Books - "literature"
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The Genealogical Magazine [May 1898 - September 1898]
5 issues bound as 1 [May 1898 - September 1898] 232pp VG (red cloth rebind,rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,soiled eps w.owner's sign.to ffep verso,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: [np] london 1898
KEYWORDS: genealogical magazine history literature biography
Bibliographie des Almanachs et Annuaires &c.
first edition 110pp [text in French] [b/w frontis.] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.owner's sign.to inside front cover,eps and content edges sl.foxed) scarce bibliographical item
PUBLISHER: librairie gaston saffroy paris 1959
KEYWORDS: history literature bibliography gaston saffroy
Noddy Loses His Clothes / Noddy and the Naughty Toys / Noddy Wins a Prize / Noddy and Jimmy Giraffe [4 vols.]
first editions [4 vols.of the Noddy Garage Book no.1/no.2/no.4/no.5] ills.[b/w by Beek] VG (in col.wrappers,front cover of no.4 detached but present,contents and covers sl.foxed/soiled but generally tidy)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature enid blyton noddy
Noddy Visits the Land of Tops / Noddy and the Magic Goldfish / Noddy and Mr Cherry [3 vols.]
first editions [3 vols.of The noddy Castle Book no.1/no.2/no.5] ills.[b/w by Beek] VG (in col.wrappers,contents and covers sl.soiled/foxed but generally tidy)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature enid blyton beek noddy
The Sore-Footed Man The Temptations of Oedipus
first edition thus [New Zealand Playwrights series] 83pp imperial octavo, illus light card cover, VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland [1971]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry drama james baxter
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
[first edition thus] 199pp ills.[16 col.plates by A.E.Jackson] G (binding copy,pale grey cloth w.gilt/brown dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,contents sl.foxed,many pp have been taped at gutter by an amateur,all plates are present although not in correct order and some are detached,plates are mounted on grey card,some mounting cards are soiled and chipped but all plates are clean and bright,spine cracked and shaky w.separation at many sections) a poor copy in need of restoration however thankfully the wonderful colour plates have been kept intact and clean - scans available on request
PUBLISHER: henry frowde hodder & stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts lewis carroll alice wonderland jackson
The Harp of Perthshire
first edition 519pp [b/w frontis.] VG- (fawn cloth w.paper title label to spine,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: alexander gardner london 1893
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry perthshire robert ford
The Driven
first edition 206pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,tape stains to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: georgian house melbourne 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature donald stuart
The Skull Mantra
first edition proof copy, super octavo, light card covers, 403pp, nr fine (slightly rubbed)
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Minotaur New York 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies eliot pattison
One Big Damn Puzzler
first edition proof copy 489pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies john harding
The Stolen Child
first edition proof copy 319pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies keith donohue
A House in Corfu
first edition proof copy 229pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copy emma tennant corfu travel
The Book of Blockheads
second edition 54pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.gilt dec.borders,rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,separation at fep gutter,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked w.separation at some sections)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1864
KEYWORDS: arts literature charles bennett
Love is Enough or The Freeing of Pharamond
[first edition] 134pp scruffy (leather spine detached but present, rear board detatched but present, missing top board, small section of text block at the back detached, title page has sections cut out at upper and lower edges, marbled eps, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: ellis & white london 1873
KEYWORDS: literature william morris modern first edition poetry
Mark Twain's Western Years
ex-lib.reprint 218pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,usual libr.stamps and labels) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: russell & russell new york 1966
KEYWORDS: mark twain literature biography ivan benson
Twelve
first edition signed by author 244pp F (author's sign.to title page) in F dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: grove press new york 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed nick mcdonell
Songs and Ballads
first edition thus 223pp ills.[10 col.plates by Nora England] VG (blue paper boards w.beige cloth spine,paper title label to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,contents sl.foxed although tipped-in col.plates are clean and bright w.tissue guards all present)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: poetry modern first edition literature robert burns nora england
The Brothers Dalziel
ex-lib.first edition 359pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.6cm split to head of upper hinge,text block detached from binding,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.foxed) PRESENTATION COPY, stated so on half title page. Inscribed on the same page in the hand of George Dalziel is the inscription To Mrs Birkett Foster in kind remembrances of our very close association with Birkett Foster It is signed by both George Dalziel and Edward Dalziel and dated by the later October 1901. Birkett Foster was to american art and publishing what the Dalziel brothers were to english art and publishing
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1901
KEYWORDS: arts brothers dalziel history literature
An Englishman's Breakfast
first edition inscribed by author 282pp NF (blue cloth,author's inscr.to ffep,fore-edge of ffep creased) in NF dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature derek barton
Sunset Limited
first edition proof copy 309pp VG+ (in wrappers,publisher's labels to front and rear covers,sl.chip to head of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: orion london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies james lee burke