Books - "literature"
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The Critical Attitude
first edition 190pp VG (black cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,paste action to eps,contents and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1911
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ford madox hueller literature
The War Train
a novel of 1916
first edition 339pp VG+ (brown paper boards w. red cloth spine, sl surface loss to upper edge corner of lower board, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to edges of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl scratching to rear cover, minor closed tear to foot of lower hinge, spine sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london [printed in u.s.a.] 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction meggs brown
Doris and David
[first edition] 259pp ills.[col.plates by charles robinson] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,sl.soiled w.spine sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,school prize bookplate to prelim.,some minor foxing to contents but plates are clean and bright,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd,1927]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition elizabeth marc charles robinson children's literature
George Meredith and English Comedy
the clark lectures for 1969
first edition 127pp NF (black cloth,dealer's stamp to ffep) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition v.s.pritchett george meredith literature
The Living Novel
first edition 260pp VG+ (purple cloth,sl.soiled and sunned,edges sl.soiled,minor ink mark to p.36,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition v.s.pritchett literature
A Better Class of Person
an autobiography 1929-1956
first edition 285pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,eps sl.foxed,cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and creased,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: faber & faber london 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john osborne biography literature
The Letters of John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield
first edition 394pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.sunned upper edge,owner's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed,spine and covers unevenly sunned)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson auckland 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john middleton murry katherine mansfield c.a.hankin biography literature
Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry 1913-1922
first edition 701pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's notes to rfep,cocked) in G d/w (sl.soiled,3cm loss to foot of spine,several closed tears and chipping w.some minor losses,external tape repairs to spine)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition katherine mansfield john middleton murry biography literature
Get In the Q Annual
first edition 94pp illus, (b/w, photographs and artwork) VG+ (orange dec. paper boards, spine sl sunned, sl paper seperation to title page gutter but binding secure and tight)
PUBLISHER: m & j hobbs/michael joseph london [1980]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature humour cartoons comedy biography milligan spike
The Gaucho Martin Fierro
[limited edition unnumbered, 1 of 2000] 328pp illus, (b/w, drawings by alberto guiraldes w. frontis photograph of author) VG+ (white and brown genuine pigskin hide w. dec illus and titling branded on to front board, edges of boards perforated and woven w. dec. lashing, eps speckled, sl smudging to speckled dec illus on ffep, sl foxing to ffep and frontis reverse sides, sl browning to t.e. of contents and v. sl foxing to other edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: editorial pampa buenos aires 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry verse spanish hernandez jose guiraldes alberto
With William Burroughs
a report from the bunker
first edition 250pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,minor crease to lower corner of cover,edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: vermilion london 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition victor bokris william burroughs literature biography
Vive Moi!
an autobiography
first edition 288pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: rupert hart-davis london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sean o'faolain biography literature
Holmes & Watson
a miscellany
first edition 137pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,eps and edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature s.c.roberts sherlock holmes watson conan doyle
Still By Choice
first edition 35pp VG+ (grey cloth,boards and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,4x3cm loss to head of cover,chipping to extrems.,internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: cresset press london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ruth pitter poetry literature
Once Upon Three Times
three stories
first edition 86pp ills.[b/w by shelley freshman] NF (green cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: ernest benn london 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition robert nye children's literature shelley freshman
Jill's Magic Island
and other stories
first edition 177pp illus, (b/w photography incl frontis) VG (brown cloth boards w. green cloth spine, sl chipping to head and foot of spine w. mod split to upper edge of lower hinge though attached at head and holding, sl soiling and marks to boards inc sl pen marks to rear board, small pen marking to ffep, internal paper seperation to reverse of rear fep gutter and detaching at head and foot, sl wobbly but stitching and webbing holding firm) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature childrens stories acting costume fables fairy tales ballet jelf ernest arthur
Houndsditch Day By Day
[first edition] 200pp +ads VG (red cloth w. gilt, black and red dec stamp and black titling, sl rubbed and soiled w sl scuffing along part of fore edge of front board, spine sl browned and stained w. sl fading to other boards, spine sl cocked and cracked, internal paper seperation to ffep gutter w. binding firm and webbing secure, ffep detaching sl at lower edge, pencil owners inscription to head of leaf, sl foxing to prelims, sl to top corner of rear fep, edges of contents browned w. fore edge untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: sands & company london 1899
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature popular novels history journalism pitcher binstead, arthur m
HOUSE OF LEAVES
Very scarce UK hardcover first edition (50 copies) issued concurrent with the UK paperback. With gold 'Z' embossed to front board, SIGNED 'Z' and dated by author. The dustwrapper is quite different to the US edition. Cased and stitched. 709pp, new NEAR FINE in like d/w. PLEASE NOTE: The whole colophon is full of misinformation: the first editions all state "2nd edition", with the fictional "privately distributed" edition that the "editors" of the Foreword allude to being the (fictional) "first edition"
PUBLISHER: Anchor London / Hard Echo Press NZ 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition mark danielewski literature novel
Mother's Little Girl
first edition 255pp illus, (b/w, 7x plates, poss missing frontis) VG- (blue cloth w. gilt titling and dec stamps to front board and spine, dark blue eps, boards and hinges sl rubbed w. sl wear along bottom edges, v. sl surface loss to head of spine and hinge area and corners of boards, spine sl cocked and shaky, dealers label to front pastedown, owners inscription to front and rear feps, partial internal paper seperation to front and rear ep gutters w. sl detaching at head and foot but binding and webbing holding secure) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: ward lock london 1904
KEYWORDS: modern first edition childrens literature fiction classics turner ethel
Backblock Ballads
and later verses
first edition [second version of 1st ed w. drover on right hand side of bullocks on colour frontis) 150pp +ads illus, (col, artwork to title page and frontispiece by hal gye) VG (green cloth w. black dec stamps and titling to front board and black titling to spine, dec eps by hal gye, v. sl bumps and wear to head and foot of spine and corners of boards, v. sl rubbing to boards w. v. minor surface abrasion to parameters of front board, sl foxing to prelims and edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: angus & robertson sydney 1918
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry history verse australia dennis c j