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A guide to literature. Revised and enlarged by Hester R. Hoffman. Pp. xiv+786(last blank); thick med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; lower hinge cracked;R. R. Bowker Company, New York, 1948. More
A guide to literature. Revised and enlarged by Hester R. Hoffman. Pp. xiv+786(last blank); thick med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; lower hinge cracked;R. R. Bowker Company, New York, 1948. More
With a Foreword by Nettie Palmer. Pp. 42(including advertisement leaf at end), title page decoration; printed paper wrappers, with flaps, over card, lightly soiled, stapled; uncut; stamp giving author details on upper wrapper and page 7 of text, blind library stamp (Public Library of South Australia) on title page and..... More
Pp. 140(last blank); cr. 8vo; red cloth, printed paper title page on spine, boards a trifle marked, spine faded and label slightly soiled, tiny chip at foot of spine; the free endpapers faintly offset, scattered light foxing; Ernest Benn Ltd., London, 1927. First edition. Higginson A20a. *Lacking the dust wrapper..... More
Pp. 64, select bibliography; f'cap. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, lower edges and backstrip a trifle rubbed, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, faint number stamp at foot of lower panel; lower edges of leaves a little soiled; Melbourne University Press for The..... More
A critical review of all forms of literature produced in Australia from the first books published after the arrival of the First Fleet until 1950, with short accounts of later publications up to 1960. In two volumes, totalling approx. 1500 pages. Volume I, 1789-1923; Volume II, 1923-1950. Index; med. 8vo;..... More
Pp. 178; edges of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled; free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Longmans, London, 1961. First U.K. edition. *'Attacks the sterility and artificiality of English life as revealed in its mass media, politics and literature; and..... More
Space-Flight in Fiction, from Lucian to Lewis. Pp. 190, half-title page vignette, appendix; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Abelard, London, 1958. First edition. *'The..... More
Associate Editor David Brailow with the assistance of Arlyn Bruccoli. Pp. [x]+656(last blank), index; demy 4to; gilt lettered navy cloth, upper joint slightly bruised; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Facts on File, New York, 1993. First edition. *A second volume, covering 20th century novels, was published in 1994. More
Pp. xiv+272, text illustrations, select bibliography, notes, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1970. First U.K. edition. *Charles Edward Mudie opened his Select Library in London in 1842, ushering in an era in English literature dominated by the 'three decker'..... More
Pp. xiv+272, text illustrations, select bibliography, notes, index; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind near bottom fore-corner of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of closed tape repaired on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and..... More
Pp. xiv+386(last blank), index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006. First edition. *A book in which you can find out which great historian's face was once mistaken for a baby's..... More
Pp. xx+340, text illustrations, sources, indices; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block faintly browned, some light foxing; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010. Second impression. More
Pp. xxiv+360, index; demy 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the upper endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Oxford University Press, New York, 1981. Second printing..... More
Pp. xii+258(last blank), 6 full page portraits in text, works consulted, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Chatto & Windus, London, 1990. First edition. More
Pp. x+286, index; cr. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board with blind rule border, the boards slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; top edges maroon, others uncut and partly unopened; dust wrapper, browned, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded, chipped at head, and..... More
The Clark Lectures given at Cambridge in 1942. Pp. 158(last blank); cr. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed;..... More
Pp. xii+206, works by Thomas Hardy, further reading list, index; top fore-corner of boards lightly bruised; top edges red (faded); dust wrapper, corners a trifle rubbed; a couple of spots of foxing; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1968. First U.K. edition. Masters of World Literature series. More
The life, times and works of the great novelist and poet. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, endpaper map, index; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled; Carlton, London, 1997. More
A wayfarer. Pp. x+44, 13 full page illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, faintly soiled, tiny chip at head of backstrip; Dorset County Library & The Thomas Hardy Society, Dorchester, Dorset, 1978. First edition. More
Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association. Pp. viii+166, text figures and tables, notes; boards a trifle soiled, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges, the spine slightly faded; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, backstrip faded; small..... More
From Smollett to Spark. Pp. xvi+442, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978. More
Pp. xii+992(last blank), chronological index; thick med. 8vo; boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves faintly soiled; Oxford University Press, New York, 1968. Fourth printing. *From the library of Australian historian Professor..... More
Pp. [x]+896; sq. med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, New York, 1983. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged (second printing). More
Pp. [viii]+216; printed paper wrappers, the upper wrapper date stamped (4 Sep 1967), edges lightly rubbed; date stamp on title page, a couple of spots of foxing; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1967. Advance proof copy, uncorrected. *Includes chapters on Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Edith Sitwell, Henry James, a.o. More
Pp. xii+240, numerous text illustrations, notes, select bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled and worn; ownership stamp on half-title page; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1970. Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. More