Books - "literature"
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Essays and Introductions
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 530pp, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sl cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges moderate tanning to spine, price clipped, light tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1961
KEYWORDS: literature prose essays critical W B Yeats
Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page & prelims, 256pp, illus/plates, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl paint residue to base of spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional patches of foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1936
KEYWORDS: illustrated literature Arthur Rackham Henrik Ibsen verse poems drama first editions
Undine
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, viii + 136pp, illus/plates, VG- (19cm loss to spine, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & surface loss to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, blue staining to front eps & prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1911
KEYWORDS: fantasy literature illustrated Arthur Rackham De La Motte Fouque
Ulysses
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, xix + 735pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1999
KEYWORDS: folio society James Joyce literature fiction novels Irish writers
Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross
Imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, frontispiece, 135pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout- plates clear, plates only gently tipped in but all present)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D (c.1910s)
KEYWORDS: Edmund Dulac illustrations literature French
Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, top page edges stained grey, 43pp + colour plates to rear with tissue guards- all present, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to spine with gilt rubbed away also, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to pages throughout- plates not affected, heavy cracking to gutters with shaky boards)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions literature illustrated illustrations Arthur Rackham fantasy fantastical creatures
Fairy Tales
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, teg, illus prelims, frontispiece with tissue guard, deckled page edges, 320pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- all present, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, ffep missing, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate & gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, minor foxing throughout- plates unaffected, moderate creasing and/or closed tearing to some tissue guards of plates- plates unaffected)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Company 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy literature fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen illustrated collection
The Little Disturbances of Man
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Virago 1980
KEYWORDS: novels literature fiction Grace Paley
Stories From Our Back Roads: The South Island
Imperial octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2021
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature New Zealand south island tracks trails
Watch Us Dance (Volume Two)
Octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2023
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Leila Slimani
The Futurist Movement
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2003
KEYWORDS: avant garde art literature criticism appreciation
February Shadows
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1988
KEYWORDS: novels literature fiction Elisabeth Reichart
The Conversion of Augustine
Ex-library, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1960
KEYWORDS: theology religion catholicism catholic church philosphy literature Romano Guardini Augustine antiquity ancient history
Saints Are Not Sad: Forty Biographical Portraits
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions literature religion theology saints Christianity biographies
Body Cuts
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Pandora Press 1988
KEYWORDS: literature novels fiction Elizabeth Baines
The Sheikh and the Dustbin
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1996
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature George MacDonald Fraser
Old Blue: The Rarest Bird in the World
Quarto 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Ashton Scholastic 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers children's authors literature youth
Cry Wolf
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Virago Press 1986
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Aileen La Tourette
The Islandman
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1951
KEYWORDS: Irish literature Tomas O Crohan
The Kindness of Women
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Grafton / HarperCollins 1992
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels J G Ballard