Literature Books at Dial a Book Sydney

The Oscar Wilde File
Goodman, Jonathan. (compiled by)
Book Number: 67805
ISBN: 0749002174
Publisher: Allison & Busby, London, 1995.
8vo. softcover. 158pp. b/w illus. Very good, tear at top of spine(repaired).
Price: $12.00

The International Education Series: Mottoes and Commentaries on Friedrich Froebel's Mother Plays
Blow, Susan E.; Eliot, Henrietta R.
Book Number: 67258
ISBN:
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1910
8vo. hardcover. 316pp. b/w illus. Good, foxing to endpapers, bookseller stamp on fep. / no d/w.
Price: $18.00

Arne, Early Tales And Sketches
Bjornson, Bjornstjerne. Translated from the Norse by Rasmus B. Anderson
Book Number: 67170
ISBN:
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1882
8vo. hardcover. 294pp. Good+, remnants of pastedowns on front endpaper & pastedown, owner's stamp on front and rear pastedowns. Cover faded, toning to page edges, a few small marks on cover. / no d/w.
Price: $45.00

Caxton's Own Prose
Blake, N. F. [Caxton, William]
Book Number: 67142
ISBN: 0233964754
Publisher: Andre Deutsch, London, 1973.
8vo. hardcover. 187pp. index. Near Fine. / Very good+ clipped d/w.
Price: $12.00

Mince Pie. Adventurers on the Sunny Side Of Grub Street
Morley, Christopher
Book Number: 67055
ISBN:
Publisher: George H. Doran, New York, 1919.
8vo. hardcover. 296pp. b/w illus. Good. / no d/w.
Price: $15.00

Works of M. de Voltaire translated from the french with notes, historical and critical
Smollet, T.; Francklin, T.; and Others. [Voltaire]
Book Number: 64015
ISBN:
Publisher: Printed for Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies, J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, London, 1761-1774
38 volume set. 12mo. hardcovers, bound in leather. Gilt title & dec. on spine. Very good condition some rubbing to cover edges, some books have wear to spine ends, some have owner's inscriptions on prelims. Vol.1 & 2: The second edition 1762. Vol.3 & 4: The second edition 1763. Vol.5 & 6: The second edition 1766. Vol.7,8 & 9: The first edition 1761. Vol.10 &11: The first edition 1762. Volume 12: The Dramatic Works Vol.1 first edition 1761. Volume 13: The Dramatic Works Vol.2 first edition 1761. Volume 14: The Dramatic Works Vol.3 first edition 1762. Volume 15: The Dramatic Works Vol.4 first edition 1762. Volume 16: Prose works vol.12 first edition 1762. Volume 17: Prose works vol.13 first edition 1762. Volume 18: The Dramatic Works Vol.5 first edition 1762. Volume 19: Prose works vol.14 first edition 1762. Volume 20: Prose works vol.15 first edition 1762. Volume 21: Prose works vol.16 first edition 1762. Volume 22: Prose works vol.17 first edition 1762. Volume 23: Prose works vol.18 first edition 1762. Volume 24: "The Henriade Canto the First" first edition 1762. Volume 25: The Dramatic Works Vol.6 first edition 1763. Volume 26: Prose works vol.19 first edition 1763. Volume 27: The Dramatic Works Vol.7 first edition 1763. Volume 28: Prose works vol.20 first edition 1763. Volume 29: Prose works vol.21 first edition 1763. Volume 30: Prose works vol.22 first edition 1763. Volume 31: Prose works vol.23 first edition 1764. Volumes 32 & 33: "Miscellaneous Poems", first editions. Volume 34: Prose works vol.24 first edition 1764. Volume 35: Prose works vol.25 first edition 1765. Volume 36: Prose works vol.26 first edition 1769. Volume 37: The Age of Louis XV Vol.1. First edition 1774. Volume 38: The Age of Louis XV Vol.2. First edition 1774.
Price: $5000.00

A Man Without a Country
Vonnegut, Kurt
Book Number: 66119
ISBN: 158300713x
Publisher: Seven Stories Press, New York 2005.
8vo. hardcover. 146pp. Near Fine. / Good+ faded d/w.
Price: $12.00

Tolstoy - Volume 51 Great Books of the Western World
Hutchins, Robert Maynard (editor). [Tolstoy]
Book Number: 65661
ISBN:
Publisher: William Benton, Publisher. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Inc. 1952
8vo. hardcover. 696pp. + maps. Very good, some wear at bottom of spine, rubbing to cover corners, scratch on rear board.
Price: $25.00

The Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer; Fagles, Robert (translated); Intro and notes by Bernard Knox
Book Number: 63182
ISBN:
Publisher: Softback Preview 1997.
8vo. softcover. 683pp. very good, light foxing on outer page edges.
Price: $15.00

English Writer and Venice 1350-1950 An Anthology of Texts in the Original Language
Battilana, Marilla.
Book Number: 41711
ISBN:
Publisher: La Stamperia di Venezia Editrice, 1981
Square 8vo. softcover. 198pp. b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w. Text in English & Italian.
Price: $18.00

