Books - "literature"
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A Critical Study of Female Culinary Detective Stories
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR; super octavo illus. (knives & clock) grey cloth boards, ii+195pp, VG+ (v. sl. soiling to rear board, sl. tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Edwin Mellen Press 2009
KEYWORDS: culinary female detective story stories criticism literary literature mystery critical study crime fiction signed inscribed
The Wish Maker
FIRST EDITION, super octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 405pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, moderate foxing to edges and throughout, light tanning also) in d/w VG (light creasing and scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 2009
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ali sethi lahore pakistan pakistani
A Boy at the Hogarth Press
FIRST LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED & NUMBERED at rear; quarto illus. green cloth boards, purple endpapers, complimentary slip loosely enclosed, illus. w/ folding illus. at rear, VG+ (sl. soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (sl. fading to spine, prev. owner's clear tape repair to closed tear reverse of jacket (unobtrusive))
PUBLISHER: Whittington Press 1972
KEYWORDS: richard kennedy hogarth press literature literary history printing publishing memoir autobiography modern first edition limited signed
Egg & Spoon
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w nr. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press 2014
KEYWORDS: gregory maguire modern first edition literature fantasy wicked
Julia Kristeva: Readings of Exile and Estrangement
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: St. Martin's Press 1996
KEYWORDS: julia kristeva literature literary criticism history theory postmodern postmodernity philosophy art
The Stray
FIRST EDITION. quarto 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: Farrar, Strous, & Giroux 1979
KEYWORDS: literature childrens illus illustrated modern first edition
The Year In San Fernando
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: Heinneman 1970
KEYWORDS: literature
Fires On The Plain
FIRST EDITION scruffy ex library. Octavo hardcover (VG-) with 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: Secker & Warburg 1957
KEYWORDS: literature translated japan japanese military war modern first edition
The Ballad And The Source
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Reynal & Hitchcock 1945
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
Draft of a Foreword
200 copies printed; duodecimo 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: Melissa Press 1987
KEYWORDS: polish poland literature new zealand count potocki montalk
Absolutley on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix+329pp, VG+ (light soiling and scuffing to boards, light tanning to edges and within) in d/w nr. FINE (removable plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2016
KEYWORDS: modern first edition haruki murakami japan japanese literature seji ozawa music
Whited Sepulchres: Being an Account of My Trial and Imprisonment for a Parody of Verlaine and Some Other Verses
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO ARTIST AUGUSTUS JOHN, with annotation by the author to the text; octavo illus. light card covers with French flaps, unpaginated, VG (moderate scuffing and tanning to covers, light tanning and foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Right Review 1986
KEYWORDS: count potocki montalk polish poland literature signed inscribed augustus john verlain
The Jinx
Super octavo quarter bound decorated grey heavy card boards, cloth spine, 9pp, tipped in frontispiece, VG (light soiling foxing and scuffing to boards, light foxing within), with loosely enclosed note from bookseller describing ... the Count, resplendent in scarlet cloack and hood, set off for London in his twenties (?), i.a. to assert his distaff claims to the Polish throne...)
PUBLISHER: Melissa Press 1972
KEYWORDS: polish poland literature new zealand count potocki montalk adam mickiewicz translation melissa press
Aue
FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION (no statement of earlier printing inside, but Steve Braunias quote on cover), super octavo white light card covers (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: Makaro Press 2019
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature maori becky manawatu joan medlicott acorn prize modern first edition makaro press
Husband of Delilah
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: MacMillian & Co Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: modern literature ancient drama
John Wentley Wins Through
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: Collins Sons and Co Ltd 1946
KEYWORDS: modern literature adventure
White - Maa's Saga
small 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: Jonathan Cape 1934
KEYWORDS: modern literature drama
The Oath of the Vayuputras : Book 3 of the Shiva Trilogy
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: Westland Ltd 2013
KEYWORDS: modern literature ancient India war
Follow the Call : Together with an Unfinished Novel Entitled 'Dave Baird'
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: Auckland University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: modern literature historical New Zealand
An Adult's Story
paperback 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: The Travellers Companion Inc 1967
KEYWORDS: modern literature drama