Books - "literature"
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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
In Venice and in the Veneto with Ezra Pound
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: Dipartmento di Americanistica, University of Venice 2007
KEYWORDS: Ezra Pound literature literary criticism appreciation history
Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett
Octavo softcover (VG) some minor annotation; 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 1996
KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir Samuel Beckett literature
Out of It
FIRST EDITION, 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: E. S. A. W. 1987
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Michael O'Leary
Sent Forth a Dove: Discovery of Duyfken
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: University of Western Australia Press 1999
KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature history maritime nautical Duyfken sailing ships
The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity Reason and Romanticism
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: William B Eerdmans Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: religion religious literature pilgrim's progress C S Lewis
Bury the Past
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: Peter Davies 1954
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Alexander Fullerton
A History of Reading
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: Penguin Books 1996
KEYWORDS: history literature reading culture cultural
Bones of the Lost
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 2013
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction crime thrillers novels Kathy Reichs
New Zealand Short Stories
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: J. M. Dent & Sons 1932
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature short stories collection anthology
The Four of Us
FIRST EDITION, 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: The Unity Press 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand literature fiction novels Olga P Meyer