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A. A. Milneby A. A. MilneISBN 0525457240 (0-525-45724-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A. A. Milne'Book summary:Seventy-five years ago, that most beloved of "silly old bears," Winnie- the-Pooh, came down the stairs, "bump, bump, bump," on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. And now, after generations of children have grown up on stories about Pooh's adventures with his forest friends, the four all-time children's classics from A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard have been collected in one hefty, handsome volume for another multitude of generations to enjoy. Gathered together are the poems and tales that celebrate heffalumps, Eeyore's birthday, the unbouncing of Tigger, Disobedience, Buckingham Palace, and sneezles. The stories about Pooh getting stuck in Rabbit's doorway, Piglet doing a "Very Grand Thing," and Eeyore losing a tail (and Pooh finding one) are timeless favorites for children--and grownups--of all ages. Four original classics are here, in all their glory: Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six. This beautiful edition features complete, unabridged text and all of Shepard's original illustrations, each hand painted in watercolors--this is a true collector's gem. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, Adam FrostISBN 048640062X (0-486-40062-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:For this updated edition, David Bevington has included in his introductory section a thorough consideration of recent critical and stage interpretations of Antony and Cleopatra, demonstrating how the theatrical design and imagination of this play make it one of Shakespeare's most remarkable tragedies. The edition is attentive throughout to the play as theatre: a detailed, illustrated account of the stage history is followed, in the commentary, by discussion of staging options offered by the text. An updated reading list completes the edition. First Edition Hb (1990) 0-521-25256-3 First Edition Pb (1990) 0-521-27250-5 [via]
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Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0521629047 (0-521-62904-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0521848334 (0-521-84833-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0521094690 (0-521-09469-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 048640062X (0-486-40062-X)
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Antony and Cleopatraby David BevingtonISBN 0521272505 (0-521-27250-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:In this edition of the play David Bevington shows how the theatrical design and imaginative vision of Antony and Cleopatra make it one of Shakespeare's most remarkable tragedies. A substantial critical introduction synthesises the best criticism of the play and presents a fresh consideration of its erotic and political complexities. The edition is throughout attentive to the play as theatre: a detailed, illustrated account of the stage history is followed, in the commentary, by discussion of staging options offered by the text. The commentary is especially full and helpful, untangling many obscure words and phrases, illuminating sexual puns, and alerting the reader to Shakespeare's shaping of his source material in Plutarch's Lives. [via]
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Antony and Cleopatraby Mary Berry, Michael ClampISBN 0521445841 (0-521-44584-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, Antony and Cleopatra has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed. [via]
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Arms and the Manby George Bernard ShawISBN 0486264769 (0-486-26476-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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An Autobiographyby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0520037227 (0-520-03722-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Autobiography'Book summary:This edition is published by the Trollope Society. Pickering & Chatto Publishers is responsible for distributing to libraries and their suppliers only. [via]
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Bacon's Essaysby Francis BaconISBN 0518100359 (0-518-10035-9)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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The Black Arrowby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0486418200 (0-486-41820-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Rosesby Louis Robert StevensonISBN 0543896609 (0-543-89660-9)
Softcover, Adamant Media
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Blake's Water-Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray: With Complete Textsby William Blake, Thomas GrayISBN 0486409449 (0-486-40944-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blake's Water-Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray: With Complete Texts'Book summary:In the early 19th century, Blake created this imaginative series of 116 watercolors to illustrate 13 poems by Thomas Gray. Includes such popular poems as "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" and "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat." First inexpensive full-color reproduction, with the complete text of the poems.[via]More editions of Blake's Water-Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray: With Complete Texts:
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The Book of Urizen: A Facsimileby William BlakeISBN 0486298019 (0-486-29801-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Urizen: A Facsimile'Book summary:One of Blake's most interesting and powerful creations a parody of the book of Genesis in which the righteous figure of God is replaced by that of Urizen, the "dark power." Included are 27 hand-colored plates rich in energy and monumental grandeur, along with a printed transcription of the poem.[via]More editions of The Book of Urizen: A Facsimile:
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevatorby Roald DahlISBN 0553154559 (0-553-15455-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator'Book summary:Picking right up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. As the book begins, our heroes are shooting into the sky in a glass elevator, headed for destinations unknown. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical madness and mayhem we've all come to expect from Willy Wonka and his creator Roald Dahl. The American space race gets a send-up, as does the President, and Charlie's family gets a second chance at childhood. Throw in the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, and Minusland and we once again witness pure genius. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carrollby Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, Edward GuilianoISBN 051738566X (0-517-38566-X)
Hardcover, Avenel Books
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Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carrollby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517371553 (0-517-37155-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Poohby A. A. Milne, Ernest H. ShepardISBN 0525457232 (0-525-45723-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh'Book summary:When Christopher Robin asks Pooh what he likes doing best in the world, Pooh says, after much thought, "What I like best in the whole world is Me and Piglet going to see You, and You saying 'What about a little something?' and Me saying, 'Well, I shouldn't mind a little something, should you, Piglet,' and it being a hummy sort of day outside, and birds singing."
