Books - "literature"
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Setting the World on Fire
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 1980
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Angus Wilson
As If By Magic
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 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Angus Wilson
The Old Men at the Zoo
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 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Angus Wilson
For Whom the Cloche Tolls: A Scrap-book of the Twenties
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PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1973
KEYWORDS: literature satire Angus Wilson
A Bit Off the Mapp
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 1958
KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Angus Wilson
Moise and the World of Reason
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: W H Allen 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Tennessee Williams
Injury Time: A Memoir
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PUBLISHER: Pimlico 2003
KEYWORDS: literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir D J Enright
Mostly Cloudy
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PUBLISHER: Independent As Books 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers literature short stories fiction James O'Sullivan
Dearest Andrew: Letters From V Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber, 1951-1962
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PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1980
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence V Sackville-West Andrew Reiber literature literary history
Music for Chameleons
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PUBLISHER: Sphere Books 1982
KEYWORDS: literature literary writings Truman Capote anthologies collection
The Clown of God
FIRST UK EDITION, quarto 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: Methuen Children's Books 1979
KEYWORDS: illustrated children's literature Tomie DePaola modern first editions
Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) gift inscription in ink to half title page; 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 1990
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature autobiography autobiographies memoir Imran Khan Pakistan culture
The Giver of Stars
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2020
KEYWORDS: popular fiction novels literature Jojo Moyes
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
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PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Editions 1995
KEYWORDS: children's fiction fantasy literature novels J M Barrie Peter Pan
The Stratagem and other stories
SCARCE. Sm 8vo, gold & black reptilian patterned boards, white paper label with black lettering to black cloth spine, 140 pp., colophon to p. 140, VG+ (sl soiling to spine, light bruising & chipping to board extrems, v sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light soiling/foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, top corners sl folded to pgs 21-24) in d/w VG- ( moderate soiling/tanning & scuffing, light creasing & chipping to extrems & edges, sm closed tear to top corner of back flap, sm adhesive label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Mandrake Press N/D (1929?)
KEYWORDS: occult 20th century authors fiction magic witchcraft Aleister Crowley literature
Boyhood with Gurdjieff
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue heavy bds, gilt lettering to spine, 176 pp., VG (sl fading & soiling to boards, light bruising to board/spine edges & extrems, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, moderate tape staining/residue to eps, top edge of ffep removed- approx. 2cm, light tanning, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing throughout) in d/w VG (light soiling & foxing, light chipping to spine extrems, moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1964
KEYWORDS: fiction Victor Gollancz Kather Katherine Mansfield Ernest Hemmingway Gertrude Stein Alice B Toklas literature novels modern first editions
The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet with A Discourse annex'd for the Vindication of Christianity from this Charge. Offered to the Consideration of the Deists of the Present Age.
8vo, panelled calf, gilt lettering on red label to second and fifth section of spine, 5 bands, boardered title page, xvi + 260 pp., VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, bruising to edges & extrems, moderate to heavy cracking to hinges/gutters- boards sl shaky, heavy tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & text block, 10cm tear to ffep at gutter- partially detached, owner's inscription to ffep, bookplate to p. ii),
PUBLISHER: E. Curll against Catharine-street in the Strand, J. Hooke against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, W. Mears and F. Clay without Temple-Bar 1723
KEYWORDS: 18th century literature Mahomet Edmund Curll printing publishing criticism antiquarian religion theology Christianity
A Death in the Family
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 339 pp., VG+ (light rubbing/fading & soiling to boards, sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing sporadic throughout) in d/w VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing, moderate foxing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl brusing & chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel family love tragedy James Agee
Brides of Price
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 254 pp., VG+ (minor rubbing & soiling, minor scuffing to edges, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to pg extrems, light tanning/soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w VG+ (light to moderate soiling, light taninng & foxing, spine extrems & edges lightly scuffed)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature Oxford England university fiction grief marriage
The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady
FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. 8vo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 99 pp., VG (moderate tape & tape residue to boards, light soiling, light to moderate soiling/fading & bruising/chipping to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to pg edges, light tape residue to eps, usual library markings, light marginalia in pencil, light tanning to text block) in d/w VG (light soiling to covers & edges, light bruising & chipping to extrems with tape repairs, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter J E Weir collected poems modern first editions poems poetry life death literature