Books - "literature"
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A Place to Stand
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Del Sur Productions 2013
KEYWORDS: literature Kawerau New Zealand
Popular Song
SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to front board, deckled edges, illus title pg. & prelims, 14pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine and bleeding onto boards, light soiling to boards, ownership signature & bookseller info in pencil to pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Gwyer 1928
KEYWORDS: literature poetry new zealand edith sitwell modern first edition signed
Sitwelliana: Being a Handlist of Works by Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell and of their Contributions to Certain Selected Periodicals
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE COMPILER THOMAS BALSTON, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, patterned cloth boards, black lettering & decorative rule to title sticker on front board, deckled page edges, 24pp, plates, pocket at rear with plates looselt enclosed, VG ( light fading to spine and adjacent boards, slight soiling to rear board, owners signature in pencil to pastedown, light creasing to fore edge of plates in rear pocket)
PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1928
KEYWORDS: literature catalogue sitwell
Clowns' Houses
1918 FIRST EDITION, octavo, red light card covers, black lettering & decorative rule to title sticker on front cover & spine, white illus patteren of flowers to covers, deckled edges, 40pp, VG ( age approp. wear & tear, light tanning to covers & eps, owners signature in pencil to fep, v. slight foxing throughout, rear 4pgs still uncut from publisher, covers creased at fore edge)
PUBLISHER: Oxford Blackwell 1918
KEYWORDS: literature poetry edith sitwell modern first edition
In Spring
LIMITED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, aqua heavy cloth boards, black lettering & decorative rule to yellow title sticker at front board, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (age appropriate wear & tear, light tanning to eps, owners signature in pencil to fep) enclosed in protective mylar & paper.
PUBLISHER: Privately Printed 1931
KEYWORDS: literature poetry edith sitwell modern first edition
Salamander
Softcover octavo(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 / Harper Collins 2003
KEYWORDS: literature adventure fantasy romance
Il Dottore : The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor
Softcover octavo(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: Bantam 2005
KEYWORDS: literature mafia new york cardiologist gangs
The Book of Speculation
MODERN FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, Softcover super octavo(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: Corvus 2015
KEYWORDS: literature proof copy historical fiction mystery magical
The Wonder Lover
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, Softcover super octavo(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 and Unwin 2015
KEYWORDS: literature romance
Decline and Fall
Hardcover octavo (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: David Campbell Publishers 1993
KEYWORDS: literature humour classics
Evensheils or The Lost Key
MODERN FIRST EDITION, hardcover super octavo (VG+) in dustwrapper (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: Phantom Press 1993
KEYWORDS: literature new zealand colonial nz 1800s
Tony and the Champ
FIRST EDITION, hardcover octavo (VG) in d/w (tatty) ; 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: Ernest Benn Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: literature adventure young adult
The Man with the Golden Gun
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, 221pp, VG+ (light tanning/foxing to upper page edges, v. slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light chipping to spine extrems, all corners clipped, light tanning a touch of foxing)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape / Gildrose Productions 1965
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition james bond 007 spies secret service
The Vintner's Luck
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 1999
KEYWORDS: Literature elizabeth knox new zealand
Alessandra: Alex in Rome
FIRST EDITION, inscribed and signed by author, 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: Oxford University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Literature New Zealand
Fanny & The Regent of Siam
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: Collins 1962
KEYWORDS: Literature King of Siam
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 1 1821-1836
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xxix + 702pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to verso of fep, 'J' ink stamp to title page) in d/w, VG (heavy chipping & moderate creasing to edges with some loss & archival tape repair, sl discolouration to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Charles Darwin memoir botany literature history personal
Penny Foolish: A Book of Tirades & Panegyrics
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, deckled page edges, viii + 371pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, small ink stain to top corner of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name & inscription in ink to fep, sl cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w & removable clear plastic protective cover, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Company 1935
KEYWORDS: first edition anecdotes musings literature contemplations Osbert Sitwell
The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell
RARE ORIGINAL PINK D/W, 1ST EDITION OF COLLECTED POEMS, 1930, LIMITED TO 320 COPIES (#26) SIGNED & NUMBERED BY EDITH SITWELL, PRINTED ON HANDMADE PAPER, super octavo, pale yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 278pp, VG+ (light soiling to board edges, light tanning to page egdes & eps- very tidy copy) in d/w & removable clear plastic protective cover, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & fading to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth/Houghton Mifflin 1930
KEYWORDS: poems poetry first edition signed numbered literature collection anthology Edith Sitwell
Lord of Snow and Shadows
Paperback (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: Bantam 2004
KEYWORDS: Literature fantasy