Books - "literature"
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Passes and Trespasses
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 Hodge & Co 1954
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Hakon Mielche travel literature writing first editions
Ritual in the Dark
FIRST EDITION, 2ND IMP., 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: Victor Gollancz 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first editions 2nd impressions novels fiction literature Colin Wilson
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
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: Hamish Hamilton 1975
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Ursula Moray Williams
A Bit off the Map, and Other Stories
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: Secker & Warburg 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction Angus Wilson
Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems
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: Faber & Faber 1972
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse W H Auden
Try Anything Once
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: Angus & Robertson 1947
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Frank Clune travel writing literature literary
Asimov on Science Fiction
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: Granada 1983
KEYWORDS: first editions scifi science fiction literature literary criticism Isaac Asimov
The Man Who Called Himself Poe
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: Victor Gollancz 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction Edgar Allan Poe collection horror scifi science fiction anthology anthologies
How the Whale Became
FIRST EDITION, 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.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction Ted Hughes short stories
The Eighy-Minute Hour
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: Jonathan Cape 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature novels Brian W Aldiss
Poems
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: Faber and Faber 1935
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse George Barker
They Weren't All Angels
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) prev. ownership ink stamps to eps; 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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Joseph Kessel
A Fighting Man of Mars
Octavo, blue buckram boards, orange/yellow lettering to spine & front board, vii + 304pp, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to board extrems, heavy fading & staining to spine, light to moderate fading to board edges, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light foxing & tanning to eps, v heavy cracking to central gutters- binding loose, light occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Lane / The Bodley Head 1933
KEYWORDS: Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels
The Warlord of Mars
Ex-library, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 296pp, G+ (spine cocked & moderately faded, moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor chafing & discolouration to boards, usual library markings- minor, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, vv heavy cracking to gutters- boards & binding v shaky, light wrinkling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: A C McClurg & Co 1919
KEYWORDS: Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels
Renaissance Women
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lx + 338pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, occasional markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 1994
KEYWORDS: first editions renaissance women plays poems drama poets poetry verse literature Elizabeth Cary Aemilia Lanyer history historical
The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness and Ethics
Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, xviii + 213pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Arthur W Frank literature autobiography autobiographies memoir psychology mental health discourse analysis sickness illness
Frameworks: Contemporary Criticism on Janet Frame (Cross Cultures 110)
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine, xxvii + 227pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Rodopi BV 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Janet Frame literature literary criticism
Let it Rain E UA TE UA Tukuna ki te Marama: Poetry from Aotearoa in Multilingual Translation
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & scuffing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Earl of Seacliff 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry anthologies poems verse multilingual translations
Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W Aldiss
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 253pp, VG (minor rubbing & foxing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature short stories collection anthology anthologies Brian W Aldiss
The Rules of Chaos
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 223pp, VG (spine cocked, sl rubbing to board edges, boards sl warped, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1969
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Stephen Vizinczey philosophy