Books - "literature"
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Landfall 209: Issue 209 May 2005
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 Otago Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature landfall publications 209 2005
Landfall 210: Issue 210 November 2005
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 Otago Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature landfall publications 2010 2005
The Exeter Riddle Book
Octavo hardcover (Near Fine) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 1978
KEYWORDS: folio society verse riddles literature exeter riddle book
The Confession
FIRST EDITION THUS, paperback (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: Ballantine Books 1971
KEYWORDS: french literature first edition thus politics Artur London espionage spies
The Just War: A Study in Contemporary American Doctrine
SOME HIGHLIGHTING, 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 John Hopkins Press 1960
KEYWORDS: war philosophy literature US America American
Tocqueville on American Character
SOME HIGHLIGHTING & PENCIL ANNOTATION, 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: Truma Talley/St Martin's Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Alexis de Tocqueville US American philosophy America history historical literature
Shell
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: Scribner 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novels fiction Kristina Olsson
What Were You Thinking?
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: Berliner Kunstlerprogramm/DAAD 2011
KEYWORDS: literature prose writings Jalal Toufic
A Century of Australian Song
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: Walter Scott N/D
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian verse song poems literature collection anthology
Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work
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: The Women's Press 1989
KEYWORDS: literary biographies literature Virginia Woolf childhood sexual abuse psychology mental health
The Strip-tease Murders
Sm 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: John Lane/Bodley Head 1943
KEYWORDS: crime thriller murder literature fiction novels Gypsy Rose Lee
The Rose & The Dagger
FIRST EDITION, 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 2016
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Renee Ahdieh fantasy
A Collection of Tales From Uji: A Study and Translation of Uji Shui Monogatari
SCARCE! Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, xii + 459pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: ancient literature collection anthology translation Japan Japanese stories tales Uji shui monogatari literary
Winchelsea
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt illus & blue lettering to spine, 325pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Canongate 2022
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels historical
The Happy Dream
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION- ONE OF 80 NUMBERED (#39/80) DELUXE COPIES (DETAILS STATED AT REAR) IN FULL LEATHER WITH GILT TOOLING, sm octavo, maroon leather boards, raised bands with gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt lettering & tooling to front board, teg, deckled page edges, marbled eps, 35pp, VG+ (sl fading to spine, v sl chafing & soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG (light scuffing & soiling with some light fading)
PUBLISHER: The Whittington Press 1976
KEYWORDS: essay signed literature prose J B Priestley leather Hunter and Foulis bindings numbered writings
Peach Blossom Fan
Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 123pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to lower board edges/spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: China Intercontinental Press 2012
KEYWORDS: China Chinese kun opera story literature fiction romance
The Palace of Eternal Youth
Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 96pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: China Intercontinental Press 2012
KEYWORDS: China Chinese kun opera story literature fiction romance
Index to the Works of Immanuel Velikovsky: Vol. I
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 278pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Center For Velikovskian and Interdisciplinary Studies 1977
KEYWORDS: index Immanuel Velikovsky literature literary index philosophy
Lord Emsworth and Others
FIRST EDITION FIRST IMP., SCARCE IN D/W- HERBERT JENKINS COLONIAL LIBRARY STICKER INSTEAD OF PRICE STICKER ON D/W SPINE INDICATES EARLIEST ISSUE, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, black publisher's motif to rear board, 312pp, VG (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, shallow/superficial scratch to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine, light foxing, moderate tanning & foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1937
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Herbert Jenkins colonial library P G Wodehouse literature fiction
The Gold Bat
Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, decorative border to title page, 277pp, VG- (spine cocked, heavy soiling to spine & boards, light bruising to extrems, cloth a tad thread-bare on front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl mould staining- no smell- to front gutter, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate staining & cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1923
KEYWORDS: P G Wodehouse literature fiction novels