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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 0812550927 (0-8125-5092-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Malvina G. VogelISBN 0866119698 (0-86611-969-8)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:Library Binding: 240 pages Publisher: Abdo Pub Co; First Edition edition (June 1992) Language: English [via]
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seasby Ron Miller, Jules VerneISBN 0881010855 (0-88101-085-5)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0812504240 (0-8125-0424-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891-92) brings together the first twelve short stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. These follow Holmes's introduction in the first two novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0891040234 (0-89104-023-4)
Softcover, A & W Pub - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0893754021 (0-89375-402-1)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0866119760 (0-86611-976-0)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0895772779 (0-89577-277-9)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0812504240 (0-8125-0424-0)
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- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0891040234 (0-89104-023-4)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Eric KincaidISBN 0861129725 (0-86112-972-5)
Hardcover, Byeway Books
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891-92) brings together the first twelve short stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. These follow Holmes's introduction in the first two novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
Aeschylus's the Oresteiaby Harold BloomISBN 0877549036 (0-87754-903-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Aeschylus, 1: The Oresteia Agamemmon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenidesby AeschylusISBN 0812234162 (0-8122-3416-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aeschylus, 1: The Oresteia Agamemmon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides'Book summary:The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.
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Aeschylus, 1: The Oresteia Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenidesby David R. SlavittISBN 081221627X (0-8122-1627-X)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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All Quiet On The Western Frontby Erich Maria Remarque, Helmuth KieselISBN 0826416535 (0-8264-1653-5)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Quiet On The Western Front'Book summary:The Pearson Education Library Collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic, illustrated classic, short stories, biographies, special anthologies, atlases, visual dictionaries, history trade, animal, sports titles and more! [via]
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- All Quiet on the Western Front: ISBN 0835918696 (0-8359-1869-6)
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Hardcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group - All Quiet on the Western Front: ISBN 0821223127 (0-8212-2312-7)
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Anthem: Library Editionby Ayn RandISBN 087004124X (0-87004-124-X)
Hardcover, Caxton Printers Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anthem: Library Edition'Book summary:Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, first published in 1938. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age. [via]
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Coleridge's Ancient Mariner: An Experimental Edition of Texts and Revisions 1798-1828by Martin WallenISBN 0882681486 (0-88268-148-6)
Softcover, Station Hill Pr
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Complete Illustrated Lewis Carrollby John TennielISBN 0831715510 (0-8317-1551-0)
Hardcover, Gallery Books
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Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carrollby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0907486215 (0-907486-21-5)
Hardcover, Chancellor
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Cyrano De Bergeracby Edmond RostandISBN 0899682553 (0-89968-255-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyrano De Bergerac'Book summary:Edmond Rostand's bittersweet melodrama tells the tale of France's master swordsman--Cyrano de Bergerac, a valiant soldier cursed with the face of a clown. Gallantry, love, poetry, and failure all combine in this timeless classic, further enhanced by Kyle Baker's captivating illustrations. [via]
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Doctor Faustusby Christopher Marlowe, David WoottonISBN 0872207293 (0-87220-729-3)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doctor Faustus'Book summary:The text of the edition is based primarily on the 1604 text with some readings from the 1616 version. Edited by Paul H. Kocher, this edition of The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus for performance and study features an introduction with a detailed discussion of the date, authorship, and textual questions regarding the play as well as its sources and interpretation. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Christopher Marlowe and a selected bibliography. [via]
Dr. Faustus: The A-Textby Christopher Marlowe, C.J. Wortham, D.A. OrmerodISBN 0855642327 (0-85564-232-7)
Softcover, Univ of Western Australia Pr
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Faust, 1833by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, B. Q. Morgan, Bayard TaylorISBN 088295038X (0-88295-038-X)
Softcover, Davidson Incorporated, Harlan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust, 1833'Book summary:Edited by B. Q. Morgan, this edition uses the Bayard Taylor translation in the original meters--essential to the character of the play and dramatically indispensable. This edition, with line numbers for easy reference, is complete and includes "Dedication," "Prelude on the Stage," and the "Prologue in Heaven." Also included are an introduction, a list of principal dates in the life of Goethe, and a selected bibliography. [via]
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0816141711 (0-8161-4171-1)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Throughout her career, Margaret Atwood has played with different literary genres in her novels--historical fiction (Alias Grace), pulp fiction (The Blind Assassin), the comedy of manners (The Robber Bride)--but no foray into genre fiction has been as successful as her turn to speculative fiction in The Handmaid's Tale. Published in 1985, it echoes Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, but a vibrant feminism drives Atwood's portrait of a futuristic dystopia. In the Republic of Gilead, we see a world devastated by toxic chemicals and nuclear fallout and dominated by a repressive Christian fundamentalism. The birthrate has plunged, and most women can no longer bear children. Offred is one of Gilead's Handmaids, who as official breeders are among the chosen few who can still become pregnant.
