Books - "literature"
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The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, pp. 256; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in black, publisher's device in blind to front board; illus. tp, photos, plates, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping;
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2017
KEYWORDS: Whitney Chadwick first edition female women 20th century habits custom social history education philosophy literature
The Problem of Verse Language
Super 8vo, pp. 170; brown buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate soiling to pg edges; minor tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Ardis 1981
KEYWORDS: poetry poems poet verse language literary criticism Russia Russian literature
Female Acts in Greek Tragedy
Super 8vo, pp. x + 410; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate annotation in pencil throughout (by Prof. Anne Mackay)); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Greece Greek tragedy play drama literature criticism female women representation
James K. Baxter: Complete Prose: 1943-1972 (4 vols)
FOUR VOL SET. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 753, xiv + 692, xii + 567, xxviii + 562; illus. heavy card bds, cream spine lettered in black & purple gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand poet prose literature 20th century complete works Dunedin Wellington
The Cynic's Cyclopedia
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, (10pp) + 167pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & boards/extrems, light to moderate soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co N/D (c.1922)
KEYWORDS: humour humor sayings wisdom cynicism literature Celt
Three New Chum Girls
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with blind decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 256pp, illus, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters occasionally throughout)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1910
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Lilian Turner illustrated J Macfarlane
The World of Mathematics (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red, 2535pp total, VG (light bruising & scuffing/rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to text block of each vol)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1960-61
KEYWORDS: literature mathematics Albert Einstein A'h-mose theory
The Dead Command (Los Muertas Mandan)
UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo black buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 315pp, VG (light scuffing to spine extrems, moderate discolouration & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss also, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions English translations literature novels fiction Vicente Blasco Ibanez
The Politics of Truth: Essays in Critical Anthropology
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 298pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate peeling to spine & edges, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration)
PUBLISHER: South Asian Publishers 1981
KEYWORDS: essays literature anthropology social sciences
Gender Transformations (Michigan Discussions in Anthropology, Spring 1990, Volume 9)
Quarto, patterned light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 142pp, VG (light creasing/curling & tanning to spine & cover edges, light foxing & tanning to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dept of Anthropology, University of Michigan 1990
KEYWORDS: academic texts gender sexuality sociobiology essays discussions literature
The Biological Foundations of Bioethics
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: science biology bioethics ethics medical social policy essays literature acaddemic texts philosophy
Godwin
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 277pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: 4th Estate 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Joseph O'Neill
Inequality
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii + 352pp, illus/diagrams, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory inequality
The Limits of Morality
Octavo, grey glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiii + 415pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: philosophy morality literature discussion
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves
Ozmar the Mystic
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 378pp, illus, VG- (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate staining to terminals, light occasional soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Bliss Sands & Co 1896
KEYWORDS: colonial library editions literature novels fiction Emeric Hulme-Beaman
Treasure Island
LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decoration to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 340pp, illus/plates- 1x plate missing, VG (moderate fading & staining/rubbing to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep & 1x plate missing, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1911
KEYWORDS: classic literature novels fiction Robert Louis Stevenson illustrated
The Book of the Lion
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease
The Passing Years
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924
KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke
Late Harvest: Memories, Letters and Poems
Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with light fading/tanning also, minor soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Chameleon Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: autobiographical Ellen S Bosanquet letters correspondence poems poetry verse literature