Books - "literature"
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Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
thomas b.macaulay
signed limited edition [93/940] 26pp [hand-illuminated initials] VG+ (soft leather wrappers w.yapp edges,v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,fore-edge of cloth pastedowns sl.lifting,teg,fore and lower edges untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: roycrofters new york 1900
KEYWORDS: history literature elbert thomas b.macaulay
Kavanagh:A Tale
136pp ills. VG- (red cloth w.gilt stamps,sl.sunned,mod.rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.w.some surface losses,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.mod.foxed w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked,aeg sl.rubbed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: w.kent london 1858
KEYWORDS: history literature henry wadsworth longfellow
The Everlasting Spell
a study of keats and his friends
ex-lib first edition 256pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to boards,usual stamps and pockets,te blue) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned,rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1963
KEYWORDS: history literature keats poetry joanna richardson
The Last Days of Percy Bysshe Shelley
new details from unpublished documents
ex-lib first edition 167pp ills. VG (grey cloth,mod.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,teg)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin 1898
KEYWORDS: history biography literature poetry percy bysshe shelley guido biagi
Two Russian Reformers
ivan turgenev leo tolstoy
ex-lib 335pp+ads.ills. VG (red cloth,sl.sunned,mod.rubbed and soiled,bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges mod.foxed/soiled,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history literature biography ivan turgenev leo tolstoy j.a.t.lloyd russia
New Shelley Letters
ex-lib first edition thus 170pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.sunned spine w.libr.mark,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumped and chipped extrems.w.minor losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1948
KEYWORDS: history literature poetry biography percy bysshe shelley w.s.scott
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
2 vols.illustrated classics series
first edition thus 2 vols.415/469pp ills. VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,te black,sl.shaky spines) in VG- d/ws (sl.rubbed and mod.foxed/sunned,spines sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,8x1cm loss to upper hinge of vol.1)
PUBLISHER: j.m.dent london 1933
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley humbert wolfe
The Real Shelley
new views of the poets life 2 vols.
ex-lib first edition 2 vols. 435/478pp VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned w.libr.marks to spines,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.bubbling to cloth on spines,boards sl.shaky w.separation starting at ep gutters,usual stamps and pockets,vol.1 lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.contents sl.soiled,cocked w.sl.shaky and cracked spines)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1885
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley john cordy jeaffreson
The Young Shelley
ex-lib first edition 437pp VG+ (green cloth,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.shaky boards w.sl.paper separation at ep gutters,sl.cocked) in G d/w (in 2 pieces w.spine missing,rubbed and tape stained,chipped w.losses)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1951
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley kenneth neill cameron
The Nascent Mind of Shelley
ex-lib first edition 272pp VG (black cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears and minor losses)
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1947
KEYWORDS: history literature biography poetry percy bysshe shelley a.m.d.hughes
Desire and Restraint in Shelley
ex-lib first edition 308pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.stains to head of cover,sl.sunned,usual stamps and pockets,te yellow,edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: duke univ.press durham 1931
KEYWORDS: history literature poetry percy bysshe shelley floyd stovall
Diary of Charles Francis Adams
vol.2 only july 1825-sept.1829
ex-lib first edition 514pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,rear flap clipped)
PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1964
KEYWORDS: history literature biography charles francis adams politics
Diary of Charles Francis Adams
vol.3 only sept.1829-feb.1831
ex-lib first edition 431pp few ills. VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1968
KEYWORDS: history literature biography politics charles francis adams
Diary of Charles Francis Adams
vol.4 only march 1831-dec.1832
ex-lib first edition 502pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1968
KEYWORDS: history biography politics literature charles francis adams
Fratres
club boys in uniform
ex-lib first edition 216pp VG+ (blue cloth,libr.mark to spine w.minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.libr.mark,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1951
KEYWORDS: history literature clubs military basil l.q.henriques
Duncan McClure
being part ii of the poor parson
first edition 143pp ills. VG- (lacks cover,rear cover and spine mod.foxed and sunned,lower corner od rear cover clipped,spine chipped w.losses,amateur tape repair to frontis.,contents browned w.sl.to mod.foxing,edges soiled,occassional stamp to contents)
PUBLISHER: n.s.w.bookstall sydney 1910
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition steele rudd a.h.davis
The Works of Cornelius Tacitus
with an essay on his life and genius
ex-lib in half-leather 742pp VG (blue marbled paper boards [poss.modern] w.half-leather,gilt stamps to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,top board barely attached,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges w.sl.cracks to leather on spine,some sl.surface losses,modern eps,paper separation at frontis.gutter,usual stamps,prelims.mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,marbled edges sunned and soiled)
PUBLISHER: jones london 1830
KEYWORDS: literature cornelius tacitus classics arthur murphy
The Letters of Rachel Henning
first edition thus 126pp ills.[b/w by norman lindsay] VG (ills.wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,uneven mod.sunning,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.spine,prelims.and edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: bulletin newspaper sydney 1952
KEYWORDS: arts literature rachel henning norman lindsay
The Life and Work of Charles Haddon Spurgeon Vol. II [2]
vol.ii only
THIS VOL. ONLY, subscription only edition vol.ii only pp193-384 ills. VG+ (olive cloth w.gilt dec.,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation starting at ep gutters,publ.slip tipped-in to half-title gutter,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,aeg sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history biography literature theology charles haddon spurgeon g.holden pike
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
first edition 116pp F in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: harper collins new york 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature francesca lia block