The Handmaid's Tale is an imaginatively audacious novel that is at once a page-turning psychological thriller, a moving love story, and a chilling warning about what might be waiting for us around the corner. What ultimately makes it stand out is Atwood's ability to balance a passionate political statement with finely wrought literary fiction. The Handmaid's Tale is a remarkable work by one of Canada's most inventive writers. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundlingby Henry Fielding, Fredson BowersISBN 0812966074 (0-8129-6607-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling'Book summary:The Wesleyan edition of Tom Jones is widely acknowledged as the best available, and this new paperback reproduces the handsomely composed text and notes of that edition. A new Critical Introduction, a brief chronology of Fielding's life, and a selected bibliography of relevant criticism especially designed for student use have been added. The map - "A Geography of Tom Jones" - has been retained, while the General and Textual Introduction and six bibliographical Appendices of the two volume clothbound edition have been omitted.
"This edition offers a critical unmodernized text of Tom Jones. The text is critical in that it has been established by application of analytical criticism to the evidence of the various documentary forms in which the novel has appeared. It is unmodernized in that every effort has been made to present the text in as close a form to Fielding's own inscription and final revision as the surviving documents permit, subject only to normal editorial regulations."
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Howards Endby E. M. ForsterISBN 0816156522 (0-8161-5652-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Ian Pollock's Illustrated King Learby William Shakespeare, Ian PollockISBN 0894806734 (0-89480-673-4)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde, Terrence McNallyISBN 0812967143 (0-8129-6714-3)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'Book summary:Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama emerges out of these two perhaps contradictory identities, combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation. This book includes "Lady Windermere's Fan", "Salome", "A Woman of No Importance", "An Ideal Husband", "A Florentine Tragedy" and "The Importance of Being Earnest", which appears in full with the 'Grigsby' scene which originally made up the fourth act. [via]
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The Invisible Manby H. G. WellsISBN 0812504674 (0-8125-0467-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:A gripping and entertaining tale of terror and suspense as well as a potent Faustian allegory of hubris and science run amok, The Invisible Man endures as one of the signature stories in the literature of science fiction. A brilliant scientist uncovers the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder. The inspiration for countless imitations and film adaptations, The Invisible Man is as remarkable and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago. As Arthur C. Clarke points out in his Introduction, The interest of the story . . . lies not in its scientific concepts, but in the brilliantly worked out development of the theme of invisibility. If one could be invisible, then what? [via]
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- The Invisible Man: ISBN 0812966457 (0-8129-6645-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Invisible Man: ISBN 0883017156 (0-88301-715-6)
Softcover, Academic Industries - The Invisible Man: ISBN 088301131X (0-88301-131-X)
Softcover, Ags Pub - The Invisible Man: ISBN 0893190098 (0-89319-009-8)
Softcover, Andor Pub Co - The Invisible Man: ISBN 0893754153 (0-89375-415-3)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - The Invisible Man: ISBN 0837604575 (0-8376-0457-5)
Hardcover, Bentley Pub - The Invisible Man: ISBN 0812504674 (0-8125-0467-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
- The Invisible Man: ISBN 0812966457 (0-8129-6645-7)
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King Learby William ShakespeareISBN 082201422X (0-8220-1422-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider Haggard, James DanlyISBN 0812966295 (0-8129-6629-5)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Solomon's Mines'Book summary:Adventure, discovery, immortality and terrorthese are the themes of King Solomon's Mines. Three men set out on a journey into the heart of Africa to search for a lost friend. They stumble upon an unknown country, cut off from civilization, and learn of a diamond mine, from which no one has returned... [via]
