sotheby s; 1990-2000. ***Listing over 3600 lots, many of great importance; each catalogue (but one) with list of prices realised loosely inserted. Sale dates are: June 15, 1990; June 13, 1991; June 16, 1992; May 21, 1993; October 29, 1996 (The Victor and Irene Jacobs Collection); November 12, 1996 (without price list); November 25, 1997; June 26, 1998; December 7, 1999; June 26, 2000. #55519 A$45.00
3 Anderson, Hugh. THE COLONIAL MINSTREL. First Edition; pp. x, 158; portrait frontispiece, bibliography, general index & index of song titles; original decorated papered boards; a fine copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. Melbourne; F. W. Cheshire; (1960). ***The story of Charles Thatcher, whose theatrical career in Victoria and New Zealand between 1852 and 1870 rested on his success as a lively commentator on the day-to-day life of the goldfields, including bibliographical notes on the Victoria Songster, Colonial Songster, Colonial Minstrel, and other works of the 1850s. #33711 A$30.00
4 Auden, W. H. and Kronenberger, Louis. THE FABER BOOK OF APHORISMS. A Personal Selection. First U.K. Edition, Third Impression; pp. x, 406(last blank); index of authors; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (mcmlxv [1965]). ***First published in the U.S. in 1962. #65972 A$30.00
5 Australian Poetry: A TREASURY OF FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN POEMS. Roy. 8vo; pp. [iv], 132; several full-page illustrations, marker ribbon; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Ringwood); Viking O Neil; (1987). ***First published in 1982. #23945 A$30.00
6 Ballou, Emily. THE DARWIN POEMS. First Edition; pp. x, 230(last 9 blank); notes; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Crawley); University of Western Australia Press; (2009). ***A verse-portrait of Charles Darwin s life. #65936 A$30.00
7 Bartlett, Alison Hoover. THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH. The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession. First Edition; pp. [x], 274, [4](blank); notes; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.; 2009. #63677 A$30.00
8 Beard, William. VALIANT MARTINET or, The Adventures on Sea and Land of Captain William Bligh. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 92(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 2 illustrations (1 doublepage); original stiff wrappers; a very nice copy; very scarce. [Sydney; The Author; 1956]. *** Of this edition, one hundred copies for sale and twenty-five for presentation have been privately printed for the author. Telling the story of Bligh s life in verse form. #16735 A$125.00
9 Beer, Gillian. DARWIN S PLOTS. Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction. First Paperback Edition; pp. xii, 304(last blank), [4](adv., last blank); 1 diag., notes, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. London; Ark Paperbacks; (1985). ***First published in 1983. #65934 A$20.00
10 Beer, Gillian. Key Women Writers. Editor: Sue Roe. GEORGE ELIOT. First Edition; pp. xii, 246, [6](blank); bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Bloomington; Indiana University Press; (1986). #65935 A$35.00
11 Bergonzi, Bernard. EXPLODING ENGLISH. Criticism, Theory, Culture. First Edition; pp. xii, 240, [4](blank); appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly wrinkled dustwrapper. Oxford; Clarendon Press; 1990. #65949 A$50.00
12 Bloom, Harold. HOW TO READ AND WHY. First Edition; pp. 288(last 3 blank); original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Scribner; (2000). #65952 A$35.00
13 Bowers, Fredson. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM. The Lyell Lectures Oxford Trinity Term 1959. First Edition; pp. xii, 208; index; original cloth (a little damp-marked; internally fine and clean); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1964. #51133 A$65.00
14 Brewer, Charlotte. TREASURE-HOUSE OF THE LANGUAGE. The living OED. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 334, [4](blank); 12 illustrations, appendix, glossary, notes, bibliography, index of words, general index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New Haven and London; Yale University Press; (2007). #35700 A$50.00
15 Burchfield, Robert. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. First Edition; pp. xiv, 194; a few diagrams, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (stamp of former owner on pastedown); a nice copy in dustwrapper. Oxford; Oxford University Press; 1985. #47642 A$35.00
