Books - "literature"
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Long Black Song: Essays in Black American Literature and Culture
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super 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: University of Press of Virginia 1972
KEYWORDS: literature prose essays writings US America American black culture criticism appreciation
Innocent Victims: Poetic Injustice in Shakespearean Tragedy
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: Tyneside Free Press (Printer) 1982
KEYWORDS: literary criticism literature William Shakespeare tragedies
What to Call Your Child
LIMITED NUMBERED 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: Godwit / Random House 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors poets literature poetry poems verse Bill Manhire limited editions
Furphy's Shakespeare
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: Centre for Studies in Australian Literature 1989
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism interpretation William Shakespeare
Malina
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 244pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Holmes & Meier 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Ingeborg Bachmann
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko
SECOND EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus & rule to front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 336pp, illus, VG (tracks mis-spelled on spine, sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate staining & discolouration to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning/foxing to eps, modern ex-libris label to front pastedown, light cracking to some gutters, light smatterings of foxing to pages sporadically thorughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1911
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese travel writing literature adventure exploration history
Silas Marner
Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 322pp, illus, colour plates, VG (light scuffing& chipping to extrems- some sl surface loss, moderate cracking to spine hinges, light discolouration to spine, light chafing to boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout, some colour plates either detached or loose but all present, light cracking to gutters, historical gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1907
KEYWORDS: literature illustrated Hugh Thomson classics fiction novels George Eliot
Peter Penniless: Gamekeeper and Gentleman
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 362pp, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing & surface loss to edges & extrems, heavy scuffing/rubbing to spine, moderate chafing to boards, heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking & messy tape repairs to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps & half title page, 1x singular ex-library embossed stamp - no other library markings detected, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne and Co N/D
KEYWORDS: literature G Christopher Davies
Double Feature
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, ix + 419pp, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light tanning to top page edges, light creasingto lower corners of pgs 179-182) in d/w, VG+ (ligh creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Scribner 2013
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction literature novels Owen King
A Collection of Writings From Enuamanu and Beyond
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ALL FOUR AUTHORS, quarto, illus light card covers, 235pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, black ink lettering to base of pages)
PUBLISHER: Enuamanu Atiu Nui Maruarua Press 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature signed writings prose Pacific pasifika Cook Islands Atiu ethnography
Lost Souls: A Novel of the Boer War
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 2005
KEYWORDS: boer war fiction literature historical new zealand
Feasts: An Anthology
TIDY EX-LIBRARY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Constable 1987
KEYWORDS: ex-library christopher bland linda kelly meals food feast feasts writing literature
Ford Madox Ford, Volume Five: Memories and Impressions
The Bodley Head
TIDY EX-LIBRARY; THIS VOL. ONLY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1971
KEYWORDS: ex-library bodley head ford madox ford michael killigrew collected literature britain british england english
Highly Illogical Behavior
SIGNED; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Dial Books 2016
KEYWORDS: signed john corey whaley literature fiction
Grandeur and Illusion: French Literature and Society 1600-1715
EX-LIBRARY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Basic Books 1972
KEYWORDS: antoine adam french france literature society history culture renaissance
The Forest of Wool and Steel
Octavo hardcover (Nr. FINE) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2019
KEYWORDS: literature japan japanese
The Memoirs of a Nun
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Elek 1959
KEYWORDS: denis diderot france french enlightenment literature fiction francis birrell
Marshal Tito: A Bibliography
Tidy ex-library, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 150pp, VG+ (usual library markings- boards clear, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Meckler 1990
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Marshal Tito Josip Broz literature
Idlings in Arcadia
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & bird illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained grey, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 326pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss & archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling, heavy crack to front spine hinge with tidy archival tape repair)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1934
KEYWORDS: first editions birds ornithology literature E D Cuming
Perseverance Island; or, The Robinson Crusoe of the Nineteenth Century
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, white & black lettering & gilt/coloured illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 373pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, boards warped, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, 2x prev. booksellers' ink stamps to front eps, moderate cracking to some gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to eps with some minor soiling also)
PUBLISHER: Lee and Shepard Publishers 1884
KEYWORDS: adventure Douglas Frazar literature