Books - "literature"
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Questioning Racinian Tragedy
Octavo, maroon light card covers with white lettering to spine, 275pp, VG (light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Chapel Hill / University of North Carolina 2005
KEYWORDS: Racine French literature literary criticism
Frankfurter Buchmessen Buch 2010: No Echo / Sin Eco / Echolos
Limited numbered edition (35/200), quarto, black cloth boards, black eps, unpaginated, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges) TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH & GERMAN
PUBLISHER: Hafner & Hafner 2010
KEYWORDS: art literature poetry poem
Melomaniacs
Octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 350pp, VG (light tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, light browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie 1906
KEYWORDS: literature short stories
Edwin's Egg & Other Poetic Novellas
Inscribed & signed by author, eight-volume set in slipcase, duodecimo, grey light card stapled wrappers with black & red lettering, aprox 31pp per volume, illus, (Nr Fine) in illus slipcase (VG+)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poems novellas art
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
Limited numbered edition (83/415), quarto, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, 323pp, illus, VG (some fading & staining to spine, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, heavy browning & foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1896
KEYWORDS: Scottish literature fiction
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
The Lost Princess: A Fairy Tale
First edition, quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering & black illus to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 159pp, illus + 5 colour plates, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, some soiling to boards, moderate fraying to spine extrems & board corners, heavy foxing to page edges, lacks fep, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown & first page, bookseller's label to front pastedown, some foxing throughout, child's colouring in to almost all b&w illustrations)
PUBLISHER: SW Partridge 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fairy story
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
Fifty Stories from Uncle Remus
Octavo hardcover (VG-), TEXT IN GERMAN; 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: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1951
KEYWORDS: children's literature brer rabbit animals uncle remus
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
A Narrow Street
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 1947
KEYWORDS: 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