16 Burchfield, Robert. UNLOCKING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. First Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 202, [4](blank); notes, index; original papered boards; (a light waterstain to lower corner throughout, but very good in dustwrapper). London; Faber and Faber; (1989). #65976 A$15.00
17 Burnet, Ross; Compiled by. A CLUNE BIBLIOGRAPHY. A guide to identification and value of the books written by Francis Patrick Clune (1893-1971). First Edition; pp. [20]; index; original stiff wrappers. Uralla; Australian Book Collector; 1997. #57707 A$20.00
18 Butler, Samuel: THE NOTE-BOOKS OF SAMUEL BUTLER. Selections arranged and edited by Henry Festing Jones. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, Sixth Impression; pp. [ii], xiv, 438, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, index; original cloth; fore & lower edges uncut (and a little foxed); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1921). #65928 A$45.00
19 Butler, Samuel: FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE NOTE- BOOKS OF SAMUEL BUTLER chosen and edited by A. T. Bartholomew. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], 414; portrait frontispiece, 1 plate, index; original cloth; a nice copy. London; Jonathan Cape; (1934). #65926 A$35.00
20 Chartier, Roger; Boureau, Alain and Dauphin, Cecile. CORRESPONDENCE. Models of Letter-Writing from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century. Translated by Christopher Woodall. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [vi], 162; notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Princeton, New Jersey; Princeton University Press; (1997). #65944 A$30.00
21 Clune, Frank. BEN HALL [The Bushranger]. Pp. [iv], 200(last blank); 16 coloured plates from the ABC/BBC/20th Century Fox film of the same name; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1975). ***A novel based on historical fact, first published 1947. #41213 A$30.00
22 Cox, P. Brian. HOODED FALCON. FAUCON CHAPERONNE. Far Eastern Poems. Bilingual Version by the Author. Introduction by Gaston-Henry Aufrere. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 110; original wrappers; (some sections lightly browned - a different paper stock); a fine copy; very scarce. Paris; Published under the Patronage of Office Francais d Informations Culturelles, by Editions Unimuse, Tournai; [1957]. ***Edition of 250 numbered copies, this copy inscribed and signed by the Author. The Author was a London born poet who lived in Melbourne after giving up journalism for health reasons arising from his maltreatment in Japanese prison camps. #26760 A$85.00
23 Darwin, Bernard. DICKENS. Great Lives. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 136(last blank); bibliography; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Duckworth; (1933). #65929 A$30.00
24 Darwin, Sir Francis. RUSTIC SOUNDS and other studies in literature and natural history. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 232(last blank); 8 figures (including 1 plate); original cloth (spine a little dull; a corner bumped); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1917. ***Including essays on Francis Galton, Jane Austen, Stephen Hales, Sir George Darwin, and others. Inscribed C. Allison from the Author Nov 1923. #64261 A$70.00
25 Davey, Samuel. DARWIN, CARLYLE, AND DICKENS, with other essays. Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], 242, [8](blank); original cloth; a fine copy. New York; Haskell House Publishers Ltd., Publishers of Scarce Scholarly Books; 1971. ***First published 1876. #65937 A$25.00
26 Evans, I. O. JULES VERNE. Master of Science Fiction. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxxvi, 236; portrait frontispiece, bibliography; original papered boards; (text a little browned in margins, as usual); a very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London; Sidgwick and Jackson; (1956). ***A selection from his writings, with a critical study. #48550 A$30.00
27 Field, Eugene. THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIO MANIAC. Cr. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xiv, 256(last 3 blank); original cloth; uncut; (endpapers a little foxed); a very good copy. London; John Lane, Bodley Head, New York, Charles Scribner s Sons; 1896. ***From the library of W. J. Macdonnell with his signature on titlepage. #23846 A$40.00
28 Finch, Alan. PENS AND EMS IN AUSTRALIA. First Edition; pp. 112(last 2 blank); 8 plates, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Adelaide; Rigby Limited; (1965). ***A look at the Australian newspaper industry in all its idiosyncratic guises. #24136 A$25.00
