Books - "literature"
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A Handful of Blackberries
first edition 288pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ignazio silone
America: Ideal and Reality
first edition 115pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul trench trubner london 1947
KEYWORDS: philosophy history literature stark
An Introduction to Sophocles
first edition 202pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1936
KEYWORDS: sophocles history philosophy literature webster
Oxford Marmalade
first edition 310pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD- dustwrapper (rubbed and osiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,creases and tears to extrems.,3cm loss to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1946
KEYWORDS: paul harrison modern first edition literature
The English Vocabulary and Sentence Structure of Maori Children
ex-lib.first edition 72pp VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,usual libr.stamps,school bookplate to ffep taped at gutter)
PUBLISHER: new zealand council for educational research wellington 1965
KEYWORDS: english maori barham literature
Amaryllis at the Fair
reprint 260pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to top edge,owner's sign.to ffepeps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1911
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature richard jefferies
Phineas Redux
first edition thus [single volume edition] 339/329pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm splits to head of hinges,sl.shaky hinges w.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,one section detached but all present,spine cracked and sl.shaky) scarce
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1874
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anthony trollope
'e iti noa ana, na te aroha' Two Maori Legends and The Colony of New Zealand 1872
first edition numbered/limited [346/650] 29pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (in wrappers,eps sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: private print auckland 1972
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history literature mythology
Silly Verse For Kids
Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually obviously secondhand. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
PUBLISHER: Penguin / Puffin
KEYWORDS: spike milligan specials children's literature humour humor
Z
first edition FINE in glossy laminated boards (inlayed digital countdownclock battery is flat)
PUBLISHER: plutonium pyrmont 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nader
Murder Isn't Private
first edition 240pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john garden
Challenge of the Firebrand
first edition 221pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] octavo hardcover VG-, lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elleston trevor
The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow
second printing 360pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1898
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
John Ingerfield and other stories
[first edition] 220pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked w.separation at gutter of middle section) scarce in hardcover
PUBLISHER: mcclure london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
Told After Supper
first edition 169pp+publisher's catalogue ills.[b/w by Kenneth M. Skeaping] GOOD (red cloth.w.black dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters w.binding loosening,printed in dark blue on light blue paper,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some sl.soiling to contents,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: leadenhall press london 1891
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
Sheep Station, N.Z.
first edition 181pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.scuffed out on ffep surface) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: george ronald oxford 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand barns-graham
The Life of Thomas Chatterton
first edition 213pp GOOD (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's initials to front pastedown w.white label to ffep,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: partridge & oakey london 1851
KEYWORDS: literature biography poetry thomas chatterton dix
The Idle Thoughts of An Idle Fellow
reprint 172pp GOOD- (beige cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown and stamp to ffep,contents mod.foxed/soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: leadenhall press 1890
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
Before Adam
reprint 242pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD- (beige cloth w.black/white footprint stamps to top board,rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to front pastedown and title page,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1907
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jack london
Particularly Cats
first edition proof copy 121pp VERY GOOD (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copy doris lessing