Books - "literature"
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The Reed Warbler
Super octavo softcover (VG+) with french flaps; 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: Victoria University of Wellington 2020
KEYWORDS: literature nz new zealand aotearoa nzlit
Let the Spacemen beware!
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: Ace / Dobson 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature science fiction scifi
Angels & Spaceships
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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1955
KEYWORDS: literature science fiction scifi short stories
Dinner with Persephone
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: Pantheon Books 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature greece
Maori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Witi Ihimaera modern first edition signed memoir autobiography illustrated
The Rayman
Octavo, softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Natural Portal 2008
KEYWORDS: literature the rayman trilogy nzlit nz new zealand aotearoa
The Parrot and Other Poems
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: Hutchinson 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry poems prose
A Life's Music
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: Sceptre 2002
KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction russian lit
The Albatross
SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Super octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Indie Author Warehouse 2016
KEYWORDS: literature pilot flight aviation
The Book of the Sword
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: Dover Publications 1987
KEYWORDS: literature history military swords prose anthropology weaponry weapons
The Poet Assassinated and Other Stories
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: Carcanet 1985
KEYWORDS: literature prose apollinaire
Collected Verse : Volume 1
This vol only, ex-library. 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: Ernest Benn Ltd 1973
KEYWORDS: literature poetry prose verse collection
Gabriel's Gift
Super octavo softcover (nr FINE) 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: Faber & Faber 2001
KEYWORDS: literature imagination
Scenes from Metropolitan Life
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: Macmillan 1982
KEYWORDS: literature
Birdsong
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: Hutchinson / Random House 1993
KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction ww1 world war one romance
Evergreen Review Reader : An Anthology of Short Fiction, Plays, Poems, Essays, Cartoons, Photographs and Graphics from the Leading Literary Magazine of Its Day
Quarto, 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: Grove Press Inc 1979
KEYWORDS: literature literary everygreen reader review
Thomas Hardy Works (12 Vols)
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 12 VOLS- VARIOUS TITLES, octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decoration to front boards, illus eps, frontispieces, VG (usual library markings to each volume, light bruising to extrems, light foxing & tanning to pg edges of some vols)
PUBLISHER: Heron/Macmillan c.1970
KEYWORDS: literature Thomas Hardy heron
Werke in Drei Banden
TEXT IN GERMAN, 3 VOL SET, octavo, light blue cloth soft boards, gilt lettering on title plates to spines, gilt initials FN to front boards, top page edges stained yellow, 1267-1476pp, VG- (moderate water damage to lower half of vols, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name ink stamp to feps, text is clean & legible) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some surface loss, heavy wear to front cover of vol 1 with sm losses, flaps very delicate, light discolouration to spines, 6cm closed tear to rear cover of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: Carl Hanser 1960
KEYWORDS: literature TEXT IN GERMAN Friedrich Nietzsche works
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
The Birth of Britain; The New World; The Age of Revolution; The Great Democracies
VOLS 2-4 FIRST EDITIONS, VOL 1 THIRD EDITION, archival tape repairs to d/w of vol 1, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, xi-xxi + 322-416pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy staining to boards, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown of vol 1, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy archival tape repairs to vol 1, moderate to heavy scuffing & chafing to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1956-1958
KEYWORDS: literature Churchill British empire history antiquity
The Lagoon and Other Stories
Sm octavo, green mottled pattern boards, yellow lettering to spine, 123pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to lower spine, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & covers, 1cm loss & discolouration to front cover)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Janet Frame collection short stories