29 Gibbons, Tom. ROOMS IN THE DARWIN HOTEL. Studies in English Literary Criticism and Ideas 1880-1920. First Edition; pp. xii, 164; references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly torn & faded dustwrapper. (Nedlands); University of Western Australia Press; (1973). #65932 A$35.00
30 Gottesman, Ronald and Bennett, Scott. ART AND ERROR. Modern Textual Editing. Essays Compiled and Edited by Ronald Gottesman and Scott Bennett. First U.K. Edition; pp. xiv, 306; notes, bibliography; original cloth (fore-edges a little marked); a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Methuen & Co Ltd; (1970). #65948 A$30.00
31 Green, Jonathon. CHASING THE SUN. Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 424(last blank); 28 illustrations on 8 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1996). #65963 A$45.00
32 Gross, John; Edited by. THE OXFORD BOOK OF PARODIES. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Third Impression; pp. [ii], xx, 346(last 7 blank); several illustrations, sources, index of parodists, index of the parodied; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2010). #65920 A$30.00
33 Hayward, John; Compiler. ENGLISH POETRY. A Catalogue of First & Early Editions of Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to the Present Day, Exhibited by the National Book League at 7 Albemarle Street, London, 1947. Cr. 4to; pp. x, 142(last blank); index of titles, index of authors; original wrappers. Cambridge; published for The National Book League by the Cambridge University Press; 1947. #20658 A$30.00
34 Hennessey, John David. THE DIS-HONOURABLE. With an Introduction by Nancy Bonnin. Pp. 32, [8](plates), [viii], 320(last 3 blank); 8 full-page illustrations; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (St. Lucia); University of Queensland Press; (1975). ***A murder mystery set in the disastrous Brisbane floods of 1893, first published in 1895. #23928 A$35.00
35 Hewison, Robert. UNDER SIEGE. Literary Life in London 1939-1945. First U.S. Edition; pp. x, 222(last 3 blank); 16 plates, notes on sources, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Oxford University Press; 1977. #65922 A$30.00
36 Hewison, Robert. IN ANGER. British Culture in the Cold War 1945-60. First U.S. Edition; pp. [x], 230; 8 plates, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Oxford University Press; 1981. #65919 A$30.00
37 Hyman, Stanley Edgar. THE TANGLED BANK. Darwin, Marx, Frazer and Freud as Imaginative Writers. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 496(last blank); bibliography, name and title index, subject index; original cloth; a fine copy. New York; Atheneum; 1962. #65931 A$60.00
38 Innes, Hammond. THE LAST VOYAGE. Captain Cook s Lost Diary. First U.S. Edition; pp. 256; coloured endpaper maps, addendum; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; Alfred A. Knopf; 1979. ***Fiction. #49333 A$25.00
39 Ireland, Alexander. THE BOOK-LOVER S ENCHIRIDION: Thoughts on the Solace and Companionship of Books, and topics incidental thereto; gathered form the best writers of every age, and arranged in chronological order. [Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged]. F cap 8vo, Fourth Edition, Australian Issue; pp. xvi, [4], 496(last 3 blank), 8(adv.); title-page in red & black, index; original cloth (extremities slightly rubbed; front hinge a little weak, but a nice copy). Melbourne; Samuel Mullen; 1887. ***This edition published in the U.K. in 1884; the title-page is a cancel. #65964 A$30.00
40 Isaacs, Leonard. Science in a Social Context. DARWIN TO DOUBLE HELIX. The Biological Theme in Science Fiction. First Edition; pp. 64; sources, bibliography; original stiff wrappers. London; Butterworths; (1977). #60202 A$20.00
41 Jackson, H. J. MARGINALIA. Readers Writing in Books. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 324, [4](blank); 10 figures, notes, bibliography of annotated books cited, bibliography of secondary works cited, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New Haven and London; Yale University Press; (2001). #65940 A$50.00
42 James, Louis. ENGLISH POPULAR LITERATURE 1819-1851. Edited, with an Introduction and Commentary, by Louis James. Cr. 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 368; numerous illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards, (light waterstain to lower margin throughout, otherwise a nice copy in dustwrapper). New York; Columbia University Press; 1976. #65916 A$20.00
