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8 Books In 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love anby Jane AustenISBN 0954840119 (0-9548401-1-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: '8 Books In 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an'Book summary:Jane Austen's complete novels, collected together in one uniquely comprehensive volume. Comprises the complete text of: "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion", "Lady Susan", and "Love and Friendship". This is the only single-volume edition of Jane Austen's novels to contain not only the wickedly humorous "Lady Susan", but also the irrepressibly exuberant early work "Love and Friendship". This collection allows readers to explore the development of one of the English language's greatest writers, following her development from the farcical comedy of "Love and Friendship" and "Northanger Abbey", via her most popular work, "Pride and Prejudice", to the masterpiece "Emma", and the considered romance of "Persuasion". A unique collection of the finest and most perceptive love stories ever written. [via]
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All of a Kind Familyby Sydney TaylorISBN 0929093089 (0-929093-08-9)
Softcover, G R M Associates
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All-of-a-Kind Family'Book summary:There's something to be said for a book that makes you wish you'd been part of a poor immigrant family living in New York's upper east side on the eve of World War I. Sydney Taylor's time-honored classic does just that. Life is rich for the five mischievous girls in the family. They find adventure in visiting the library, going to market with Mama, even dusting the front room. Young readers who have never shared a bedroom with four siblings, with no television in sight, will vicariously experience the simple, old-fashioned pleasures of talk, make-believe, and pilfered penny candy. The family's Jewish faith strengthens their ties to each other, while providing still more excitement and opportunity for mischief. Readers unfamiliar with Judaism will learn with the girls during each beautifully depicted holiday. This lively family, subject of four more "all-of-a- kind" books, is full of unique characters, all deftly illustrated by Helen John. Taylor based the stories on her own childhood family, and the true-life quality of her writing gives this classic its page-turning appeal. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Allan Quatermainby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1419105620 (1-4191-0562-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Allan Quatermain'Book summary:This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1419107178 (1-4191-0717-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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- Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 1414251254 (1-4142-5125-4)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 1421806606 (1-4218-0660-6)
Hardcover, 1st World Library - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0887765157 (0-88776-515-7)
Hardcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0866119930 (0-86611-993-0)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 087923783X (0-87923-783-X)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0883639947 (0-88363-994-7)
Hardcover, Hugh Lauter Levin Assc - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0895774348 (0-89577-434-8)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 1419107178 (1-4191-0717-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
- Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 1414251254 (1-4142-5125-4)
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Anne Of Green Gablesby Kathleen Olmstead, Lucy CorvinoISBN 1402711301 (1-4027-1130-1)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne Of Green Gables'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic tale, with its engaging heroine and evocative description of the Prince Edward Island landscape, never fails to delight youngsters. When Matthew Cuthbert goes to the train station to pick up the orphan he and his sister Marilla plan to adopt, he expects to meet a boy who can help on the family farm. Instead it's Anne--a talkative, dreamy, red-haired, freckle-faced 11-year-old little girl who transforms the Cuthberts' life forever and fills it with love and joy.More editions of Anne Of Green Gables:
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Anne of Green Gablesby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714513 (1-4027-1451-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.[via]
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
One things for certain, no house that Annes in will ever be dull. Thats what Marilla Cuthbert says about Anne, the lively red-headed orphan she and her brother Matthew adopt. For decades, girls have agreed, eagerly reading every book in Lucy Maud Montgomerys series that chronicles Annes coming of age.More editions of Anne of Green Gables:
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The Annotated Thursdayby G. K. Chesterton, Martin GardnerISBN 0898707447 (0-89870-744-7)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Thursday'Book summary:This edition of Chesterton's masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, explicates and enriches the complete text with extensive footnotes, together with an introductory essay on the metaphysical meaning of Chesterton's profound allegory. Martin Gardner sees the novel's anarchists as symbols of our God-given free will, and the mysterious Sunday as representing Nature, with its strange mixture of good and evil when considered as distinct from God, as a mask hiding the transcendental face of the creator. The book also includes a bibliography listing the novel's many editions and stage dramatizations, as well as numerous illustrations that further illuminate the text. Gardner's annotating of Chesterton's famous novel is a delight. His notes bring Edwardian London to life, and he offers exciting new insights into the novel's meaning. - Joseph Pearce, Author, Tolkien: Man and Myth Gardner is a gift to anyone interested in genuine literary scholarship. He magnifies the fascinating pictures seen through the gorgeous window that is a Chesterton novel. - Michael Coren, Author, Gilbert: The Man Who Was G. K. Chesterton Gardner's annotations provide everything required for the study and enjoyment of Chesterton's best novel, a grand thriller. - John Peterson, Editor, Father Brown of the Church of Rome Martin Gardner's skill in combining math, science, philosophy and literature has produced more than sixty books of diverse natures, including two novels and a collection of short stories. Some of his other annotated works include The Annotated Alice and The Annotated Ancient Mariner. For 25 years he was the writer of mathematical games for Scientific American. [via]
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Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers and the Wardenby Harold BloomISBN 0877547483 (0-87754-748-3)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Aubrey Beardsley: A Biographyby Matthew Sturgis, Aubrey BeardsleyISBN 087951910X (0-87951-910-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography'Book summary:Diagnosed with tuberculosis at age 7, the talk of London before he turned 22, and dead at 25, Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) was a textbook example of the doomed artist he and his fellow decadents admired so much. British journalist and art critic Matthew Sturgis paints an evocative picture of the cultural milieu that shaped Beardsley, with its ferocious rivalry between the idealistic Pre-Raphaelites and the more sardonic English impressionists, who ultimately claimed Beardsley's loyalty (though the ambitious teenager initially gained the patronage of Pre-Raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones). The author's portrait of Beardsley is equally vivid, limning both his dandified affectations and underlying sweetness, his dedication to art and the distaste for sustained work that made him the despair of his publishers. Beardsley's unique black-and-white drawings--perfect for the new technology of mass reproduction--made a sensation, first with the commissioned artwork for Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur and Wilde's Salome, then in the bold periodical he founded with friends, The Yellow Book. But Wilde's trial for gross indecency tainted Beardsley (though Sturgis's take is that he was more likely a virgin than a homosexual); he was fired from The Yellow Book; and his tuberculosis worsened along with his commercial prospects. The author depicts his subject's agonized final months with the same judicious sympathy he trains on "The Beardsley Boom" of 1894. --Wendy Smith [via]
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The Awakening And Selected Storiesby Kate ChopinISBN 1406502278 (1-4065-0227-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening And Selected Short Stories'Book summary:"The Awakening" is the story of Edna Pontellier, an attractive twenty-eight year old woman who is a wife and mother of two sons living in the Creole south in the late 19th century. Edna finds herself trapped in her life as a wife and a mother and feels unable to express her passionate sensuality within the confines of her marriage. She seeks a spiritual and sexual awakening through an affair with a younger man during one summer while her husband is away. Liberated by this experience she sends her children away and is determined to live a more independent and self-determined life. However this new found independence also becomes her downfall as her actions are looked down upon by the members of her society in the late 19th century south. "The Awakening" is a classic modern example of the tragic hero. It illustrates the confines of late 19th century America for women and the beginning of an era of changing social attitudes towards the role of women in society. Chopin's novel was meet with great criticism when it was first published and essentially ended her literary career. The reaction to its publication is indicative of the social attitude towards greater independence and freedom for women at the time. At the same time the novel was a harbinger of the greater independence that was soon to come for women in America. Also contained within this volume is a collection of eight shorter works by the author. [via]
