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Alexander Pope's Collected Poemsby Alexander Pope, Bonamy DobreeISBN 0460017608 (0-460-01760-8)
Hardcover, Dent
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Anna of the Five Townsby Arnold Bennett, Peter PrestonISBN 0460876538 (0-460-87653-8)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules Verne, Jacqueline RogersISBN 0451525450 (0-451-52545-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:[via]One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days -- and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompaned by his hot-blooded manservant Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard -- who believes that Fogg has robbed the Bank of England -- to win the extraordinary wager. Around the World in 80 Days gripped audiences on its publication and remains hugely popular, combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time.
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- Around The World In Eighty Days: ISBN 0451529774 (0-451-52977-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0486411117 (0-486-41111-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0460050826 (0-460-05082-6)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0460874667 (0-460-87466-7)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M. - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0451525450 (0-451-52545-0)
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- Around The World In Eighty Days: ISBN 0451529774 (0-451-52977-4)
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poemsby Oscar WildeISBN 0486270726 (0-486-27072-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems'Book summary:Twenty-four important works, focusing on Wilde's poetic legacy, offer important clues to themes and subjects that preoccupied this gifted writer in other works. Includes The Ballad of Reading Gaol, a powerful indictment of the degradation and inhumanity of prison life; "The Sphinx," "The Grave of Keats," "The Harlot's House," and 20 others.[via]More editions of The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems:
The Bertramsby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0486251195 (0-486-25119-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, the Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novelby Horace Walpole, William Beckford, John Polidori, George Gordon Byron Byron, Everett Franklin BleilerISBN 0486212327 (0-486-21232-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Collected Poemsby Alexander Pope, Bonamy DobreeISBN 0460870629 (0-460-87062-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Collected Poems: Alexander Popeby Alexander PopeISBN 0460007602 (0-460-00760-2)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Collectorby John FowlesISBN 044031335X (0-440-31335-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Colour of Magicby Terry PratchettISBN 0451451120 (0-451-45112-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Complete Nonsense of Edward Learby Holbrook JacksonISBN 0486201678 (0-486-20167-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Complete Plays and Poemsby J.C. Maxwell, Christopher Marlowe, E.D. PendryISBN 0460870432 (0-460-87043-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Complete Poetryby George LordISBN 0460013580 (0-460-01358-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Diary Of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passagesby Samuel PepysISBN 0486436675 (0-486-43667-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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English Fairy Talesby Joseph JacobsISBN 048621818X (0-486-21818-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighthby William ShakespeareISBN 0451512464 (0-451-51246-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott Abbott, Valerie M. SmithISBN 0451529766 (0-451-52976-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland'Book summary:Flatland is one of the very few novels about math and philosophy that can appeal to almost any layperson. Published in 1880, this short fantasy takes us to a completely flat world of two physical dimensions where all the inhabitants are geometric shapes, and who think the planar world of length and width that they know is all there is. But one inhabitant discovers the existence of a third physical dimension, enabling him to finally grasp the concept of a fourth dimension. Watching our Flatland narrator, we begin to get an idea of the limitations of our own assumptions about reality, and we start to learn how to think about the confusing problem of higher dimensions. The book is also quite a funny satire on society and class distinctions of Victorian England. [via]
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- Flatland: ISBN 048627263X (0-486-27263-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions: ISBN 0451518411 (0-451-51841-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic - Flatland: ISBN 0451522907 (0-451-52290-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Flatland: ISBN 0451529766 (0-451-52976-6)
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- Flatland: ISBN 048627263X (0-486-27263-X)
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Good Omensby Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, David FramptonISBN 0441003257 (0-441-00325-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens'Book summary:The world is going to end next Saturday, just before dinner, but it turns out there are a few problems--the Antichrist has been misplaced, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, and the representatives from heaven and hell decide that they like the human race. Reprint. NYT. AB. [via]
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil GaimanISBN 0441008615 (0-441-00861-5)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'Book summary:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0451527321 (0-451-52732-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:This masterpiece tells the incredible tale of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon. He is shipwrecked upon the shores of Lilliput, where the residents are only six inches high, then journeys takes him to the land of Brobdingnag, populated by giants, a floating island in the sky, and a land where horses have intelligence and man lives as a beast. His adventures, while read by children as an adventure story, are a devastating satire of society and human foibles. Part travelogue, part realism, part symbolism, Gullivers Travels remains a treasured classic of literature. [via]