43 Johnston, William Dawson. HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Volume I 1800-1864 [All published]. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 536(last blank); folding table & 28 plates, chronological table, 6 appendices, index; original cloth; entirely uncut & largely unopened; a fine copy. Washington; Government Printing Office; 1904. ***Attractively printed on high-quality paper. This volume [was to be] the first of the series of Contributions to American library history, the preparation of which has been undertaken by librarians representing the several states, the editing and publishing of which has been assumed by the Library... it is hoped to supplement this volume by a second, describing the history of the library since 1864, and a third describing the history of the other libraries of the Government., however these projected volumes never appeared. #48960 A$175.00
44 Kampf, Louis and Lauter, Paul; Edited by. THE POLITICS OF LITERATURE. Dissenting Essays on the Teaching of English. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. [ii], xii, 432(last 3 blank); notes, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; Pantheon Books, A Division of Random House; (1972). #65941 A$25.00
45 Knox, R. A. LITERARY DISTRACTIONS. First Edition; pp. viii, 232; original papered boards; a very good copy. London and New York; Sheed and Ward; (1958). #65945 A$20.00
46 Krystal, Arthur; Edited with an Introduction by. A COMPANY OF READERS. Uncollected Writings of W. H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, and Lionel Trilling from The readers Subscription and Mid- Century Book Clubs. Foreword by Jacques Barzun. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxx, 290(last blank); note, 2 appendices; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; The Free Press; (2001). #65943 A$50.00
47 Lennard, John. BUT I DIGRESS. The Exploitation of Parentheses in English Printed Verse. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 324, [4] (blank); several illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly creased dustwrapper. Oxford; Clarendon Press; 1991. ***A (perhaps surprisingly) interesting and wide-ranging book, informative, entertaining, and erudite. With a contemporary review loosely inserted. #65947 A$65.00
48 Levine, George. DARWIN AND THE NOVELISTS. Patterns of Science in Victorian Fiction. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xiv, 320(last 3 blank); notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in very slightly torn dustwrapper. Cambridge, Massachusetts; Harvard University Press; (1988). #65930 A$45.00
49 Lewis, Jeremy. GRUB STREET IRREGULAR. [Scenes from Literary Life]. First Edition; pp. xviii, 330, [4](blank); original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Harper Press; (2008). ***The third volume of publishing memoirs, being a companion to Playing for Time and Kindred Spirits. #65955 A$40.00
50 Lowth, Rev. Robert. BILLESDON COPLOW, A Poem descriptive of A Remarkable Day s Sport in Leicestershire, On Monday, February 24th, 1800: By the Rev. Robert Lowth. To which is prefixed A Brief Memoir of the Author. London: Published by T. Griffiths, Wellington Street, Strand. 1831. [Typeset title-page]. BILLESDON COPLOW, A Poem on Fox Hunting. Second Edition. With Embellishments by F. C. Turner. London, T. Griffiths; Wellington Street MDCCCXXXII. Price Two Shillings. [Engraved title-page]. 12mo, Second Edition; pp. 24(last leaf adverts., verso colophon); hand-coloured engraved titlepage & 9 fine hand-coloured plates, 4 engraving in text, review slip tipped in at front; finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crimson morocco, gilt, with marbled endpapers & gilt doublures; all edges gilt; (front joint slightly rubbed); a very fine, clean and crisp copy in an exquisite binding; very rare. London; T. Griffiths; 1833. ***First published in 1831, with coloured frontispiece only; this edition is considerably enhanced by the addition of eight extra plates. #12916 A$650.00
51 Macdonald, Dwight; Edited by. PARODIES. An Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm--and After. [Compiled and with an Introduction & Notes by Dwight Macdonald]. First Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 582(last 7 blank); appendix, index; original cloth (lower portion waterstained & text wrinkled throughout, but quite clean and serviceable); torn dustwrapper. New York; Random House; (1960). ***A Random House Lifetime Library Book. #65938 A$20.00
