Books - "literature"
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The Daily Mirror Book of Garth 1975
Quarto, illus light card covers, 128pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & scuffing to cover edges & extrems, light to moderate discolouration & staining to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: IPC Magazines 1974
KEYWORDS: Garth comic book literature fantasy scifi science fiction comics
The Old Curiosity Shop
Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt embossed illus to front board, teg, printed eps, frontipiece with tissue guard, illus full title page, colour plates- all present & without foxing, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, paper residue & partially hidden script in ink to ffep) A beautiful decorative specimen of Dickens' work!
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D (c.1910s?)
KEYWORDS: illustrated literature Charles Dickens
The Riddle of Emily Dickinson
EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 434pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate staining to top of page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, usual library stamps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine, light foxing to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Voctor Gollancz 1953
KEYWORDS: literary biography Emily Dickinson poetry poems criticism literature poets
Proposals by Way of Interrogation, to the Generall, Officers, and Souldiers in the Army (8 Various Works by, or Attributed to, William Prynne)
8 VARIOUS WORKS BY, OR ATTRIBUTED TO, WILLIAM PRYNNE, EX-LIBRARY, SCARCE! Octavo, brown leather boards, blind rule to board edges, page edges stained red, 287pp total- paginated separately, appropriately scruffy (spine completely missing, heavy scuffing & light crumbling to boards & leather which are detached but present, historical ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor historical library markings, heavy tanning to page edges, a number of sm ink scribblings to one title page) Photos highly recommended for this special item!
PUBLISHER: Robert Hodges, Michael Spark 1647-1650
KEYWORDS: collection anthology William Prynne literature 17th seventeenth century writings prose military war politics
The Iliad of Homer; Done Into English Verse (3 Vol Set)
SCARCE, 3 VOL SET, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, vols 1 & 2- 313pp total & vol 3- 335pp, VG- (heavy cracking & splitting to spines & hinges, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy soiling to eps, heavy cracking to gutters- some separation at binding, prelims of vol 3 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1885-1888
KEYWORDS: classical classics literature Homer Iliad translation verse
Poems of Passion and Pleasure
Imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & green decoration to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, coloured plates- all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, ligth discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to pgs throughout, light to moderate tanning to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Gay & Hancock 1914
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature collection anthology passion love romance illustrated
The Life of the Bee
Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, printed eps, vii + 235pp, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine with 7cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Gearge Allen & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: Maurice Maeterlinck bees nature history literature insects bee-keeping illustrated apiaries
The New Republic
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate/HarperCollins 2012
KEYWORDS: literature ficiton Lionel Shriver
Birds Without Wings
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 2004
KEYWORDS: literature fiction Louis de Bernieres
Passionate Pilgrimage: A Love Affair in Letters: Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry From the South of France 1915-1920
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary biography romance love letters collection Katherine Mansfield John Middleton Murry
Makers of Distinction: Suppliers to the Town and Country Gentleman
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Harvill Press 1959
KEYWORDS: social commentary literature Town and Country clothing fashion history Thomas Girtin
The Du Mauriers
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1938
KEYWORDS: literary biography Du Maurier literature
Out Loud
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: Cape Goliard Press 1976
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Adrian Mitchell humour humor
Of Men and Moods
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: Bronze Publishing N/D
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Joan Bullock-Morrell humour humor New Zealand poets
Splendours and Miseries
LACKS D/W, super 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: Faber and Faber 1943
KEYWORDS: Sacheverell Sitwell autobiography memoir literature literary
The Thurber Album: A New Collection of Pieces About People
Octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1952
KEYWORDS: James Thurber literature anecdotes collection social commentary
Dead Time: Poems From Prison
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: Mini Mocho Press 1989
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection John Rives
Frogs & Other Stories
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: Quarry Press 1986
KEYWORDS: literature collection short stories Diane Schoemperlen Canadian
Hug's Legacy: Give Me Rhyme or Reason
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: H C Wilson 2010
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature H C Wilson New Zealand poets
Psalms From the Suburbs
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: Quarry Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Roger Nash literature Canadian poems poetry collection