Books - "literature"
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Dear Baby
EX-LIBRARY, paperback (VG-, in transparent plastic protector) ; 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: Faber and Faber 1966
KEYWORDS: ex-library william saroyan america american literature
The Old Beauty and Others
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Cassel & Co. 1956
KEYWORDS: ex-library willa cather america american literature
A Jest of God
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Virago 1987
KEYWORDS: margaret laurence virago modern classics literature canada canadian
River of Smoke
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration to spine, illus eps, 522pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (6cm closed tear to spine with discreet archival tape repair, sl creasing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2011
KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Amitav Ghosh
The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe; Together With His Essays on the Poetic Principle and the Philosophy of Composition, and a Critical Memoir
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & decoration with gilt tooling to spine front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, cxi + 254pp + unpaginated publisher's list to rear, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing, bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, moderate soiling to rear board, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown- historical, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page- historical, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1880s)
KEYWORDS: Moxon Moxon's popular poets horror literature Edgar Allan Poe collection anthology poetry poems verse
Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin: The Influence of Scientific Thought on Conrad's Fiction
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 189pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to top edges of boards, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Salamander Press 1984
KEYWORDS: first edition literature literary criticism Joseph Conrad Charles Darwin knowledge science evolution philosophy
The Big Season
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 199pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate scuffing to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Maurice Gee New Zealand Zealanders writers authors
Two Mountains and a River
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 233pp, illus/photos, folding map, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing & discolouration to spine, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & prelims, gift plate & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate scuffing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions travel literature exploration Himalayas
The Cruise of the Nona
Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 347pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderae fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: Hilaire Belloc travel literature exploration coastal England Nona maritime nautical marine history
Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cowrie Books 1998
KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Trobriand Islands mythology myths legends social life customs png Papua New Guinea
The Milford Track Adventure
Oblong imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 127pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: H&H Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature Milford Track tracks south island adventure tramping hiking
Thoreau's World: Miniatures From His Journal
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, illus full title page, ix + 370pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & tanning/soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning/staining to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions essays literature collection Thoreau
Fred
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 109pp, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration to spine & board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & scuffing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Crump Productions 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers Zealanders Barry Crump novels fiction literature humour humor
Two Hundred Million A D
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: kinney service company 1971
KEYWORDS: science fiction literature
Little Heroes
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: bantam 1988
KEYWORDS: literature science fiction
Clique
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: berkley books 1982
KEYWORDS: literature science fiction
The Book of the River
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: panther 1984
KEYWORDS: literature science fiction
The Reproductive System
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: panther 1977
KEYWORDS: literature science fiction
Roderick atr Random
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: granada 1983
KEYWORDS: literature science fiction
The Guns of Avalon
Paperback (VG) crease to cover; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: corgi 1975
KEYWORDS: literature science fiction