Happy readers for over 70 years couldn't agree more. Pooh's status as a "Bear of Very Little Brain" belies his profoundly eternal wisdom in the ways of the world. To many, Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and the others are as familiar and important as their own family members. A.A. Milne's classics, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, are brought together in this beautiful edition, complete and unabridged, with recolored illustrations by Milne's creative counterpart, Ernest H. Shepard. Join Pooh and the gang as they meet a Heffalump, help get Pooh unstuck from Rabbit's doorway, (re)build a house for Eeyore, and try to unbounce Tigger. A childhood is simply not complete without full participation in all of Pooh's adventures. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Devises and Desiresby P. D. JamesISBN 0517078988 (0-517-07898-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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England, My England : And Other Storiesby D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Steele, M. H. Black, James T. Boulton, Lindeth VaseyISBN 0521358140 (0-521-35814-0)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Equal Ritesby Terry PratchettISBN 0552131059 (0-552-13105-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Equal Rites'Book summary:paperback, fine [via]
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Favorite Poemsby William WordsworthISBN 0486270734 (0-486-27073-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Favorite Poems'Book summary:Treasury of 39 works by influential English Romantic poet: "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," the "Lucy" poems, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," many more all reprinted from an authoritative edition. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.[via]More editions of Favorite Poems:
Harry Heathcote of Gangoilby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0486253171 (0-486-25317-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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He Knew He Was Rightby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0486245314 (0-486-24531-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'He Knew He Was Right'Book summary:The central theme of the novel is the sexual jealousy of Louis Trevelyan who unjustly accuses his wife Emily of a liaison with a friend of her father's. As his suspicion deepens into madness, Trollope gives us a profound psychological study in which Louis' obsessive delirium is comparable to the tormented figure of Othello, tragically flawed by self-deception. Against the disintegration of the Trevelyans' marriage, a lively cast of characters explore the ideas of female emancipation and how to distinguish between obedience and subjection. Although himself no supporter of women's rights, in this novel some of Trollope's most spirited characters are single women.[via]Published in 1869, the same year as John Stuart Mills' The Subjection of Women and while the Divorce Act was a relative novelty, He Knew He Was Right was a timely novel, drawing a fine line between the obedience of women within marriage and their total possession by men.
