LITERATURE from Marijana Dworski Books

London: Chatto & Windus, 1970. Hardback 8vo., in original dust-wrapper, xvii+254pp.. A very nice copy in very good unclipped dust-wrapper. A collection of closely-linked essays, producing a critical biography of Dostoevsky. With notes, references and index.

London: Putnam, 1967. First UK edition. 8vo., black cloth, original unclipped dust-wrapper in black and green. 271pp.. Ex Carmel College Library with its neat bookplate to f.e.p and title page verso. Terras 408, Cornwell 731

London: Putnam, 1940. First UK edition. First impression. Original black cloth. viii+861pp. in original unclipped dust-wrapper. In removable plastic protective sleeve. A good copy in original unclipped dust-wrapper, clean and tight. Dust-wrapper a little age-browned and chipped, slight off-setting to endpapers. Generally a very good, tight, clean copy. English translation of the final volume of Sholokhov's… Read more about this item

Graz: Clio, 2018. 8vo., hardback, decorated boards, 319pp., sources and photographs. In very good condition. Clean and tight. Austrian poet from Styria. Das Leben und Nachleben des steirischen Schriftstellers bietet jenseits seiner aktuellen Stilisierung vom „Waldbauernbub" zum „Universalgenie" zahlreiche unbekannte Aspekte, die nur durch Sichtung von Dokumenten in seinem Nachlass bzw. in zahlreichen Archiven… Read more about this item

London: Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association. , 2010. Small fat 8vo., hardback. xxi+1129pp.. Barely used. In very good condition, clean and tight. Belarusian literature... flourishes in the face of unfavourable domestic political conditions, deserves to be far better-known in the West. It... at its best can compare with the literature of its… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1973. 8vo., original dust-wrapper, brown boards. 170pp.. A very good bright copy in original price-clipped dust-wrapper. A couple of unobtrusive closed tears to dust-wrapper. Jacket design by John Curtis. First published by New Directions, 1944.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. P/b., 238pp., bibliography, index. A very nice copy. Tight and bright, very light browning of fore-edges.

London: Putnam, 1960. First UK edition. 8vo., black cloth, original unclipped dust-wrapper in black and red. 399pp.. A very good bright copy in very good bright unclipped dust-wrapper. Clean and tight. English translation of Part II of Sholokhov's celebrated second novel on the collectivisation of agriculture in a Don Cossack village. Terras 408, Cornwell 731

London: Collins and Harvill Press. Fontana, 1968. Paperback, featuring same 'cat' illustration as 1967 Harper and Row hardback US first. 416pp.. A good, tight copy. Clean no tears. Usual browning to paper, book a little cocked. 1967 Michael Glenny translation which includes censored material previously only available as 'samizdat'. By 1989 a revised full… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. Printed by W. Clowes. , 1856. 8vo., contemporary half calf, raised bands and morocco labels to spine, marbled boards, endpapers and fore-edges. Text in two columns. viii+245 pp (including appendix). A very good tight copy with some scuffing to spine edges and corners. No stamps. [Presume edition 'Low's… Read more about this item

Leipzig: H. Haessel Verlag, 1916. 77th printing. Small 8vo., attractively bound in dark green cloth ruled and decorated in gilt. Floral endpapers, silk tie, marbled fore-edges, xv+401 pp.. Lengthy WWI-interest inscription in neat hand to f.e.p.. Dated Engadine 1917. A very nice bright tight copy. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898) Swiss poet and historical… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Schweizerbart'sche, 1855. Second edition. First published the same year. Small 8vo., (10 x 14.5) original buckram stamped in gilt and blind. All edges gilt. iv+168 pp.. Vocabulary in back. A very good, tight copy. Spine ends just a little worn, some darkening to cloth edges. A little damp spotting to some leaves, very minor… Read more about this item

London etc...: Cassell & Company, 1889. Small 8vo., (9.5x14.5) original red cloth, decorated in black with gilt stamped title. Advertisements to lower board and endpapers, publisher's list in back 192+6 pp.. In good condition, clean and tight. With light signs of use only.

Leipzig: H. Haessel Verlag, 1913. 8th edition. Small 8vo., attractively bound in red cloth ruled and decorated in gilt. Floral endpapers, silk tie, marbled fore-edges, 142 pp.. A very nice bright tight copy. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898) Swiss poet and historical novelist. Known for narrative ballads such as "Die Füße im Feuer".… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1961. Small 8vo in original cloth-backed boards and decorated unclipped dust-wrapper. 135 pp.. In good condition, tight and clean. D.w. colour a little sunned, mild damp spotting to fore-edges. New, unpublished poems by fifty-nine contemporary poets. The eighth in the series. Striking design in pink to boards and dust-wrapper by Michael Carder.

London: Hutchinson, 1961. Small 8vo in original cloth-backed boards and decorated unclipped dust-wrapper. 135 pp.. In good condition, tight and clean, mild damp spotting to fore-edges. New, unpublished poems by122 contemporary poets. The twelfth in the series. Striking design in green to boards and dust-wrapper by Michael Carder.

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. Attractive David Knight colour illustrated cloth-backed boards and uniform unclipped dust-wrapper. David Knight's two-tone illustrated endpapers, half-title and title page, head and tail pieces. Small 8vo., 103 pp.. In very good condition, clean, bright and tight. Dust-wrapper neatly repaired inside, small tears to d.w. spine head and tail. owner name neatly inside. … Read more about this item

Boston: The Stratford Company, 1918. First American translation. Original white paper-covered boards, title printed in brown to upper cover. 58[vi] pp., publisher's lists in back. Boards a little age-darkened, just a little bruised at spine ends. A good, clean, tight copy. No dust-wrapper. Leonid Andreyev, ?????´? ??????´???? ?????´?? 1871-1919 considered to be father of Russian Expressionist… Read more about this item

London: Collins and Harvill, 1968. Hardback in original price-clipped dust-wrapper. Portrait frontis., 159 pp.. D.w. design by Yvonne Skargon. In very good condition, clean and tight. Dust-wrapper back just a little marked. Yuli Daniel 1925-1988 ???? ???????? ??????? wrote under the names Nikolay Arzhak and Yu. Petrov. Soviet poet and short-story writer, Daniel… Read more about this item

London: Greening & Co, 1901. First British edition. Original lettered and decorated green cloth. Title in red and black, 336 pp.. Stylised lettering and decoration on theme of 'oranges' by poster artist and author W. S. Rogers. A very nice bright, tight copy, no dust-wrapper. Usual slight browning internally. Nikolai Alexandrovich Leykin ??????´? ??????´???????… Read more about this item