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The 1928 Book of Common Prayerby Not AvailableISBN 0195285115 (0-19-528511-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1928 Book of Common Prayer'Book summary:A treasured resource for traditional Anglicans and other people who appreciate the majesty of King James-style language. It features a Presentation section containing certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Black hardcover binding, gold cross. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer + Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version Bible With the Apocryphaby Not AvailableISBN 0195283007 (0-19-528300-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer + Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version Bible With the Apocrypha'Book summary:This unique resource combines the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and the NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha in a single, convenient volume. Includes a Presentation Page section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Red hardcover, gold cross, white page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Deluxe Vivella Burgundyby NISBN 019528772X (0-19-528772-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Deluxe Vivella Burgundy'Book summary:A special occasion merits a memorable gift, and this prayer book is just right for marking such an event. The Deluxe Gift Edition's bindings combine two types of soft-to-the-touch Vivella: one pattern wraps around the book's spine and back cover, while a contrasting pattern is on the front. The result is a stylish package that is sure to be treasured by its recipient. Includes a ribbon marker, Family Record section and attractive gift box. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Economy Editionby Not AvailableISBN 0195287134 (0-19-528713-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Economy Edition'Book summary:The Economy Edition is perfect for people who value a well constructed, reasonably priced prayer book. It is also suitable for mass distribution in schools and for use as a pew prayer book. Wine red hardcover binding, gold cross, Presentation Page, square corners. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Personal Editionby Not AvailableISBN 019528724X (0-19-528724-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Personal Edition'Book summary:The perfect style for a wide variety of uses, such pew book or special gift, the Personal Edition includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. [via]
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The Adventures of Roderick Randomby Paul-Gabriel Bouce, Tobias George SmollettISBN 0192837168 (0-19-283716-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The American Senatorby Anthony Trollope, John HalperinISBN 0192837141 (0-19-283714-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Senator'Book summary:Arabella Trefoil, the beautiful anti-heroine of this novel, inspired Trollope to write of her, "I wished to express the depth of my scorn for women who run down husbands." Arabella's determination to find a rich husband is at the heart of this story and her character, though often maligned, is one of Trollope's most famous and vivid creations. [via]
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The Annotated Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Anne Doody, Wendy E. Barry, Mary E. Doody JonesISBN 0195104285 (0-19-510428-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:Since its publication in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been a continuous international best-seller, enjoying successful television adaptations on PBS and The Disney Channel, and captivating children and adults alike with the irresistible charms of its remarkable heroine, Anne Shirley. This wildly imaginative, red-headed chatterbox tries to fit into the narrow confines of Victorian expectations, but her exuberant spirit keeps leaping delightfully beyond the bounds. Indeed, when Maud Montgomery decided to reject the sermonizing formulas of the children's books of her day, she brought to life a character much closer to Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and Tom Sawyer--also orphans, like Anne--than to the self-sacrificing, conformist heroines then in demand. In doing so, Montgomery subtly questioned the values of her society--the stifling restraints of its religion and most especially its treatment of women--while giving readers all the pleasures of her considerable story-telling gifts.
Now, in this first fully annotated edition of Anne of Green Gables, readers will appreciate more clearly than ever before the scope and depth of this extraordinary novel. Editors Margaret Anne Doody, Mary Doody Jones, and Wendy Barry provide a richly illustrated, completely revised text, along with hundreds of notes describing the real-life characters and settings Anne encounters, the autobiographical connections between Anne and Maud Montgomery, and the book's astonishing range of literary, biblical, and mythological references. Additional essays offer fascinating background information on such topics as the geography and settlement of Prince Edward Island (where Anne takes place); the education, orphanages, music, and literature of Anne's time; and the horticulture, homemade artifacts, and food preparation that are so prevalent in the story. Margaret Anne Doody supplies a comprehensive introduction, which situates the novel in its literary and social contexts, explores those aspects of Montgomery's life most relevant to the story, examines revisions in the manuscripts, and provides an overall sense of both the impulses that drove Montgomery to write Anne of Green Gables and the larger concerns it dramatizes so compellingly. This edition also contains a chronology of Montgomery's life, an extensive bibliography, songs and poems that appear in the text, and a selection of original reviews of the book. This wealth of material enables readers to grasp the marvelous multi-layeredness of the novel and to understand more fully its place in both its own time and in ours.