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The Heart of Mid-Lothianby Walter ScottISBN 0460870904 (0-460-87090-4)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Mid-Lothian'Book summary:The Heart of Mid-Lothian, set between the two Jacobean insurrections in 1736 and during the Porteous Riots, marks the peak of its author's achievement; many consider it to be Scott's national epic. [via]
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History of Kings of Britainby Geoffrey MonmouthISBN 0460005774 (0-460-00577-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0440937582 (0-440-93758-2)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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- The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0451528018 (0-451-52801-8)
Softcover, Signet Classic - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0486282147 (0-486-28214-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0451524780 (0-451-52478-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0440937582 (0-440-93758-2)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
- The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0451528018 (0-451-52801-8)
In Memoriam, Maud and Other Poemsby Alfred Lord Tennyson, John D. JumpISBN 046087067X (0-460-87067-X)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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Jacob's Roomby Virginia WoolfISBN 0451530055 (0-451-53005-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jacob's Room'Book summary:With its publication in 1922, Virginia Woolf revolutionized the modern novel with Jacob's Room. Based on the life of her own brother, this unforgettable book chronicles the life and times of Jacob Flanders, from childhood to his death in World War I. An untraditional tale focusing on a flow of random impressions through the minds of its characters, Jacob's Room remains an important work in the development of the novel form-and a shining example of Woolf's genius and literary daring. [via]
John Donne Poemsby Hugh Ianson FaussetISBN 0460008676 (0-460-00867-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Last Days of Pompeiiby Edward Bulwer LyttonISBN 0442247443 (0-442-24744-3)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Robert Blaisdell, Thea KlirosISBN 0486291715 (0-486-29171-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:When Sara's privileged status at her boarding school comes to an abrupt end, the former favorite finds herself penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress. This Victorian-era tale's use of imagination and generosity to make the best of life and losses remains a source of inspiration and enchantment.[via]More editions of A Little Princess:
- A Little Princess: ISBN 0486414469 (0-486-41446-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe: ISBN 0448409496 (0-448-40949-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - A Little Princess: ISBN 0439101379 (0-439-10137-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - A Little Princess: ISBN 0440403863 (0-440-40386-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - A Little Princess: ISBN 0440447674 (0-440-44767-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - A Little Princess: ISBN 0451525094 (0-451-52509-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - A Little Princess : The Story of Sara Crewe: ISBN 0451526228 (0-451-52622-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - A Little Princess: ISBN 0448092999 (0-448-09299-9)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - A Little Princess: ISBN 0448400839 (0-448-40083-9)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - A Little Princess: ISBN 0486291715 (0-486-29171-5)
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- A Little Princess: ISBN 0486414469 (0-486-41446-9)
Mantissaby John FowlesISBN 0452254299 (0-452-25429-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, S. NagarajanISBN 0451527151 (0-451-52715-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:A dark and difficult play, Measure for Measure has been a popular play since the latter half of the 20th century for its prescient dramatisation of the issues of sexual and political hypocrisy, and the ways in which the state interferes in the private lives of its citizens. Set in Duke Vincentio's Vienna, where poverty, disease and prostitution are rife, Claudio and his fiancée Juliet are arrested for having sex before marriage, and Claudio is sentenced to death. Angelo, the Duke's deputy, who stands in for the Duke whilst he ostensibly goes off on a pilgrimage, enthusiastically endorses the sentence. In fact the Duke remains behind the scenes, watching Angelo as he falls for Claudio's sister Isabella, who comes to beg for her brother's life. Angelo is a wonderful creation, loathsome yet fascinating as he struggles with the double standards of his enforcement of draconian laws whilst lusting after the sister of the man he is prepared to execute, debating "The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?".
No one is spared Shakespeare's withering look at the mores of early 17th-century life, not even the pimps and madams who try to get by in the midst of the Duke's bizarre and coercive disguises and performances. The deeply ambiguous ending of Measure for Measure confirms it as one of Shakespeare's most ambivalent and arguably despairing plays. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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- Measure for Measure: ISBN 0451524098 (0-451-52409-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Measure for Measure: ISBN 0460874543 (0-460-87454-3)
Softcover, Everymans Library - Measure for Measure: ISBN 0486408892 (0-486-40889-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Measure for Measure: ISBN 0451522591 (0-451-52259-1)
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- Measure for Measure: ISBN 0451524098 (0-451-52409-8)
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Mortby Terry PratchettISBN 0451451139 (0-451-45113-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mort'Book summary:The fourth Discworld novel.
Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.
