Desiderata

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Categories:

Books I'd Like to Own
Odd volumes to Complete a Set

[Cramped Bookstore (Calcutta)]

Books I'd like to own:

Authors:

• Craig Harrison (1942- )
• T. G. H. Strehlow (1908–1978)
• Henry Torrens
• Henry Weber
• P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975)
• Frances A. Yates (1899-1981)
• W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)

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Craig Harrison (1942- )


1. Harrison, Craig. The Quiet Earth. Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981.

   NZ Sci-fi: Difficult to get in hardback or paperback.



T. G. H. Strehlow (1908–1978)


2. Strehlow, T. G. H. Songs of Central Australia. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1971.

   Incredibly, terrifyingly rare - but fascinating.



Henry Torrens


3. Torrens, Henry, trans. The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co., 1838.

   The first attempt (in English) at a complete translation of the Nights.



Henry Weber


4. Weber, Henry, ed. Tales from the East. 3 vols. Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1812.

   A compendium of "oriental Tales" from a variety of disparate sources.



P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975)


5. Wodehouse, P. G. William Tell Told Again. 1904.


6. Wodehouse, P. G. Love Among the Chickens. 1906.


7. Wodehouse, P. G. Not George Washington. 1907.


8. Wodehouse, P. G. The Globe 'By the Way' Book. 1908.


9. Wodehouse, P. G. Mike [Mike and Psmith]. 1909 & 1953.


10. Wodehouse, P. G. The Swoop! 1909.


11. Wodehouse, P. G. The Prince and Betty. 1912.


12. Wodehouse, P. G. Jill the Reckless. 1921.


13. Wodehouse, P. G. If I Were You. 1931.


14. Wodehouse, P. G. Louder and Funnier. 1932.


15. Wodehouse, P. G. Nothing Serious. 1950.


16. Wodehouse, P. G. A Few Quick Ones. 1959.


17. Wodehouse, P. G. The Girl in Blue. 1970.

    These are definitely of secondary interest only, but it seemed convenient to list here the Wodehouses I haven't managed to find as yet (at a reasonable price, at any rate).




Frances A. Yates (1899-1981)


18. Yates, Frances A. John Florio: The Life of an Italian in Shakespeare's England. 1934. New York: Octagon Press, 1968.


19. Yates, Frances A. The French Academies of the Sixteenth Century. London: University of London Press, 1947.


20. Yates, Frances A. The Valois Tapestries. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1959.


21. Yates, Frances A., ed. Simon Bouquet's La ioyeuse Entree de Charles IX Roy de France en Paris, 1572. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973.


22. Yates, Frances A. Renaissance and Reform: The Italian Contribution. Collected Essays, Volume 2. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983.


23. Yates, Frances A. Ideas and Ideals in the North European Renaissance. Collected Essays, Volume 3. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.

    Any editions or reprints of these books will do: Firsts or otherwise.



W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)


24. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats. General Editors: Richard J. Finneran & George Mills Harper (1983- )
    1. Yeats, W. B. The Poems: 2nd Edition. Ed. Richard J. Finneran. 1983. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, I. London: Macmillan Limited, 1997.
    2. Yeats, W. B. The Plays. Ed. David R. Clark. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, II. London: Macmillan Limited, 2001.
    3. Yeats, W. B. Autobiographies. Ed. Douglas Archibald, J. Fraser Cocks III, & Gretchen L. Schwenker. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, III. London: Macmillan Limited, 1999.
    4. Yeats, W. B. Early Essays [Ideas of Good and Evil; The Cutting of an Agate]. 1903, 1912. Ed. Richard J. Finneran & George Bornstein. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, IV. London: Macmillan Limited, 2007.
    5. Yeats, W. B. Later Essays [Per Amica Silentia Lunae &c.]. 1917. Ed. William H. O'Donnell. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, V. London: Macmillan Limited, 1994.
    6. Yeats, W. B. Prefaces and Introductions. Ed. William H. O'Donnell. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, VI. London: Macmillan Limited, 1989.
    7. Yeats, W. B. Letters to the New Island. Ed. George Bornstein & Hugh Witemeyer. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, VII. London: Macmillan Limited, 1989.
    8. Yeats, W. B. The Irish Dramatic Movement. Ed. Mary FitzGerald & Richard J. Finneran. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, VIII. London: Macmillan Limited, 2003.
    9. Yeats, W. B. Early Articles and Reviews: Uncollected Articles and Reviews Written Between 1886 and 1900. Ed. John P. Frayne & Madeleine Marchaterre. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, IX. London: Macmillan Limited, 2004.
    10. Yeats, W. B. Later Articles and Reviews: Uncollected Articles, Reviews, and Radio Broadcasts Written After 1900. Ed. Colton Johnson. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, X. London: Macmillan Limited, 2000.
    11. [Yeats, W. B. Mythologies. Ed. Warwick Gould, Phillip L. Marcus, & Michael Sidnell. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, XI. London: Macmillan Limited, tba.]
    12. Yeats, W. B. John Sherman and Dhoya. Ed. Richard J. Finneran. 1991. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, XII. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993.
    13. Yeats, W. B. A Vision: The Original 1925 Version. Ed. Catherine E. Paul & Margaret Mills Harper. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, XIII. London: Macmillan Limited, 2008.
    14. Yeats, W. B. A Vision: The Revised 1937 Edition. Ed. Margaret Mills Harper & Catherine E. Paul. The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, XIV. London: Macmillan Limited, 2015.

        I've marked in bold the ones I have already.

[Leslie Marchand, ed.: Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1994)]

Odd volumes to Complete a Set:

Authors:

• Lord Byron (1788-1824)
• Henry James (1843-1916)

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Lord Byron (1788-1824)


1. Byron, George Gordon, Lord. ‘What comes uppermost’. Byron's Letters and Journals. Vol. 13: Supplementary Materials. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. London: John Murray / Harvard University: Belknap Press, 1994.


Henry James (1843-1916)


2. Edel, Leon, ed. The Complete Tales of Henry James. Volume 10: 1898-1900. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964.