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THE EARLIER LIFE AND THE CHIEF EARLIER WORKS OF DANIEL DEFOE (Carisbrooke Library: Volume 3)
by Edited by: Henry Morley. Daniel Defoe
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1889
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- Hardcover
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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London: George Routledge and Sons, 1889. 446pp.., plus (ii). Book clean and square. Bright gilt titles and decoration over lightly bumped, original green cloth boards. No dustjacket. An original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, a former owner's name on ffep.., foxed endpapers, else textblock edges untrimmed. A stand-alone, Volume 3 in the Routledge 'Carisbrooke Library' series, this title… Read more about this item Item Price
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A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MEN AND A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN (Bound as One). English Text
by Wollstonecraft, Mary
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good +
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- First Thus, 1st Impression
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
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- 9783829008983
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A$22.00
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Koln, Germany: Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1998. 363pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Original blue cloth boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. " 'A Vindication of the Rights of Men' is Mary Wollstonecraft's spirited answer to Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790). In 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women', Mary Wollstonecraft… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: American Writers Respond
by Editor: William Heyen
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Paperback
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- 2002
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- Paperback
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- 9780971822801
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A$26.00
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Silver Springs, MD., U.S.A.: Etruscan Press, 2002. xii, + 440 plus (ii). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn and bumped. Textblock nominally bumped on foredge only. Founded in 2001 with a generous grant from two benefactors, this title is the very first publication by the fledgling Etruscan Press. Comprising over 120 contributions by American… Read more about this item Item Price
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DRAGONS TEETH: Literature in the English Revolution
by Wilding, Michael
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- Used - Very Good +
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- Very Good +
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780198128816
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Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press) , 1987. 280pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain boards undamaged. A remainder stamp on head of textblock, else leaves unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. 'Dragons Teeth' offers a series of readings of 17th century literary texts in the historical and political context of the English… Read more about this item Item Price
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ARENA (Marxist Criticism & Discussion Journal) No. 58
by Edited By: Geoff Sharp, et al
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Paperback
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Victoria, Australia: Printed By: Arena Printing Group, 1981. 140pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, nominally bumped. Illustrated card wrapper minimally shelfworn only. Textblock unmarked. 'Arena' is a Marxist journal of criticism and discussion. This edition, No. 58, 1981, comprises: The Under-Society Strikes Back. 'Trailers' x 4. 'Articles' x 5. 'Comment'. 'Reviews' x 5. Book weight approx. 142g. … Read more about this item Item Price
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ARENA (Marxist Criticism & Discussion Journal) No. 57
by Edited by: Geoff Sharp, et al
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Paperback
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Victoria, Australia: Printed By: Arena Publishing Group, 1981. 152pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally bumped. Illustrated card wrapper slightly shelfworn only. Textblock unmarked (one leaf has in-production creasing). 'Arena' is a Marxist journal of criticism and discussion. This edition No. 57, 1981, comprises 'Trailers' x (3). 'Articles' x (5). 'Reviews' x (6). Book weight approx. 160g. *Postage… Read more about this item Item Price
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INTRIGUE: Espionage and Culture
by Hepburn, Allan
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- Very Good +
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- First Edition, 1st Impression
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9780300104981
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A$25.00
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New Haven, CT, et al: Yale University Press, 2005. xvii, + 327pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over tight spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. "This book examines the tradition of the spy narrative from its inception in the late nineteenth century through to the present day . . .… Read more about this item Item Price
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LINES OF FIRE: Women Writers of World War I
by Higonnet, Margaret R. (Edited by)
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- First Edition
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- 1999
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- Paperback
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- 9780452281462
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New York: Plume, 1999. xlix, + 574pp. B/white halftone plate frontispiece, plus an unpaginated, like halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, mildly concaved. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgworn only. Textblock minimally tanned, else unmarked. From the rear panel: " . . . is the most comprehensive collection of women's writing from the First World… Read more about this item Item Price
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A TASTE OF NOVELS
by Hamilton, Elaine
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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- 9780582665224
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A$18.00
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Longman Cheshire, 1982. viii, + 154pp., intext b/white halftone plates, and sketch illustrations by Mary Ann Hurley. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped. Art-illustrated card wrapper slightly bumped only. Textblock unmarked. Suitable for secondary students, 'A Taste of Novels' aims to inspire even the most reluctant reader to explore for him or herself the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SPICE OF LIFE and Other Essays
by O'Sullivan, Donal
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- Good +
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- First Thus.
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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A$45.00
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Dublin, Ireland: Browne and Nolan, 1948. ix, + 126pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain green, original cloth boards trivially bumped only. A repaired margin tear on one leaf, plus a foxing strip on rear free endpaper. Art-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn and small chunk missing head of spine and adjacent front panel. Stimulating, thoughtful, very… Read more about this item Item Price
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POMEGRANATES: A century of Jewish Australian Writing
by Hammer, Gael (Compiled by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good +
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- First Thus.