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Barchester Towersby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1417917717 (1-4179-1771-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barchester Towers'Book summary:This 1857 sequel to The Warden wryly chronicles the struggle for control of the English diocese of Barchester. The evangelical but not particularly competent new bishop is Dr. Proudie, who with his awful wife and oily curate, Slope, maneuver for power. The Warden and Barchester Towers are part of Trollope's Barsetshire series, in which some of the same characters recur. [via]
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The Beetleby Richard MarshISBN 1419153846 (1-4191-5384-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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A Child's Garden of Versesby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1419100416 (1-4191-0041-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child's Garden of Verses'Book summary:A Child's Garden of Verses: A Classic Illustrated edition [Hardcover] [via]
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A Child's Garden of Verses: A Collection of Scriptures, Prayers, & Poemsby Robert Louis Stevenson, June Ford, Thomas KinkadeISBN 0849958695 (0-8499-5869-5)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child's Garden of Verses: A Collection of Scriptures, Prayers, & Poems'Book summary:An endearing collection of classic poems from Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as favorite selections from the Bible, Robert Browning, Mother Goose, Christian Rossetti, and other classic children's writers. Timeless, beloved poems such as "My Shadow," "Wynken, Blynken and Nod," and "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star" are nestled next to comforting prayers for little ones. Each of the books' four sections, A Time to Play, Day's End, Wonders of Childhood and Blessings of Faith is enhanced with the acclaimed works of the world-renowned artist Thomas Kinkade.
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Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: The Club of Queer Trades The Man Who Was Thursday The Ball and the Crossby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0898703654 (0-89870-365-4)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: The Club of Queer Trades The Man Who Was Thursday The Ball and the Cross'Book summary:Introduction by Dr. Denis Conlon, University of Antwerp
T.S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, C.S. Lewis and W.H. Auden all recognized Chesterton as a giant literary figure. This volume contains G.K. Chesterton's earliest and greatest novels. The reader will encounter characters that defend with great vigor the diginity of the person and fundamental Christian beliefs. This volume is graced with Chesterton's own drawings and photos, as well as maps. [via]
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The Complete Illustrated Novels of Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0907486975 (0-907486-97-5)
Hardcover, Chancellor
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The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth Century Englandby Alex OwenISBN 0860685675 (0-86068-567-5)
Hardcover, Virago
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Gashlycrumb Tiniesby Edward GoreyISBN 0926637010 (0-926637-01-0)
Hardcover, Peter Weed
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gashlycrumb Tinies'Book summary:"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing was not available in a small hardcover edition like this one, which is the true format for Edward Gorey's specialty, the adult picture book. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with The Curious Sofa.) [via]
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outingby Edward GoreyISBN 0825303958 (0-8253-0395-8)
Hardcover, Beaufort Books
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: New Essays on His Life, Writing, and Place in English Literatureby Michael E. Allsopp, Michael W. SundermeierISBN 0889469288 (0-88946-928-8)
Hardcover, Edwin Mellen Pr
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The Golden Lion of Granpereby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1404351027 (1-4043-5102-7)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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The Haunted Hotelby Wilkie CollinsISBN 1404351310 (1-4043-5131-0)
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Howards Endby E. M. ForsterISBN 1406728713 (1-4067-2871-3)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Howards End'Book summary:HOWARDS ENDBY E. M. FORSTERCHAPTER I"ONE may as well begin with Helens letters to her sister,Howards End,Dearest Meg,It isnt going to be what we expected. It is old and little, andaltogether delightful red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is,and the dear knows what will happen when Paul younger sonarrives tomorrow. From hall you go right or left into diningroomor drawingroom. Hall itself is practically a room. You openanother door in it, and there are the stairs going up in a sort oftunnel to the fast floor. Three bedrooms in a row there, and threeattics in a row above. That isnt all the house really, but it9s allthat one notices nine windows as you look up from the frontgarden.Then there's a very big wychelm to the left as you look upleaning a little over the house, and standing on the boundarybetween the garden and meadow. I quite love that tree already.Also