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Heartbreak Houseby Bernard ShawISBN 0486292916 (0-486-29291-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heartbreak House'Book summary:One of the distinguished comic dramatist's more somber plays, this entertaining allegory examines apathy, confusion and lack of purpose as causes of major world problems, with larger-than-life characters representing the evils of the modern world.[via]More editions of Heartbreak House:
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissiniaby Samuel JohnsonISBN 048644094X (0-486-44094-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia'Book summary:The distinguished English writer's only novel provides a compelling glimpse of his moral views as he assails 18th-century optimism and man's unrealistic estimates of what life has to offer. Rasselas ponders such subjects as romantic love, flights of imagination, the great discoveries of science, and speculations about the meaning of happiness. [via]
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History of the Kings of Britainby Geoffrey of MonmouthISBN 052547014X (0-525-47014-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Hornblower and the Hotspurby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 052341790X (0-523-41790-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Illiad: Homerby HomerISBN 0486408833 (0-486-40883-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Illus Sherlock Holmes Pby CrownISBN 051755660X (0-517-55660-X)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Illustrated Sherlock Holmesby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517263289 (0-517-26328-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasuryby Doyle, Sidney PagetISBN 0517436132 (0-517-43613-2)
Hardcover, Avenel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury'Book summary:Revised and Expanded, unabridged [via]
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The Informationby Martin AmisISBN 0517585162 (0-517-58516-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Information'Book summary:Martin Amis is at his savage best in this magnificent novel of literary envy. In The Information, the best-selling author of London Fields and Time's Arrow has written a totally mesmerizing and thoroughly entertaining novel that puts all of his extraordinary talents on display. "I've always thought of Martin Amis as the literary Mick Jagger of my generation."--Christopher Buckley, Washington Times. [via]
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Journal of the Plague Yearby Daniel DefoeISBN 0486419193 (0-486-41919-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journal of the Plague Year'Book summary:Classic 1722 account of the epidemic that ravaged England nearly 60 years earlier. Defoe used his considerable talents as a journalist and novelist to reconstruct historically and fictionally the Great Plague of London in 1664-65. Written as an eyewitness report, the novel abounds in memorable and realistic details.[via]More editions of Journal of the Plague Year:
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King Henry IVby William Shakespeare, Rex GibsonISBN 0521626889 (0-521-62688-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry IV'Book summary:Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of Part One., Part Two is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that "I will turn diseases to commodity".
The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of Part One, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of Part Two. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of Part One. "I know thee not, old man" he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, Henry V. --Jerry Brotton [via]
King Richard IIby William Shakespeare, Michael Clamp, Rex GibsonISBN 0521409462 (0-521-40946-2)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Richard II'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest history plays, Richard II deals with one of the most sensitive and politically explosive issues of its day--the rights and wrongs of deposing a legitimately appointed king. Forerunner to the two parts of Henry IV, the play deals with the abdication of King Richard II in 1399, the subsequent succession of Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, and Richard's death in the spring of 1400. But the play has been celebrated above and beyond its stature as historical drama. Richard II begins with a portrait of Richard as a pompous, arrogant and self-regarding sovereign, with little sense of his people or his political responsibilities. As he consistently miscalculates in his attempts to destroy Bolingbroke, and watches his own power wane, he becomes a far more appealing, Hamlet-like figure, more interested in "talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs", and "sad stories of the death of kings". Richard's speeches become increasingly lyrical and poetic as his supporters desert him, until he finally takes on the stature of the pilloried Christ in the climax of the play, the deposition scene, one of the most politically risky scenes in all of Shakespeare. The play remains most famous for John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle" speech, but historians believe that the play was also performed in the streets of London in 1601 in support of the Earl of Essex's attempt to depose Elizabeth I. Whilst the plot failed, it showed the power of the theatre of the time, and the politically controversial nature of Shakespeare's play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - King Richard II: ISBN 0521230101 (0-521-23010-1)
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Lady Annaby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0486246698 (0-486-24669-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austenby Fay Weldon, Judith Baxter, Jenifer SmithISBN 0521589282 (0-521-58928-2)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen'Book summary:Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended, and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will include writing in English from various genres and differing times. Letters to Alice by Fay Weldon is edited by Jenifer Smith, English Advisor, Suffolk LEA. [via]
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Lewis Carroll: The Complete Illustrated Works Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, the Hunting of the Snarkby Lewis CarrollISBN 0517147815 (0-517-14781-5)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lewis Carroll: The Complete Illustrated Works Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, the Hunting of the Snark'Book summary:This beautiful, 868-page leather-bound volume contains a delightful collection of stories from one of history's most beloved children's authors. Lewis Carroll's stories are still as fresh and appealing as when they were first published more than a century ago. John Tenniel's original illustrations accompany the Alice stories and bring to life the wildly popular characters so well known to us all: the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and a passel of others.
Carroll, one of 11 children, knows his audience well. His stories--clever, provocative, and bizarre--capture the imaginations of children worldwide. Though a prolific storyteller from childhood, he went on to become a mathematician, a fact evidenced by the Tangled Tales serial, which contains a mathematical equation in each installment.
