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THE HERITAGE OF BRITISH LITERATURE

THE HERITAGE OF BRITISH LITERATURE

by Lord David Cecil, Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Katie O'Brien, Anthony Burgess

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1983
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780500013038
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Thames & Hudson. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0500013039 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; B&W and color; 224 pages; Wine colored hardcovers with gold design on front and gold lettering on spine. Spine is straight and binding is tight. No ownership marks. Pages are clean and appear unmarked. Pages remain… Read more about this item
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CALVALCADE OF COMEDY 21 Brilliant Comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to  Thurber and Coward

CALVALCADE OF COMEDY 21 Brilliant Comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward

by edited with Introductions by Louis Kronenberger

Condition
Used - Good+ in Fair Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition; 1st Printing
Published
1953
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Simon and Schuster. Good+ in Fair Dust Jacket. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 715 pages; Light blue and red hardcovers. Embossed lettering of author names on front gilt lettering on spine. Very light rubbing to the turn corners. Light fading/sunning to top edges. Binding secure. Pages are clean… Read more about this item
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THE GIRL I LOVED

THE GIRL I LOVED

by James Whitcomb Riley

Condition
Used - Fair with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1910
Binding
Hardcover
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Bobbs Merrill. Fair with no Dust Jacket. 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages; Red flexible leather with gilt lettering on front and spine. Heavy wear and rubbing to the spine and turns on spine. Rubbing to the upper and lower edges of covers. Spine is split vertically. Binding remains intact. Contents… Read more about this item
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SHORT STORY CLASSICS (AMERICAN) VOLUME FIVE

SHORT STORY CLASSICS (AMERICAN) VOLUME FIVE

by edited by William Patten

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
Later Printing
Published
1905
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1905. Later Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Vol. 5; Olive green cloth with black design framing front board. Gilt title box with black lettering and design. Spine is straight, binding tight. No ownership marks. Pages are clean with occasional foxing. No… Read more about this item
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44 IRISH SHORT STORIES:  An Anthology of Irish Short Fiction from Yeats to  Frank O'Connor

44 IRISH SHORT STORIES: An Anthology of Irish Short Fiction from Yeats to Frank O'Connor

by Devin A. Garrity

Condition
Used - Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket
Edition
Not 1st Edition
Published
1985
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780517095300
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Devin-Adair Co. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. 1985. Not 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0517095300 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages; Green hardcovers with white lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding tight. Pages are clean with occasional light foxing and are very lightly browning. The dust jacket has wear and rubbing to the edges.… Read more about this item
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L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO, COMUS, AND LYCIDAS

L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO, COMUS, AND LYCIDAS

by John Gregory Milton, edited with Introductory Notes by Tuley Francis Huntington

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1900
Binding
Hardcover
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Ginn and Company. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 195 pages; GReen cloth hardcovers with black design and lettering on front and spine. Small smudge on front. Spine is straight, binding tight. Previous owner's name neatly printed in ink on front inside board paper. Pages appear clean… Read more about this item
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FIRST SIX BOOKS OF VIRGIL'S AENEID

FIRST SIX BOOKS OF VIRGIL'S AENEID

by Literally translated Into English Prose by Davidson with Introduction by Edward Brooks, Jr.

Condition
Used - Very Good with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing
Published
1896
Binding
Hardcover
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Philadelphia: David McKay. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1896. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 170 pages; Brown hardcovers with black design and lettering on front and spine. Covers are very lightly soiled. Spine is straight, binding tight. Interior pages are clean and lightly browning. Appears unmarked. No dust jacket.… Read more about this item
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THE NEW POETRY;  An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Verse in English;

THE NEW POETRY; An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Verse in English;

by edited by Harriet Monroe and Alice Corbin Henderson

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
New and Enlarged Edition
Published
1923
Binding
Hardcover
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The MacMillan Company. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1923. New and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 640 pages; Black hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. The page edges are lightly soiled. Turn corners are very lightly bumped. Very light rubbing to the edges and turns. Spine is straight, binding tight. Previous owner's… Read more about this item
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THOMAS MOORE'S COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS Collected by Himself with  Explanatory Notes and Biographical Introduction

THOMAS MOORE'S COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes and Biographical Introduction

by Thomas Moore

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Published
1895
Binding
Faux Leather-Snake Skin
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Thomas Y Crowell & Co.. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1895. 1st Edition Thus. Faux Leather-Snake Skin. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 800 pages; Faux leather, snake skin appearing hardcovers. Pages edges are gilt. Guilt script lettering on front and spine. No ownership marks. Pages are clean, very lightly browning with age. Appear unmarked. No… Read more about this item
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THE TRAGEDY OF POMPEY THE GREAT

