Books - "literature"
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Electricity
first edition 250pp VG+ (light green paper boards w. dark green cloth spine, sl rubbed w. spine sl sunned, sl foxing to t.e. of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: little, brown boston 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction glendinning victoria
With Fondest Regards
[first u.k. edition] 176pp VG+ (black cloth, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to front eps w. minor foxing to edges of contents) in VG+ d/w (front and rear covers sl browned and spine sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: w.h. allen london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction sagan francoise
Cronus' Children
[first u.k. edition] 319pp VG+ (black cloth, sl cocked, edges of contents sl foxed and browned) in VG+ d/w ( mod stains to lower edge of interior of dustwrapper)
PUBLISHER: john calder london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction navarre yves
Back in the USSR
first edition 197pp illus, (b/w photographs) NF (red cloth, sl rubbed w. v. sl bumps and wear to extrems, edges of contents sl browned) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, mod closed tear to upper edge of bottom flap hinge)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition travel biography literature davies hunter
Pompey
first edition 472pp NF (black cloth, sl soiling to lower edge of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction meades jonathan
The Orderly
first edition 253pp VG+ (brown cloth,spine sl cocked, sl foxing to front eps w. mod foxing to edges) in VG+ d/w ( sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl foxing to front flap)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition new zealand fiction literature mckenney kenneth
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood
illustrations by Antony Maitland
[first published thus] 327pp illus (artwork by antony maitland) VG+ (brown cloth, sl gum stain to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl sunning to spine and hinge area, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature dicken charles garfield leon
The Old Time Stars' Book of Monologues
[first edition] 480pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.gum stains to upper/lower edges and eps,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky and cracked spine) in VG+ d/w (gum stains to upper/lower edges,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: wolfe publ.london [1971]
KEYWORDS: history literature music hall theatre drama monologues
Babar on the Secret Planet
first uk edition [unpaginated] ills.[col.] VG+ (laminated paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.laminate starting to chip and lift at hinges,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents clean and bright,tight)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature laurent de brunhoff babar
William Tell
proof copy [unapginated] ills.[col.by pascale allamand] VG+ (in laminated boards,sl.rubbed w.spine v.sl.sunned,'proof copy only' stamp to ffep,minor foxing to prelims.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature proof copies nina bawden pascale allamand
The Cave by the Sea
first edition 262pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (yellow cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned/foxed,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked o/w tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some mod.closed tears)
PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature a.stephen tring
The Critical Attitude
first edition 190pp VG (black cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,paste action to eps,contents and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1911
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ford madox hueller literature
The War Train
a novel of 1916
first edition 339pp VG+ (brown paper boards w. red cloth spine, sl surface loss to upper edge corner of lower board, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to edges of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl scratching to rear cover, minor closed tear to foot of lower hinge, spine sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london [printed in u.s.a.] 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction meggs brown
Doris and David
[first edition] 259pp ills.[col.plates by charles robinson] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,sl.soiled w.spine sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,school prize bookplate to prelim.,some minor foxing to contents but plates are clean and bright,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd,1927]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition elizabeth marc charles robinson children's literature
George Meredith and English Comedy
the clark lectures for 1969
first edition 127pp NF (black cloth,dealer's stamp to ffep) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition v.s.pritchett george meredith literature
The Living Novel
first edition 260pp VG+ (purple cloth,sl.soiled and sunned,edges sl.soiled,minor ink mark to p.36,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition v.s.pritchett literature
A Better Class of Person
an autobiography 1929-1956
first edition 285pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,eps sl.foxed,cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and creased,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: faber & faber london 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john osborne biography literature
The Letters of John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield
first edition 394pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.sunned upper edge,owner's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed,spine and covers unevenly sunned)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson auckland 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john middleton murry katherine mansfield c.a.hankin biography literature
Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry 1913-1922
first edition 701pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's notes to rfep,cocked) in G d/w (sl.soiled,3cm loss to foot of spine,several closed tears and chipping w.some minor losses,external tape repairs to spine)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition katherine mansfield john middleton murry biography literature
The Gaucho Martin Fierro
[limited edition unnumbered, 1 of 2000] 328pp illus, (b/w, drawings by alberto guiraldes w. frontis photograph of author) VG+ (white and brown genuine pigskin hide w. dec illus and titling branded on to front board, edges of boards perforated and woven w. dec. lashing, eps speckled, sl smudging to speckled dec illus on ffep, sl foxing to ffep and frontis reverse sides, sl browning to t.e. of contents and v. sl foxing to other edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: editorial pampa buenos aires 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry verse spanish hernandez jose guiraldes alberto