Books - "literature"
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Pipe Dreams in Ponsonby
Super octavo, black light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 84pp, VG (light to moderate chafing to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature poetry poems verse David Mitchell
Sap-wood & Milk
Super octavo, illus black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & boards, 42pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters, moderate folding/creasing to lower corners of prelims, light wrinkling & staining to back side of first illus) in d/w, G (both flaps torn off/missing, moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges with moderate scuffing also, moderate chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori poets writers literature poetry poems verse Hone Tuwhare illustrated
Sam Hunt: Off the Road
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photo, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Sam Hunt biographies poets poetry literature literary
The Doctor's Wife
FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 174pp, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, light tanning, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Japanese literature english translations novels fiction Sawako Ariyoshi
A Wind of Death
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, sm map to prelims, VG- (light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, sl tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink numerals to front pastedown, ffep missing, sl cracking to gutters, sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & archival tape repairs also, moderate scuffing to rear flap, heavy staining & scuffing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Collins thrillers suspense fiction novels Gavin Black
Death Squads in Morocco
Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 246pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing & fraying/surface loss to spine & board corners, moderate to heavy cracking to spine hinges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, moderate staining to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout, sm ink 'tick' to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1937
KEYWORDS: history death squads literature ejercito legion women combat
Gravity's Rainbow Illustrated; One Picture for Every Page
U.S. FIRST EDITION; Octavo, illus light card covers, black, white & yellow lettering to red spine, xvi + 760pp, illus, VG (light adhesion to half title page, light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light sun-fading to spine, light soiling & discolouration to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tin House Books 2006
KEYWORDS: first us editions art artists drawings paintings photographs photography illustrations collections literature literary pictorial tributes interpretations zak smith thomas pynchon gravity's rainbow
Sense & Sensibility
Octavo, light green cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative floral rule to spine & front board, teg, illus eps, frontispiece & illus title page, xxv + 308pp, illus plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking to gutters - boards slightly shaky, light soiling & tanning to pages, prev. owner's name in crayon to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd n/d
KEYWORDS: english england fiction novels literature literary jane austen
The Gothic Tales
Octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 188pp, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & fading to boards, light soiling to pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges with sl. surface loss to spine extrems, light soiling, in removeable protective plastic sleeve, bookseller's price label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owens Publishers 1990
KEYWORDS: french france gothic fiction literature literary short story collections marquis de sade
The End of the Golden Weather; A voyage into a New Zealand childhood
FIRST EDITION; DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; SCARCE THUS; Super octavo, olive cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 76pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, soiling & creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed scarce thus new zealand literature literary drama plays theatre theater solo monologues fiction performance performing arts bruce mason te parenga
Jubilate Agno
FIRST UK EDITION; Suoer octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained green, 171pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w, VG (light chipping & soiling, moderate discolouration to spine)
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1954
KEYWORDS: first uk editions poetry poets poems religious spiritual historical 18th eighteenth century literature antiphonal england english jubilate agno
The Concise Srimad Bhagavatam
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to white spine, ix + 385pp, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light soiling to page edges, bookseller's price label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1989
KEYWORDS: religion spirituality hinduism concise condensed bhagavata puranas srimad bhagavatam indian india literature literary verse scriptures
Kate Greenaway
Quarto 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: Academy Editions / Harmony Books 1976
KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrators Kate Greenaway Victorian art anthology
The Zimmermann Telegram
SECOND IMPRESSION, 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: Constable & Co 1959
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Barbara W Tuchman
The Gods Themselves
SECOND IMPRESSION, ex-library, lacks d/w, 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: Victor Gollancz 1972
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Isaac Asimov
The Lunatic's Tale Forever Single! A Perfect Present
Slim 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: Redpath Press 1986
KEYWORDS: short stories literature Woody Allen
Bullock Creek
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: Hodder Moa Beckett 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Barry Crump
Earthly Possessions
Paperback (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: Pan Books 1990
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Anne Tyler
Xapie: Essays in Honor of Sara A Immerwahr
OWNERSHIP OF HISTORIAN ANNE MACKAY, quarto 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: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2004
KEYWORDS: classical studies essays prose literature
The Boy
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Restless Books 2019
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Marcus Malte