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- King Solomon's Mines: ISBN 0895263297 (0-89526-329-7)
Softcover, Gateway Books - King Solomon's Mines: ISBN 0812583566 (0-8125-8356-6)
Softcover, Tor Books - King Solomon's Mines: ISBN 0895775530 (0-89577-553-0)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association - King Solomon's Mines: ISBN 0812966295 (0-8129-6629-5)
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- King Solomon's Mines: ISBN 0895263297 (0-89526-329-7)
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyby Charles Dickens, Michael SlaterISBN 0812211359 (0-8122-1135-9)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'Book summary:The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is closely modelled on the eighteenth-century novels that Charles Dickens loved as a child, such as Robinson Crusoe, in which the fortunes of a hero shape the plot. The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects. His meandering route to happiness includes work as a teacher at Dotheboys Hall, where the brutal Wackford Squeers ill-treats his impoverished pupils, and a spell as an actor with the absurdly melodramatic Crummles troupe.Nicholas's many adventures give Dickens the freedom to follow the eccentricities of a vivid gallery of characters, exploring themes of class, love, and self-awareness with exuberant comedy and biting satire.[via]More editions of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby:
Little Menby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0816714711 (0-8167-1471-1)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boysby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0831712120 (0-8317-1212-0)
Hardcover, Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys'Book summary:New Book, New Condition. We value your business! All of our books come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. [via]
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The Mysterious Islandby Jules VerneISBN 0812966422 (0-8129-6642-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mysterious Island'Book summary:At a time when Verne is making a comeback in the US as a mainstream literary figure, Wesleyan is pleased to publish a new translation of one of his best-known novels, The Mysterious Island. Although several editions under the same title are in print, most reproduce a bowdlerized nineteenth-century translation which changes the names of the characters, omits several important scenes, and ideologically censors Verne's original text.
The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo, from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has secretly been helping the settlers. A marvelous adventure story, The Mysterious Island is also notable for its modern retelling of the utopian deserted-island myth, with repeated echoes of Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family Robinson. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices and an introduction by Verne scholar William Butcher, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition. [via]More editions of The Mysterious Island:
- The Mysterious Island: ISBN 0812972120 (0-8129-7212-0)
Softcover, Modern Library - The Mysterious Island: ISBN 0819565598 (0-8195-6559-8)
Softcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr - Mysterious Island: ISBN 0819564753 (0-8195-6475-3)
Hardcover, Wesleyan University Press - The Mysterious Island: ISBN 0883011387 (0-88301-138-7)
Softcover, Ags Pub - The Mysterious Island: ISBN 089375708X (0-89375-708-X)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - The Mysterious Island: ISBN 0812966422 (0-8129-6642-2)
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- The Mysterious Island: ISBN 0812972120 (0-8129-7212-0)
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Nicholas Nickleby: Library Editionby Charles DickensISBN 0812565843 (0-8125-6584-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nicholas Nickleby: Library Edition'Book summary:Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each titleoffering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.[via]
This edition of Nicholas Nickleby includes a Foreword and Biographical Note.
