Books - "literature"
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FRANCE
A SHORT HISTORY OF ITS POLITICS LITERATURE AND ART FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT
ex lbris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 381pp illus VG(v sl bruised/scuffed corners,v sl bumped/scuffed spine head & foot,sl rubbed,internally reinforced with library tape,sl cocked,sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: george harrop & co london 1930
KEYWORDS: history france politics literature art
Use of Physics Literature
First edition 290pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (gum stains to free endpapers) d/w excellent in plastic
PUBLISHER: Butterworths London 1975
KEYWORDS: Physics Science Literature
THE SOUTH AND THE SECTIONAL CONFLICT
ex libris with usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc, 321pp, cond. VG+ (vl sl gum stains to boards and ep's, spine ends sl bumped), d/w VG+ (in plastic).
PUBLISHER: louisiana state university press, baton rouge 1968
KEYWORDS: Civil War, history, literature, America, the South
Filth
first edition SIGNED by author on title page, 392pp, super octavo hardcover, new in Near Fine condition, d/w in VG condition (light creasing and wear to covers and extrems, small tears)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed Irvine Welsh literature
England, England
first Australian edition 266pp MINT in like d/w
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature
Kalimantaan
First UK edition 472pp in red boards w.gilt lettering to spine, nr fine in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: little brown london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
The Vintner's Luck
first edition 241pp. This is the true first hardcover edition, published in New Zealand at least one month earlier than anywhere else. One of less than 100 copies issued in hardcover. Scarce and already sought after, an outstanding novel. Near Fine in Near Fine d/w.
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington NZ 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elizabeth knox
Mr.Sponge's Sporting Tour
first thus 510pp ills.(col.plates by john leech) VG+ (sl.stains w.sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.foxing to prelims.and edges,te purple,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.sl.creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: folio society london 1950
KEYWORDS: sport literature
Letters of Dr.John Brown
with letters from ruskin,thackeray and others
first edition 368pp ills. VG (sl.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.foxing to prelims.and edges,teg,foot-edge untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1907
KEYWORDS: letters john brown literature
Stories from Hans Andersen
transl.by w.angeldorff
288pp ills.by e.s.hardy(some col.) G (quite rough and needs some TLC,cloth missing from spine,rubbed and stained,some stains to contents w.some sections and plates loose,some amateur tape repairs at gutters,all contents appear to be present)
PUBLISHER: ernest nister london [nd]
KEYWORDS: children's literature hans andersen
The Outline of Literature
2 volumes
2 volume set 640pp ills.(some col.) VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.to mod.sunning is sl.uneven,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.stains to eps,some sl.foxing to contents and edges,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spines)
PUBLISHER: george newnes london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature
A Book of Old Ballads
first edition 280pp ills.by h.m.brock G+ (binding tatty,rubbed and stained w.splits at hinges and chipping to extrems.,ills.eps sl.stained,some sl.stains incl.foxing to contents and edges,edges untrimmed,cocked w.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson and co london 1934
KEYWORDS: literature poetry ballads
Our Famous Women
an authorized record of the lives and deeds of distinguished american women of our times
first edition thus, in full leather 715pp ills. G+ (full-leather w.raised bands,top board w.eps/title-page detached,mod.rubbed and sl.stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some minor surface loss of leather,eps sl.stained w.sl.foxing to contents and speckled edges)
PUBLISHER: a.d.worthington hartford 1885
KEYWORDS: literature history biography
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy
188pp ills.(col.)by everard hopkins VG- (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,some v.sl.foxing to contents but col.ills.clean and bright,teg,fore and lower edges untrimmed and sl.soiled,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: williams and norgate london 1910
KEYWORDS: travel literature
C.Crispi Sallustii de Catilinae Conjuratione
360pp intro/notes in engl.text in latin VG- (cloth,sl.rubbed and stained w.mod.sunning to spine,bumps and wear to extrems.incl.minor loss to head of spine w.sl.split to upper hinge,ads.to eps w.dealer's blind stamp to ffep,boards sl.shaky,owner's sign.to title-page,sl.foxing to contents,marbled edges sl.rubbed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: gulielmum tegg londini 1864
KEYWORDS: literature latin text sallust
Selections From the Spectator,Tatler,Guardian,and Freeholder
2 volumes
ex-lib 2 volume set 416/443pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,spines mod.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,publ.list of books bound in to ep gutter of vol.1,sl.foxing to contents,edges sl.soiled and untrimmed,some late sections unopened)
PUBLISHER: edward moxon london 1849
KEYWORDS: essays literature history journalism
Six Semaines dans Un Phare
quarter-leather text in french 400pp ills. VG (red cloth boards w.red leather spine,raised bands and gilt/blind stamps and lettering,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,boards sl.sunned,sl.shelf wear to extrems.w.minor surface loss at corners,paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.sl.stained,contents and ills.v.tidy and clean,aeg sl.rubbed,tight)
PUBLISHER: theodore lefevre paris [nd]
KEYWORDS: french literature
Shakespeare's Comedy As You Like It
ills.by hugh thomson
143pp ills.(tipped-in col.plates) VG_ (sl.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.8cm split to rear hinge,boards sl.shaky,sl.to mod.foxing of contents incl.edges,some plates sl.foxed,cocked w.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature shakespeare
Stars in the Mist
bulletin and other poems
first edition signed by author w.dedication to elsie k.morton 165pp VG- (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,author's inscr.to ffep,inscr.from owner to elsie k.morton on ffep,eps sl.stained,paper separation w.tape repair at half-title gutter,owner's sign.to ffep verso,contents clean,teg,fore and lower edges untrimmed and sl.soiled,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: selwyn and blount london 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry
Poems of Life and Time
first edition inscribed by author 135pp VG (sl.stained w.sl.bumps to corners,author's inscr.to sl.stained ffep,sl.foxing to prelims.and edges,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained w.spine mod.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: elizabethan press sydney 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature