Books - "literature"
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The Mystery-Maker
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1951
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Seamark crime thrillers
Central Mischief
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: Penguin 1993
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir Elizabeth Jolly essays prose
The Road Back
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: Pan Macmillan 2020
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Di Morrissey
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman
Paperback (VG-) occasional underlining in pencil; 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: Penguin 1970
KEYWORDS: literature Laurence Sterne
The Aunt's Story
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: Penguin 1974
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Patrick White
Laden Choirs: The Fiction of Patrick White
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: University of Kentucky Press 1983
KEYWORDS: literary criticism Patrick White novels literature Peter Wolfe
The State Under Contract
FOXED COPY, 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: Bridget Williams 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political government essays prose literature
Commando Brigade 3000
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: Ace Books 1994
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction short stories literature collection anthologies
The Military Dimension: Mark II
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: Baen Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: war novels fiction literature David Drake
A Wild Justice
Slim 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: Alan Ross 1966
KEYWORDS: novellas fiction literature Francis Fytton
La Bete Humaine
TEXT IN FRENCH, sm 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: Fasquelle 1978
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Emile Zola literature
Lyrics for the Bride of God
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: Jonathan Cape 1975
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Nathaniel Tarn
Death in a Strange Country
FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 268pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chapmans Publishers 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature fiction novels Donna Leon
The Painter of Modern Life, and Other Essays
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait/illus to front board, frontispiece, xx + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to half title page) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling/staining)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1964
KEYWORDS: art criticism essays prose literature Charles Baudelaire history
Eve Tempted: Writing and Sexuality in Hawthorne's Fiction
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 182pp, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges with minor fading also, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Croom Helm / Barnes and Noble 1984
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism sex sexuality Nathaniel Hawthorne interpretation
In the High Himalayas
LACKS D/W & FEP, scruffy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 223pp, illus/plates- some loose and/or missing, G (heavy rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy wrinkling to spine, usual library labels/markings, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boads sl shaky, prelim pgs clipped at lower corner, moderate foxing to prelims & throughout, numerous pgs detached with some plates missing)
PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1924
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Himalayas natural history Hugh Whistler
The Lake Frome Monster
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (light rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems, light staining to board edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning with light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (obvious tape reinforcement to edges, moderate to heavy scuffing & light fading to spine & flaps with some surface loss, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Arthur Upfield
The Bone is Pointed
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 288pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light rubbing & bruising to board edges/extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (obvious tape reinforcement to spine & edges, heavy scuffing & loss to spine with moderate fading also, moderate chafing)
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edtion THUS fiction novels literature Arthur W Upfield
When in Rome
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 224pp, VG- (moderate curling/creasing & fading/soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sizeable ink stamps to ffep & full title page, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout- mostly light to moderate)
PUBLISHER: Fontana 1973
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand writers authors literature crime thrillers novels fiction Ngaio Marsh
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998
KEYWORDS: folio society literature classic Muriel Spark fiction novels illustrated