Books - "literature"
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The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific
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: Icon Books 2022
KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature South Pacific region Pitcairn Island mutineers HMS Bounty maritime nautical crime
Vibrant With Words: The Letters of Ursula Bethell
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: Victoria University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Ursula Bethell New Zealand Zealanders poets writers literary literature
Stringer
Imperial 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: Image Comics 2023
KEYWORDS: graphic novels crime thrillers literature fiction Patrick Kindlon
Touring in New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, 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: George Allen & Unwin 1935
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature New Zealand touring road trips
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
FIRST EDITION, 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 2006
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Nick Hornby
The Other Hoffmann Sister
FIRST EDITION, 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: Little, Brown 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Ben Fergusson
But the Girl
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED 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: Jonathan Cape 2023
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
British Children's Books in the Twentieth Century
Tidy ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) jacket affixed to boards; 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: Longman 1971
KEYWORDS: children's literature books literary criticism appreciation British 20th twentieth century
Stories
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 2008
KEYWORDS: folio society literature John Buchan collection anthologies stories
Rienzi, The Last of the Roman Tribunes
Octavo hardcover (VG) some surface loss to boards; 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: Chapman and Hall 1848
KEYWORDS: historical novels fiction literature Edward Bulwer Lytton
Letters to Camondo
FIRST EDITION, 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: Chatto & Windus 2021
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Edmund de Waal literature history autobiographical first editions
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume I: Pauline - Paracelsus - Strafford
THIS VOL ONLY, sm 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: Smith, Elder & Co 1868
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collection anthologies Robert Browning
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume II: Sordello - Pippa Passes
THIS VOL ONLY, sm 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: Smith, Elder & Co 1868
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collection anthologies Robert Browning
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume IV: A Blot in the 'Scutcheon - Colombe's Birthday - Dramatic Romances
THIS VOL ONLY, sm 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: Smith, Elder & Co 1868
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collection anthologies Robert Browning
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume V: A Soul's Tragedy - Luria - Christmas Eve and Easter Day - Men adn Women
THIS VOL ONLY, sm 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: Smith, Elder & Co 1868
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collection anthologies Robert Browning
Bacon's Essays, with Annotations
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: Longmans, Green & Co 1892
KEYWORDS: literature Francis Bacon essays prose collection writings anthologies
Angling Literature in England; and Descriptions of Fishing by the Ancients with a Notice of some Books on Other Piscatorial Subjects
Sm 8vo, light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, teg, fore & bottom pg edges deckled, [8] + 87 pp., G+ (heavy soiling & light to moderate water damage to covers, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate cracking to front & back hinges at gutters, bookplate to ffep, creasing to eps).
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1881
KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game history literature
The British Angler's Manual, or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. With some Account of The Principal Rivers, Lakes, and Trout Streams, in The United Kingdom; with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Trolling, and Angling at the B
Sm 8vo, green blind paneled cl bds, gilt lettering & ornamentation to spine & front board, frontis., 8 pp. advts., + xxxii + 448 pp. + [5] pp. advts. (both sets of advts. acting as eps), illus., plates, VG (sl scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl fraying, light tanning tp pg edges, heavy cracking to front hinge at gutter--bdg sl sloppy, light to moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, prev owner's bookplate & sticker to front pastedown, prev bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown, light creasing to paper & light cracking at central gutters).
PUBLISHER: H. G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden 1848
KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game history literature
Eating India: Exploring the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices
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: Bloomsbury 2008
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature food cuisine India Indian culinary culture
Buddwing
FIRST EDITION, 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 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature ficiton novels Evan Hunter