Books - "literature"
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Passes and Trespasses
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: William Hodge & Co 1954
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Hakon Mielche travel literature writing first editions
Ritual in the Dark
FIRST EDITION, 2ND IMP., 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: Victor Gollancz 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first editions 2nd impressions novels fiction literature Colin Wilson
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
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: Hamish Hamilton 1975
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Ursula Moray Williams
A Bit off the Map, and Other Stories
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: Secker & Warburg 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction Angus Wilson
Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems
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: Faber & Faber 1972
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse W H Auden
The Thirty-First of June
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: William Heinemann 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature J B Priestley
Try Anything Once
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: Angus & Robertson 1947
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Frank Clune travel writing literature literary
Asimov on Science Fiction
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: Granada 1983
KEYWORDS: first editions scifi science fiction literature literary criticism Isaac Asimov
The Man Who Called Himself Poe
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: Victor Gollancz 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction Edgar Allan Poe collection horror scifi science fiction anthology anthologies
How the Whale Became
FIRST EDITION, 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: Faber and Faber 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction Ted Hughes short stories
Desert Islands, and Robinson Crusoe
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: Faber and Faber 1932
KEYWORDS: literature Walter de la Mare
The Eighy-Minute Hour
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: Jonathan Cape 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature novels Brian W Aldiss
Poems
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: Faber and Faber 1935
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse George Barker
They Weren't All Angels
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) prev. ownership ink stamps to eps; 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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Joseph Kessel
A Fighting Man of Mars
Octavo, blue buckram boards, orange/yellow lettering to spine & front board, vii + 304pp, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to board extrems, heavy fading & staining to spine, light to moderate fading to board edges, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light foxing & tanning to eps, v heavy cracking to central gutters- binding loose, light occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Lane / The Bodley Head 1933
KEYWORDS: Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels
The Warlord of Mars
Ex-library, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 296pp, G+ (spine cocked & moderately faded, moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor chafing & discolouration to boards, usual library markings- minor, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, vv heavy cracking to gutters- boards & binding v shaky, light wrinkling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: A C McClurg & Co 1919
KEYWORDS: Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels
Renaissance Women
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lx + 338pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, occasional markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 1994
KEYWORDS: first editions renaissance women plays poems drama poets poetry verse literature Elizabeth Cary Aemilia Lanyer history historical
The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness and Ethics
Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, xviii + 213pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Arthur W Frank literature autobiography autobiographies memoir psychology mental health discourse analysis sickness illness
Frameworks: Contemporary Criticism on Janet Frame (Cross Cultures 110)
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine, xxvii + 227pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Rodopi BV 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Janet Frame literature literary criticism
Let it Rain E UA TE UA Tukuna ki te Marama: Poetry from Aotearoa in Multilingual Translation
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & scuffing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Earl of Seacliff 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry anthologies poems verse multilingual translations