For Mort however, it is about to become one of the tools of his trade. From henceforth, Death is no longer going to be the end, merely the means to an end. He has received an offer he can't refuse. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse and being dead isn't compulsory. It's the dream job until he discovers that it can be a killer on his love life. [via]More editions of Mort:
My Cousin Rachelby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0440159938 (0-440-15993-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Nigger of the Narcissusby Joseph ConradISBN 0486408809 (0-486-40880-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nigger of the Narcissus'Book summary:The book draws on Conrad's own experience of twenty years as a master mariner; the Narcissus is sailing to London with two new hands, Wait and Donkin, and these two test the crew by Wait almost dying, and Donkin by attempting to raise the crew to mutiny. Regarded as Conrad's first masterpiece, the book is a disturbing and powerful portrait of the sea and sea-life. [via]
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The Nigger of the "Narcissus" Typhoon Amy Foster Falk To-Morrowby Joseph ConradISBN 0460019805 (0-460-01980-5)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Nigger of the Narcissus, Typhoon, Falk, and Other Storiesby Joseph ConradISBN 0460109804 (0-460-10980-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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No Nameby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0486236056 (0-486-23605-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Name'Book summary:Condemned by Victorian critics as immoral, but regarded today as a novel of outstanding social insight, No Name shows William Wilkie {ollins as the height of his literary powers. It is the story of two sisters, Magdalen and Norah, who discover after the deaths of their dearly beloved parents that the parents were not married at the time of their births. Disinherited and ousted from their estate, they must fend for themselves and either resign themselves to their fate or determine to recover their wealth by whatever means. [via]
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre / Cymbeline / the Two Noble Kinsmenby William Shakespeare, Ernest Schanzer, Richard Hosley, John Fletcher, Clifford LeechISBN 0451530357 (0-451-53035-7)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre / Cymbeline / the Two Noble Kinsmen'Book summary:The plays collected here follow: the journeys of Pericles, Prince of Tyre; the political and romantic betrayals of Cymbeline - a chieftain of ancient times; and a work based on Chaucer's The Knight's Tale.[via]More editions of Pericles, Prince of Tyre / Cymbeline / the Two Noble Kinsmen:
Pericles, Prince of Tyre ; Cymbeline ; The Two Noble Kinsmen (with John Fletcher)by William ShakespeareISBN 0451520424 (0-451-52042-4)
Hardcover, New American Library
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The Pillars of the Earthby Ken FollettISBN 0451166892 (0-451-16689-2)
Softcover, Signet
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A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's historical masterpiece.
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Poems and Songsby Robert BurnsISBN 0486268632 (0-486-26863-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems and Songs'Book summary:Treasury of 43 works including: "The Cotter's Saturday Night," "To a Mountain Daisy," "To a Mouse," "To a Louse," "Tam o' Shanter," "Comin Thro' the Rye," "Im Oe'r Young to Marry Yet," "O, Lay Thy Loof in Mine, Lass," and "O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast." Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines. Extensive glossary.[via]More editions of Poems and Songs:
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Poetry and Proseby Gerard Manley Hopkins, Walford DaviesISBN 0460877143 (0-460-87714-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poetry and Prose'Book summary:In his poetry Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) sought to discover afresh the potentialities of language, and to that end developed his idiosyncratic theories of instress, inscape and sprung rhythm. Hopkins's verse is also informed by his religious beliefs; having converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1866, he became a Jesuit priest eleven years later. However, his poetry is free from a sense of religious dogma, and instead offers a whole-hearted involvement with all aspects of life, a love of nature and a search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. His best-known poems include 'The Wreck of the Deutschland', 'The Windhover', 'Pied Beauty', 'Spring and Fall', 'Carrion Comfort' and 'Harry Ploughman'. [via]
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Editionby Muriel SparkISBN 0440371155 (0-440-37115-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Edition'Book summary:At the staid Marcia Blaine School for Girls, in Edinburgh, Scotland, teacher extraordinaire Miss Jean Brodie is unmistakably, and outspokenly, in her prime. She is passionate in the application of her unorthodox teaching methods, in her attraction to the married art master, Teddy Lloyd, in her affair with the bachelor music master, Gordon Lowther, andmost importantin her dedication to "her girls," the students she selects to be her crème de la crème. Fanatically devoted, each member of the Brodie setEunice, Jenny, Mary, Monica, Rose, and Sandyis "famous for something," and Miss Brodie strives to bring out the best in each one. Determined to instill in them independence, passion, and ambition, Miss Brodie advises her girls, "Safety does not come first. Goodness, Truth, and Beauty come first. Follow me."
And they do. But one of them will betray her.