The Frankenstein Diaries
Translated from the Original German and Edited by the Rev. Hubert Venables
Book Number: 60408
ISBN: 0670327107
Publisher: Viking Press 1980 First Edition
8vo. Hardcover in d/w. 120pp. Very good. Illustrated throughout. This is a build on Mary Shelly's story.
Price: $16.00

The Castle in the Forest
Mailer, Norman
Book Number: 39583
ISBN: 9780316027380
Publisher: Little Brown 2007
8vo. Softcover, very good. 477pp. Bibliography. Who was Adolf Hitler? It's a question writers have been trying to answer for more than sixty years. But after thousands of biographies, histories, novels and films, many fundamental questions remain. how do we explain Hitler's hatred? Where did it all come from? Could it happen again? Spanning three generations, Mailer recounts the marriages, incestuous couplings, estrangements afflictions and deaths that lead to the birth of Hitler - As told by the devil. Literary Fiction.
Price: $18.00

F. Scott, Ernest and Me
Davis, Tony
Book Number: 39604
ISBN: 9781863255547
Publisher: Bantam Books 2007
8vo. good reading copy. 329pp. General Non-fiction. More than a fast-paced and often hilarious look at the writing process and the shadows cast by literary greats, F. Scott, Ernesst and Me is an inspiring story of how big dreams and sheer tenacity can overcome everthing, well almost everything.
Price: $12.00

The Erotic in Literature
Loth, David
Book Number: 32463
ISBN:
Publisher: Secker Warburg / Octopus 1984
8vo. hardcover. 237pp. index. very good, light foxing, owner''s signature on fep. / good+ d/w.
Price: $15.00

The Fateful Question of Culture (The Wellek Library Lectures)
Hartman, Geoffrey H.
Book Number: 24671
ISBN: 0231114095
Publisher: June 15, 1998 New York Columbia University Press
8vo. softcover. 250pp. index. very good.
Price: $17.00

THE OUTLINE OF LITERATURE
Drinkwater, John (Editor). Revised by Horace Ship
Book Number: 33945
ISBN:
Publisher: George Newnes, London, 1957
Large 8vo. hardcover. 871pp. index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / good d/w.
Price: $12.00

The Concise Oxford Companion To American Literature.
HARVEY, Paul.
Book Number: 47682
ISBN:
Publisher: Oxford University Press. 19896
Large thick 8vo. hardcover. 497pp. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

The Oxford Companion To Classical Literature.
HARVEY, Paul.
Book Number: 47681
ISBN:
Publisher: Oxford University Press. 1989
Large thick 8vo. hardcover. 615pp + maps. Very good. / Very good d/w with slightly faded spine.
Price: $12.00

The Oxford Companion To English Literature.
HARVEY, Paul.
Book Number: 47680
ISBN: 0198661304
Publisher: Oxford University Press. 1985
Large thick 8vo. hardcover. 1155pp. very good, owner's atamp on bottom edge. / Good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Merriam-Webster; Editor-Encyclopedia Britannica
Book Number: 47507
ISBN: 0877790426
Publisher: Merriam-Webster, 1995.
Small 4to. hardcover. 1236pp. Very good, light soiling to bottom corner. / Very good d/w. Very heavy extra post may apply.
Price: $18.00

The Cassell Miscellany: Selections for a Hundred Years of Publishing
URQUHART, Fred (ed.)
Book Number: 32664
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1958.
4to. hardcover. 879pp. very good. / good+, d/w with a few small tears on bottom edge.
Price: $12.00

The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English.Foreword by Doris Lessing
Ousby, Ian
Book Number: 62265
ISBN: 0521440866
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press New York, 1996.
8vo. hardcovere. 1055pp. b/w illus. Very good=. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $12.00

The Oxford Companion To English Literature.
Drabble, Margaret. (editor)
Book Number: 58275
ISBN:
Publisher: Oxford University Press. 1996
Large thick 8vo. softcover. 1171pp. very good, top edge torn off title page.
Price: $12.00

Australian Writers and their Work - Joseph Furphy
John Barnes - Edited by Geoffrey Dutton
Book Number: 58526
ISBN:
Publisher: Lansdowne Press 1963
8vo. Softcover. 34pp. good reference copy.
Price: $6.00

Australian Writers and their Work - Henry Kingsley and Colonial Fiction
John Barnes
Book Number: 58527
ISBN: 0195503619
Publisher: Lansdowne Press 1971
8vo. Softcover. 48pp. good reference copy.
Price: $6.00

Australian Writers and their Work - Patrick White
Geoffrey Dutton
Book Number: 58528
ISBN: 0195500350
Publisher: Lansdowne Press 1971
8vo. Softcover. 48pp. good reference copy.
Price: $6.00

Australian Writers and their Work - A. B. Paterson
Semmler, Clement
Book Number: 58529
ISBN: 0195503775
Publisher: Lansdowne Press 1972
8vo. Softcover. 52pp. good reference copy.
Price: $6.00

Australian Writers and their Work - Henry Handle Richardson
Buckley, Vincent - Edited by Geoffrey Dutton
Book Number: 58530
ISBN:
Publisher: Lansdowne Press 1961
8vo. Softcover. 36pp. good reference copy.
Price: $6.00