When his father dies suddenly, Nicholas Nickleby must decide on his future. Unfortunately, Nicholas has very few prospects...and even less money! Luckily, his Uncle Ralph has pulled some strings at a school called Dotheboys Hall and Nicholas is hired on as a teacher. However, the naive and kindhearted Nicholas discovers that the headmaster, a sniveling worm by the name of Wackford Squeers, is a blackhearted, malicious bully who treat the boys in his care abominably. He'd like to leave, but then his uncle will cut off all support for his mother and sister. Should Nicholas tough it out? Or will he seek his fortune elsewhere?More editions of Nicholas Nickleby: Library Edition:
Notes from Undergroundby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 081912415X (0-8191-2415-X)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Amer
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken KeseyISBN 088103715X (0-88103-715-X)
Hardcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity, is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse. [via]
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The Oresteiaby Aeschylus, Helene P. Foley, Peter MeineckISBN 0872203905 (0-87220-390-5)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oresteia'Book summary:Aeschylus, the earliest of the great Attic tragedians, presented his Oresteia at Athens' City Dionysia festival in 458 BCE. Born in the last quarter of the sixth century, Aeschylus had fought with the victorious Greeks in one and probably both of the Persian Wars (190 and 480-79). He died around 456 at about seventy years of age in Gela, Sicily. His epitaph records his role as a soldier at Marathon, not his artistic achievements, but these were many. The author of more than seventy plays, he won his first of thirteen tragic victories in 484. Of these plays, only seven remain. The Oresteia is Aeschylus' only complete surviving trilogy; the satyr play with which it was first performed, Proteus, is lost. Peter Meineck has aimed to translate the Oresteia for the modern stage. [via]
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Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest: A Reconstructive Critical Edition of the Text of the First Production, St. James Theatre, London, 1895by Oscar Wilde, Joseph Donohue, Ruth BerggrenISBN 0861403789 (0-86140-378-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Petronius the Satiriconby Evan T. Sage, Brady B. GillelandISBN 0829012052 (0-8290-1205-2)
Softcover, Irvington Pub
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The Prisoner of Zendaby Anthony HopeISBN 0816707952 (0-8167-0795-2)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prisoner of Zenda'Book summary:Five times made into film versions since its original publication in 1894, The Prisoner of Zenda is a perennially popular adventure and romance story. Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-paced adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll must impersonate the rightful king in order to rescue him from the castle Zenda, all the while facing tests of honor with the beautiful Princess Flavia, and enduring tests of strength in his encounters with the villainous Black Michael and his handsome, debonair bodyguard, Rupert of Hentzau. [via]
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Purgatoryby Dante Alighieri, Gustave Dore, Anthony M. EsolenISBN 0812971256 (0-8129-7125-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Written in the fourteenth century by Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy is arguably the greatest epic poem of all timepresenting Dantes brilliant vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife: Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. In this second and perhaps most imaginative part of his masterwork, Dante struggles up the terraces of Mount Purgatory, still guided by Virgil, in a continuation of his difficult ascent to purity. Anthony Esolens acclaimed translation of Inferno, Princeton professor James Richardson said, follows Dante through all his spectacular range, commanding where he is commanding, wrestling, as he does, with the density and darkness in language and in the soul. It is living writing. This edition of Purgatory includes an appendix of key sources and extensive endnotesan invaluable guide for both general readers and students.More editions of Purgatory:
The Rime of the Ancient Marinerby Samuel Taylor ColeridgeISBN 0895986728 (0-89598-672-8)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
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The Satyriconby Petronius, Sarah RudenISBN 0872205118 (0-87220-511-8)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Satyricon'Book summary:This new Satyricon features not only a lively, new, annotated translation of the text, but also fresh, and accessible commentaries that discuss Petronius' masterpiece in terms of such topics as the identity of Petronius, the transmission of his manuscript, literary influences on the Satyricon, and the distinctive literary form of this work -- as well as such hallmarks of Roman life as oratory, sexual practices, households, dinner parties, religion, and philosophy. It offers, in short, a remarkably informative and engaging account of major aspects of Imperial Roman culture as seen through the prism of our first extant novel. [via]
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Satyriconby Sarah Ruden, Petronius ArbiterISBN 087220510X (0-87220-510-X)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Sister Carrieby Theodore DreiserISBN 0877207399 (0-87720-739-9)
Softcover, Amsco School Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sister Carrie'Book summary:Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and what Dreiser's wary publisher released was a highly expurgated version. Times change, and we now have a restored "author's cut" of Sister Carrie that shows how truly ahead of his time Dreiser was. First and foremost, he has written an astute, nonmoralizing account of a woman and her limited options in late-19th-century America. That's impressive in and of itself, but Dreiser doesn't stop there. Digging deeply into the psychological underpinnings of his characters, he gives us people who are often strangers to themselves, drifting numbly until fate pushes them on a path they can later neither defend nor even remember choosing.