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- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Edition: ISBN 0452255899 (0-452-25589-9)
Softcover, New American Library - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Edition: ISBN 0452264510 (0-452-26451-0)
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A Question of Upbringingby Anthony PowellISBN 0445200103 (0-445-20010-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Rachel Rayby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0486239306 (0-486-23930-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poemsby Samuel Taylor ColeridgeISBN 0486272664 (0-486-27266-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems'Book summary:Great title poem plus "Kubla Khan," "Christabel," 20 other sonnets, lyrics, odes: "Sonnet: To a Friend who asked how I felt when the Nurse first presented my Infant to me," "Frost at Midnight," "The Nightingale," "The Pains of Sleep," "To William Wordsworth," "Youth and Age," many more. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.[via]More editions of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems:
The Ring and the Bookby Robert BrowningISBN 0460005022 (0-460-00502-2)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Rob Royby Walter ScottISBN 0460001426 (0-460-00142-6)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Rob Royby John Sutherland, Walter ScottISBN 0460875949 (0-460-87594-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Rob Royby Scott, Walter, Sr.ISBN 0451526236 (0-451-52623-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Robert Burnsby Donald LowISBN 046087814X (0-460-87814-X)
Softcover, Everyman
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Roderick Randomby Tobias SmollettISBN 0460117904 (0-460-11790-4)
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Ruthby Elizabeth Gaskell, Nancy HenryISBN 0460876600 (0-460-87660-0)
Softcover, Everyman
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The School for Scandalby Richard Brinsley Butler SheridanISBN 0486266877 (0-486-26687-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Poemsby Elizabeth Barrett BrowningISBN 0486270521 (0-486-27052-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Poems'Book summary:Famed series of 44 love poems written to the poet's husband, Robert Browning, plus a selection of poems dealing with religion, art, social problems and political events. These include "Consolation," "The Cry of the Human," "A Curse for a Nation," "The Forced Recruit," "To Flush, My Dog," and others. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.[via]More editions of Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Poems:
Tales of Unrestby Joseph ConradISBN 0460876562 (0-460-87656-2)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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Tono-bungayby H. G. Wells, John HammondISBN 0460872591 (0-460-87259-1)
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The Two Gentleman of Veronaby William Shakespeare, Bertrand Evans, Sylvan BarnetISBN 0451530632 (0-451-53063-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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Mostly set in Milan, this comedy is the story of two newly-arrived Veronese friends, Valentine and Proteus. Both vie for the Duke's daughter's hand, with lots of laughter ensuing.More editions of The Two Gentleman of Verona:
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Under Milkwoodby Dylan ThomasISBN 046004270X (0-460-04270-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under Milkwood'Book summary:In 1951, two years before his death, Dylan Thomas wrote of his plan to complete a radio play, 'an impression for voices, an entertainment out of the darkness, of the town I live in, and to write it simply and warmly and comically with lots of movement and varieties of moods, so that, at many levels...you come to know the town as an inhabitant of it'. The work was UNDER MILK WOOD - an orchestration of voices, sights and sounds that conjure up the dreams and waking hours of an imagined Welsh seaside village within the cycle of one day. Includes an introduction, notes, selected criticism and chronology of Thomas's life and times. [via]
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Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Prose and Verseby Aubrey BeardsleyISBN 0448220636 (0-448-22063-6)
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A Vindication of the Rights of Womanby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 0486290360 (0-486-29036-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Waste Landby T. S. Eliot, Helen Hennessy VendlerISBN 0451526848 (0-451-52684-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land'Book summary:This all-new Signet Classic contains many of T.S. Eliot's most important early poems, leading to perhaps his greatest masterpiece, The Waste land, which has long been regarded as one of the fundamental texts of modernism. By combining poetic elements from many diverse sources with bits of popular culture and common speech linked in a fragmented narrative, Eliot recreated the chaos and disillusionment of Europe in the aftermath of WWI. The Waste Land is a modernist literary masterpiece. Contains a number of early poems, including Spleen, The Death of St. Narcissus, The Love Song of J. Prufrock, Preludes, Gerontion, The Hippopotmaus, and Sweeny Among the Nightingales. T.S. Eliot is the winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature, and is one of America's greatest poets. Edited and with an Introduction by Helen Vendler, a foremost scholar of moderism at Harvard University who writes regularly for the New Yorker and The New Republic. Vendler is also the author of books on other essential poets, including W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, John Keats, George Herbert, and the forthcoming The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnete. @DeadFlowers Note From Ezra Pound: Maybe cut 75%? From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poemsby T. S. EliotISBN 0486400611 (0-486-40061-1)
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In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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William Blakeby Peter ButterISBN 046087800X (0-460-87800-X)
Softcover, Everyman
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Youthby Joseph ConradISBN 0460870467 (0-460-87046-7)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Youth, a Narrative ; Heart of Darkness ; The End of the Tetherby Joseph ConradISBN 0460016946 (0-460-01694-6)
Hardcover, Dent
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