ordinary elms, oaks no nastier than ordinary oaks peartrees, appletrees, and a vine. No silver birches, though. However,I must get on to my host and hostess. I only wanted to show that itisnt the least what we expected. Why did we settle that their housewould be all gables and wiggles, and their garden all gambogecoloured paths? I believe simply because we associate them withexpensive hotels Mrs Wilcox trailing in beautiful dresses downlong corridors, Mr Wilcox bullying porters, etc We fnales arethat unjust.I shall be back Saturday I will let you know train later.They are as angry as I am that you did not come too really Tibbyis too tiresome, he starts a new mortal disease tvery month. Howcould he have got hay fever in London? and even if he could, Useems hard that you should give up a visit to hear a schoolboysneeze. Tell him that Charles Wilcox the son who is here has hayfever too, but ke9s brave and gets quite cross when we inquire afterit. Men like the Wilcoxes would do Tibby a power of good. Butyou wont agree andI'd better change the subject."............. [via]
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Playsby Oscar Wilde, Alyssa HaradISBN 1416500421 (1-4165-0042-1)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays'Book summary:Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest , and his other popular plays -- Lady Windermere's Fan , An Ideal Husband , and Salome -- challenged comtemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: ? A concise introduction that gives readers important background information ? A chronology of the author's life and work ? A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context ? An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations ? Detailed explanatory notes ? Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work ? Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction ? A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson [via]
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Ivanhoeby Walter ScottISBN 1417715421 (1-4177-1542-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Jane Austen's Complete Novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love and Friendshipby Jane AustenISBN 095484016X (0-9548401-6-X)
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John Ruskin and the Victorian Eyeby Susan P. Casteras, Susan Phelps Gordon, Anthony Lacy GullyISBN 0910407274 (0-910407-27-4)
Softcover, Phoenix Art Museum
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemenby Kevin O'Neill, Alan Moore, William Oakley, Ben DimagmaliwISBN 1401201172 (1-4012-0117-2)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II finds cocreators Alan Moore (writer) and Kevin O'Neill (artist) back on familiar ground, revisiting the classic Victorian-era characters that they used to such effect in the bestselling and rightfully acclaimed first volume. It's a superhero tale, but--as expected from Moore--a rather unconventional one. This League is drawn from some of the classic characters from English literature: Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man), Mr Hyde and Miss Mina Murray (formerly Harker, the heroine of Dracula). And this tale is taken directly from HG Wells' classic War of the Worlds, as Martian invaders (complete with tripods and heat rays) begin to land in England, bent on conquest. They seem unstoppable as they rage across the countryside towards London, but they hadn't counted on the League, or the eccentric genius of Dr Alphonse Moreau.
As with the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it's the meticulous sense of era and place that makes volume II a success. The minutia of Victorian England is set seamlessly alongside objects and ideas that never appeared outside of myth and legend, while references to other famous fictional characters and events are casually introduced, then quickly tossed aside. And, of course, it's a ripping yarn, in the classic Boys' Own style (right down to the cliff hanger-style, end of chapter narrations). However, unlike volume I, there are several scenes that aren't suitable for all readers (particularly "those of a delicate disposition"). It's almost as if Moore and O'Neill, anticipating the heightened interest that 2003's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film would bring, have willingly set out to shock and even alienate newer readers. So there's a fairly explicit sex scene, some rather brutal violence and, perhaps most unnerving, it's almost inevitable that no reader will ever look at Rupert the Bear in the same way again. --Robert Burrow [via]
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The Letters of Rudyard Kipling: 1872-89by Rudyard Kipling, Thomas PinneyISBN 0877453055 (0-87745-305-5)
Hardcover, Univ of Iowa Pr
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The Letters of Rudyard Kipling: 1890-99by Rudyard Kipling, Thomas PinneyISBN 0877453063 (0-87745-306-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Iowa Pr
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The Letters of Rudyard Kipling Vol. 3: 1900-10by Rudyard Kipling, Thomas PinneyISBN 0877454957 (0-87745-495-7)
Hardcover, University of Iowa Press