Dreiser's story unfolds in the measured cadences of an earlier era. This sometimes works brilliantly as we follow the choices, small and large, that lead some characters to doom and others to glory. On the other hand, the middle chapters--of which there are many--do drag somewhat, even when one appreciates Dreiser's intentions. If you can make it through the sagging midsection, however, you'll be rewarded by Sister Carrie's last 150 pages, which depict the harrowing downward spiral of one of the book's central characters. Here Dreiser portrays with brutal power how the wrong decision--or lack of decision--can lay waste to a life. --Rebecca Gleason [via]
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- Sister Carrie: ISBN 083760401X (0-8376-0401-X)
Hardcover, Bentley Pub - Sister Carrie: ISBN 0899682073 (0-89968-207-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books - Sister Carrie: ISBN 0812277848 (0-8122-7784-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr - Sister Carrie: ISBN 0877207399 (0-87720-739-9)
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- Sister Carrie: ISBN 083760401X (0-8376-0401-X)
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Sons and Loversby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0899664008 (0-89966-400-8)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sons and Lovers'Book summary:Sons and Lovers was the first modern portrayal of a phenomenon that later, thanks to Freud, became easily recognizable as the Oedipus complex. Never was a son more indentured to his mother's love and full of hatred for his father than Paul Morel, D.H. Lawrence's young protagonist. Never, that is, except perhaps Lawrence himself. In his 1913 novel he grappled with the discordant loves that haunted him all his life--for his spiritual childhood sweetheart, here called Miriam, and for his mother, whom he transformed into Mrs. Morel. It is, by Lawrence's own account, a book aimed at depicting this woman's grasp: "as her sons grow up she selects them as lovers--first the eldest, then the second. These sons are urged into life by their reciprocal love of their mother--urged on and on. But when they come to manhood, they can't love, because their mother is the strongest power in their lives."
Of course, Mrs. Morel takes neither of her two elder sons (the first of whom dies early, which further intensifies her grip on Paul) as a literal lover, but nonetheless her psychological snare is immense. She loathes Paul's Miriam from the start, understanding that the girl's deep love of her son will oust her: "She's not like an ordinary woman, who can leave me my share in him. She wants to absorb him." Meanwhile, Paul plays his part with equal fervor, incapable of committing himself in either direction: "Why did his mother sit at home and suffer?... And why did he hate Miriam, and feel so cruel towards her, at the thought of his mother. If Miriam caused his mother suffering, then he hated her--and he easily hated her." Soon thereafter he even confesses to his mother: "I really don't love her. I talk to her, but I want to come home to you."
The result of all this is that Paul throws Miriam over for a married suffragette, Clara Dawes, who fulfills the sexual component of his ascent to manhood but leaves him, as ever, without a complete relationship to challenge his love for his mother. As Paul voyages from the working-class mining world to the spheres of commerce and art (he has fair success as a painter), he accepts that his own achievements must be equally his mother's. "There was so much to come out of him. Life for her was rich with promise. She was to see herself fulfilled... All his work was hers."
