Books - "literature"
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Hippocrate
TEXT IN FRENCH, REBOUND, octavo, marbled red half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled eps, 273pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & corners, heavy cracking to hinges/gutters, moderate chafing to leather, light to moderate tanning to page edges, lengthy inscription in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Editions Bernard Grasset 1931
KEYWORDS: text in French Hippocrate literature
Ces Grappes de ma Vigne
TEXT IN FRENCH, REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER, LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 398pp, VG (light to moderate tanning to pages, moderate cracking to gutters- some pgs loose but still attached)
PUBLISHER: Les Editeurs Francais Reunis 1956
KEYWORDS: text in French literature Gaston Baissette full leather bindings
The Hummel: Her Life and Work
Imperial octavo, pink cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus plate & gilt rule to front board, illus eps, 141pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board)
PUBLISHER: arsEdition 1994
KEYWORDS: Berta Hummel illustrated children's literature artist biography memoir
Isabelle de la Garrigue
TEXT IN FRENCH, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, white heavy boards, nlack lettering & green rule to spine, 314pp, VG (light tanning & bruising to board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Julliard 1968
KEYWORDS: text in French signed literature Gaston Baissette
L'Etang de L'Or
LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED TWO INVITATION CARDS, ONE WITH HANDWRITING OF THE AUTHOR, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering & green rule to spine, 207pp, VG+ (sl tanning to board edges, sl scuffing/bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to top page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss & tape repairs to any closed tearing, light tanning to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Julliard 1966
KEYWORDS: text in French signed literature Gaston Baissette
Poesie
TEXT IN FRENCH, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#185), INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 113pp, VG+ (sl bruising/scuffing to lower spine extrem, top corners of occasional page removed)
PUBLISHER: Les Arcades 1974
KEYWORDS: text in French literature poems poetry verse collection Gaston Baissette numbered limited editions signed
Oku Mahara (My Thoughts)
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, ALONG WITH TWO POSTCARDS OF HIS ART ALSO DATED & SIGNED, duodecimo, cream stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, some light foxing to rear of postcards)
PUBLISHER: Thames Star N/D (c.1973)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists writers Rei Hamon Maori poems verse literature signed
Glued to the Box: Television Criticism From the Observer 1979-82
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 280pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate discolouration to spine, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983
KEYWORDS: Clive James media journalism journalists humour literature tv television entertainment criticism first edition
Russia's Path to Communism
Sm octavo, orange stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, 70pp, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with moderate discolouration & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, heavy rusting to staples, prev. ownership ink stamps to fep)
PUBLISHER: Communist Party of Gt. Britain 1925
KEYWORDS: politics political social science Russia communism G Zinoviev philosophy literature writings
Night Race to Kawau
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: Oxford University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Tessa Duder New Zealand writers authors
La Clef des Sources
HALF LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED EPS, TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo hardcover (VG) front hinge/gutter moderately cracked; 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: Editions Bernard Grasset 1945
KEYWORDS: text in French literature Gaston Baissette
Ways of Going Home
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: Fabbar Straus and Giroux 2013
KEYWORDS: home spanish literature translated chile past growing pinochet regime
Mystery on Southampton Water
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1937
KEYWORDS: literature mystery adventure river murder
Tropic of Cancer
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: Guild
KEYWORDS: literature henry miller paris erotic
Vanished
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: Viking 1988
KEYWORDS: literature vermont kidnapping family
The Wrench
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: Michael Joseph 1986
KEYWORDS: literature alaska russia undia italian travel coming of age life discoveries harsh truths
The London Embassy
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: Hamish Hamilton 1982
KEYWORDS: paul theroux the consul's files consuls literature diplomat spy
The Vivisector
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: Penguin
KEYWORDS: literature painter love seduction
The Shadow Mountain
First edition. Imperial 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: Picador 2015
KEYWORDS: shantaram literature australian fugitive forger crime bombay mafia india
Discovered Isles: A Trilogy
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, brown cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 281pp, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (chipping to edges & spine with some loss, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges, ligth foxing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1950
KEYWORDS: M H Holcroft trilogy New Zealand first edition thus literature discovered isles history