52 Mackaness, George. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HENRY LAWSON. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 102(last blank); coloured frontispiece, 9 b/w. plates, tabulated list of the Collected Poems and Stories of Lawson, 4 appendices, index; original buckram; a very good copy in worn & torn dustwrapper. Sydney; Angus and Robertson Ltd; (1951). ***Printed by John Gartner at The Hawthorn Press. #18961 A$135.00
53 McMorris, Jenny. THE WARDEN OF ENGLISH. The Life of H. W. Fowler. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 242, [2](blank); 8 plates, genealogical table, notes, bibliography, chronology, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly faded dustwrapper. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2001). #34509 A$50.00
54 McMurtry, Jo. ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ENGLISH LITERATURE. The Creation of an Academic Discipline. First U.K. Edition; pp. xii, 192, [4](blank); 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy. London; Mansell Publishing Limited; 1985. ***First published in the U.S. in the same year. With the blurbcontaining portions of the dustwrapper and some related clippings loosely inserted. #65950 A$35.00
55 Manguel, Alberto. A HISTORY OF READING. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], 372; numerous illustrations, notes, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); HarperCollins Publishers; (1996). #25716 A$45.00
56 Manguel, Alberto. A READING DIARY. [A Passionate Reader s Reflections on a Year of Books]. First U.S. Edition; pp. [ii], x, 212(last 3 blank); reading list; original quarter cloth; (a spot on lower edge); a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; (2004). ***First published in Canada in the same year. #65954 A$20.00
57 Martin, Henri-Jean. THE FRENCH BOOK. Religion, Absolutism, and Readership, 1585-1715. Translated by Paul Saenger and Nadine Saenger. First Edition; pp. xiv, 118; 3 maps, 5 graphs, 38 figures on 28 plates, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Baltimore and London; The Johns Hopkins University Press; (1996). #65917 A$18.00
58 Massingberd, Hugh; Edited by. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF OBITUARIES. A celebration of eccentric lives. First Edition, Fourth Impression; pp. xiv, 338; index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Macmillan; (1995). ***Together with the Second [Heroes and Adventurers, pp. xii, 356(last 5 adv. & blank)], Third [Entertainers, pp. xii, 336, [4](blank)], Fourth [Rogues, pp. xiv, 418(last 3 blank)] and Fifth [Twentieth-Century Lives, pp. xx, 508(last 3 blank)] Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries, each with index, these later volumes being the paperback issues, Pan Books, 1996-97-98-99. In all, five volumes, with a number of related newsclippings. #65956 A$65.00
59 Nadeau, Jean-Benoit and Barlow, Julie. THE STORY OF FRENCH. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition, Third Impression; pp. xii, 484; 2 maps, 6 tables, appendix, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; St. Martin s Press; (2006). ***First published in Canada by Alfred A. Knopf. #50142 A$50.00
60 O Hanlon, Redmond. JOSEPH CONRAD AND CHARLES DARWIN. The influence of scientific thought on Conrad s fiction. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 192(last 3 blank); notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn & faded dustwrapper. Edinburgh; The Salamander Press; 1984. #18954 A$45.00
61 Parrott, E. O.; Compiled and edited by. IMITATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. A Book of Literary Parodies. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 384; index of authors parodied, index of parodists, sources; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Harmondsworth, Middlesex); Viking; (1986). #65979 A$40.00
62 Quennell, Peter; Edited by. GENIUS IN THE DRAWING- ROOM. The Literary Salon in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 188; 16 plates, notes, bibliogs.; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (1980). #65921 A$35.00
63 Raverat, Gwen. PERIOD PIECE. A Cambridge Childhood. First Edition, Fourth Impression; pp. 282, [4](blank); 2 genealogical charts, numerous illustrations by the Author; original cloth (slightly marked; spine faded). London; Faber and Faber Limited; (mcmlii [1952]). ***Recollections by a grand daughter of Charles Darwin. #13663 A$30.00