Elegantly and beautifully designed, with generous illustrations from previous editions, photographs of the places the novel inhabits, and explanatory drawings that reproduce the texture of Anne's world, The Annotated Anne of Green Gables is a major event in the publishing history of one of the world's most charming stories. [via]More editions of The Annotated Anne of Green Gables:
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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198320574 (0-19-832057-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desireby Eve Kosofsky SedgwickISBN 0231082738 (0-231-08273-8)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Black Dogsby Ian McEwanISBN 022403572X (0-224-03572-X)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Dogs'Book summary:In 1946, a young couple set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they plan an idyllic holiday, only to encounter an experience of darkness so terrifying it alters their lives forever. In this highly praised national bestseller, Ian McEwan has written his most humane and compelling novel to date. [via]
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The Blithedale Romanceby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0192836978 (0-19-283697-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Book of Common Prayerby Joan DidionISBN 0195287665 (0-19-528766-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Common Prayer'Book summary:The handsome Reader's Edition features a large, easy-to-read typeface that is perfect for use in public worship settings or for people with vision difficulties. Makes a great pew prayer book. Burgundy genuine leather, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers, gift box. [via]
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The Book of Common Prayer 1979: Red, Bonded LeatherISBN 0195287150 (0-19-528715-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:The luxuriously bound Personal Gift Edition is just right for Confirmation or other special occasions. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Wine red deluxe imitation leather, cross blind-stamped on front, colored page edges, 1 ribbon marker. [via]
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Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites And Ceremonies of the ChurchISBN 0195285077 (0-19-528507-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Blue hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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- Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites And Ceremonies of the Church: ISBN 0195287010 (0-19-528701-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church: ISBN 0195285077 (0-19-528507-7)
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- Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites And Ceremonies of the Church: ISBN 0195287010 (0-19-528701-0)
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church: According to the Use of the Episcopal CISBN 0195287037 (0-19-528703-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Black hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes IIby Arthur Conan Doyle, W.W. RobsonISBN 0192839179 (0-19-283917-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Chaucer: Sources and Backgroundsby Robert P. MillerISBN 0195021673 (0-19-502167-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 0195852583 (0-19-585258-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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The Complete Poetical Worksby Jerome J. McGann, Barry Weller, George Gordon Byron ByronISBN 0198118902 (0-19-811890-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Complete Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar Wilde, Ian Small, Russell Jackson, Bobby FongISBN 0198119607 (0-19-811960-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:This volume of Poems and Poems in Prose inaugurates the Oxford English Texts Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. It provides texts of Wilde's one-hundred and nineteen poems and poems in prose, including twenty-one never published in his lifetime, together with the publishing history of each poem, and a detailed commentary on allusions and echoes, imagery, and points of biographical interest. [via]
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The Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The 1890 and 1891 Textsby Oscar Wilde, Ian Small, Russell Jackson, Joseph BristowISBN 0198187726 (0-19-818772-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The 1890 and 1891 Texts'Book summary:This is the third volume in the Oxford English Texts edition of the works of Oscar Wilde. This definitive variorum edition of Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray reprints the thirteen-chapter and twenty-chapter versions of this famous story as separate works. The volume provides readers with the most detailed account available of the considerable changes that Wilde made to a controversial narrative that appeared in two, very different editions in 1890 and 1891 respectively. [via]
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Dombey and Sonby Charles Dickens, Dennis Walder, E. A. Horsman, Alan HorsmanISBN 019283990X (0-19-283990-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dombey and Son'Book summary:Mr. Dombey's idealistic vision of his "Dombey and Son" shipping firm rests on the shoulders of his delicate son Paul. However, when the firm faces ruin, and Dombey's second marriage ends in disaster, it is his devoted daughter Florence, unloved and neglected, who comes to his aid.