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780855748685
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A$40.00
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Newtown, N.S.W., Australia: Millennium Books, 1988. 328pp., tinted endpapers. A b/white halftone plate illustration heading each 'part'. Book clean and square. White title over lightly bumped spine. Plain pink boards very lightly edgeworn, with a very minor stain on rear board. Textblock unmarked. Art-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, colour-faded on spine, gutters and strip on head, else original seller's sticker affixed to… Read more about this item Item Price
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MATTOID 44
by Editor: Brian Edwards
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition.
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- 1992
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- Paperback
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Geelong, Victoria, Australia: School of Literature and Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Deakin University, 1992. 242pp., intext b/white halftone plates and sketch-illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, one reading crease there-on. Monochrome, halftone plate illustrated card wrapper mildly shelfworn, with several soft creases. Textblock unmarked. Numerous contributions in the writing disciplines of poetry, fiction, landscape and memory, reviews and… Read more about this item Item Price
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MAURITIAN VOICES : New Writing in English
by Butlin, Ron (Edited by)
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- Used - Very Good +
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- First Edition.
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- 1997
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- Paperback
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- 9781873226247
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Newcastle Upon Tyne, England: Flambard Press, 1997. 192pp., several b/white drawings by Krishna Luchoomun. B/white thumbnail-size illustrations of contributors to rear pages. Foreword by Michael Bootle. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface indented. "Since achieving independence from Britain in 1968, Mauritians have been searching for an identity that reflects the great cultural diversity of… Read more about this item Item Price
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PROSPECT AND RETROSPECT : Selected Essays of James Britton
by Pradl, Gordon M. (Edited by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition.
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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- 9780867090437
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Monclair, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1982. 218pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Previous owner's name stamp to half-title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper sunned on spine (title clearly legible), minor edgewear, faint sticker ghost to front panel. "Although Britton's essays weave continual variations on the central theme of how through language and social interaction we evolve more increasingly… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF LITTLE MAGAZINES & SMALL PRESSES 2000-2001
by Fulton, Len (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition.
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9780916685782
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A$18.00
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CA, United States: Dustbooks, 2000. 891pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper softly corner creased, negligible edgewear. 36th annual edition, 2000-2001. "Used as the standard reference worldwide by writers, librarians, contemporary literature students and the trade . . . Complete with subject and regional indexing." Book weight approx. 1.23 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item… Read more about this item Item Price
A$18.00
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND LITERARY THEORY : Survey and Introduction
by Weisstein, Ulrich
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- Used - Very Good
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- First U.S..
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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- 9780253313881
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Indiana, United States: Indiana University Press, 1973. xii, + 339pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Previous owner's lightly pencilled notes to rear free endpaper and rear pastedown, else leaves clean. Green cloth boards undamaged. Translated by William Riggan, in collaboration with the author. Originally published in the German as 'Einfuhrung in die Vergleichende Literaturwissen-schaft', W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart,… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTO
by Kinsella, John
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- Used - Very Good +
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- First Edition, Second Impression.
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- 2001
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- Paperback
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- 9781876857370
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Western Australia: Salt Publishing, 2001. 134pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly indented only. "The autobiography of poet, novelist and critic John Kinsella. Born near Geraldton, Western Australia, and brought up on a farm, he began writing poetry as a teenager . . . " Contents include; Prologue, 18 chapters, Endnotes, Bibliography. Book weight approx.… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORMOND PAPERS : A Journal of Arts and Sciences. Volume 10
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 1993
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- Paperback
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Ormond College, University of Melbourne, 1993. xiv, + 205pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has no noticeable damage. The academic journal of Ormond College, Melbourne University, which showcased the best academic work from the college community. Includes essays, articles and literary criticism. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be… Read more about this item Item Price
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GRIFFITH REVIEW 29 : Prosper of Perish. Exploring the Limits to Growth
by Schultz, Julianne (Edited by)
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Griffith University, 2010. 259pp., plus 8 page, photographically-illustrated section, Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner crease to front and rear panels. This, the Spring 2010 edition of a quarterly publication, includes contributions by Peter Mares, Tom Griffiths, Sara Dowse, Kathy Marks, Brendan Gleeson, Michele Grossman, Raymond Evans, Tone Wheeler,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OXFORD BOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN ESSAYS
by Stavans, Ilan (Edited by)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good +
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- First Thus, 1st Impression.
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780195092349
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A$36.00
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xii, + 518pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Bright gilt title over pristine black boards. Text-block unmarked. Art-illustrated ('The Bus {El Camion}, 1929', Freda Kahlo) dustjacket trivially edgeworn only. An anthology of modern Latin American literary essays spanning the period 1849 to 1994. Originally written in Spanish and Portuguese, they have been translated… Read more about this item Item Price
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