Books - "literature"
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The Poetics of Disguise
the autobiography of the work in homer,dante,and shakespeare
first edition 178pp F in NF d/w (sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: cornell univ.press london 1980
KEYWORDS: history literature disguise dante shakespeare homer franco ferrucci
affinities
essays in german and english literature
first edition 353pp F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,3x1cm loss to head of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: oswald wolff london 1971
KEYWORDS: history literature german oswald wolff r.w.last
Taken Care Of
an autobiography
first edition 192pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.bumped and sunned extrems.,te blue,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear and creasing to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements to upper/lower edges)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition edith sitwell biography literature
Civilization
an essay
first edition 257pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,sl.paper separation to ep gutters,owner's inscr.in pencil to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1928
KEYWORDS: history literature clive bell bloomsbury civilization
Pushkin the Polar Bear
first edition 61pp ills.[col.by hugh casson] VG+ (ills.laminated boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,contents clean and bright,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: quartet london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature simon gaul hugh casson
Starring Rosa
first edition 48pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.creasing to fore-edge of pp.39-48) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.several closed tears and some creasing)
PUBLISHER: little,brown boston [1980]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition otto coontz children's literature
What on Earth?
first edition [unpaginated] ills.[col.by mary rees] F in laminated boards
PUBLISHER: andersen press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature hazel townson mary rees
Persistent Rumours
first edition 294pp NF (black cloth, v. sl bumps and wear to extrems, v. sl foxing to front and reap e.p.s, sl sunning and foxing to t.e. contents w. sl foxing to other edges of contents) VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl crease to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction
Nicobobinus
illustrated by michael foreman
first edition 175pp illus (b/w, w. some colour by michael foreman, incl dec. e.p.s) VG+ (blue cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl sunning to t.e.s of boards, spine sl cocked) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, mod closed tear to t.e. of lower hinge w. sl crease to associated area, dealer label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: pavilion books london 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jones terry
Our Game
Super octavo hardcover (VG+)first trade edition 301pp illus, coloured maps to e.p.s) (black cloth w. gillt titling to spine and published blind stamp to front board, sl bumps and wear to extrems, fore edge of text untrimmed) in (VG+) d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: alfred a. knopf new york 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction le carre john
Jack Maggs
first edition 392pp VG+ (black cloth, v. sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked,top and fore edges sl browned w. sl foxing) in NF d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: university of queensland press st lucia 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction carey peter
Parachutes & Kisses
first edition 336pp VG+ (blue cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. small stain to front board, v sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl sunning to spine and hinge area of rear board and t.e. of contents, sl foxing to prelims and edges) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w mod stains to front and rear covers, sl bumps and wear to extrems w. sl sunning to spine and hinge areas, mod foxing to internal side of jacket)
PUBLISHER: granada london 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature jong erica
How To Save Your Own Life
first edition 310pp VG+ (black cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims and edges, owners stamp to ffep w. sl gum stains to lower edge of front and rear eps) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled, sl fading to covers and spine, price clipped, sl foxing to flaps and internal side of jacket)
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction jong erica
The Scapegoat
a life of moses
first edition 188pp VG+ (brown cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, t.e. of contents sl foxed and browned) in VG+ (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps to extrems, dealers label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: peter owen london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction lawrence joan
The Way I Found Her
[uncorrected proof edition] 359pp VG+ (pink paper wrappers w. portrait to front wrapper, sl rubbed and soiled w. mod bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, edges of contents sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: sinclair-stevenson london [paperback proof copy] 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction proof copies tremain rose
Prince Of the Clouds
[first u.k. edition] 287pp NF (blue cloth, sl bump to foot of spine) in NF d/w (v. sl bumps to head and foot of spine, publishers label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction riotta gianni
Williams's House
first edition 247pp VG+ (red cloth, v. sl rubbed, w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, t.e. of contents sl browned and stained) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: barrie & jenkins london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature goldberg rita
Women and Ghosts
first edition 182pp NF (blue cloth, v. sl rubbed w. sl bumps to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl browning to t.e. of contents and sl foxing to rear eps) in VG+ d/w (v. sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, very minor surface loss to edges of head and foot of spine, sl sunning of spine)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature lurie alison
Jack Maggs
first edition [signed by author] 327pp VG+ (black cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, authors signature to title page and owner's name to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled with minor gum residue from removed label to front cover, mod bumps to head and foot of spine and sl bumps to other edges, v. sl surface loss in a few places along upper edge)
PUBLISHER: faber london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature carey peter
News From a Foreign Country Came
first edition 234pp VG+ (red cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to edges) in VG d/w (mod rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, mod tear to bottom edge of upper flap hinge, v. minor surface loss in a couple of places along upper and lower edges)
PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction manguel alberto