Books - "literature"
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Not Here, Not Now
FIRST EDITION, 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: Robert Hale & Company / Whitcombe & Tombs 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nz lit
Collected Plays 2
The Second Volume of Sean O'Casey's collected plays contains 'The Silver Tassie', 'Within the Gates', and 'The Star Turns Red'
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 1950
KEYWORDS: drama literature plays ireland irish
Scotch Verdict: Miss Pirie and Miss Woods v. Dame Cumming Gordon
A verdict of not proven that is allowed by Scottish law in some cases, or any inconclusive decision
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: Quartet 1985
KEYWORDS: literature history LGBTQ lesbian queer
The European Connection: Essays in European Studies by Students at New Zealand Universities
No 4, 1998
imperial octavo stapled wrappers (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: University of Auckland 1998
KEYWORDS: europe politics culture new zealand literature philosophy
The Man Within
The Library Edition of the Works of Graham Greene
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: Heinemann 1968
KEYWORDS: literature britain british fiction
Speculum Spinozanum 1677-1977
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 590pp, illus/plates, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate yellow highlighting to text sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (1cm closed tear to top front edge, prev. bookseller's price label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977
KEYWORDS: literature essays collection spinoza philosophy
Palace of Sweet Sin
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 221pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1977
KEYWORDS: first edition literature bordello erotica Fabienne Jamet autobiography French France
Blake's Composite Art: A Study of Illuminated Poetry
Super octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 232pp + unpaginated illus to rear, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & extrems, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: poetry poems William Blake illustrated collection anthology literature
Barcelona Dreaming
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: Corsair 2021
KEYWORDS: literature 2008 financial crisis barcelona addiction immigration racism nostalgia
My Beloved Swallows: And Other Children's Stories from Mongolia
Duodecimo 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: State Publishing House 1986
KEYWORDS: childrens children's stories folk tales fables mongolia mongolian child literature
Cherry Ames: Country Doctor's Nurse
Cherry Ames Nurse Stories
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: World Distributor's Limited 1960
KEYWORDS: literature children's children nurse
Cherry Ames, Department Store Nurse
Cherry Ames Nurse Stories
octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) ; 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: World Distributors Ltd. 1960
KEYWORDS: children children's literature
Cherry Ames at Spencer
Cherry Ames Nurse Stories
octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+)
PUBLISHER: World Distributors Ltd. 1960
KEYWORDS: literature children's childrens
The Clue of the Screeching Owl
Hardy Boys Mystery Series
FIRST UK EDITION hardcover octavo (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: Sampson Low 1962
KEYWORDS: childrens children's literature first edition giant owl
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quarto, blue buckram boards, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, & illus prelims, xii + 185pp, illus/colour plates, scruffy, spine completely missing, front board completely detached but present, rear board attached but very shaky, v heavy staining & scuffing/bruising to boards, binding almost non-existent, ex-libris plate tofront pastedown) a very delicate but charming gem, photos strongly advised before buying!
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: literature Shakespeare midsummer night's dream illustrated
The Collected Poetry of Francis Thompson
LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY PUBLISHER & PRINTER (#94/500), Quarto, cream soft card boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front cover, grey ribbon woven through covers, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 413pp, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light curling to front cover, moderate discolouration to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, grey ribbon to covers partially missing & slightly frayed) a charming copy!
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1908
KEYWORDS: literature signed poems poetry collection anthology Francis Thompson numbered
The Luminaries
FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 832pp, VG (light bruising & chipping to board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, binding slightly loose) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Granta 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition literature
War of the Classes
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, xix + 278pp + 3pp to rear, VG (ligth bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page egdesv sl cracking to gutter)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Company 1905
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Jack London
The Restless Age
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & colour illus plate to front board, 218pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Bobb-Merrills Company 1921
KEYWORDS: modern first edition illustrated literature Chicago Tribune cartoon humour
Dickens and His Illustrators: Cruikshank, Seymour, Buss, Phiz, Cattermole, Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise, Tenniel, Frank Stone, Landseer, Palmer, Topham, Marcus Stone, and Luke Fildes
FIRST EDITION, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 256pp, plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light scuffing to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, boards sl shaky- cracking to gutters, presentation plate to front pastedown, ex-libris plate to ffep, pgs 167-170 loose but still atatched)
PUBLISHER: George Redway 1899
KEYWORDS: first edition Charles Dicken illustrators literature