Books - "literature"
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Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous From A to Z
Quarto illus. paper covered cloth boards (lady with parasol & book), illus. eps. (line drawing of musician with baroque stinged instrument), illus., VG- (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards with sl. surface loss, light tanning and occasional foxing within, author & title written untidily to spine by prev. owner)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co. 1908
KEYWORDS: edmund dulac literature classic childrens illustration art book verse humorous light illustrated
A Young Man's Fancy
Quarto red leather boards, gilt lettering and blind stamp decoration to front, blind stamp lettering to spine, illus. (charmingly), VG (light scuffing and rubbing to boards, light soiling (a touch of water damage to prelims., v. minor) and foxing within (plates being mostly clean))
PUBLISHER: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1912
KEYWORDS: bright young things coles phillips verse poetry literature american america 20th twentieth century art nouveau e stetson crawford women fashion
So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away
FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, VG (moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983
KEYWORDS: richard brautigan usa us american literature modern first edition counter culture counterculture
An Outcast of the Islands
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE (ex-library; Colonial Edition, the earliest produced, with the following points present: p. 26 line 31: this for their / p. 110 line 12: absolution for ablution / p. 129 9 missing / p. 356 line 26: hate for fate); octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 391pp, VG- (cocked, heavy rubbing and scuffing to boards, library number to spine and stamps within, front hinge cracked with prev. owner's tape repairs, prev. owner's name in coloured pencil to half title, moderate tanning foxing and soiling within - overall, scruffy)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1896
KEYWORDS: modern first edition joseph conrad british polish literature sea maritime colonialism colonial edition indonesia indonesian
Memoirs of a Geisha
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCED READING COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 394pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature japan geisha advanced reading copy
Cloudslitter
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION (ADVANCED READING COPY); super octavo white illus. light card covers, 758pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: HarperFlamingo / Harper Collins 1998
KEYWORDS: russell banks signed modern first edition literature advanced reading copy
Dead Men's Trousers
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 419pp, VG+ (sl. tanning within, a touch of soiling to edges, sl. scuffing to covers, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2018
KEYWORDS: ian banks scottish literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy
The Works of William Shakespeare [The Henry Irving Shakespeare, 8 volume set]
8x VOLUME SET, HEAVY; small quarto olive cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus., VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing and rubbing, with heavy surface loss and scuffing to spines of some volumes; light tanning foxing and soiling within)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son [n/d]
KEYWORDS: william shakespeare english poetry drama theatre literature elizabethan henry irving
Einstein's Monsters
SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; octavo red light card covers, black lettering to front, 127pp, nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1987
KEYWORDS: british english literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy story short stories signed martin amis
Recovery
Signed and dated 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Welbeck 1996
KEYWORDS: Literature
Two Penny Lane
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: Black Sparrow 1977
KEYWORDS: Literature
The Paper Nautilus: A Trilogy
Octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Otago University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: Literature Loss death rebirth life ethnographic Kuranko Sierra Leone essays
Tolkien's Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books
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: Constable 2005
KEYWORDS: Rare books book trade literature inside story anecdotes memoir
The Adventurous Simplicissimus
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: Bison 1972
KEYWORDS: Literature German war horrors Thirty Years War
King Matt the First
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: Farrar Straus Giroux 19876
KEYWORDS: Literature children satire utopia social structure childhood innocence
The Laying On Of Hands
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Profile Books Ltd. 2002
KEYWORDS: Alan Bennett literature
Midcentury
FIRST UK EDITION. EX-LIBRARY. LACKS D/W. 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1961
KEYWORDS: John Dos Passos literature
The Cruise of the Shining Light
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1907
KEYWORDS: Norman Duncan literature
The Historical Nights' Entertainment
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co.
KEYWORDS: Rafael Sabatini short-stories literature medieval
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees
FIRST EDITION. LACKS D/W. 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1960
KEYWORDS: Agatha Christie literature