Books - "literature"
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The Lord of the Rings (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, SECOND REVISED EDITION (6TH IMPRESSION) super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red, 352-440pp, folding maps to rear of each vol, VG (light scuffing to extrems, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards of vol 1, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev, owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps of each vol) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping ot edges with some minor surface loss, light tanning & moderate foxing to edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1971
KEYWORDS: fantasy literature fiction novels J R R Tolkien middle earth
Personal Narrative of Military Travel and Adventure in Turkey and Persia; Comprising a Brief Sketch of the Chequered Life of the Author
Octavo, textured red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xvi + 303pp, scruffy (heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, with some surface loss, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards with some moderate staining, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters, ffep missing, moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1859
KEYWORDS: military history travel literature adventure Turkey Persia
An Egyptian Princess (2 Vol Set)
Sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, red speckled page edges, vol 1- xx + 330pp, vol 2- 375pp, VG (light scuffing to spine & extrems with some minor bruising, light chafing to boards with sl surface loss, heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz 1871
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Georg Ebers
Beyond Forget: Rediscovering the Prairies
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: Chatto & Windus 1988
KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian history landscapes prairies provinces travel literature writing
Angus Wilson: Mimic and Moralist
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: Martin Secker & Warburg 1980
KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir Angus Wilson philosophy literature
The Waters
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
PUBLISHER: Vintage / Penguin Random House 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Carl Nixon
A Late Picking: Poems 1965-1974
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: Angus & Robertson 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse A D Hope collection literature
The Forest in Folklore and Mythology
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: Dover Publications 2002
KEYWORDS: folklore lore mythology myths forests trees forestry cultures literature
Ehrengard
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: University of Chicago Press 1963
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Isak Dinesen
A World of Love
LACKS D/W, 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: Readers Union / Jonathan Cape 1957
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Elizabeth Bowen romance
Graham Greene: Friend and Brother
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: Fount / HarperCollins 1995
KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir Graham Greene literature writers authors
The Matchbox House
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: Oxford University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors Marilyn Duckworth fiction novels
Anecdotes of Destiny
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: Vintage Books 1974
KEYWORDS: literature fiction short stories Isak Dinesen
My Story: War Nurse: The Diary of Kitty Langley, 1939-1940
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: Scholastic 2005
KEYWORDS: children's literature history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Kitty Langley diaries journals medical nurses
Survivors in Mexico
Octavo softcover (VG+) fep missing; 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: Yale University Press / Nota Bene 2004
KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Mexico culture history
Crime
FIRST US 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: W. W. Norton & Company 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first US editions literature fiction novels Irvine Welsh crime thrillers
Chicago
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: Fourth Estate 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Alaa al Aswany
A Nest of Cuckoos
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: Hutchinson 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Heather Marshall fiction novels
Three English Women in America
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: Century 1987
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Fanny Trollope Fanny Kemble Harriet Martineau US America American culture biographies
The Scandaroon
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: Macdonald 1972
KEYWORDS: literature Henry Williamson