Nineteenth Century Literature from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, The Royal Egyptian, as Set Forth by His Own Hand.
by HAGGARD, H. Rider.
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London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1889. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, navy cloth blocked in gilt, pp. xvi, 336, illustrated. Publisher's 16 page catalogue "General Lists of Works" dated August 1889. Text block a bit shaken, hinge paper split but hinges holding. Previous owner has rubber-stamped his name and address unobtrusively in several… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay. Volume IV: September 1841-December 1848.
by MACAULAY, Thomas Babington. Edited by Thomas Pinney.
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1977). First edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo, brown buckram, pp. xii, 407; frontispiece illustration. Indexed. Front free endpaper with bookplate indicating the item was purchased for the now defunct Disraeli Project at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada, and with pencilled purchase information neatly in the gutter of the contents page. Else fine in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay. Volume IV: September 1841-December 1848.
by MACAULAY, Thomas Babington. Edited by Thomas Pinney.
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1977). First edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo, brown buckram, pp. xii, 407; frontispiece illustration. Indexed. Front free endpaper with bookplate indicating the item was purchased for the now defunct Disraeli Project at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada, and with "The Disreali Project" neatly rubber-stamped above. Else fine in dust jacket showing a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dickens on Literature: A Continuing Study of His Aesthetic.
by (DICKENS, Charles). Lettis, Richard.
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Ams Press. Hardcover. (AMS Studies in the Nineteenth Century). Still in the publisher's shrink wrap. Fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
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Carte de Visite. CDV.
by TROLLOPE, Anthony.
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London: The London Steroscopic Co., [N.d]. Backstamp overprinted wih "Maison Martinet, 12, Boulevart des Capucines, Grand Hotel Paris". Portrait, shown from waist up. Fine condition. . Item Price
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David Elginbrod.
by MacDONALD, George.
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London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., (1927). New (Uniform) edition. 19.5 cm x 13.5 cm, original black cloth, pp. (ii), 412. Previous owner's name rubber-stamped on front paste-down, else near fine in dust jacket with tiny chips and slight loss to spine ends and corner tips, spine panel darkened with small stain, else very good or better. .… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elizabeth's Pretenders.
by AIDE, Hamilton.
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. 18 cm x 13.5 cm, dark blue cloth with floral motif blocked in pale yellow-green on upper board and lettered in gilt on spine, pp. 334. Previous owner's name on pastedown, rear endpaper with 4 cm tear in gutter, slight wear to spine ends, else near fine. . Item Price
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New Essays on Dostoyevsky
by Jones, Malcom V.; Terry, Garth M. Editors.
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1983). Octavo, maroon boards, pp. [x], 252. With considerable marginalia and annotation by a Queen's University professor, mostly in pencil, else a very good copy in dust jacket. Scarce book.. Item Price
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Wilkie Collins : An Illustrated Guide.
by (COLLINS, Wilkie). Gasson, Andrew; Peters, Catherine (editor)
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. First edition. 25.5 cm x 19.5 cm, black boards, pp. (xviii), 189, [1]; illustrated. The text is enhanced with numerous illustrations from the author's collection of books and memorabilia. Fine copy in dust jacket. [Oversize*]. Item Price
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Meaning and Interpretation. Wittgenstein, Henry James, and Literary Knowledge.
by (JAMES, Henry; Wittgenstein, Ludwig). Hagberg, G.L.
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Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1994). First edition 8vo., brown cloth, pp. xi, 183. Fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
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Cabinet photograph by Richardson of New York.
by EGGLESTON, Edward.
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Portrait of Edward Eggleston (1837-1902), American author, bible agent, Methodist minister. His published works include "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" (1871), "The Hoosier Schoolboy" (1881), and "The Faith Doctor" (1891). Pinhole to top margin of mount, light wear, else very good.. Item Price
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The Laird of Abbotsford. A View of Sir Walter Scott.
by WILSON, A.N.
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. First edition. 22.3 x 14.4 cm, pp. xvi, 197. Signed by Wilson. Slight lean to spine, else near fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
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Walter Pater's Renaissance.
by (PATER, Walter). Barolsky, Paul
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University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, (1987). First edition. Octavo, maroon cloth, pp. xiv, 214; illustrated. Fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
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Some Poetry & Prose.
by BACHMAN, Nathan La Fayette. (wrote under the nom de plume of "Bach")
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New York: Norman Hackett / Edward Van Winkle, 1905. #470 of 500 copies 17.7 cm x 13.3 cm, flexible leather boards, silk moire endpapers, top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, pp. xv, 45; frontispiece portrait. Colophon states "Arranged by E.V.W. at the Press of Orion." Published posthumously. Bachman was born in East Tennessee in 1848. At an early age he enlisted… Read more about this item Item Price
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Songs of the Springtides.
by SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles.
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London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1880. Second edition. Uniform dark green cloth, top edge lightly trimmed, others untrimmed, light slate brown endpapers, pp. [vi], 135, [1], + 32 page publisher's catalogue dated June 1880 at end. First leaf before half title with publisher's device. Light foxing, previous owner's names, corner tips bumped, rear board slightly marked, else a very good… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lady Charlotte: A Biography of the Nineteenth Century.
by John, Angela V.; Guest, Revel
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1989). First English edition. Octavo, dark brown boards, pp. xxiii, 320; illustrated. Lady Charlotte's three volume translation of The Mabinogion remains a classic. This biography draws heavily on the subject's previously untapped diaries. Small, tidy non-authorial inscription on endpaper, else near fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
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The Red Badge of Courage. A Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript.
by CRANE, Stephen. Edited with an Introduction and Apparatus by Fredson Bowers.
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Washington: Bruccoli Clark NCR / Microcard Editions, (1973). First edition in two volumes, #413 of 1,000 copies. . Folio, red cloth with grey paper labels, pp. xi, (123) & 263; illustrated. Both volumes near fine in slipcase, with slightly off-centre, label. Due to weight this item will require extra postage charge.. Item Price
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Pepacton.
by BURROUGHS, John.
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. 17.1 cm x 12.8 cm, original gray-brown cloth blocked in black and gilt, pp. 260. Non-authorial inscription in a tiny neat hand on title page, light mark on upper board, small dark stain on lower board, else very good or better. BAL 2144. Item Price
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Felix Holt. The Radical.
by ELIOT, George.
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Octavo, green cloth, pp. 477; frontispiece illustration. "Canadian Copyright Edition". Period bookplate. A fine, bright copy. Item Price
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Laus Veneris, and other Poems and Ballads.
by SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles.
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New York: G.W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1886. Later American edition. Octavo, green cloth blocked in black and gilt, pp. vii, 328, + 4 pages of Dillingham's ads dated 1887. Dillingham was the succesor to G.W. Carleton and this is a scarce imprint. This copy belonged to Canadian author Adele Wiseman, and shows her tiny pencil initials and date of Nov 18… Read more about this item Item Price
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