Books - "literature"
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BOOK, 6: A Miscellany
Octavo staplebound 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: Caxton Press 1942
KEYWORDS: articles fiction poems satire criticism engraving literature anthology collection short stories poetry new zealand
The Slow Train to Milan
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: Jonathan Cape 1983
KEYWORDS: literature paris milan nomad exile love danger
Unto Caesar
FIRST U.S. EDITION, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, xii + 303pp, VG (light bruising to extrems/edges, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising with light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)
PUBLISHER: G. P. Putman's Sons 1938
KEYWORDS: first US edition literature philosophy marxism economics social science sociology communism politics political history
The Cardinal's Mistress
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, black & green lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 232pp, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, boards sl shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy closed tearing with archival tape repairs to pgs 177/178, 4cm loss to lower corner of pg 177/178, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Albert & Charles Boni 1928
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition Benito Mussolini fiction
Ekstasis
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine & front cover, unpaginated, VG- (sturdy tape repair/reinforcement to spine- rear cover completely detached but present/reapired, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: The Auerhahn Press 1959
KEYWORDS: first edition poems poetry Philip Lamantia collection literature
The Children Act
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 214pp, VG (1cm closed tear to top spine extrem, light to moderate creasing & chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2014
KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof Ian McEwan literature
Time Probe: The Sciences in Science Fiction
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 242pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ink stains to bottom of prelim pgs, ink annotations & markings to eps & text sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, price clipped, moderate discolouration to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1966
KEYWORDS: first edition literary criticism science fiction literature Arthur C Clarke anthology collection
How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death / Te Taki a Maaui i a Hine-nui-te-poo
FIRST EDITION, DUAL LANGAUGE - ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature te reo Maori language mythology legends Maui gods goddesses folklore lore New Zealand
How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone
FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate tanning/foxing to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Maui Maori mythology myths legends folklore lore New Zealand
Legends of Maui: Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maui Attacks Tuna Roa
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Reed Children's Books 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature folklore lore mythology Maori Maui gods goddesses
The Horse's Mouth
FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcover (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 Folio Society 1969
KEYWORDS: literature england english ireland irish joyce cary john bratby
Foundation's Edge
LACKS D/W, super 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: Granada 1983
KEYWORDS: isaac asimov science fiction literature
Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century
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: Stanford University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: china history women women's high qing era literature society sociology gender chinese
Griffith Review 59: Commonwealth Now
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: Griffith University 2017
KEYWORDS: griffith review commonwealth fiction essay reportage memoir poetry literature postcolonial postcolonialism british empire
The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places
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PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2018
KEYWORDS: desert travel memoir literature geography empty quarter australia aral sea arabian peninsula burning man sand seas egypt topography symbolism travelogue nonfiction
Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium
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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2018
KEYWORDS: opium opiate opiated drugs narcotics history fentanyl america afghanistan economics economic trade war literature medicine medical
Modern Chinese Poetry: Theory and Practice Since 1917
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: Yale University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: china chinese poetry literature modern modernity verse lyric
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1944 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, 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: Little, Brown and Company 1967-68
KEYWORDS: literary autobiography literature Bertrand Russell history
The Pilgrim's Progress; From This World to That Which is to Come Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream
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: Faber and Faber 1953
KEYWORDS: John Bunyan pilgrim's progress literature
Benjamin Franklin on the Art of Eating; Together With the Rules of Health and Long Life and the Rules to Find Out a Fit Measure of Meat and Drink
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: American Philosophical Society/Princeton University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: Benjamin Franklin food drink recipes history American philosophy essay prose literature