Books - "literature"
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Moominland Midwinter
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to front board, 165pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly light except at prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some patches of loss, heavy rubbing to flap edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature classics Tove Jansson moomins fiction novels illustrated
The Eternal Frontiers
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. name in ink to front pastedown, occasional smatterings of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges, moderate soiling to covers, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi science fiction literature novels James Schmitz
Shakespeare's Planet
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & discolouration to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi science fiction literature novels Clifford D Simak
The Guns of Avalon
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering tio spine, 180pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions fantasy literature novels fiction Roger Zelazny
Homage to Clio
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1960
KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature W H Auden
Open the Door
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: Brockhampton Press 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions short stories children's literature fiction collections anthologies Margery Fisher
Between Each Breath
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 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Adam Thorpe
The Empire of Havana
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: Instituto Cubano de Libro 2003
KEYWORDS: literature Havana Cuba history
The Murder of Lawrence of Arabia
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: Thomas Y Crowell 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Matthew Eden
The Girl of His Dreams
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: William Heinemann 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Donna Leon
Midshipman Raxworthy
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: Blackie & Son N/D (c.1950s?)
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction Percy F Westerman
Haunted Harbour
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: Blackie & Son N/D (c.1950s?)
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction Percy F Westerman
Nicholas Crabbe, or, The One and the Many
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: Chatto & Windus 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Fr Rolfe Frederick Baron Corvo
Ghachar Ghochar
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Vivek Shanbhag
That Uncertain Feeling
FIRST EDITION, 2ND IMP., octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) musty old book aroma; 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 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first editions 2nd impressions novels fiction literature Kingsley Amis
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Wm Collins Sons & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Charles Collodi
The Day of the Monkey
FIRST UK 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 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions novels fiction literature David Karp
View from a Height
LACKS FEP, 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: The Scientific Book Club 1964
KEYWORDS: essays literature prose science Isaac Asimov
The Powys Brothers
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: Warren House Press 1972
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir John Cowper Powys literature literary
The Looted Gold
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: Ward, Lock / Commonwealth Library 1960
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels John F C Westerman