Books - "literature"
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Intimacies
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 225pp, VG+ (light scuffing & surface loss to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, in removable plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Katie Kitamura
The Commonplace Philosopher in Town and Country
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & DATED BY HIM, ALSO LOOSELY ENCLOSED HOLOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER FROM HIM & OTHER EPHEMERA IN HIS HAND, octavo, maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to boards, iv + 391pp + 8pp catalogue to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to central gutters with pgs 193-224 loose but still attached)
PUBLISHER: Parker Son and Bourn 1862
KEYWORDS: philosophy Andrew Boyd literature prose social commentary
The Sisters (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate & gilt rule to spines, red speckled page edges, vol 1- 311pp, vol 2- 295pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & extrems, light chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz 1880
KEYWORDS: German literature fiction novels romance
Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate & gilt rule to spines, red speckled page edges, vol 1- 266pp, vol 2- 262pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & extrems, light chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz 1883
KEYWORDS: German literature fiction novels George Taylor
Dimsie Intervenes
FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream cloth boards, blue lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue- v faded, frontispiece, 286pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1937
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Dorita Fairlie Bruce
Rejsen til New Zealand
TEXT IN DANISH, sm octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine, 101pp, VG (light creasing & chipping to spine & cover edges, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Gyldendalske Boghandel 1950
KEYWORDS: text in Danish travel literature exploration New Zealand
Boy: Tales of Childhood
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, ligh ttanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & water staining to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1984
KEYWORDS: first editions literary biographies memoir Roald Dahl children's authors literature
Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life Among the Lowly
Super octavo, turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 680pp, illus, VG- (moderate cracking & scuffing to spine extrems with some surface loss, 3cm & 2cm cracks to upper spine hinges, moderate to heavy staining to boards & spine, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps, pgs 131-142 loose but still attached, moderate tanning to catalogue to rear, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1896
KEYWORDS: children's literature classical novels fiction Harriet Beecher-Stowe
The Trackers
UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY Octavo softcover (Nr 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
PUBLISHER: 4th Estate 2023
KEYWORDS: charles fraziers trackers fiction novel literature great depression
True History of the Kelly Gang
CELEBRATORY EDITION Super octavo hardcover (VG+, sun fading to spine) 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: University of Queensland Press 2001
KEYWORDS: peter carey ned kelly gang crime australia victoria historical novel fiction literature booker prize winner celebratory edition
The Wooden Shepherdess; With the unfinished fragment of the final volume of the trilogy The Human Predicament
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 Harvill Press 1995
KEYWORDS: richard hughes wooden shepherdess human predicament fiction historical novels literature weimar germany england america nazis hitler world war fascism
The Second Day; A Novel
Sm. 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: Raduga Publishers 1984
KEYWORDS: ilya ehrenburg second day russian soviet literature fiction novels translations translated
The Season of the Witch
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: W. H. Allen & Co., Ltd. 1971
KEYWORDS: james leo herlihy season witch fiction literature novels first uk edition
A Warmer Season
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: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1987
KEYWORDS: literature novels fiction Joseph Olshan
Driving in the Dark
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: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Deborah Moggach
Mrs Mount, Ascendant
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: The Hogarth Press 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition novels fiction literature John Goldsmith
The Gigantic Shadow
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: Collins Clear-Type Press 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first editions crime fiction novels literature Julian Symonds
Letters From the Portuguese
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 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Sheila MacLeod
High
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: Hodder 1970
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Thomas Hinde
Due East
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: Futura 1988
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Valerie Sayers