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Hardcover. Selected by Ezra Pound. Four Hundred copies were printed. 60pp. Quarter cloth on paper covered boards. Title in black on front board. Page edges uncut. Some shading to spine, boards and pages. Overall a fine copy with tight binding and clear bright text. Keywords: Irish Literature, Letters, Limited Editions, Rare and Antiquarian Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Cuala Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1917
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KON0828241
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 325.00

Paperback. The successful new comedy by a well-known Scottish playwright. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854593498
ISBN
9781854593498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.13

paperback. Passing Strange attempts to bring contemporary race studies and contemporary Shakespeare studies into an honest and sustained dialogue, demonstrating both how and why instability is the nature of the relationship between Shakespeare and race in American popular culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780199987962
ISBN
9780199987962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.28

Paperback. Contains extracts from Johnson's several interviews, giving an account of Johnson's development from the late 1970s until the early years of the twenty-first century. This title brings up many elements of Johnson's life and work: his religious development from the AME Church to Buddhism and the importance of family to him. Editor(s): McWilliams, Jim. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780295984391
ISBN
9780295984391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Paperback. The twelve contemporary fiction writers interviewed in PASSION AND CRAFT go beyond the merely autobiographical, revealing that, despite their differences, they share passionate devotion and discipline for their craft. Their comments will interest readers devoted to their novels and stories, other writers, and aspiring writers. 12 photos. Editor(s): Lyons, Bonnie G.; Oliver, Bill. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066870
ISBN
9780252066870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

paperback. A study of the life and work of the lesbian writer, Jane Rule. Incorporating Rule's early work, including unpublished manuscripts, letters, magazine and newspaper columns, as well as fan-mail, the book also draws on interviews and conversations with the author. Series: Passionate Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781333
ISBN
9780814781333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.01

paperback. Editor(s): Lawson, Peter. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907123736
ISBN
9780907123736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.10

Hardcover. New gift book edition of a classic anthology of love poems presented in a beautiful quarterbound hardback. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248697
ISBN
9781852248697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.20

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Fawcett Crest
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014777
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Framed within a wide range of ideas, including politics and religion, this volume makes new connections between embodiment, selfhood and the passions. It explores new ways of negotiating the boundaries between a cognitive and bodily approach to emotion. Editor(s): Cummings, Professor Brian; Sierhuis, Dr Freya. Num Pages: 328 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472413642
ISBN
9781472413642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.98

Hardback. Traces the impact of the French Revolution on Enlightenment thought in Germany as evidenced in the work of three major figures around the turn of the nineteenth century: Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Heinrich von Kleist. This book examines the philosophical and literary reception of the French Revolution. Editor(s): Gailus, Andreas. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882777
ISBN
9780801882777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.68

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501314872
ISBN
9781501314872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Hardback. Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s - closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor, this title provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future. Series: Norman & Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle. Num Pages: 968 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
968
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242500
ISBN
9780520242500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51

Paperback. Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472031634
ISBN
9780472031634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.09

Paperback. Fourth installment in the Karl Kane detective series by Sam Millar. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781847177414
ISBN
9781847177414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.74

paperback. Past Performance: American Theatre and the Historical Imagination argues that many contemporary American theatre and performance artists are not only developing innovative strategies for staging history but helping us reimagine our relationship with the past. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482577
ISBN
9781611482577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.20

Paperback. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KOC0015205
ISBN
9780007154081
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KI20002944
ISBN
9780007154081
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. This volume considers Boris Pasternak's Russian classic, "Doctor Zhivago". It discusses the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition, and includes considerations of existing translations and of textual problems in the original Russian. Editor(s): Clowes, Edith W. Series: NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810112117
ISBN
9780810112117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316606780
ISBN
9781316606780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.70

Paperback. Already read, but good clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Pan Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
Sixth impression
SKU
KDK0016398
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. This text draws a basic distinction between two aspects of the pastoral ideal: the Arcadian pastoral, which locates the unspoiled paradise in space, and the Golden Age mode, which locates the ideal pastoral life in time gone by, always already lost as soon as it is apprehended as paradise. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731065
ISBN
9780804731065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.44

Paperback. Approach places, times and states of mind in a mosaic of knowledge, invention, memory and entertainment with this collection of poems. The personal and the public interact in many poems and others address personal histories and their creative consequences, alongside mythological motifs. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547528
ISBN
9781857547528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.09

Paperback. Pat Barker is one of the leading British political and historical novelists of her generation. This introduction places her fiction in historical and theoretical contexts. Including a timeline of key dates and an interview with the author, Rawlinson establishes the cultural importance of her work and provides an overview of its critical reception. Series: New British Fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001800
ISBN
9780230001800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.65

Paperback. Series: Writers and Their Work. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746312230
ISBN
9780746312230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.01

paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Wakefield Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984115563
ISBN
9780984115563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.19

Paperback. An exploration of 'pataphysics, or the science of imaginary solutions. It covers the tangled history of 'pataphysics, discussing the tension between science and poetics, in order to demonstrate that 'pataphysics constitutes an intrinsic, but neglected, cornerstone of postmodernity itself. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118775
ISBN
9780810118775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Hardback. After an introduction to patents, their historical development and their current characteristics, this book describes the uses to which patents can be put, followed by details of their availability. Num Pages: 546 pages, figs. BIC Classification: DSB; LNR; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810828797
ISBN
9780810828797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.24

Paperback. Editor(s): MacGowan, Christopher J. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212984
ISBN
9780811212984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, charts. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935171
ISBN
9780813935171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.49

Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, charts. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935188
ISBN
9780813935188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.39

paperback. BIC Classification: DD. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822213642
ISBN
9780822213642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.35

Paperback. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). This book examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316869
ISBN
9781846316869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.19

Hardcover. The most up-to-date and comprehensive critical study of Nobel Prize winning author Patrick Modiano. Series: Modern French Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781382745
ISBN
9781781382745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.64

Paperback. Editor(s): McNulty, Eugene; Ni Ghairbhi, Roisin. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; AN; DD; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
GILL & MAC MILLAN
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716531661
ISBN
9780716531661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. Herman Roth is eighty-six years old, a widower and retired insurance manager, suffering from a brain tumour and fighting death. In a remarkable act of memory, elegy and appreciation, the author creates his most irrepressible and irresistible hero - his father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099914303
ISBN
9780099914303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Pictoral wrapper with woodcuts reproduced from John Derrick's The Image of Irelande, 1581. 1,000 copies printed. Very light foxing to page edges. Excellent condition. In protective plastic wrapper. Keywords: Irish Poetry
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Dolmen Press
Publication date
1966
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0076431
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008618
ISBN
9780674008618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.51

paperback. Investigates the use of language in literary and non-literary texts using the principles of linguistic analysis. This work shows how linguistic knowledge can enhance and enrich the analysis of texts. Borrowing from stylistics, it focuses on recurring linguistic patterns used by writers. Series: Interface. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415140645
ISBN
9780415140645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.96

Paperback. Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427922
ISBN
9780826427922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

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