Books - "literature"
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Beats of the Pa'u
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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: anthropology culture customs New Zealand Cook Islands Islanders anecdotes literature
Quarantine: The Loners (Book One)
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: Carolrhoda LAB 2012
KEYWORDS: children's literature scifi science fiction novels Lex Thomas Quarantine series youth readers young adult ya post apocalypse apocalyptic
Home Theatre
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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors Anthony Lapwood short stories collection
Quarantine: The Saints (Book Two)
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: Carolrhoda LAB 2013
KEYWORDS: children's literature scifi science fiction novels young adult youth readers ya post apocalypse apocalyptic quarantine series
The Sweetness of Water
PROOF COPY, 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: Tinder Press 2021
KEYWORDS: proof copies literature fiction novels Nathan Harris
The Liar's Dictionary
Tidy ex-library, 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: William Heinemann 2020
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Eley Williams
Fed to Red Birds
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: Simon & Schuster 2023
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Rijn Collins
Kaleidoscopes in the Dark
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: B.Press 2022
KEYWORDS: fiction literature short stories collection B G Rogers
The Journals of Anais Nin: Volume VII 1966-1974
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to blue buckram spine, x + 355pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to spine, light bruising to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1980
KEYWORDS: literature literary journals autobiographies Anais Nin diaries
The Journals of Anais Nin: Volume II 1934-1939
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, ix + 357pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl staining & bruising to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1978
KEYWORDS: literature literary journals autobiographies Anais Nin diaries
The Diary of Anais Nin: Volume V 1947-1955
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, ix + 275pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light discolouration to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges & flap edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974
KEYWORDS: literature literary journals autobiographies Anais Nin diaries
Post Captain
FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 414pp, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tape staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning, moderate tape staining to flaps)
PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Jack Aubrey Stephen Maturin Patrick O'Brian historical
All Out: The Story of Tom Furness's Adventure
Octavo, black buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, 335pp, VG (spine cocked, moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate fading & chafing to spine, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, light cracking to gutters, light occasional soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1934
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Mark Pepys
A Bibliography of Firework Books: Works on Recreative Fireworks From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxix + 168pp + plates to rear, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minimal library markings, light creasing to edges, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: C Philip 1985
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues fireworks history literature texts historical
Travels in China and Japan
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 382pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Bruno Cassirer 1964
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature China Japan Asia oriental history culture Nikos Kazantzakis far east
The Orchard Keeper
FIRST UK EDITION, ex-library, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 246pp, VG (minimal library markings- none external, spine cocked, light to moderate scuffing & taoe staining to board edges, light soiling to rear boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate scuffing & creasing/staining to edges, light tanning & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Cormac McCarthy
Russia of To-Day
Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 296pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1915
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian culture customs travel literature writing
Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa, Being an Account of a Visit to Damaraland in 1851
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, xviii + 320pp + 4pp catalogue to rear, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- front board shaky, light foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co 1889
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing South Africa exploration adventure customs culture
The Memory Librarian, and Other Stories of Dirty Computer
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: HarperVoyager 2022
KEYWORDS: ficiton literature Janelle Monae
Crows: Encounters With the Wise Guys of the Avian World
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: David Suzuki Foundation 2015
KEYWORDS: birds ornithology literature avian poetry verse