Books - "literature"
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The Legacy of the Malay Letter: Warisan Warkah Melayu
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The British Library / National Archives of Malaysia 1994
KEYWORDS: illumination illustration literature letters calligraphy lettering Malay Malaysia history signed
The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarette 1618-1686
2 VOL SET, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society 1962
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages travel literature history Friar Domingo Navarette 17th seventeenth century
End of Day
FIRST EDITION, octavo, string bound light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1936
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry R A K Mason first editions collection verse
Nagel's Encyclopedia - Guide: China
Duodecimo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained yellow, illus eps, 1503pp + 25 plates to rear- not counted presumed present, folding maps/charts, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, some folding maps/charts either detached or lightly torn, occasional ink markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: Nagel Publishers 1968
KEYWORDS: travel guides literature writings China Chinese Nagel's
Galactic North
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 343pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board/spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Gollancz 2006
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature Alastiar Reynolds novellas short stories collection
The White Bird Passes
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, VG (sl scuffing/bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor water staining to page edges also) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing, soiling & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Jessie Kesson
The Romance of the Milky Way, and Other Studies and Stories
Sm octavo, green buckram boards, yellow/green lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained yellow, xiv + 209pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various ink stamps & ex-libris label to front eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1905
KEYWORDS: literature collection writings Lafcadio Hearn
Middlesex
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, viii + 529pp, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing to edges, sl foxing)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed literature fiction novels Jeffrey Eugenides
Elegantia Juris: Selected Writings of Francis Headon Newark
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 391pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 1973
KEYWORDS: literature writings collection prose Professor Francis Headon Newark civil law
The Writing Life: Twelve New Zealand Authors
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR & PHOTOGRAPHER, super octavo, illus glossy stiff card covers, red & black lettering to spine, 462pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers literature literary biographies interviews portraits signed
Crocodile Tears
SCARCE! FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMP., oblong super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate tanning/soiling to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional foxing to pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, light tanning, foxing & creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition scarce books children's literature Andre Francois French
The Soul of Man
Duodecimo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, gilt tooling/decoration to spine & front board, teg, deckled page edges, 90pp, VG- (v heavy scuffing/cracking & fraying to spine & board edges, heavy chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate staining to eps, heavy glue staining & loss to edges of ffep, prev. owner's name in coloured pencil to prelims, occasional markings in ink to margins)
PUBLISHER: Arthur L Humphries 1907
KEYWORDS: literature Oscar Wilde
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XII Rome to Birmingham January 1847 to December 1848
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 441pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962
KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIII Birmingham and London January 1849 to June 1850
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 520pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1963
KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious
The Building in the Text: Alberti to Shakespeare and Milton
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 194pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to spine extrems, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl creasing to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: literature literary history criticism Italian
The Poethical Wager
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xii + 279pp, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003
KEYWORDS: poetry literature art feminism feminist theory critical women morals history morals criticism
Root Anatomy and Morphology: A Guide to the Literature
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: Archon Books 1974
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature root anatomy morphology plants botany roots histology
Why Nietzsche Now?
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: Friedrich Nietzsche literature philosophy addresses essays lectures criticism
Funeral Service: A Bibliography of Literature on its Past, Present and Future, the Various Means of Disposition and Memorialization
Tidy ex-library- possbily unread, 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: The Scarecrow Press 1976
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature undertakers rites rituals history
Come Hither Volume II: A Collection of Rhymes & Poems for the Young of All Ages
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Kestral Books 1978
KEYWORDS: literature poems poetry verse rhymes collection anthology Walter de la Mare