Books - "literature"
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Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road
Quarto, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 207pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: New York Public Library 2007
KEYWORDS: English American literature Jack Kerouac appreciation criticism art exhibitions
Wanderings in the Middle East
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, frontispiece, 318pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine &edges with loss & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate staining & discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Middle East A Sloan Palestine Syria Iraq culture customs first editions history
Old Korea: The Land of Morning Calm
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, quarto, cream buckram boards, black & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, usual library markings, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, some plates loose, light soiling & foxing to pages thorughout)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1946
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Asia Korea history culture first editions
Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, xxiii + 383pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & curling/creasing to covers & edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Indonesia travel writing literature music Islam religion faith culture influence
In the Character of Shakespeare: Canon, Authorship and Attribution in Eighteenth-Century England
Quarto, maroon buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 256pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & staining to spine & boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 2008
KEYWORDS: thesis theses English literature criticism academic papers William Shakespeare Edmund G C King
Popular Indonesian Literature of the Qur'an
Imperial octavo, yellow soft card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, v + 166pp, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project 1994
KEYWORDS: Indonesia Indonesian literature religion Qur'an Islam Islamic ideology
Eloise in Hollywood
Ex-library, quarto 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: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2007
KEYWORDS: children's literature Eloise books
Annual 2
Quarto hardcover (VG+) prev. owner's nmae in ink to title page; 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: Annual Link 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature collection annuals anthologies 2017
My Granny Was a Frightful Bore (But She Isn't Anymore)
Square 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: Pavilion Children's Books 2003
KEYWORDS: children's literature picture books Nanette Newman
Choosers of the Slain
PROOF 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: Headline 1996
KEYWORDS: proof copies literature fiction novels James Cobb
Literature and the Crime Against Nature
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: Chaucer Press 2005
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature literary criticism
A Roderick Finlayson Reader
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: Cold Hub Press 2020
KEYWORDS: Roderick Finlayson literature literary criticism appreciation interpretation essays poems letters
The Emerald City of Oz
Super octavo softcover (VG-) lg gift inscription to inside front cover, corners 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: Rand McNally & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: children's literature Dorothy wizard of oz fiction novels fantasy L Frank Baum
The Siege
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: Viking / Penguin 2001
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Helen Dunmore
Breaking Open the Head: A Visionary Journey from Cynicism to Shamanism
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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 2003
KEYWORDS: philosophy shamanism travel writing literature substance abuse Daniel Pinchbeck
Voice of the Beloved
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: Sonic-Visum Alchemy 2001
KEYWORDS: wisdom philosophy verse literature Charlottemarie
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG+) minimal library markings; 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: Heron Books N/D (c.1980s?)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Brazil South America Theodore Roosevelt history culture
The Importance of Living
FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket torn; 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 1946
KEYWORDS: first Australian editions literature China Chinese wisdom philosophy humour humor
Shakespeare
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: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism interpretation William Shakespeare poetics ethics politics teleology sociology
The Hotel Albatross
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: Vintage / Random House 1995
KEYWORDS: literature Debra Adelaide