Books On Books from Adelaide Booksellers

New York: Viking. 2007. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Small remainder mark to lower edge. Introduction by Derek Attridge. xiv, 304 pages. 21 essays and literary reviews. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided… Read more about this item

London and Philadelphia: Robinson/Running Press. 2011. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. An excellent copy. 280 pages. The Detective, the stories, the background, the author - essential reading for Sherlock fans. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: Verso. 2002. A Near Fine copy. Card covers. 262 pages. Education in the humanities still relies, more or les, on Matthew Arnold's ideal of culture as the means for intellectual devlopment. In a distinctive and original work the author reflect critically on this enduring ideal, exploring the tensions and contradictions between it and the contemporary world. … Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape. 1992. Very Good condition. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings and maps. 224 pages. The author has gone in search of the real people and places on which Ransome's 'Swallows and Amazons' books were based. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2014. Octavo Size [approx 16x24cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 244 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: 4th Estate. 2019. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 341 pages. Its a book about a poem - one of the most famous poems ever written, a poem… Read more about this item

London: Book Club Associates. 1976. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. DJ spine very slightly sunned. Well illustrated with colour and black & white plates, photographs and drawings. 224 pages. Illuminates the… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Collectors' Society. 1998. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Glossy card covers. Previous owner's details to half-title page. Illustrated with colour plates and black & white drawings. 65 pages. Contents include: Introduction; Porpoise; A Natural History - Allen Lane A Wrong Decision, The Pasque Flower, and Fish; Local Building… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Collectors' Society. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 96 pages. The first indepth study of Penguin's contribution to the war effort centre around the Forces Book Club. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition.

New York: Henry Holt & Company. 2018. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 379 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Nelson. 1965. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front pastedown (hidden by front DJ flap). Includes extensive Notes, Index and Bibliograpy. xviii, 244 pages. First published in 1595. Part of Nelson's Medieval and Renaissance Library. … Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Some light foxing to upper and fore edges. xiii, 104 pages. Imagination and myth in The Silmarillion by the author of Tolkien's World. Robust, professional packaging and… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1976. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Mild age-toning to dustjacket. 255 pages.. The story of how 'Power Without Glory' was written ...and almost repressed. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. .… Read more about this item

London: Scolar Press. 1980. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in A Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a little sunned. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 279 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1992. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. xiv, 271 pages. Ranges widely through poetry, fiction, autobiography and letters. Includes Further Reading and Index. Robust, professional packaging… Read more about this item

London: Oswald Wolff (Publishers) Limited. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 14x21cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Presentation plate to prelims. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 174 pages. A study of the author of "All Quiet on the Western Front". .… Read more about this item

Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. 2003. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Page 61/62 creased. Inscibed and signed by editor of half-title page. Previous owners name whited out on front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd,. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 201 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Oswald Wolff (Publishers) Limited. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is a little worn at corners and has a sunned spine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 288 pages. Also looks at the concept of Swiss literature… Read more about this item

Beckenham, UK: Croom Helm. 1983. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. 325 pages. Divided into four parts. Part One: 1914-1933 Germany Sleeps; Part Two: 1933-1945 Inside Germany; Part Three: 1933-1945 Outside Germany; Part Four 1945… Read more about this item