Books - "literature"
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, 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: Dutton Books 2010
KEYWORDS: signed fiction literature John Green David Levithan
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul 1789 - 1794
REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL ILLUMINATED BOOK, WITH COLOURED PLATES, 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: Oxford University Press 1972
KEYWORDS: William Blake illustrated poetry verse poems literature collection
The Visitation
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: Word Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: Christian fiction literature religious Frank Peretti
Thicker Than 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1955
KEYWORDS: thriller fiction literature Frank Tilsley
Caravan Thieves
FIRST EDITION, TIDY EX-LIBRARY (NO EXTERNAL MARKINGS TO JACKET), 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: Chatto & Windus 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction Gerard Woodward
Rides a Dread Legion
First australian 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: Harper 2009
KEYWORDS: elves fantasy space travel literature people of the stars
The Evening News
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: Doubleday 1990
KEYWORDS: literature news network vietnam journalist rivalry
Seeker
First edition, advanced reading copy. Imperial 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: Delacorte Press 2015
KEYWORDS: literature fantasy knight seeker oath family coming of age
The Vicar of Wakefield
Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, black & gilt lettering & illus to spine & boards, teg, deckled page edges, illus title page & prelims, xvi + 291pp + 23pp publisher's ads, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners & edges, sl fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, light occasional cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: John C. Nimmo 1886
KEYWORDS: literature fiction Oliver Goldsmith illustrated
Arrow in the Blue: An Autobiography
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, 306pp, VG (light scuffing & discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 2x 2cm closed tears to edges, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Collins/Hamish Hamilton1952
KEYWORDS: first edition Arthur Koestler autobiography memoir literary literature
Scrapwaggon
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors literature modern first edition
The William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace
#619 OF A NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 980, octavo sized book presented in a quarto sized clam shell presentation case, enclosed is the quarto sized commentary & translation, The Odes of Horace text is fully leather bound with raised bands & gilt lettering to spine, each of the 183pp are beautifully illustrated and/or decorated, the insert in which it sits is maroon velvet & has beautiful gilt decoration in its surroundings, the quarto sized accompanying commentary & translation sits atop the presentation text nicely and is of deep green heavy boards with gilt lettering to the front board, it also has a frontispiece & 63pp. With the exception of the clam shell case, both text & commentary are in Near FINE condition. The deep green clam shell case is with gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & silver gilt decoration to front board & in VG+ condition (light chafing & soiling to case only) A truly magnificant addition to anyone's bookcase!
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014
KEYWORDS: Odes of Horace folio society limited numbered edition literature translated poems eulogy verses social commentary prose history
My Plain Jane
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS, octavo, purple heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, partially deckled page edges, xi + 450pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges/extrems, sl staining & creasing/folding to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: HarperTeen 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature young adult fiction youth
The Kingdom of Back
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, aeg- silver, illus eps, 313pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
KEYWORDS: historical fiction modern first edition signed literature young adult children's
To Best The Boys
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, green lettering to spine, all edges stained blue, 321pp, Near FINE (light scuff to signature page) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson 2019
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed fantasy literature young adult storm siren trilogy
Sleeps Standing Moetu
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori literature Witi Ihimaera Hemi Kelly modern first edition battle of orakau history fiction Sleeps Standing novella
The Ivory Key
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt mandala illus to front board, illus/map to prelims, 375pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Clarion Books/HarperCollins 2022
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed young adult fantasy fiction literature Indian culture mythology
Where Dreams Descend: Kingdom of Cards, Book 1
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, super octavo, black heavy boards, red & gilt lettering to spine, red & gilt lettering & decoration/illus to front board, patterned eps, illus/map to prelims, 452pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Wednesday Books 2020
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature fantasy fiction young adult kingdom of cards book 1 one
The Whale Rider
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 122pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional sl staining to pgs close to gutters) in d/w, VG (light tanning/discolouration, light scuffing & creasing to edges, prev. seller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori authors writers modern first edition Witi Ihimaera literature
The Philosophy of Foucault
Super octavo, black glossy light card covers, white & green lettering to spine, xi + 170pp, Near FINE, sl chafing to covers, fold to top corner of pgs 155/156)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2014
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Michel Foucault ethics criticism