barbara translators (22 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Printing. base 5½"x8¼"; 459 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details.

softcover. Condizione: Fine copy. Later prt. 8vo, 235 pp.

Here are three novels by authors from various countries around the world that have favorably captured both critics and readers : "The Last Brother" by Nathacha Appanah (Mauritius); "The Lover" by Marguerite Duras (France); and "The Elegant Gathering of White Snows" by Kris Radish (United States). Each of these has been previously owned, yet remains clean and presentable. The Duras book is signed by a previous owner. They are all paperback format. TITLE : The Last Brother AUTHOR : Nathacha Appanah TRANSLATION : Geoffrey Straychan IMPRINT : MacLehose Press ( an imprint of Quercus) Place : London DATE : (2011) EDITION : First MacLehose Press Printing DETAILS : Trade paperback; pictorial card-stock cover; 5 " x 7 3/4"; photo of author on rear cover; 201 pages CONDITION : NEAR FINE -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive with negligible signs of handling. "Sophisticated, confident and beautifully poetic writing that's tender and poignant and consistently captivating -- a remarkable and precise portrait of a childhood that both convinces and moves." (quote on the rear cover by critic Daniel Hahn) ___________________________________________________________ TITLE : The Lover AUTHOR : Marguerite Duras TRANSLATION : Barbara Bray INTRODUCTION : Maxine Hong Kingston IMPRINT : Pantheon Books PLACE : New York DATE : (1995) EDITION : First Pantheon Paperback Printing PROVENANCE : Previous owner's signature inked on half-title. DETAILS : Trade paperback; pictorial card-stock cover; 5 1/8 " x 8"; 201 pages CONDITION : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive with negligible signs of handling. No creasing to spine; cover has modest surface rub; previous owner's inked signature on the half-title. "An international best-seller with more than a million copies in print, and the winner of France's Prix Goncouurt, "The Lover" has been acclaimed by critics all over the world." (From the blurb on the rear cover) ___________________________________________________________ TITLE : The Elegant Gathering of White Snows AUTHOR : Kris Radish IMPRINT : Bantam Books (an imprint of Random House) PLACE : New York DATE : (June 2003) EDITION : First Bantam Trade Paperback Printing DETAILS : Trade paperback; pictorial card-stock cover; 5 " x 8 1/4"; photograph of the author on the penultimate leaf; 321 pages CONDITION : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive with negligible signs of handling - slight toning to text-block edges - no creasing to spine. Clean and unmarked interior " For eight women, friendship is the first step of the most remarkable journey of all -- Eight women on a Journey that will change their lives as lovers, Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Friends --- An incomparable tale of friendship and love, loss and liberation." (From the cover blurb).

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. 1st thus. PB. VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First English Edition. Illustrated. Clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Presume First Edition. Large bright blue cloth binding. Tight, sound and unmarked. 779 pages.Dust jackethas light shelf wear. In mylar and not price- clipped ($ 35.00). Due to weight of book, S&H will be adjusted.

Hard Cover. First edition. NEAR-FINE IN NEAR-FINE, PRICE-CLIPPED DJ.

1st U.K. edition. 8vo. xxxii + 428pp. Original cloth backed boards, very good in d/w. ISBN 0002176254 US$12.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good To Worn - Browned, Marks. C. W. Scott-Giles (illustratore). Penguin Classics Edition. Copies: 2.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good To Worn - Browned, Marks. C. W. Scott-Giles (illustratore). Penguin Classics Edition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good To Worn - Browned, Marks. C. W. Scott-Giles (illustratore). Penguin Classics Edition.

German-language translation of the Italian novel La ragazza che toccava il cielo (The Girl Who Touched the Sky) . Spine is moderately creased, but the binding is firm. Interior pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. xx, 216 p.p. Light rubbing to boards and edges. Wear and slight bump to head of spine, otherwise as new. Rosalia de Castro [1837-1885] was an important figure in the Galicean Romantic Movement and composed poetry prominently in the Galician language. She was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. First printing with full number line. An as-new (very fine) copy in an as-new (very fine) jacket. A pristine, very tight, unread copy. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Unknown Edition. Book in original shrinkwrap.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 3rd Edition. 64 pp., illustrations. 0.0.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Book in photo-illustrated purple wraps has minor rubbing to edges, two essays noted in table of contents, tight, bright, and unmarked. 30 essays from the estimable George Steiner.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Second Printing. A mildly shelfworn Second Printing in Near Fine condition in a like dust-jacket ; The Friars Minor of the Franciscan Province of Saint Barbara (translators) have brought together a collection of early Franciscan classics in this volume. The selections span the history and theology of the Franciscan Order from its beginnings in the 12th century to the early 15th century. The authors, all friars of the Province of Saint Barbara, have provided clear, concise translations that make these works accessible to a modern reader.; 8vo; 275 pages.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 180 pages. The dust jacket is slighly faded along the spine and along the edges, and is quite rubbed, with a small tear on the back. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. [Modern literature] FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.126 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 18s to front flap. Offsetting to endpapers with rear flyleaf heavily toned. Jacket toned, marked, and rubbed. Large, approximately 7cm closed tear to flap joint. Minor edgewear. Loose newspaper clippings inserted. A short story and the first publication of a play from the highly accomplished author, screenwriter, and filmmaker Marguerite Duras, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work on Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First edition. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Name of former owner on pastedown and flyleaf. Small light checks in pencil at margin on some pages. One page with creased corner, lxxvi, 563 p. w/footnotes, appendix, concordance, indexes. A modern translation of this important continuation of the Polychronicon of Ranulph Higden, covering the years of Richard II. Includes the Peasant's Revolt, the political crisis of 1387 - 8, and much information on diplomacy and the City of London. Uncommon.

orig.cloth Slight binding bump, minor rubbing, VG. 23x15cm, xxxiv,406 pp Slight binding bump, minor rubbing, VG.