Other stories included in this collection are "The Hunting of the Snark," which was composed backward, in a sense, when inspiration for the tale came by way of the last line; "Rhyme? And Reason?"; the Sylvie and Bruno books; and the original Alice story, "Alice's Adventures Underground," penned and illustrated in Carroll's own hand. Two never-before-printed poems, originally inscribed in two storybooks and presented as mementos to a little girl and boy, conclude this enchanting collection. [via]
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Life, the Universe and Everythingby Douglas AdamsISBN 0517548747 (0-517-54874-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life, the Universe and Everything'Book summary:Arthur Dent now finds himself living in a miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. Just as he thinks things could not possibly get any worse--they do. Third in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. 4 cassettes. [via]
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London Fieldsby Martin AmisISBN 0517577186 (0-517-57718-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Lorna Dooneby R. D. BlackmoreISBN 0525341668 (0-525-34166-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0486400603 (0-486-40060-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost World'Book summary:Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward Native Americans, he's a lot of fun. [via]
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Love's Labour's Lostby William ShakespeareISBN 0486419290 (0-486-41929-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Lyric Poemsby John KeatsISBN 0486268713 (0-486-26871-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Mabinogionby Charlotte Schreiber, Charlotte E. GuestISBN 0486295419 (0-486-29541-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mabinogion'Book summary:Collection of 12 medieval Welsh stories considered a masterpiece of European literature. Includes Kilhwch and Olwen, one of the earliest Arthurian tales in Welsh; The Dream of Rhonabwy; 3 Arthurian romances: The Lady of the Fountain, Peredur the Son of Evrawc and Geraint the Son of Erbin, and more.[via]More editions of The Mabinogion:
Man and Wifeby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0486244512 (0-486-24451-2)
Softcover, Dover
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The Merry Wives of Windsorby William ShakespeareISBN 0486414221 (0-486-41422-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'Book summary:Written around 1597, critics believe that The Merry Wives of Windsor was written to capitalise on the popular success of the corpulent, knavish Sir John Falstaff in the two parts of Henry IV. Falstaff takes centre stage again in this play, hard up for money and planning to pay off his debts by seducing the wives of two rich citizens, Ford and Page. As in the earlier Henry IV plays, Falstaffs elaborate plans go awry, with disastrous and humiliating consequences. Ford is furious with Falstaff's attempt to woo his wife, whilst both Mistress Ford and Mistress Page have the measure of Falstaff, and repeatedly dupe him, first hiding him in a laundry basket and dumping him in the river, then tormenting him in the forest of Windsor with children disguised as fairies.
Often dismissed as a hasty and mechanical play lacking in depth, The Merry Wives of Windsor is in fact a wonderfully inventive farce. Falstaff is a ludicrous mock hero, dressed as a mythical hunter in the forest, declaiming "powerful love that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some others a man a beast!" Mistress Ford and Page are also great comic creations, witty and resilient women who drive the comedy, no longer "in the holiday time" of beauty, but wise and streetwise women who are always one step ahead of the absurd Falstaff. A greatly underrated play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Merry Wives of Windsorby Jerome MonahanISBN 0521000556 (0-521-00055-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Often dismissed as a hasty and mechanical play lacking in depth, The Merry Wives of Windsor is in fact a wonderfully inventive farce. Falstaff is a ludicrous mock hero, dressed as a mythical hunter in the forest, declaiming "powerful love that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some others a man a beast!" Mistress Ford and Page are also great comic creations, witty and resilient women who drive the comedy, no longer "in the holiday time" of beauty, but wise and streetwise women who are always one step ahead of the absurd Falstaff. A greatly underrated play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Miss Mackenzieby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0486252019 (0-486-25201-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Worksby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0486287599 (0-486-28759-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works'Book summary:If you read this in high school (as many of us did), it may have shocked you--not bad for a tract written in 1729. It wouldn't be fair to those of you who haven't come across A Modest Proposal to reveal the particulars of the piece; suffice it to say that Saturday Night Live has nothing on Jonathan Swift! Swift's discussion of what Great Britain should do for his native impoverished Ireland is a model of political satire, absolutely consistent in tone and even now still sparkling in its clarity. The balance between, on the one hand, the utter seriousness of the matter in question and, on the other, the outrageousness of the remedy suggested is exquisite. A Modest Proposal is short and comes bound in this edition with several of Swift's other writings. This volume is an excellent introduction to the author of Gulliver's Travels (itself a masterwork) and to one of the world's premier satirical minds. What are you waiting for? --Michael Gerber [via]