64 Reade, Charles. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH. A Tale of the Middle Ages. F cap 8vo; pp. [viii], 682, [2](blank); 4 plates; original cloth; (spine lettering a bit rubbed); a very good copy. London and Glasgow; Blackie & Son Limited; N.D. [c. 1945]. #40781 A$15.00
65 Ricks, Christopher. BECKETT S DYING WORDS. The Clarendon Lectures 1990. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. vi, 218; chronology, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Oxford; Clarendon Press; (1993). #65977 A$35.00
66 Room, Adrian. NAMING NAMES. Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes with a Who s Who. First Edition; pp. x, 350(last blank); bibliography; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London and Henley; Routledge & Kegan Paul; (1981). #41459 A$30.00
67 Seymour-Smith, Martin; Editor. NOVELS AND NOVELISTS. A Guide to the World of Fiction. Demy 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 288; very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, indices; original papered boards; (lower corner a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper). New York; St. Martin s Press; (1980). ***Including historical surveys, short biographies of novelists, a section on illustrators and the novel and cinema. #21138 A$40.00
68 Smith, John Saumarez; Edited by. A SPY IN THE BOOKSHOP. Letters between Heywood Hill and John Saumarez Smith 1966-74. First Edition; pp. 176(last blank); index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Frances Lincoln; (2006). #65951 A$25.00
69 [Smyth, Alice Mary; General Editor]. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. Second Edition. Roy. 8vo, Second Edition, reprinted; pp. xx, 1004; comprehensive index (over 400 pp.), short Greek index; original papered boards (lower corner bumped; inscription on endpaper); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Chancellor Press; (1985). ***This second edition first published in 1953. #45894 A$30.00
70 Spencer, A. H. THE HILL OF CONTENT. Books, Art, Music, People. First Edition; pp. xiv, 246; 11 plates, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1959). #43513 A$40.00
71 Stevenson, Randall. THE BRITISH NOVEL IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. An introductory bibliography. First Edition; pp. 36(last blank); original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. (London; Literature Department, The British Council; 1988). #15700 A$15.00
72 Thompson, James Westfall; with the collaboration of Bernard J. Holm. A HISTORY OF HISTORICAL WRITING. Volume I. From the Earliest Times to the End of the Seventeenth Century. [Volume II. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries]. 2 vols., med. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 676, [2](blank); frontispiece Vol. II, pp. x, 674, [4](blank); index; original cloth; a nice copy. Gloucester, Mass.; Peter Smith; 1967. ***First published in 1942. #65939 A$65.00
73 Turner, G. W. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xii, 236; bibliography, word and phrase index and subject index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1966). #35057 A$45.00
74 Uglow, Jennifer. GEORGE ELIOT. First Edition; pp. xiv, 274(last blank); 8 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (London); Virago; (1987). #65933 A$25.00
75 Vickers, Brian; Edited by. SHAKESPEARE. The Critical Heritage. 6 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, 1623-1692; pp. xii, 448; Vol. II, 1693-1733; pp. xii, 552(last 3 blank); Vol. III, 1733-1752; pp. xii, 488(last blank); Vol. IV, 1753-1765; pp. xiv, 586(last 3 blank); Vol. V, 1765-1774; pp. xvi, 572(last 3 blank); Vol. VI, 1774-1801; pp. xiv, 650; each volume with bibliography and index; original papered boards; a nice set in dustwrappers (dustwrapper to Volume I covered in adhesive plastic). London and Boston; Routledge & Kegan Paul; (1974-74-75-76-79-81). #61851 A$350.00
76 Wardroper, John. KINGS, LORDS AND WICKED LIBELLERS. Satire and Protest 1760-1837. First Edition; pp. x, 266(last 3 blank); 48 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth (slightly flecked); a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); John Murray; (1973). #65953 A$35.00
77 Wechsler, Robert. PERFORMING WITHOUT A STAGE. The Art of Literary Translation. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 318, [2](adv.); references, notes, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (North Haven, CT); Catbird Press; (1998). #65942 A$35.00
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