Books - "literature"
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The Lotus and the Robot
Paperback (G+) cracking to gutters, scruffy reading copy; 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: Four Square / New English Library 1964
KEYWORDS: Arthur Koestler travel literature writings spirituality India Japan philosophy yoga doctrine
Bibliotheca Piscatoria: A Catalogue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish Culture
REBOUND. 8vo, quarter-bound gilt fillited navy leather with blue buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, teg, blue eps, [8] + xxiv + 397 pp. + [2] pp. advts., VG (sl scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, v sl cracking to front gutter, pp.xvii-xviii loose).
PUBLISHER: W. Satchell 1883
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angler angling fisherman fishermen bibliography catalogue fisheries fishery literature fly river stream trout salmon art
Bibliotheca Piscatoria: A Catalogue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish Culture
8vo, black cl bds, gilt lettering & blind rules to spine, blind rules to bds, teg, black eps, xxiv+ 397 pp. + [2] pp. advts., G- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, light wear to hinges, light tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, moderate soiling & cracking to eps, heavy cracking to front gutters at joint, heavy cracking to central gutters--spine bands broken, sigs L-O detatched from textblock, bdg very sloppy)
PUBLISHER: W. Satchell 1883
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angler angling fisherman fishermen fisheries fishery literature fly river stream trout salmon catalogue bibliography
Angling and Art in Scotland: Some Fishing Experiences Related and Illustrated
8vo, tan cl bds, black lettering & rules to spine & front board, tooled fishing scene illus. to front board, fish decorations to spine, teg, frontis. with tissue guard, xxii + 216 pp., illus., elaborate chapter initials, plates, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, pencil inscription to front pastedown).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1908
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angler angling fisherman fishermen fisheries fishery literature fly river stream trout salmon stories
A New Chronicle of the Compleat Angler
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore & bottom pg edge sl deckled, frontis. with tissue guard, xv + 301 pp., tp reproductions, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light wear to hinges, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, ligh tanning & foxing to pg edges, prev owner's bookplate to front pastedown, sl foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Paisley Press 1936
KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Charles Cotton the Compleat Angler fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history varitation
An Address on Angling Literature: Including some Mysteries and Personal Observations as Well as Some Comments on Piscatoria Californiana and Hints for Collectors of Angling Books
Super 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore-edge deckled, orange illus. eps, frontis., 92 pp., illus., NF (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: The Sultana Press 1970
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history collecting collector
The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation
Super 8vo, blind paneled green buckram bds, gilt lettering/rules & ornaments to spine, gilt lettering & illus. to front board, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, frontis., illus. tp, xv + 445 pp., illus., plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds. light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges & extrems, light tannig/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, light to moderate cracking to front gutter at joint, rear & central gutters sl cracked, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Navarre Society 1925
KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Charles Cotton the Compleat Angler fishing fish angling angler fly literature
Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing
FIRST UK EDITION. Imp 8vo, gilt blue blind paneled cl buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gillt rod stamp to front board, illus. eps, frontis., illus. tp, ix + 277 pp., VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, cup stain to front board, moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light soiling to eps, moderate to heavy cracking to front gutter at joint--bdg sloppy, moderate cracking to central gutters, light soiling/tanning & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1928
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler fly literature river streams methods tactics sport
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
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: William Heinemann 1953
KEYWORDS: art history Whistler John Ruskin literature
Torchwood: Into the Silence
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: BBC Books 2009
KEYWORDS: tv show tie-ins series Torchwood literature novels scifi science fiction Sarah Pinborough
Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales
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: Thomas Dunne / St Martin's Griffin 2002
KEYWORDS: anecdotes literature Lawrence Nancy Goldstone
The Fugitive Soldier: A Fifteen Year Old Runs Away to War
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: Polygraphia 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Phyllis Johnston literature fiction novels war
The King of the Fields
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 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Gallipoli Story
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: Penguin 2003
KEYWORDS: children's literature youth young adult ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Gallipoli campaigns
The World and the Book: A Study of Modern Fiction
Octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to gutters; 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: Paladin 1973
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism fiction
The One Sane Man
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1935
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Francis Beeding
The Diwan of Abu'l-ala
Sm 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: John Murray 1948
KEYWORDS: ancient wisdom philosophy diwan literature
Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes
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: Chatto & Windus 1914
KEYWORDS: Robert Louis Stevenson literature
Good Morning Everybody: Thoughts from Aunt Daisy's Scrap Book
Duodecimo stapled light card covers (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: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: Aunt Daisy literature
The Angels of Mons
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: National Pacific Press 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels historical Carl Leckey