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Mostly Harmlessby Douglas AdamsISBN 0517577402 (0-517-57740-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mostly Harmless'Book summary:Douglas Adams is back with the amazing, logic-defying, but-why-stop-now fifth novel in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. Here is the epic story of Random, who sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. Line drawings. [via]
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0523420536 (0-523-42053-6)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert Darwin, Greg SurianoISBN 0517123207 (0-517-12320-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Lifeby Charles DarwinISBN 0486450066 (0-486-45006-6)
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Palgrave's Golden TreasuryISBN 0517629178 (0-517-62917-8)
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Pericles, Prince of Tyreby William Shakespeare, Antony Hammond, Doreen DelvecchioISBN 0521297109 (0-521-29710-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Poems of Tennyson: Chosen and Edited, With an Introduction by Henry Van Dykeby Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 0520060121 (0-520-06012-1)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 0486452417 (0-486-45241-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portrait of a Lady'Book summary:Young Isabel Archer, a beautiful American, travels to Europe where her naivete and recent inheritance attracts many suitors. But despite her great promise, she falls victim to her own provincialism. Exposing the differences between the New and the Old Worlds, James's masterpiece examines the themes of freedom, sexuality, and betrayal.[via]More editions of The Portrait of a Lady:
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Regenerationby Pat BarkerISBN 0525934278 (0-525-93427-8)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Return of the Soldierby Rebecca WestISBN 0486422070 (0-486-42207-0)
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Serviceby Erskine ChildersISBN 0486408795 (0-486-40879-5)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyleby Arthur Conan Doyle, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517618346 (0-517-61834-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'Book summary:Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury [via]
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Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaiteby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0486249530 (0-486-24953-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Six Great Sherlock Holmes Storiesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0486270556 (0-486-27055-6)
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishby Douglas AdamsISBN 0517554399 (0-517-55439-9)
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Songs of Experienceby William BlakeISBN 0486246361 (0-486-24636-1)
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Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experienceby William BlakeISBN 0486270513 (0-486-27051-3)
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The Spanish Tragedyby Thomas Kyd, J. R. MulryneISBN 0510337023 (0-510-33702-3)
Hardcover, Benn
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The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4by John BuchanISBN 0486282015 (0-486-28201-5)
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Time's Arrowby Martin AmisISBN 0517112698 (0-517-11269-8)
Softcover, Random House Value Pub
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Time's Arrow : Or the Nature of the Offenseby Martin AmisISBN 0517585154 (0-517-58515-4)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Tragedy of Mariam the Fair Queen of Jewry: With the Lady Falkland Her Lifeby Barry Weller, Margaret W. Ferguson, Elizabeth CaryISBN 0520079698 (0-520-07969-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Troilus and Cressidaby William Shakespeare, Anthony B. DawsonISBN 052137619X (0-521-37619-X)
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Within the walls of Troy, Prince Troilus falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the deserter Calchas. His love is intense and frenetic--"I am giddy, expectation whirls round me," but turns to bitter disillusion when Cressida defects to the Greek camp and flirts with Diomedes. As the war and conflict over the abduction of Helen whirls around the doomed romance, the play delights in its complex syntax and cynical images of waste, decay, corruption and mutability, summed up in Ulysses' comment that, "Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all / To envious and calumniating time." The play's cynical open-ended quality has frustrated many readers, but gives the play a remarkably modern, contemporary sensibility. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Troilus And Cressidaby Geoffrey Chaucer, George Philip KrappISBN 0486446581 (0-486-44658-1)
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The Water Babiesby Charles Kingsley, Warwick GobleISBN 0486450007 (0-486-45000-7)
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The Winter's Taleby William ShakespeareISBN 0486411184 (0-486-41118-4)
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The World of Poohby A. A. Milne, Ernest H. ShepardISBN 0525444475 (0-525-44447-5)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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The World of Winnie-The-Poohby A. A. MilneISBN 0525444521 (0-525-44452-1)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg, and Othersby Candace WardISBN 0486295680 (0-486-29568-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Wyrd Sistersby Terry PratchettISBN 0552144304 (0-552-14430-4)
Softcover, Transworld Pub
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