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The Works of George Chapman: Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by Homer; Chapman, George; Shepherd, Richard Herne (editor) - 1875

by Homer; Chapman, George; Shepherd, Richard Herne (editor)

The Works of George Chapman:  Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by Homer; Chapman, George; Shepherd, Richard Herne (editor) - 1875

The Works of George Chapman: Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

by Homer; Chapman, George; Shepherd, Richard Herne (editor)

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London: Chatto and Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, corners rounded, small stain . on lower front board edge.. 1875. Later Printing. Hardcover. Edited and with notes by Richard Herne Shepherd. Volume III of a three-volume edition of the English Elizabethan writer’s literary works. Green ruled pebbled cloth with gilt center cameo of Chapman’s head on front boards and gilt titles and publisher’s device on spine. Frontispiece illustration of Homer and Chapman consorting with Greek Gods. 558 pages plus 40 page list of Chatto & Windus books, dated May 1879. Chapman’s translations of Homer’s epics made John Keats swoon and they still hold up today. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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  • Publisher Chatto and Windus
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1875
  • Keywords Homer, Classical Literature
Bright Was Their Destiny

Bright Was Their Destiny

by De Meyer, John

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NY: Wilfred Funk. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards scuffed, page tops spotted, adhesive . darkened at outer joints, jacket toned at spine and lightly wrinkled at . margins.. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. The quintessential New England novel by a Yankee scion. "This is a story of the bungling by the first families of New England--the last stronghold of sound conservatism--that is the cause of the decline of America's once snugest [sic] industrial domain. The book is written with indignation. Yet also through the story moves one of the most exciting and sophisticated romances of recent fiction. " (from front jacket flap). Grey cloth binding. ; 312 pages .
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Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

by Frazier, Charles

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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Last signature was uncut rather roughly, . bookstore ticket on rear pastedown, boards lightly rubbed, some darkening . of endpapers at inner joints.. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding. Gold lettering on front boards and spine. Faint red topstain. Full title: The Last Tycoon, An Unfinished Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald Together with The Great Gatsby and Selected Stories. Foreword by Edmund Wilson. Fitzgerald died before this novel was finished, but it includes a synopsis of the rest of the plot and the author's actual notes for the full novel, as well as the full text of: The Great Gatsby, May Day, The Diamond as Big as The Ritz, The Rich Boy, Absolution and Crazy Sunday. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 476 pages .
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A Fable

A Fable

by Faulkner, William

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NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn along edges and at . head and foot of spine, pages toned, owner name on half-title.. 1954. First Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial burgundy cloth binding, Gray topstain. A lovely copy of the Nobel Laureate's allegorical novel about trench warfare and passive resistance in World War I. The novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages .
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Candide and Other Romances by Voltaire

Candide and Other Romances by Voltaire

by Voltaire; Aldington, Richard (translator)

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London and New York: John Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Dime-sized nick at center of rear . gutter, jacket rubbed.. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth decorated in gilt. Introduction and notes by translator Richard Aldington. Detailed black and white plates throughout by Tealby. xxxiii, 220pp. One side from cardboard slipcase laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Bright Was Their Destiny

Bright Was Their Destiny

by De Meyer, John

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NY: Wilfred Funk. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards scuffed, page tops spotted, adhesive . darkened at outer joints, jacket toned at spine and lightly wrinkled at . margins.. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. The quintessential New England novel by a Yankee scion. "This is a story of the bungling by the first families of New England--the last stronghold of sound conservatism--that is the cause of the decline of America's once snugest [sic] industrial domain. The book is written with indignation. Yet also through the story moves one of the most exciting and sophisticated romances of recent fiction. " (from front jacket flap). Grey cloth binding. ; 312 pages .
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LYRICAL WARBLINGS

LYRICAL WARBLINGS

by Podolyn, Joseph

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Private Printing. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; All edges gilded. Signed by author. ; Color Illustrations; 196 pages; Signed by Author .
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Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

by Frazier, Charles

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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Last signature was uncut rather roughly, . bookstore ticket on rear pastedown, boards lightly rubbed, some darkening . of endpapers at inner joints.. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding. Gold lettering on front boards and spine. Faint red topstain. Full title: The Last Tycoon, An Unfinished Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald Together with The Great Gatsby and Selected Stories. Foreword by Edmund Wilson. Fitzgerald died before this novel was finished, but it includes a synopsis of the rest of the plot and the author's actual notes for the full novel, as well as the full text of: The Great Gatsby, May Day, The Diamond as Big as The Ritz, The Rich Boy, Absolution and Crazy Sunday. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 476 pages .
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A Fable

A Fable

by Faulkner, William

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NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn along edges and at . head and foot of spine, pages toned, owner name on half-title.. 1954. First Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial burgundy cloth binding, Gray topstain. A lovely copy of the Nobel Laureate's allegorical novel about trench warfare and passive resistance in World War I. The novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages .
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Kane & Abel
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Kane & Abel

by Jeffrey Archer

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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

by Frazier, Charles

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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural

by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)

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228 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with quarter brown spine and dark green lettering to spine label and cover. First edition, first issue. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Corners bumped and slightly chipped, spine heal rubbed, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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The Hand of the Potter: A Tragedy in Four Acts
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The Hand of the Potter: A Tragedy in Four Acts

by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)

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209 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brow cloth with dark green lettering to spine and cover over green boards. First edition, second state with half-title tipped to stub. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Chip at front edge, spine heal bumped, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage

by Cholmondeley, Mary

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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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We Loved Them Once

by Rivers, Ronda

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NY: Vantage Press, 1954. Pages [135] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Tan boards, black lettering, clean, minor shelf wear. PO's name penned to endpaper. Set in 1950's America. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Large-Print Edition
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
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St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

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v+321 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. First British edition. St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston but gradually lost interest in the former. The plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier, after his capture by the British. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, shelf wear, hinges and spine heal moderately rubbed, previous owner's name on front end paper else a very good copy.
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Dobrodruzstvi Toma Sawyera a Huckleberryho Finna.

Dobrodruzstvi Toma Sawyera a Huckleberryho Finna.

by Twain, Mark; Jiri Hejna

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Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury SNKLHU, 1961, hardcover. Apparent first edition in Czech 1961, with the illustrations by Jiri Hejna, of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Translated into CZECH by Frantisk Gel. 393 pages. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (yellow cloth cover some soil) with very good minus dust jacket (spine sunned).
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