Books - "literature"
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The Luck of the Bodkins
FIRST EDITION in later issue d/w, octavo gey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black publishers motif to spine & rear board, 311pp+8pp adverts, VG- ( light soiling to boards & spine, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light browning& staining to page edges, bookseller stamp to pastedown, slight foxing throughout) in d/w, scruffy (7cm tear with loss of complete bottom of spine crossing into 1cmx5cm loss to front, front flap completely detached but present in mylar, moderate creasing to rear of wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition wodehouse literature
If I Were You
FIRST EDITION in later issue d/w, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering & decorative rule to front board & spine, black publishers motif to spine & rear board, 280pp+8pp adverts, VG ( moderate browning to eps, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light moderate browning to page edges, cracked guttering to pp32-33, light surface loss to 1cm rear ep) in d/w, scruffy (moderately heavy chipping to spine extrems - has been restored with archival tape, moderate chipping to wrapper edges, attempted restoration to top front resulting in tape stains)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1931
KEYWORDS: modern first edition wodehouse literature
The Woman From Sicily
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: Hutchinson of London 1957
KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition
Murder on a Kibbutz: A Communal Case
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 cost
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1994
KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition mystery
The Bourne Betrayal: Robert Ludlum's
Damp staining waterdamage (but readable) 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: Orion 2007
KEYWORDS: Literature fiction Bourne thriller
Harry Hobnail and the Pungapeople
Oblong imperial octavo softcover with french flaps (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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2004
KEYWORDS: new zealand children's literature barry crump
Squatter
Ex-Library, 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: Victoria University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature drama play theatre script stuart hoar
Kiss the Fur Queen
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: University of Oklamhoma Press 2000
KEYWORDS: literature tomson highway catholicism controversary abuse
Mission
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: Michael Joseph 1982
KEYWORDS: literature patrick tilley
The Killing
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: Hodder Children's 2005
KEYWORDS: Literature children's fiction
Divine Madness
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: Hodder Children's 2006
KEYWORDS: Literature children's fiction
The Head Girl of St.Bee's
Octavo hardcover (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: Epworth Press (?)
KEYWORDS: Literature fiction
Segen Der Erde
Text in German octavo hardcover (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: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft (1918?)
KEYWORDS: Literature Norwegian fiction
Holes
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: Bloomsbury 2000
KEYWORDS: children's literature lizards
Ukridge
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black two men fighting illus to front board, 13 titles listed on verso of half title page, 256pp, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light foxing to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, small numbering in ink to front pastedown) in removable protective clear plastic cover
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Wodehouse literature fiction
Raft
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, 264pp, VG+ (v light tanning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Grafton/HarperCollins 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction
A Tramp in Armour
first edition; octavo; green textured cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; 286pp; map frontis. VG+ (page edges & eps. very sl. foxed; sl. bruising to board edges, partic. spine) in d/w VG- (sl. rubbing & soiling; sl. chipping; 1cm. closed tear on spine)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction Dunkirk tanks crew Matilda France World War 2 Two II adventure
The Little Nugget
first US edition; octavo, black cloth boards; gilt lettering & striking decoration to spine & cover; 300pp; VG (sl. rubbing & bruising to covers, partic. corners; spine sl. faded & some surface loss; gilt on spine rather worn; sl. foxing to prelims & page edges; small book plate & stamp, in purple ink, of book seller on pastedown)
PUBLISHER: W. J. Wyatt 1914
KEYWORDS: first US edition literature fiction Wodehouse humour wit
The Book of the Rosicruciae: A Condensed History of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, or Rosy Cross, the Men Who Made the Order Possible, and Those Who Maintained the Fraternity Throughout the Centuries,Together With the Fundamental Teachings of These Me
3 VOLUME SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rosicrucian motif to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, illus title pages, vol 1- xxvii + 286pp, vol 2- xxxii + 279pp, vol 3- xxxii + 288pp + 17pp adverts, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light sticky label residue to feps, date in ink to all full title pages)
PUBLISHER: Philosophical Publishing Company circa 1946-1949
KEYWORDS: Rosicrucian masonic esoteric occult history culture literature teachings records archives Rosy Cross fraternity
Shakespeare: Creator of Freemasonry: Being a Remarkable Examination of the Plays and Poems, Which Proves Incontestably That These Works Were Saturated in Masonry, That Shakespeare Was a Freemason and the Founder of the Fraternity
Super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, 284pp + 64pp adverts, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges, moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning to eps, bookseller's stamp in ink to fep) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, very subtle 4cm closed tear to rear cover- very well repaired with archival tape)
PUBLISHER: Rider & Co. circa 1936
KEYWORDS: masonic speculative freemasonry freemasons literature William Shakespeare history