Books - "literature"
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Noted Guerillas, or, The Warfare of the Border
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: None Stated
KEYWORDS: history historical literature guerillas
Rua and the Sea People
Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) water damaged; 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: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature picture books Maori illustrated
Seeds of Contemplation
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: Anthonty Clarke Books 1972
KEYWORDS: religion religious writing literature Thomas Merton
Creed or Chaos? and Other Essays in Popular Theology
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: Methuen & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: essays literature Dorothy L Sayers religion theology
Solovyev: Prophet of Russian-Western Unity
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: Hollis & Carter 1956
KEYWORDS: philosophy Russia Russian Vladimir Solovyev literature
Go She Must!
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 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions David Garnett literature
God and the Poets: The Gifford Lectures, 1983
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 1985
KEYWORDS: religion religious Gifford lectures Christian Christianity literature poetry
Louis Couperus Werken (49 Vols)
49 VOLS- HEAVY, EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, TEXT IN DUTCH, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spines, mixed pagination, Near FINE (occasional sl bruising to extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Uitgeverij L J Veen c.1990s
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH literature novels fiction Louis Couperus collections
Animals as Religious Subjects: Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Super octavo, green & white heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiv + 310pp, VG+ (light chafing to boards, parts of title page neatly cut-out, minor pencil annotation & underlining)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2013
KEYWORDS: religion theology animals symbols symbolism symbolic literature
Gaudete
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, 200pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing, sm adhesive staining to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1977
KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Ted Hughes
A Life for Dance: Reminiscences
Octavo, black textured faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 193pp, illus, VG+ (prev. owner's ink stamps to page edges & eps - otherwise near fine) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning & chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Evans 1975
KEYWORDS: Rudolf Laban philosophy literature
Anarchy After Leftism
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 176pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: C A L Press 1997
KEYWORDS: literature social science sociology anarchy politics anarchists
Stendhal on Love
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, page edges stained pink, 261pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate fading & tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning/soiling, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Peter Pauper Press N/D
KEYWORDS: Stendhal French literature English translations illustrated Marie-Henri Beyle literary
Scribes and Sources: Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century
Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980
KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne
Grimaldi: King of Clowns
LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955
KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature
Showmen & Suckers
Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 262pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light chafing & soiling, sm pencil scribble to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Percival Marshall 1951
KEYWORDS: literature entertainment Maurice Gorham illustrated
Drunkard's Garden
UNCOMMON, octavo, white light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 30pp, VG (moderate foxing & staining to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate staining to base of page block)
PUBLISHER: Hampson Hunt 1978
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry verse poems literature Sam Hunt
End of Day
FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP NAME OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, grey string bound light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & rubbing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1936
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse R A K Mason first editions
You Only Live Twice
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese lettering to front board, illus/patterned eps, 256pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl staining to base of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, sm stain to spine)
PUBLISHER: Joanthan Cape 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first editions James Bond 007 series thrillers espionage spies literature novels fiction Ian Fleming
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1769-1960 (5 Vol Set)
HEAVY 5 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, VOLS 2 & 4 SIGNED BY CLAUDIA ORANGE, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering spines & front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, pamphlet tipped in to front pastedown of vol 1, ex-libris plate to ffep of vol 4) in d/w, VG+ (minor wrinkling/creasing, sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate fading to spines)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Dept of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams / Auckland University Press 1990-2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature dictionaries biographies history historical social