THE TRAGEDY OF POMPEY THE GREAT

by John Masefield

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st American Edition; reprint
Published
1914
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: MacMillan. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1914. 1st American Edition; reprint. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 137 pages; Dark green hardcovers with embossed design and gold lettering on front and spine. Spine is tanned. Spine is straight, binding tight. Pages are clean and appear unmarked. No ownership marks. No dust jacket. Book… Read more about this item
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THAÏS

THAÏS

by Anatole France with An Introduction by Raymond Weaver

Condition
Used - Good with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Published
1929
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Hardcover
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New York: Book League of America. Good with no Dust Jacket. 1929. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Series: Modern Reader's Series; 226 pages; Blue hardcovers with gilt design that is faded on front. Title lettering on spine is faded. Spine is straight, binding tight. Ex Libris label on front inside board paper… Read more about this item
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THE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. Volume XIII The Pirate

THE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. Volume XIII The Pirate

by Sir Walter Scott.

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Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Published
1907
Binding
Hardcover
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Great Britain: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1907. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Series: New Century Library; 582 pages; Dark blue hardcovers with light rubbing to the turns and corners. Gold lettering and design on spine. Spine is straight, binding tight. End pages are decorative blue marbling with gold threading,… Read more about this item
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PALGRAVE'S THE GOLDEN TREASURY

PALGRAVE'S THE GOLDEN TREASURY

by edited with Notes and An Introduction by Herbert Bates, A. B.

Condition
Used - Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
11th Printing
Published
1916
Binding
Hardcover
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Longman's, Green, and Co.. Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1916. 11th Printing. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Series: Longman's English Classics; 459 pages; Olive green hardcovers with black lettering and illustration on front, black lettering on spine. Spine is straight. Binding is lightly cracking at Preface page, pages 458/459. Previous owner's name neatly pencil inscribed… Read more about this item
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ROBERT BURNS Twenty Favourite Songs and Poems

ROBERT BURNS Twenty Favourite Songs and Poems

by I. F. Grant

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1978
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780856830402
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Edinburgh: Shepheard-Walwyn (Printed By R & R Clark Ltd. Very Good. 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0856830402 . 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 44 pages; Olive green hardcovers. Please note this book states that it was printed by R&R Clark and published by Shepheard-Walwyn in 1978. First released in 1978, ISBN matches DJ and inside of book… Read more about this item
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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

by Jonathan Swift

Condition
Used - with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Published
1969
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780448058108
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Boston: Grosset & Dunlap. with no Dust Jacket. 1969. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0448058103 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Color Illustrations; Series: Barnes and Noble Classics Series; 306 pages; Decorative hard cover boards with orange ships with sails on front and back. Spine is dark blue with orange title box with orange lettering. Illustration above… Read more about this item
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CHAUCER AND THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
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CHAUCER AND THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

by H. S. Bennett

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
Later Printing
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Oxfford University Press. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1961. Later Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Series: Oxford History Of English Literature; 326 pages; Dark blue hardcovers with faded gold lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding tight. No ownership marks. Pages are clean, light browning with age. No dust jacket. .… Read more about this item
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THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE

THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE

by F. O. Matthiessen

Condition
Used - Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket
Edition
Book Club Edition
Published
1952
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. 1952. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1132 pages; Dark blue hardcovers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Spine is straight, binding secure. Pages are very lightly aging with light vanilla tone. Dust jacket has wear to the top and bottom… Read more about this item
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MORLEY'S VARIETY A Selection from the Writings of Christopher Morley

MORLEY'S VARIETY A Selection from the Writings of Christopher Morley

by Made by Louis Greenfield

Condition
Used - Good with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition; 1st Printing
Published
1944
Binding
Hardcover
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Cleveland: The World Publishing Company. Good with no Dust Jacket. 1944. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 636 pages; Green hardcovers with light green title boxed with dark green lettering front and spine. Very light rubbing noted to edges and turns. Printed on "war time paper". End pages are lightly browning. Interior… Read more about this item
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THE RIVALS

THE RIVALS

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1907
Binding
Hardcover
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Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Plates; 131 pages; Olive hardcovers wtih gilt design and lettering on front and spine. Very light rubbing to the edges. Spine is straight, binding tight. Pages are clean and unmarked and very lightly aging. No dust jacket.… Read more about this item
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SONGS OF SUMMER

SONGS OF SUMMER

by James Whitcomb Riley.

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket
Edition
Later Edition
Published
1908
Binding
Flexible leather
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Reader's Digest Assoc. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1908. Later Edition. Flexible leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; B&W Illustrations; 190 pages; Bright red leather covers wtih gold lettering on front and spine. There is light rubbing to the turn corners and the spine turns. Light wear to top and botton of spine. Spine is… Read more about this item
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