Books - "literature"
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Letter to 'Oumuamua
FIRST EDITION, Octavo softcover (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: Otago University Press 2023
KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition
Fools of Time: Studies in Shakespearean Tragedy
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 121pp, VG (light fading to base of spine, light wrinkling to buckram on boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press / Oxford University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism appreciation Shakespeare tragedies Shakespearean Alexander Lectures first editions
Marriage in Philippsburg
FIRST US EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page edges, 319pp, VG+ (light brusing to extrems, light fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling/tanning)
PUBLISHER: New Directions 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first US editions literature fiction novels Martin Walser
To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet
LACKS D/W, super octavo, green buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red logo to front board, top page edges stained orange, illus eps, frontispiece, ix + 462pp, VG (light bruising to extrems & moderate chafing & cuffing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims, signature in pencil to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Grosset & Dunlap 1924
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature exploration William Montgomery McGovern Tibet history
The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy
Ex-library, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, xxvii + 478pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light foxing to boards, usual library markings, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional sm markings to pgs throughout, light cracking to gutters, 7cm open tear to top edge of pg 31/32)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1928
KEYWORDS: literature India Indian philosophy
A Certain Knowledge.
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: Millicent Lovelock n/d
KEYWORDS: poetry poems poets collections dunedin otepoti new zealand literature eliana gray a certain knowledge
The Maori Mermaid Sings
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: n/a n/d
KEYWORDS: jessica thompson carr poetry collections poems poets otepoti dunedin new zealand emily crooks maori mermaids sings art artists literature
Wild Justice
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-), boards slightly cocked; 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: Book Club Associates 1979
KEYWORDS: wilbur smith wild justice novels fiction literature adventure
Samarkand
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: Abacus 2008
KEYWORDS: amin maalouf samarkand novels historical fiction literature lebanese russell harris rubaiyaat omar khayyam
Come Back, Geordie
FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-), price-clipped; 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: Collins 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first editions david walker come back geordie fiction novels literature scottish canadian
Geordie
FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy VG-), boards slightly cocked, fep ripped out, roughly .5x2cm open tear to d/w at top of spine with archival tape repairs; 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: Collins 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first editions david walker geordie fiction novels literature scottish canadian
Harry Black
FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG-, moderate soiling to page edges) in d/w (tatty VG-, heavy soiling, creasing, open tears to spine extrems); 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: Collins 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first editions david walker harry black fiction novels literature scottish canadian
A Green Tree in Gedde
FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG-, prev. owner's name cut out of fep) in d/w (tatty VG-, price-clipped); 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: Michael Joseph Ltd 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first editions alan sharp green tree in gedde fiction novels literature scottish
The Illustrated Mark Twain
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: New Orchard Editions Ltd n/d
KEYWORDS: mark twain illustrated collections abridged selections anthologies children's fiction literature american
The Owl, the Two & the Medlar
SIGNED & INSCIBRED; 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 1996
KEYWORDS: signed agnes-mary brooke new zealand childrens literature children's youth fiction
Memoirs of a Peon
Octavo softcover w/ French flaps (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: Godwit 1994
KEYWORDS: frank sargeson new zealand fiction literature
Four Plays
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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1926
KEYWORDS: a.a. milne britain british literature theatre theater play drama to have the honour ariadne or business first portrait of a gentleman in slippers success
Through the Lonesome Dark
SIGNED & INSCRIBED; 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: Upstart Press 2017
KEYWORDS: signed paddy richardson new zealand literature historical fiction
The Red Redmaynes
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: Dover [n/d]
KEYWORDS: literature mystery detective dartmoor devonshire
Rembrandt's Hat
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: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1973
KEYWORDS: bernard malamud america american literature fiction