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[Signed] Previous Convictions. Selected Writings of a Decade. Connolly, Cyril [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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Hard Cover, 8vo, 414pp. Condition: Very Good, but with ghost of a paper clipped to title page. Dust jacket dust-soiled and stained to spine, with some wear to edges. Now protected in mylar. ** Collection of essays by the editor of ""Horizon"" literary magazine and one-time schoolfriend of George Orwell. Includes ""The Grand Tour"", ""Impressions of Egypt"", ""On Being Won Over to Coleridge"", ""Baudelaire"", ""The Breakthrough in Modern Verse"", and The Egghead Shrinkers"". ** Inscribed to front free endpaper: ""Elizabeth, with lots of love and gratitude from Cyril. Christmas 1963. All our people are service people. It's a wonder they could spare us."" ** Provenance: By descent, from the library of Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner (1899-1983) and his second wife Lady Elizabeth (née Powell), who were friends with various writers including Cyril Connolly, Stephen Spender and Anthony Powell. They were parents to the author Emma Tennant and Lord Glenconner's siblings included Edward Wyndham Tennant and Stephen Tennant.

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Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude [Edited with an Introduction by Carl Van Vechten] [Very Good] [Hardcover] 70.18 CAD The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The dust jacket is price-clipped and evenly age-toned; light edge wear with tiny loss on the lower spine. 8.5 inches tall; xv, 622 pages. The Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein is a curated collection that offers a window into the mind of one of the most innovative and provocative writers of the early 20th century. Stein, often considered one of the central figures in the modernist movement, challenged conventional literary forms and structures, pushing the boundaries of language and narrative. This collection serves as both an introduction to her groundbreaking work and a comprehensive overview of her literary achievements. Stein’s writing is characterized by her experimental approach to language, a style that can be disorienting yet profoundly original. Her use of repetition, fragmented syntax, and unconventional narrative techniques subvert traditional storytelling, making her work both a challenge and a delight for readers. Her iconic works, such as Tender Buttons and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, exemplify her radical approach to prose. Tender Buttons, with its disjointed, almost surrealist descriptions of everyday objects, has come to symbolize the avant-garde spirit of the time. Through this compilation, readers are invited to engage with one of the most important and challenging figures of modernist literature, whose work continues to provoke, inspire, and influence generations of writers and artists. Subjects: Modernism, Feminism, Avant-Garde, Literary Innovation, Experimental Prose, Modernist Literature, Experimental Literature.

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The writings of Gilbert White of Selborne- selected and edited with an introduction by M.J. Massingham White Glbert [Very Good] [Hardcover]

The writings of Gilbert White of Selborne- selected and edited with an introduction by M.J. Massingham White Glbert [Very Good] [Hardcover] 1275.76 CAD 2 volume limited edition of 850. This marked "" out of series"". Illustrated with full page wood engraved frontispieces and top and tailpiece wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. Brown cloth bindings with gilt decoration by Ravilious. Includes a folding map. A clean copy with minor age wear to the binding . Scarce books.

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Selected Writings of Otto Jespersen (Hundredth Anniversary Commemoration) Jespersen, Otto [Very Good] [Hardcover]

Selected Writings of Otto Jespersen (Hundredth Anniversary Commemoration) Jespersen, Otto [Very Good] [Hardcover] 83.42 CAD 849pp. 9 x 6.3 x 2 inches. No dw. Green buckram, gilt titles on spine. Covers vg, traces of tape round base of spine. Lib stamp to tops. Cracked front hinge, Internally, ex-university lib bookplate, etc, else contents as new. Compilation to commemorate 100th birthday of Danish scholar, a linguist and philologist who specialised in the grammar of the English language. No date stated, assume 1960, since commem. birth 1860. Weight 1.5 kg before packaging. Overseas postage would require addition. (Linguistics, Language, Grammar, English) Size: Large 8vo

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[Signed] Selected Writings de NERVAL, Gerard [Very Good] [Hardcover]

[Signed] Selected Writings de NERVAL, Gerard [Very Good] [Hardcover] 285.18 CAD First edition. Edited, translated and with introduction by Geoffrey Wagner. Text in English and French. Page margins slightly age-toned, first few pages with a tiny nick at foredge (not affecting text), boards lightly splayed, very good in a slightly spine-sunned very good dust jacket with a touch of toning, a few short tears and mild edgewear. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the translator; this is copy 64. Includes three short novels, *Aurélia*, *Sylvie* and *Emilie*, and selected poems in French and English on facing pages. Scarce.

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[Signed] In the Zone; New and Selected Writing Chester, Laura [Fine] [Hardcover]

[Signed] In the Zone; New and Selected Writing Chester, Laura [Fine] [Hardcover] 210.18 CAD Octavo, 231pp, [4]. Title printed on label affixed to red cloth spine. Handbound boards by Earle Gray. A bright, fine example. Original purchase order from Black Sparrow Press and incoming titles advertising sheet laid in at front. From a limited edition of 26 lettered copies with an exclusive binding by Earle Gray, this being letter ""J""

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