Books - "literature"
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The Spirit of Man
an anthology in english & french from the philosophers & poets made by the poet laureate in 1915
ex-lib first edition unpaginated VG (paper boards and spine,title label to spine,rubbed and stained,chipping to extrems.w.closed tears to head of spine,usual stamps and labels,edges sl.soiled,cocked)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1916
KEYWORDS: literature history poetry
Jan of the Windmill
first edition thus 151pp ills.[b/w by mrs.allingham] VG (b/w ill.paper boards,rubbed and soiled w.some sl.surface losses,chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,top board sl.shaky,paste action to eps,owner's sign.to ffep,edges sl.soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1894
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature juliana horatia ewing
The True Account of the Death by Violence of George's Dragon
[first edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w] NF (ill.paper boards,sl.rubbed,first section sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: gordon fraser gallery london [1974]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature stan washburn
Those Tiresome Twins
unpaginated ills.[col.] VG (in wrappers w.tasselled cord through spine,col.plate to front cover,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and creasing to extrems.,owner's inscr.- dated 1906 - to title,minor soiling to contents w.col.plates generally clean)
PUBLISHER: castell london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature blanche handler
The Other Man
conversations with graham greene
first uk edition 187pp NF (green cloth,v.sl.soiled w.dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w (sl.browned w.sl.bumps to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography graham greene marie-francoise allain
Theatre National de L' Opera Programme Representation de Thais
opera en 4 actes et 6 tableaux
52pp(inc ads) ills (b/w)VG+(opera programme in soft paper wrappers with stamp, foxing and owners inscription dated 1911 to front cover,v. sl. chipping and wear to edges, string and staple binding, sl. foxing to prelims and v.sl soiling to title page,v sl. foxing to contents.)
PUBLISHER: theatre national de l'opera 1911
KEYWORDS: anatole france, l gallet, m massenet france opera programmes music literature arts
Introduction to the Literature of Europe
in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries in four volumes
four vols set480,464,464,424 pp VG- (black cloth with stamps v.sl wear and bumps to extrems,vol i binding has detached from text block w.top board partially detached,vol.iv rear board completely detached, frontis plate to vol i has sl.foxing and rubbing at gutter,vol ii has one prelim missing, foxing to prelims and contents of all vols, contents otherwise mostly clean,sl. wear to rough cut foredges, bindings slighty cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: john murray 1882
KEYWORDS: henry hallam literature europe
Rain Upon Godshill
a further chapter of autobiography
first edition 331pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,cocked,) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.browned,mod.chipping to extrems.,internal foxing,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography j.b.priestley literature
A Strange Expedition
first edition 47pp ills.[col.by robert ingpen] VG+ (sl wear to board extrems) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.4cm closed tear to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: ashton scholastic sydney 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition mark twain robert ingpen children's literature
The Stolen White Elephant
first edition thus 48pp ills.[col.by robert ingpen] VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: ashton scholastic sydney 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition robert ingpen mark twain children's literature
The Second Holiday Book
[first edition] 192pp ills.[many col.] VG+ (brown cloth w.red spine,sl.soiled w.sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,small inscr.to blank prelim.,eps and edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean and bright,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition enid blyton children's literature
Rupert Annual
first edition 115pp ills.[col.] VG (laminated boards,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's name to p.2,magic paintings are done,contents o/w clean and bright,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: daily express london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition rupert annuals children's literature
Rupert Adventure Book no.42
first edition unpaginated ills.[col.] VG (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.head/foot of spine starting,dealer's stamp to first page of text,puzzle has been completed as has colouring-in picture,some minor soiling to contents)
PUBLISHER: daily express london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition rupert children's literature
An Introduction to the Translation of English Poetry into Latin Elegiacs and Hexameters
fasc.1 english version.
first edition,105pp, VG (blue cloth,gold stamp, sunned, sl bumps and wear to extrems,small closed tear to upper spine hinge, rough cut pages, v minor foxing to some contents, v minor soiling to rear pages.)
PUBLISHER: whittaker & co london 1838
KEYWORDS: fredrerick gretton poetry literature
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
347pp+ads, G+ (red cloth,sunning to spine, bumps and wear to extrems, owners inscription to ffep, foxing to prelims and contents, cocked.)
PUBLISHER: george bell & sons, london 1903
KEYWORDS: kate douglas wiggin literature
The Buried Day
first edition 244pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.uneven sunning,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and foxed,browned,chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine and rear cover,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition c.day lewis biography literature
From Desire to Desire
first edition 126pp VG+ (blue paper boards w.red cloth spine,mod.soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,ffep glued to pastedown at gutter) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.chipping to extrems.,minor internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: doubleday new york 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry yevgeny yevtushenko
A Precocious Autobiography
first edition 127pp NF (tan cloth,owner's sign.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins/harvill london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition yevgeny yevtushenko biography literature
Chimney Corner Stories
first edition 144pp ills.[b/w by pat harrison] VG (green cloth,mod.soiled and unevenly sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dec.eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: national magazine co.london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition enid blyton children's literature pat harrison
Toad of Toad Hall
a play from kenneth grahame's book the wind in the willows
third edition 111pp VG+ (blue cloth w.black borders,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.stain to head of spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1931
KEYWORDS: modern first edition a.a.milne children's literature wind in the willows kenneth grahame