Books - "literature"
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The Last Days
TEXT IN RUSSIAN, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 79pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Prideaux Press 1970
KEYWORDS: text in Russian literature play Mikhail Bulgakov drama theatre script
Adam Mickiewicz 1798-1855: Selected Poetry & Prose (Centenary Commemorative Edition)
Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind decorative stamp to front board, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning to page edges, large gift inscription to ffep, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Polonia Publishing House 1955
KEYWORDS: Poland Polish literature poetry poems prose collection anthology Adam Mickiewicz
On Russian Music
Super octavo, grey clothboards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 407pp, VG+ (sl bruising to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian music study essays prose literature collection anthology
Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, WITH COLOUR PENCIL SKETCHES BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 221pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: graphic novel literature Dylan Horrocks cartoon signed new zealand
The Longer Prose Work of Walter Savage Landor
2 VOLUME SET, VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY (NO EXTERNAL MARKINGS), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spines, gilt motif to front boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guards, vol 1- viii + 410pp, vol 2- 357pp, VG (usual but minimal library markings- none external, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Co 1892 (vol 1) & 1893 (vol 2)
KEYWORDS: Walter Savage Landor prose literature collection anthology
Ici Meme
TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, illus glossy card covers, red & yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, 198pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, light creasing to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light underlining to text in pencil- unobtrusive, moderate cracking to some gutters, light tanning/soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Casterman 1979
KEYWORDS: literature text in French graphic novels Forest Tardi cartoons
Asking For It
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Quercus 2015
KEYWORDS: literature feminist feminism women's rights womens victim blaming party partying sexual consent
The Perfume Lover
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Collins 2012
KEYWORDS: perfume love romance literature paris
The Tin-Kin
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Duckworth Overlook
KEYWORDS: literature scotland family secrets traveller community
Alms for Oblivion
FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 258pp, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Vantage Press 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed New Zealand Western Samoa pacific pasifika literature
Billy Bunter's Bolt
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light staining to base of rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling/smudge to terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light archival tape repair attempts to spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction Billy Bunter
A Free House! or The Artist as Craftsman
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, liv + 362pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: Jack the Ripper ripperology art reflections post impressionism literature Walter Richard Sickert
Prague Spring
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Abacus 2018
KEYWORDS: literature prague communism the red army hitchikers spy novel
Microserfs
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Flamingo 1995
KEYWORDS: microserfs literature satire social commentary contemporary
Pouliuli
FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG), previous owner's tape repair to d/w at spine; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1977
KEYWORDS: literature albert wendt samoa poulili the darkness guilt redemption freedom
The Strength to Dream
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Abacus 1982
KEYWORDS: literary analysis modern literature theory
Sobranie Sochinenk (Collected Works)
TEXT IN RUSSIAN, 4 VOLUME SET, octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering & black line to spines & front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, 541-646pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Mockba 1975-76
KEYWORDS: text in Russian literature collection anthology Mikhail Lermontov
The Wireless World (28 issues)
28 ISSUES, MOSTLY FROM 1938- WITH ISSUES FROM JAN 1938-DEC 1941 NON-CONSECUTIVE RUN, quarto & imperial octavo, illus stapled wrappers, mixed pagination to each, illus/photos, VG-/scruffy (heavy rust staining to staples & spines, heavy tearing at spine to most vols, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Wireless World 1938-1941
KEYWORDS: wireless world literature publications magazines history communication radio television
T'ao the Hermit: Sixty Poems by T'ao Ch'ien (365-427)
Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 157pp, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine & extrems/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (price clipped, heavy chipping & creasing to spine & edges, moderate staining & foxing to covers & spine)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1952
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection anthology ancient Chinese China T'ao Ch'ien philosophy
Looking Backward (2000-1887) or, Life in the Year 2000 A.D.
No. 1A THE BELLAMY LIBRARY WITH INDEX & EXTRA CHAPTER, FIRST EDITION THUS, OCCASIONAL LIGHT HIGHLIGHTING TO TEXT, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 123pp + iv index to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light creasing/bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light highlighting to text throughout- fairly unobtrusive, light creasing to pgs 34-35)
PUBLISHER: William Reeves n/d c.1887
KEYWORDS: Edward Bellamy society culture future futuristic speculation philosophy literature premonition dystopia dystopian first edition thus