This new edition contains Dickens's prefaces, his working plans, and all the original illustrations. The text is that of the definitive Clarendon edition, which is supplemented by a wide-ranging Introduction that highlights Dickens's sensitivity to the problems of his day, including those of family relationships, giving the novel added depth and relevance. The Notes and Bibliography have been substantially revised, extended, and updated. [via] -
The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer : Personal Size 1979 Ed., Redby Oxford StaffISBN 0195287029 (0-19-528702-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer : Personal Size 1979 Ed., Red'Book summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Red hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinkerby Paul-Gabriel Bouce, Tobias Smollett, Lewis M. KnappISBN 0192835947 (0-19-283594-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dennis ButtsISBN 0192835963 (0-19-283596-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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French Lieutenant's Womanby John FowlesISBN 0224616544 (0-224-61654-4)
Hardcover, Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'French Lieutenant's Woman'Book summary:The story of a woman wronged, set against a backdrop of an unrelenting Victorian England. [via]
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198319606 (0-19-831960-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Heart of Mid-Lothianby Walter Scott, Claire LamontISBN 019283567X (0-19-283567-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Mid-Lothian'Book summary:This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been reprieved by the distant monarch they ignore the Queen and resolve to take their own revenge. At the cente of the story is Edinburgh's forbidding Tolbooth prison, known by all as the Heart of Midlothian. [via]
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundlingby Henry Fielding, Fredson BowersISBN 0198124724 (0-19-812472-4)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Stage 4 1,400 Headwordsby Arthur Conan Doyle, Patrick Nobes, Jennifer BassetISBN 019423035X (0-19-423035-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles: Stage 4 1,400 Headwords'Book summary:Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the Southwest of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes. [via]
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Journal of the Plague Yearby Daniel Defoe, Louis A. LandaISBN 0192836188 (0-19-283618-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journal of the Plague Year'Book summary:The shocking immediacy of Daniel Defoe's description of a plague-racked city makes it one of the most convincing accounts of the Great Plague of 1665 ever written. [via]
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Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198319711 (0-19-831971-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard Kipling, Ralph Mowat, Tricia Hedge, Siobhan RussellISBN 0194229777 (0-19-422977-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years. [via]
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis Stevenson, Clare West, William RowsellISBN 0194230066 (0-19-423006-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:'I ran to the side of the ship. "Help, help! Murder!" I screamed, and my uncle slowly turned to look at me. I did not see any more. Already strong hands were pulling me away. Then something hit my head; I saw a great flash of fire, and fell to the ground ...' And so begin David Balfour's adventures. He is kidnapped, taken to sea, and meets many dangers. He also meets a friend, Alan Breck. But Alan is in danger himself, on the run from the English army across the wild Highlands of Scotland ... [via]
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Lady Windermere's Fan/Salome/a Woman of No Importance/an Ideal Husband/the Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde, Peter RabyISBN 0198121679 (0-19-812167-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Little Dorrit: Library Editionby Charles Dickens, Harvey Peter SucksmithISBN 0192835661 (0-19-283566-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Dorrit: Library Edition'Book summary:Highly regarded today as one of the greatest novels in English literature, Little Dorrit presents both a scathing indictment of mid-Victorian England and a devastating insight into the human condition. Examining the many social and mental prisons which incarcerate men and women, the novel also considers the nature of true spiritual freedom. Against a background of administrative and financial scandal, Dickens tells the moving story of the old Marshalsea prisoner who inherits a fortune and his devoted daughter's love for a man who believes he has done with love. He draws widely on the events of his own life and times, yet focuses a powerful imaginative vision which is as universal as it is specific, immediate, and intense. In Little Dorrit Dickens displays his characteristic mastery of irony and pathos, of satire and comedy, and the novel exemplifies his most mature, ambitious, and effective writing. This edition, which has the definitive Clarendon text, also includes Dickens's working notes and eight of the original illustrations from the first edition by 'Phiz'. [via]
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London Fieldsby Martin AmisISBN 0224026097 (0-224-02609-7)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'London Fields'Book summary:Set in the pubs and streets of West London, this is a murder story for the end of the millennium. The author has written six novels including "The Rachel Papers", for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award, "Money" and "Success". [via]
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198321465 (0-19-832146-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:The new editions contain new sections: Classwork and Examinations and Background to Shakespeare's England . There are also short sections on Date and Text, and Source. This book is intended for age 14 - 16. [via]
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Macbeth: ISBN 0198320221 (0-19-832022-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Macbeth: ISBN 019832023X (0-19-832023-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Macbeth: ISBN 0198321465 (0-19-832146-5)
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The Man Who Would Be King and Other Storiesby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0192836293 (0-19-283629-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories'Book summary:This anthology of tales by Rudyard Kipling contains some of the most memorable and popular examples of the genre of which he is an undisputed master. The Man Who would be King (later adapted as a spectacular film) is a vivid narrative of exotic adventure and disaster. The other tales include the ironic, horrific, poignant and haunting. Here Kipling displays his descriptive panache and realistic boldness. Shrewd, audacious, abrasive and challenging, he remains absorbingly readable. [via]
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The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas Hardy, Dale Kramer, Pamela DalzielISBN 0192840711 (0-19-284071-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'Book summary:Featuring a stunning Introduction by popular author of The Ice Storm and Demonology Rick Moody, this special edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge is a tie-in to the A&E Television Network adaptation of Thomas Hardy's critically acclaimed novel. In a surprisingly personal essay, Moody names the saga "the first great novel about alcoholism," and delivers penetrating insight into the character of Michael Henchard and the crippling deficiencies that foretell his ruin.
