Books - "literature"
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The Wallace
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black mottled heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 464pp, VG+ (moderate staining to page edges, owner's name label to fep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light discolouration to covers)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction
Lords of Misrule: The First of a Trilogy of Novels on the Rise of the Hosue of Stewart
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 415pp, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction signed
Pindar's Epinician or Triumphal Odes in Four Books Together With the Fragments of His Lost Compositions
Ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, white lettering to spine, blind decorative rule to boards, lxv + 559pp + 24pp adverts, VG- (usual library markings, spine rebound with light brown buckram, heavy chafing to board edges with some surface loss, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, repairs to gutters with material, moderate glue blob residue to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1868
KEYWORDS: classical Greek literature classic odes Pindar
Erinnerungen and Friedrich Nietzsche
TEXT IN GERMAN, ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 111pp, VG (usual library markings, moderately heavy chipping to spine extrems, light discolouration to spine & board edges, light bruising to board corners, moderate tanning to page edges, cracks to gutters, fep loose but attached)
PUBLISHER: F A Brockhaus 1901
KEYWORDS: Friedrich Neitzsche literature philosophy text in German
The Imitation of Christ
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY TRANSLATOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, black rule to spine & front board, aeg, xxiv + 383pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & chippping to spine extrems & board corners, light discolouration to spine, light chafing to boards, owner's name in ink to verso of fep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters) text to each page is beautifully framed by theologically inspired artwork
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1874
KEYWORDS: religion Christianity philosophy literature illustrated
Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature: Volume II
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, navy & black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 886pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & rubbing to spine, heavy chipping & moderate bruising to spine edges, moderate scuffing & light fading to boards, heavy chipping & light bruising to board edges, heavy tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1865
KEYWORDS: bliblical literature illustrated encyclopedia
Flowers of Chivalry
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction Scotland Edward III King David
Mail Royal
first edition ex library 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction Scotland romance adventure
Rough Wooing
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction Scotland romance adventure Stewart Stewarts James V fifth
James By the Grace of God
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction Scotland romance adventure Stewart Stewarts James V fifth
Children of the Mist
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction Scotland romance adventure Campbells MacGregors Highlands
Haunted Island
first edition frontis loose 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: Ward, Lock & Co. 1930
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction children's treasure hunt
Dicky Knight Errant
first edition 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: Ward, Lock & Co. 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction children's boy scouts
The Guardians of Tony
first edition 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: Ward, Lock & Co. 1933
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction romance
Cathleen with a C
first edition lacks fep 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: Ward, Lock & Co. 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction romance adventure
Indiscretions of Archie
octavo hardcover (VG) in plastic protective wrapper: 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: A.L. Burt 1921
KEYWORDS: literature fiction comedy humour wit Wodehouse
My Friend Phil
first edition lacks fep 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: Ward, Lock & Co. 1915
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction adventure children
The Dwarf of Dark Mountain
first edition 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: Ward, Lock & Co. 1915
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction adventure children
The Fortunes of Nigel
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: Marcus Ward 1883
KEYWORDS: literature fiction Waverley novel Scotland
Peveril of the Peak
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: Marcus Ward 1883
KEYWORDS: literature fiction Waverley novel Peak District