The cycles of Paul's relationships with these three women are terrifying at times, and Lawrence does nothing to dim their intensity. Nor does he shirk in his vivid, sensuous descriptions of the landscape that offers up its blossoms and beasts and "shimmeriness" to Paul's sensitive spirit. Sons and Lovers lays fully bare the souls of men and earth. Few books tell such whole, complicated truths about the permutations of love as resolutely without resolution. It's nothing short of searing to be brushed by humanity in this manner. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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Sophocles: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigoneby David R. Slavitt, Palmer BovieISBN 0812216660 (0-8122-1666-0)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sophocles: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone'Book summary:The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Arist [via]
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A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee WilliamsISBN 0822210894 (0-8222-1089-4)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'Book summary:Starring Rosemary Harris as the vulnerable Blanche DuBois, this dazzling drama of love, lust, and unbridled passion set against the steamy backdrop of New Orleans is an unrivaled classic of modern American theatre. This recording features the cast of the smash revival in 1973 at Lincoln Center. [via]
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Theban Playsby Sophocles, Paul Woodruff, Peter MeineckISBN 0872205851 (0-87220-585-1)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theban Plays'Book summary:This volume offers the fruits of Peter Meineck and Paul WoodruffÂs dynamic collaboration on the plays of Sophocles Theban cycle, presenting the translators Oedipus Tyrannus (2000) along with WoodruffÂs Antigone (2001) and a muscular new Oedipus at Colonus by Meineck. Grippingly readable, all three translations combine fidelity to the Greek with concision, clarity, and powerful, hard-edged speech. Each play features foot-of-the-page notes, stage directions, and line numbers to the Greek. WoodruffÂs Introduction discusses the playwright, Athenian theatre and performance, the composition of the plays, and the plots and characters of each; it also offers thoughtful reflections on major critical interpretations of these plays. [via]
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Tragedy of Doctor Faustusby Christopher MarloweISBN 0848807650 (0-8488-0765-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustusby Christopher Marlowe, William-Alan LandesISBN 0887347215 (0-88734-721-5)
Softcover, Players Pr
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Marco Polo, Manuel KomroffISBN 0871401843 (0-87140-184-3)
Softcover, Liveright Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:This text chronicles the 13th-century world, from Venice, the birthplace of Marco Polo, to the far reaches of Asia. Marco Polo Tells of the foreign peoples he meets as he travels by foot, horse and boat through the orient. He visits places such as Persia, Tibet, India and China where he stays at the courts of the Kublai Khan. [via]
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Teresa Waugh, Marco Polo, Maria BellonciISBN 0871968908 (0-87196-890-8)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represents the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original than others. Entrusted with the task of preparing a new Italian edition of Marco Polo, Benedetto discovered many unknown manuscripts. He carefully edited the most famous of the manuscripts (the Geographic text) and collated it with the other best known ones.
· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesISBN 0812533410 (0-8125-3341-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Turn of the Screw'Book summary:The story starts conventionally enough with friends sharing ghost stories 'round the fire on Christmas Eve. One of the guests tells about a governess at a country house plagued by supernatural visitors. But in the hands of Henry James, the master of nuance, this little tale of terror is an exquisite gem of sexual and psychological ambiguity. Only the young governess can see the ghosts; only she suspects that the previous governess and her lover are controlling the two orphaned children (a girl and a boy) for some evil purpose. The household staff don't know what she's talking about, the children are evasive when questioned, and the master of the house (the children's uncle) is absent. Why does the young girl claim not to see a perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? Are the children being deceptive, or is the governess being paranoid? By leaving the questions unanswered, The Turn of Screw generates spine-tingling anxiety in its mesmerized readers. [via]
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules Verne, Raymond James, Wayne GeehanISBN 0816718792 (0-8167-1879-2)
Hardcover, Troll Communications Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. [via]
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea/Completely Restored and Annotatedby Jules VerneISBN 0870216783 (0-87021-678-3)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea/Completely Restored and Annotated'Book summary:This edition is based solely on the original French text of this classic work. This edition contains the the lost 20% of Verne's original manuscript and corrects hundreds of errors and mistranslations. Contains 45 woodcut illutrations.Translated by Water James Miller and Frederick Paul Walter [via]
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Watership Downby Richard George AdamsISBN 0901720313 (0-901720-31-3)
Hardcover, Rex Collings Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watership Down'Book summary:Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.
The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes [via]
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White Fangby Jack LondonISBN 0812505123 (0-8125-0512-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Fang'Book summary:Jack London's classic companion novel to Call of the Wild is now available through Buki Editions! With a fully functioning table of contents. [via]
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Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - White Fang: ISBN 0893753467 (0-89375-346-7)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - White Fang: ISBN 0848805674 (0-8488-0567-4)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd - White Fang: ISBN 086611985X (0-86611-985-X)
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