Books - "literature"
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The Noodle Maker
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, red glossy light card covers, red/white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 203pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Ma Jian
Only Two Can Play This Game
FIRST US EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, black & red lettering to spine, 144pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Julian Press 1972
KEYWORDS: first US editions literature James Keys G Spencer Brown poetry poems verse prose
Smiling Tigers
Sm 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: Arthur Barker 1953
KEYWORDS: 20th century fiction literature Oliver Andersen
Tuttle Dictionary of Dedications
Super 8vo 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: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1992
KEYWORDS: dictionary dedication literature literary excerpts anecdote
Shakespeare: The man and his achievement
Super 8vo 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: Scarborough Books 1982
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare biography 16th 17th century author poet dramatist literature theatre life lives
Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection
8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+); 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 1963
KEYWORDS: Samuel Johnson dictionary 18th century literary literature language
Shakespeare's Bawdy: A Literary and Psychological Essay and a Comprehensive Glossary
8vo hardcover (VG) 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1956
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare 16th 17th century literature poet playwright poetry drama criticism psychology
The Shakespeare Garden
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) 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: Cecil Palmer [1922?]
KEYWORDS: 16th 17th century literature garden horticulture Elizabethan
Classical Islam: A sourcebook of religious literature
Super 8vo 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: Routledge 2003
KEYWORDS: Islamic literature classical history criticism sourcebook
King of Ayodhya: Book Six of the Ramayana
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: Orbit 2006
KEYWORDS: ancient literature Ramayana Ashok K Banker
The Journey of the Soul: The Story of Hai bin Yaqzan
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 Octagon Press 1991
KEYWORDS: literature middle ages historical
Shakespeare's Prophetic Mind
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: Rudolf Steiner Press 1977
KEYWORDS: literary criticism William Shakespeare playwrights literature
Mandukya Upanishad
Sm octavo stapled light card covers (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: Sri Ramakrishna Math N/D
KEYWORDS: spirituality mandukyopanisad literature philosophy
The Lotus and the Robot
Paperback (G+) cracking to gutters, scruffy reading copy; 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: Four Square / New English Library 1964
KEYWORDS: Arthur Koestler travel literature writings spirituality India Japan philosophy yoga doctrine
Bibliotheca Piscatoria: A Catalogue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish Culture
REBOUND. 8vo, quarter-bound gilt fillited navy leather with blue buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, teg, blue eps, [8] + xxiv + 397 pp. + [2] pp. advts., VG (sl scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, v sl cracking to front gutter, pp.xvii-xviii loose).
PUBLISHER: W. Satchell 1883
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angler angling fisherman fishermen bibliography catalogue fisheries fishery literature fly river stream trout salmon art
Bibliotheca Piscatoria: A Catalogue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish Culture
8vo, black cl bds, gilt lettering & blind rules to spine, blind rules to bds, teg, black eps, xxiv+ 397 pp. + [2] pp. advts., G- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, light wear to hinges, light tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, moderate soiling & cracking to eps, heavy cracking to front gutters at joint, heavy cracking to central gutters--spine bands broken, sigs L-O detatched from textblock, bdg very sloppy)
PUBLISHER: W. Satchell 1883
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angler angling fisherman fishermen fisheries fishery literature fly river stream trout salmon catalogue bibliography
Angling and Art in Scotland: Some Fishing Experiences Related and Illustrated
8vo, tan cl bds, black lettering & rules to spine & front board, tooled fishing scene illus. to front board, fish decorations to spine, teg, frontis. with tissue guard, xxii + 216 pp., illus., elaborate chapter initials, plates, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, pencil inscription to front pastedown).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1908
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angler angling fisherman fishermen fisheries fishery literature fly river stream trout salmon stories
A New Chronicle of the Compleat Angler
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore & bottom pg edge sl deckled, frontis. with tissue guard, xv + 301 pp., tp reproductions, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light wear to hinges, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, ligh tanning & foxing to pg edges, prev owner's bookplate to front pastedown, sl foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Paisley Press 1936
KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Charles Cotton the Compleat Angler fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history varitation
An Address on Angling Literature: Including some Mysteries and Personal Observations as Well as Some Comments on Piscatoria Californiana and Hints for Collectors of Angling Books
Super 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore-edge deckled, orange illus. eps, frontis., 92 pp., illus., NF (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: The Sultana Press 1970
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history collecting collector
The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation
Super 8vo, blind paneled green buckram bds, gilt lettering/rules & ornaments to spine, gilt lettering & illus. to front board, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, frontis., illus. tp, xv + 445 pp., illus., plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds. light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges & extrems, light tannig/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, light to moderate cracking to front gutter at joint, rear & central gutters sl cracked, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Navarre Society 1925
KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Charles Cotton the Compleat Angler fishing fish angling angler fly literature