The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with an act of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks readers today. Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and for five guineas sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act sets in the following morning, the wretched Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. Eighteen years pass before Henchard's fateful oath comes back to claim its due. Upon the return to Casterbridge of his wife and daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, Henchard's fortunes steadily decline. He clashes with his business assistant, Donald Farfrae, who soon becomes his major rival. He ruins his business through impulsive speculations and takes to drinking again. One by one he forfeits his possessions and relationships to Farfrae. Soon Farfrae owns Henchard's business and his house, has gained the affection of his lover Lucetta, and has even become the mayor of Casterbridge. In a final insult, Farfrae marries Elizabeth-Jane. Having lost everything he once possessed, Henchard is forced to face himself in his most tragic and desperate moment. [via]More editions of The Mayor of Casterbridge:
- The Mayor of Casterbridge: ISBN 0195168445 (0-19-516844-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Mayor of Casterbridge: ISBN 0195851188 (0-19-585118-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mayor of Casterbridge: ISBN 019514810X (0-19-514810-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mayor of Casterbridge: ISBN 0192840711 (0-19-284071-1)
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- The Mayor of Casterbridge: ISBN 0195168445 (0-19-516844-5)
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198321503 (0-19-832150-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale and confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0198319266 (0-19-831926-6)
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0198319266 (0-19-831926-6)
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Oliver TwistISBN 0195852605 (0-19-585260-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:This popular series of readers has now been completely revised and updated, using a new syllabus and new word structure lists. Readability has been ensured by means of specially designed computer software. Words that are above level but essential to the story are explained within the text, illustrated, and then reused for maximum reinforcement. [via]
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Othelloby Roma GillISBN 0198319789 (0-19-831978-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Othello'Book summary:The new editions contain new sections: Classwork and Examinations and Background to Shakespeare's England. There are also short sections on Date and Text, and Source. [via]
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Othelloby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198320515 (0-19-832051-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Othello'Book summary:The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of students' notes. These include detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. This work also include a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays. Roma Gill, the series editor, has taught Shakespeare at all levels. She has acted in and directed Shakespeare's plays, and has lectured on Shakespeare all over the world. [via]
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The Oxford Companion to English Literatureby Margaret DrabbleISBN 0198614535 (0-19-861453-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to English Literature'Book summary:Sir Paul Harvey's original Oxford Companion to English Literaure, published in 1932, was the book that began Oxford's celebrated Companion series. In its various editions in the half-century since then, it has enjoyed an enormously faithful following and unflagging sales (over 400,000 to date). Now, for the Fifth Edition, the eminent novelist and biographer Margaret Drabble has put together the most substantial and significant revision in the book's distinguished history.
The Classic Guide to English Literary Culture
Here, thoroughly updated, is the standard reference work on English literature, both clasic and contemporary. The virtues established by Harvey are intact: the useful plot summaries, the separate entries on important fictional characters, the countless biographical articles on authors and other important figures in the world of letters, the lightness of touch that makes the book a pleasure to read. As ever, this is an essential book for libraries large and small, for students, for teachers, for everyone interested in English literature.
