Books - "literature"
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Gone Away
Presentation copy inscribed by author and dated (author's initials only - not signed), first edition, octavo, illus blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, foxhunting scene with rider & hounds to front board, horse head & riding equipment illus to spine, fox head illus to rear board, patterned eps, xv + 279pp, VG- (moderate staining to boards, some creasing & fraying to spine extrems & board edges & corners, heavy browning to page edges & eps, front & rear hinges loosening, some occasional foxing, annotation to page 6, light creasing to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1888
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sport foxhunting fox hunting literature
The Story of Joseph
First edition, super octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to spine & front board, 83pp, illus, VG (some bruising to spine head, light browning to page edges & eps, some foxing to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (some browning, several closed teards to edges. bruising, nicks & tears to spine extrems, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Bible stories
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
Small quarto, heavy card boards with illus & brown lettering to front board, black lettering & illus to blue cloth spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 198pp, illus, VG- (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, heavy browning to eps, owner's name & date in ink to half-title page, some foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1916 (contemporary dated inscription)
KEYWORDS: World War One adventure literature
The Katy Kruse Dolly Book
Oblong quarto, illus beige heavy card boards with red lettering, red cloth spine, frontispiece, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG- (some browning & staining to boards, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1928
KEYWORDS: children's literature picture book
Geist Der Goethezeit: I Sturm und Drang; II Teil Klassik; III Teil Fruhromantik; IV Teil Hochromantik; V Registerband fur alle Vier Bande
Set of five volumes, imperial octavo, three volumes with cream heavy card boards & cream cloth spines with brown lettering, two volumes with green cloth boards & gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 310pp, xviii + 497pp, xiii + 596pp, xiv + 752pp, 78pp (vols 1 to 5 respectively), VG (some light tanning & fading, browning to eps, owner's name & date in ink to feps) TEXT IN GERMAN / HEAVY SET
PUBLISHER: Koehler & Amelang 1957-1964
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Johan Wolfgang von Goethe literary criticism German literature
The Stories of Henry Lawson
Three-volume set all first editions, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 458pp, viii + 449pp, xi + 552pp (vols 1 to 3 respectively), VG+ (light tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedowns, occasional annotation in pencil) in d/w, VG- (some fading to spines, some creasing & nicks to edges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Angus & RObertson 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Australian literature short stories
Not Quite Posthumous Letter to my Daughter
First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: literature satire humour modern first edition
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1946
KEYWORDS: literature
The New Michiavelli
Paperback (VG-) (spine peeling, foxing on cover); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1946
KEYWORDS: literature
The New Michiavelli
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1946
KEYWORDS: literature
The History of Mr. Polly
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1946
KEYWORDS: humour literature
All in a Lifetime
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1962
KEYWORDS: literature
Major Thompson Lives in France and Discovers the French
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1959
KEYWORDS: humour french literature
The Queens and the Hive
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin
KEYWORDS: literature
The Philanderer
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1959
KEYWORDS: literature
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1961
KEYWORDS: american literature
The Foot of Clive
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1970
KEYWORDS: literature
The God Boy
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1962
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature
Take a Girl Like You
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1962
KEYWORDS: literature
The House in Paris
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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1946
KEYWORDS: literature