Books - "literature"
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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
The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti
ex-lib first edition 414pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,usual stamps and labels,paper separation at half-title gutter,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,mod.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1929
KEYWORDS: history biography literature sacco vanzetti
Arthurian Romance and Modern Poetry and Music
ex-lib first edition 101pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.label to spine,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: univ.of chicago press chicago 1940
KEYWORDS: history arthurian legend literature poetry music william a.nitze
The Biographer's Tale
First edition , 2nd impression, SIGNED by author on title page, 265pp, brand new, unread, MINT in MINT d/w
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature
Classic Americans
a study of eminent american writers from irving to whitman
ex-lib first edition 371pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and labels) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: russell & russell new york 1959
KEYWORDS: literature america history henry seidel canby
Alfred
the passionate life of alfred de musset
ex-lib first edition 222pp ills. VG+ (teal cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,te green,edges v.sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: anthony blond london 1960
KEYWORDS: history biography literature alfred de musset george sands
The Butter Battle Book
first uk edition [unpaginated] ills.[col.] VG+ (ills.laminated boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor surface scuff to rear board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.crossed out on ffep and rear pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition dr.seuss children's literature
Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages
a collaborative history
ex-lib first edition 574pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,sl.shaky boards,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1959
KEYWORDS: literature arthurian legend mythology history roger sherman loomis
The Arthur of the English Poets
ex-lib reprint 454pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: houghton,mifflin boston 1969
KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend mythology howard maynadier
Arthur of Albion
ex-lib first edition 218pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,some sl.losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: barrie and rockliff london 1961
KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend r.w.barber
Pound/Joyce
the letters of ezra pound to james joyce,with pound's essays on joyce
first edition 314pp NF (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled/sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1968
KEYWORDS: james joyce ezra pound literature biography modern first edition
Some New Letters of Edward Fitzgerald
first edition 178pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,bookplate to front pastedown,eps and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: williams and norgate london 1923
KEYWORDS: literature biography edward fitzgerald f.r.barton