Revisions Deepen and Widen Book's Appeal
Drabble's revisions not only bring the volume up to date; they both deepen and widen its appeal. Topics once regarded as non-literary--detective stories, science fiction, children's literature, comic strips, for example--are now included, as are numerous foreign language authers who have become well-known in translation. There are also entries on composers who have adapted English texts to musical forms and articles on visual artists whose work has been touched by the English literary consciousness. The book covers all the important movements and critical theories (including the latest developments in Freudian and Marxist criticism and Saussurean linguistics and its successors). What is more, the entries on classic works--Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, The Faerie Queen, and many others--now incorporate the findings of the latest scholarship. In still another innovation, the entries now offer the reader a guide to turther study and research by referring to the relevant biographies, memoirs, critical studies, and standard scholarly editions of many of the important works. Also, the book's appendices on censorship, copyright, and the calendar have been updated, and an exhaustive cross-referencing system in the manner of the more recent Companiions has been adopted.
About the Editor:
Margaret Drabble's many books include The Middle Ground, The Realms of Gold, The Ice Age, Thank You All Very Much, and A Writer's Britain.
Standard Features:
Among the many notable features distinguishing The Oxford Companion to English Literature are:
· Alphabetically arranged entries
· Entries on important individual works
· Author entries that include concise biographical information and cite their major works
· Many entries on historians, critics, philosophers, and booksellers
· Coverage of many American authors and of foreign language authors famous in translation
· Entries on non-literary figures famous in a literary context, from Penelope Rich to Ottoline Morrell
· Articles on literary societies, clubs, and coffee houses
· Definitions of literary and artistic movements, from Existentialism to the New Criticism, from Neo-classicism to Structuralism
· Entries on prizes, periodicals, newspapers, and literary agents
· Updated appendices on censorship, copyright, and the calendar
· Extensive system of internal cross references, redesigned in the manner of the more recent Companions [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature:
- The Oxford Companion to English Literature: ISBN 0198661304 (0-19-866130-4)
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Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Oxford Companion to English Literature: ISBN 0198662335 (0-19-866233-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Oxford Companion to English Literature: ISBN 0198662440 (0-19-866244-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Oxford Companion to English Literature: ISBN 0198614535 (0-19-861453-5)
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- The Oxford Companion to English Literature: ISBN 0198661304 (0-19-866130-4)
Oxford Companion to English Literatureby Paul H. HarveyISBN 0198661061 (0-19-866106-1)
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The Pickwick Papersby Charles Dickens, James KinsleyISBN 019812631X (0-19-812631-X)
Hardcover, Clarendon Pr
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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book, Books I-IVby Robert Browning, Stefan Hawlin, Tim BurnettISBN 0198123566 (0-19-812356-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book, Books I-IV'Book summary:This is an edition of the first third of Browning's 21,000-line masterpiece The Ring and the Book, a poem which Henry James called a "monstrous magnificence." The editors throw new light on how the poet wrote this Italian murder story and give all the background annotation needed to understand it. [via]
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Robert Burton's the Anatomy of Melancholy: Commentary Up to Part. 1, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subs. 15, 'Misery of Schollers'by Martin Dodsworth, J. B. Bamborough, Robert BurtonISBN 0198123329 (0-19-812332-9)
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The Screenplay of The French Lieutenant's Womanby John Fowles, Harold PinterISBN 022401983X (0-224-01983-X)
Hardcover, Cape
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Seven Pillars of Wisdomby T. E. LawrenceISBN 022400896X (0-224-00896-X)
Hardcover, Cape
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Shirleyby Charlotte Bronte, Margaret Smith, Herbert RosengartenISBN 0198125658 (0-19-812565-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shirley'Book summary:Of late years an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England: they lie very thick on the hills; every parish has one or more of them; they are young enough to be very active, and ought to be doing a great deal of good. But not of late years are we about to speak; we are going back to the beginning of this century: late years -- present years are dusty, sunburned, hot, arid; we will evade the noon, forget it in siesta, pass the midday in slumber, and dream of dawn. If you think, from this prelude, that anything like a romance is preparing for you, reader, you never were more mistaken. Do you anticipate sentiment, and poetry, and reverie? Do you expect passion, and stimulus, and melodrama? Calm your expectations; reduce them to a lowly standard. Something real, cool and solid lies before you; something unromantic as Monday morning, when all who have work wake with the consciousness that they must rise and betake themselves thereto. It is not positively affirmed that you shall not have a taste of the exciting. . . . [via]
