Books - "literature"
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Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter
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: Arrow Books 1978
KEYWORDS: Pam Ayres poetry poems verse humour humor collection literature
The Rationalization of Russia
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: Indiana University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: Bernard Shaw literature Russia Russian politics philosophy
The Wind From the Plain
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: Collins and Harvill Press 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction Yashar Kemal
Beyond the Mexique Bay
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1934
KEYWORDS: first edition travel literature Mexique Bay Aldous Huxley Caribbean Guatemala exploration
Venus, Vagabonds & Miscellanea
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: Kara Press 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors short stories collection literature Daphne de Jong Ann Macrae Anna Granger Sharp
The Collected Poems of Roy Campbell
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) moderate foxing; 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: The Bodley Head 1949
KEYWORDS: first edition thus poems poetry verse collection anthology Roy Campbell literature
Between Two Waters: Narratives of Transculturation in Latin America
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Rice University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Latin America culture American narratives history criticism acculturation literature communication
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Jonathan Cape 2011
KEYWORDS: first edition uncorrected proof Jeanette Winterson autobiography memoir literary literature
What Becomes
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Jonathan Cape 2009
KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof short stories collection A L Kennedy British writers literature
How to Be Famous
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Ebury Press 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction uncorrected proof Caitlin Moran
Contorno: Literary Engagement in Post-Peronist Argentina
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Associated University Presses 1988
KEYWORDS: latin America Argentina politics political life literature literary history government
BOOK, 6: A Miscellany
Octavo staplebound 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: Caxton Press 1942
KEYWORDS: articles fiction poems satire criticism engraving literature anthology collection short stories poetry new zealand
The Slow Train to Milan
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983
KEYWORDS: literature paris milan nomad exile love danger
Unto Caesar
FIRST U.S. EDITION, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, xii + 303pp, VG (light bruising to extrems/edges, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising with light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)
PUBLISHER: G. P. Putman's Sons 1938
KEYWORDS: first US edition literature philosophy marxism economics social science sociology communism politics political history
Ekstasis
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine & front cover, unpaginated, VG- (sturdy tape repair/reinforcement to spine- rear cover completely detached but present/reapired, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: The Auerhahn Press 1959
KEYWORDS: first edition poems poetry Philip Lamantia collection literature
The Children Act
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 214pp, VG (1cm closed tear to top spine extrem, light to moderate creasing & chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2014
KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof Ian McEwan literature
Time Probe: The Sciences in Science Fiction
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 242pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ink stains to bottom of prelim pgs, ink annotations & markings to eps & text sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, price clipped, moderate discolouration to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1966
KEYWORDS: first edition literary criticism science fiction literature Arthur C Clarke anthology collection
How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death / Te Taki a Maaui i a Hine-nui-te-poo
FIRST EDITION, DUAL LANGAUGE - ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature te reo Maori language mythology legends Maui gods goddesses folklore lore New Zealand
How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone
FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate tanning/foxing to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Maui Maori mythology myths legends folklore lore New Zealand
Legends of Maui: Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maui Attacks Tuna Roa
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Reed Children's Books 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature folklore lore mythology Maori Maui gods goddesses