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Looking Backward: 2000-1887by Edward BellamyISBN 1404313834 (1-4043-1383-4)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Backward, 2000-1887'Book summary:"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" is considered to be one of the greatest and most widely read of the utopian novels. It is the story of a young gentleman from Boston who mysteriously wakes from a sleep of over a hundred years to find himself transplanted to a utopian futuristic world. This future world is one of prosperity, cooperation, and harmony. Edward Bellamy's classic novel inspired a rebirth of the utopian novel genre and has been an inspiration to the many forward-looking thinkers who have read it. [via]
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Love in the Time of Victoriaby Paul Foot, Francoise Barret-DucrocqISBN 0860913252 (0-86091-325-2)
Hardcover, Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
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The Magician's Nephewby C. S. LewisISBN 0871295415 (0-87129-541-5)
Softcover, Dramatic Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magician's Nephew'Book summary:This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in the classic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is a gorgeous introduction to the magical land of Narnia. The many readers who discovered C.S. Lewis's Chronicles through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the next volume in the series is actually the first in the sequence--and a step back in time. In this unforgettable story, British schoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the Wood Between the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and, ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birth of Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventures that are to follow in the seven books that comprise the series.
Rich, heavy pages, a gold-embossed cover, and Pauline Baynes's original illustrations (hand-colored by the illustrator herself 40 years later) make this special edition of a classic a bona fide treasure. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmareby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1406510068 (1-4065-1006-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Melmoth the Wandererby Charles Robert MaturinISBN 1419133470 (1-4191-3347-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Moby Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 0971203709 (0-9712037-0-9)
Softcover, Spinner Pubns Inc
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Moby Dick Or, the Whaleby Herman MelvilleISBN 1419134736 (1-4191-3473-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Original Illustratedby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0890093911 (0-89009-391-1)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0890090572 (0-89009-057-2)
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Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writingsby Oscar WildeISBN 1416500278 (1-4165-0027-8)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 1419141511 (1-4191-4151-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Praeteritaby John Ruskin, Timothy HiltonISBN 1400043174 (1-4000-4317-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Queen Victoria: From Her Birth to the Death of the Prince Consortby Smith Woodham, Cecil BlancheISBN 0917657950 (0-917657-95-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servantby Pamela HornISBN 0862992966 (0-86299-296-6)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Samantha Learns a Lessonby Nancy Niles, Robert Grace, Susan Adler, Dan AndreasenISBN 0937295833 (0-937295-83-3)
Hardcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Samantha Learns a Lessonby Robert Grace, Susan Adler, Dan Andreasen, Nancy NilesISBN 0937295132 (0-937295-13-2)
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Samantha's Surpriseby Maxine Schur, Rose Schur, Dan AndreasenISBN 0937295221 (0-937295-22-1)
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Story of an African Farmby Olive SchreinerISBN 1406801747 (1-4068-0174-7)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Story of the Amuletby Edith NesbitISBN 1406835064 (1-4068-3506-4)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Those Who Hunt the Nightby Barbara HamblyISBN 0833541838 (0-8335-4183-8)
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Time and Againby Jack FinneyISBN 0899684033 (0-89968-403-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimesby Mary S. HartmanISBN 0860513432 (0-86051-343-2)
Softcover, Parkwest Pubns
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Victorian Paintersby Jeremy MaasISBN 089659503X (0-89659-503-X)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press
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Wild Women: Crusaders, Curmudgeons, and Completely Corsetless Ladies in the Otherwise Virtuous Victorian Eraby Autumn StephensISBN 0943233364 (0-943233-36-4)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 091406116X (0-914061-16-X)
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Stories of Charlotte Perkins Gilmanby Denise D. Knight, Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 087413479X (0-87413-479-X)
Hardcover, University of Delaware Press
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Anne, la Maison aux Pignons Vertsby L. M. MontgomeryISBN 0920304508 (0-920304-50-8)
Softcover, Ragweed Press
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