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul 1789-1794by William Blake, Geoffrey KeynesISBN 0195199774 (0-19-519977-4)
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A Tale of a Tub and Other Worksby Jonathan Swift, Angus Ross, David WoolleyISBN 0192835939 (0-19-283593-9)
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hallby Herbert Rosengarten, Anne BronteISBN 0198125968 (0-19-812596-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'Book summary:Published in June 1848, less than a year before her death, Anne Brontë's second (and last) novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, is the somber account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. The novel enjoyed a modest success that led its publisher, the unscrupulous T.C. Newby, to issue a "Second Edition" less than two months later. The present edition, which completes the Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontës, offers a text based on the collation of the first edition with the second. The introduction details the work's composition and early printing history, including its first publication in America; and the text is fully annotated. Appendices record the substantive variants in the first English and American editions, and discuss the author's belief in the doctrine of universal salvation. [via]
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Time's Arrow, Or, The Nature of the Offenceby Martin AmisISBN 0224030930 (0-224-03093-0)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, Michael NeillISBN 0198129092 (0-19-812909-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra'Book summary:The latest entry in the Oxford Shakespeare presents a newly edited text of the most formally ambitious and poetically brilliant of Shakespeare's tragedies. Always alert to the play's theatricality and boldly experimental design, the extensive introduction offers a fresh critical account of the play, exploring its paradoxical treatment of gender and identity. [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Arthur HumphreysISBN 0192836064 (0-19-283606-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the greatest playwright in the English language. This exclusive collection of the Bard's best works has been designed specifically for readers new to Shakespeare's rich literary legacy. Each play is presented complete and unabridged, in large print. Every book is well illustrated, and starts with a commentary and character summary. Scene synopses and character summaries clarify confusing plots, while incisive essays explore the historical context and Shakespeare's sources. Each book ends with a complete list of Shakespeare's plays and a brief chronology of the Bard's life. The detailed explanatory notes are written clearly and positioned right next to the text--no more squinting at microscopic footnotes or flipping pages back and forth in search of endnotes!
The new edition of the series features new covers and new illustrations, including both new drawings and photos from recent productions of Shakespeare's plays around the globe. In addition, the notes and the introductory material have been completely revised in line with new research and in order to make them clearer and more accessible. Finally, the entire text has been redesigned and reset to enhance readability. The new edition achieves the feat of unprecedented clarity of presentation without any cuts to the original text or the detailed explanations. [via]More editions of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar:
Tragedy of Macbethby William Shakespeare, Nicholas BrookeISBN 0198129017 (0-19-812901-7)
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Vicar of Wakefieldby Oliver GoldsmithISBN 0192839403 (0-19-283940-3)
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Villette: Library Editionby Margaret Smith, Charlotte Bronte, Herbert Rosengarten, Tim DolinISBN 0192839640 (0-19-283964-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette: Library Edition'Book summary:First published in 1853, Villette draws from Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels in the 1840's. In this emotionally charged tale, we see Lucy Snowe's response to the challenges of her restrictive social environment as she flees from her unhappy past in England to a new life as a teacher at Madame Beck's school in Villette.
This new edition features the definitive Clarendon edition of Villette which is derived from the earliest printings of Brontë's great work. The text is supplemented with a newly commissioned introduction, which gives a thorough and in depth analysis of the context of this fine example of the nineteenth century novel. [via]More editions of Villette: Library Edition:
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The Wardenby Anthony Trollope, Frederick Page, Michael Sadleir, Edward Ardizzone, David SkiltonISBN 0195208080 (0-19-520808-0)
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What Am I Doing Hereby Bruce ChatwinISBN 0224026348 (0-224-02634-8)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Who's Who in Shakespeareby Peter Quennell, Hamish JohnsonISBN 0195210816 (0-19-521081-6)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. Rowling, Darakhshanda Asghar KhokharISBN 0195798767 (0-19-579876-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:This is an Urdu translation of the international best-seller, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J. K. Rowling. [via]
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneby J. K. Rowling, Darakhshanda Asghar KhokharISBN 0195798589 (0-19-579858-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Harry Potter Aur Azkaban Ka Qaidi / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. Rowling, Darakhshanda Asghar KhokharISBN 0195799151 (0-19-579915-1)
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