Books - "literature"
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The Sword and the Pen: Selections From the World's Greatest Military Writing
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: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1976
KEYWORDS: military literature writings collection history historical classics classical anthology war warfare combat philosophy
Angelheaded Hipster: A Life of Jack Kerouac
Square 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: Bloomsbury 1997
KEYWORDS: literary biography memoir Jack Kerouac literature
The Other Way
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, square super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & boards, patterned rear eps, 298pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal ex-library markings, removeable protective plastic cover affixed to boards, moderate crack to front gutter, moderate scuff with surface loss to rear pastedown, sl fold to lower corner of ffep)
PUBLISHER: David Trubridge Press 2022
KEYWORDS: photography art collection geology travel literature David Trubridge
Finity's End
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 471pp, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels scifi science fiction C J Cherryh merchanter
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 607pp, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, light creasing & chafing/soiling, sl fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1990
KEYWORDS: first editions Vladimir Nabokov literature literary biographies Russia Russian writers
The Empty Hours: Three 87th Precinct Novelettes
FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, 175pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, moderate discolouration & soiling)
PUBLISHER: T. V. Boardman & Company 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels novelettes fiction literature Ed McBain 87th precinct mysteries mystery
Killer's Choice: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, 192pp, VG (spine sl cocked, sl bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some discreet tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: T. V. Boardman & Company 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Ed McBain 87th precinct mystery mysteries
So Long as You Both Shall Live: An 87th Precinct Mystery
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 165pp, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & foxing to edges, light tanning & soiling/chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Ed McBain 87th precinct mystery mysteries
King's Ransom: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, 192pp, VG (boards sl warped, light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, minor water staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some tape repairs, price clipped, heavy large pink stain/water damage & scuffing)
PUBLISHER: T. V. Boardman & Company 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Ed McBain 87th precinct mystery mysteries
Figures of Literary Discourse
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 303pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, light annotation in ink throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1982
KEYWORDS: first editions French literature literary criticism Gerard Genette
You Do Not Travel in China at the Full Moon: Agnes Moncrieff's Letters From China 1930-1945
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 295pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Vicotria University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: first editions letters correspondence collection travel literature China Agnes Moncrieff
Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer
Quarto, blue cloth heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 246pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl discolouration to lower board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine & rear cover, sl chafing & soiling, prev, bookseller's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 1985
KEYWORDS: concrete poetry art literature Ian Hamilton Finlay poets verse
There is My People Sleeping: The Ethnic Poem-Drawings of Sarain Stump
Square octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to black spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Gray's Publishing Ltd 1970
KEYWORDS: Sarain Stump art poetry verse literature sketches collection drawings
The Story Giant
FIRST EDITION, square sm octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 207pp, illus/page decoration, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction fantasy Brian Patten
Authorship & Publication: A Concise Guide For Authors in Matters Relating to Printing and Publishing ; Including the Law of Copyright, and a Bibliographical Appendix
Super octavo, mottled green buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, frontispiece, viii + 480pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & soiling to spine & boards, lg red lettering to spine, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps & prelims, occasional markings in ink to margins)
PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons 1883
KEYWORDS: writing publishing printing literature law copyright history guide
Vi Sa Et Land: Udvandrerroman Fra New Zealand
TEXT IN DANISH, super octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate & raised bands to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, 228pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, 2cm loss to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Carit Andersens Forlag N/D (c.1932)
KEYWORDS: text in Danish literature immigrant novel from New Zealand novels fiction Af Borge Mikkelsen
Leif's House in Vineland / Graves of the Northmen
Quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, folding map, 40pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & scuffing to spine & boards- minor soiling, 1cm scuff to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable cracking to some gutters, occasional markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: Damrell and Upham 1893
KEYWORDS: history literature Eben Norton Horsford Cornelia
Plague Ship: A Novel of the Oregon Files
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: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2008
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Clive Cussler Oregon files Juan Cabrillo maritime nautical
The Hucksters & the University; or Out of Site, Out of Mind; or Up Queen Street Without a Paddle
Octavo pamphlet (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: The Pilgrim Press N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors poets poetry verse literature Allen Curnow
Wholly Communion: International Poetry Reading at the Royal Albert Hall London, June 11, 1965
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: Grove Press
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature photos photography royal albert hall performance collection anthology