Books - "literature"
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The Big Room and Other Stories
Signed by Author, octavo, illus light card covers, 207pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 1998
KEYWORDS: signed literature
The Build-Up Boys
first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 224pp, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (archival tape repair to d/w extremities, light tanning, light soiling, light creasing)
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1951
KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition
Father's Music
Octavo softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Flamingo/HarperCollins 1998
KEYWORDS: thriller fiction novel literature
Echoes From the Dead
Octavo softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Delta Trade 2008
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novel crime thriller
Passing Remarks
Octavo softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Anchor 1996
KEYWORDS: novel fiction literature
The Honorary Consul
Octavo hardcover (VG+) no d/w; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1973
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novel Graham Greene
The Workhouse Donkey: A Vulgar Melodrama
Octavo softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Methuen 1966
KEYWORDS: literature play script drama theatre John Arden
Selected Poems
Octavo hardcover (VG) no d/w; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1924
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature John Oxenham
Selections From Robert Browning
Octavo hardcover (VG-) no d/w; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: not stated 1872 approx.
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Robert Browning
Everything Smelt of Kippers
First edition, 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Peter Davis 1957
KEYWORDS: novel fiction literature first edition
Elaine & Other Stories
Octavo softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: ESAW Press 1992 approx.
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature fiction short stories
The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered: The A. J. P. Taylor After Twenty-Five Years
Super octavo softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1986
KEYWORDS: military history war second world war ww2 essays literature Germany
Oscar Wilde
Imperial 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1987
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Oscar Wilde writer author literature literary sexuality
Salient: Literary Issue July 1952
First literary issue James K. Baxter, octavo, cream light card stapled wrappers, red lettering and red bird illus to front wrapper, printed poem to rear wrapper, printed eps, 32pp, illus, VG- (some foxing and staining to covers and eps)
PUBLISHER: Victoria College 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems literary journal short stories fiction prose James K Baxter Barry Mitcalfe Fleur Adcock
Salient: Literary Issue September 1953
Second literary issue, James K Baxter, octavo, cream light card stapled wrappers, red lettering and red knife illus to front cover, red kissing illus to rear cover, printed eps, 32pp, illus, VG- (some foxing and staining to covers and eps)
PUBLISHER: Victoria College 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems literary journal short stories fiction prose James K Baxter Barry Mitcalfe James Ryan John Cody
Salient: Literary Issue September 1955
Third literary issue, James K Baxter, octavo, cream light card stapled wrappers, red lettering and red male figure illus to front cover, red foliage illus to rear cover, printed eps, 32pp, illus, VG (slight tanning and staining to covers and eps)
PUBLISHER: Victoria College 1955
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems literary journal short stories fiction prose James K Baxter Peter Crowe Peter Dronke Anton Vogt
At Dead Low Water and Sonnets
First edition, octavo, brown heavy card boards, title label to front board, 40pp, VG+ (slight bruising at base of front board, slight foxing and tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w VG (slight fading to spine, slight bruising to edges, slight water staining to front edge, light foxing & tanning, small patch of surface loss to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1949
KEYWORDS: first edition sonnets literature poems Allen Curnow New Zealand
Ben and Eleanor Farjeon and Dunedin
Signed & warmly inscribed by author, first edition, octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to front cover, illus prelims, 84pp, illus, VG+ (v v slight warping of front & rear boards, slight foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w VG (moderate fading to spine, 2cm closed tear to front, slight bruising to edges, slight chipping to upper spine extrem, slight foxing to inside)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin biograpy memoir Ben Eleanor Farjeon writer literature first edition
The Boy's Own Annual
Quarto, illus heavy teal cloth boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, illus eps, folding frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims & title page, x + 744pp, illus, folding plates, VG (moderate fraying & small closed tears to spine extrems, slight bruising to board edges, slight foxing to eps & page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, name in ink to f.e.p. verso, slight tanning to pages, slight foxing to plates, front gutter cracked)
PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper Office 1920
KEYWORDS: boy's own annual literature 1920 short stories stamp collecting correspondance adventure exploration children's nautical maritime
Land Lines
Quarto softcover (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Polygon/The Scottish Literary Tour Company 2001
KEYWORDS: travel exploration literature poems poetry pictorial Scotland Highlands Scottish