Books - "literature"
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Nonsericks
first edition 96pp ills.[red/black by ernest noble] VG (paper boards w.cloth spine and paper title-label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.incl.title-label,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1928
KEYWORDS: humour arts literature uncle mac derek mcculloch modern first edition
Tolstoy
a psycho-critical study
first edition,223pp VG (black cloth, v minor wear to extrems, minor foxing to foredges, pencil annotations to some contents, v sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: w collins sons & co, london, 1924
KEYWORDS: janko larvin tolstoy psychology literature
Claudia
301pp,G+(red cloth with decorative stamps, spine sunned, bumps to extrems, foxing to prelims and contents, beginning to separate at pastedown gutter,ffep absent, pen marking to verso frontispiece,minor pink water stain to first section lower gutter and last section lower edge, beginning to separate at rear free endpaper gutter.)
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson, london, no date
KEYWORDS: a l o e childrens literature
A Vincent McNabb Anthology
selections from the writings of vincent mcnabb, o.p
227pp, VG (black cloth minor bumps to extrems, sl foxing to prelims and endpapers.) in VG- d/w (tape marks to extrems, price clipped, sunning to spine.)
PUBLISHER: blackfriars, london,1955
KEYWORDS: vincent mcnabb literature
Modern Anglo Irish Verse
an anthology selected from the work of living irish poets
first edition, 375pp, VG- ( green cloth with minor soils, sunning to spine, v ls foxing to prelims, endpapers, foredges and some contents.)
PUBLISHER: david nutt, london, 1914
KEYWORDS: padric gregory irish poets literature
Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature
a history critical and biographical of authors in the english tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writings
864pp, ills (b/w), vol three only, VG (quarter leather with scuffing and some minor losses, school presentation stamp to centre cover,red foredges, foxing to prelims and endpapers, contents clean, binding sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: chambers, london, 1922
KEYWORDS: david patrick literature history reference
The Pomps of Satan
first edition 251pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: greening london 1904
KEYWORDS: history literature satan edgar saltus
Notes on Herodotus
bohn's philological library
second edition 474pp VG (blue embossed cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to half-title verso,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/foxed,spine cracked w.sl.separation starting at some sections,many sections unopened at head edge)
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1853
KEYWORDS: history literature classics herodotus dawson w.turner bohn's philological library
Studies Green and Gray
first edition 295pp NF (blue cloth,paste action to eps) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine browned,chipping to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: nelson london 1926
KEYWORDS: history literature henry newbolt biography
John Ingerfield and Other Stories
220pp, VG (small format blue cloth black, minor bumps to extrems, owners inscription to ffep dated 1927, foxing to prelims,eps and foredges, contents sl browned.)
PUBLISHER: frank palmer, london, no date
KEYWORDS: jerome k jerome literature
The Poetical Works of Edward Young
in two vols
two vols;298pp & 393pp, VG (green cloth with black and gold stamps, bumps and wear to extrems with minor losses, vol 1 has small surface losses to spine and long inscription to ffep dated 1880, bindings a little shaky beg to separate at ffep gutters, sl foxing to contents and foredges.)
PUBLISHER: bell and daldy, london, [1880]
KEYWORDS: edward young poetry literature
The Friendship of Books
and other lectures edited with a preface by thomas hughes
392pp, VG (maroon cloth minor bumps and wear to extrems, dealers sticker to front paste down, moderate foxing to prelims, eps and some contents, beginning to separate at some sections, sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan, london, 1874
KEYWORDS: rev f d maurice theology literature
Characters and Characteristics of William Law
nonjuror and mystic
328pp, VG- (black cloth with gold decorative stamps minor bumps to extrems, sl surface soiling,rough cut edges, upper edge gilt, foxing and paste action to front paste down, minor foxing and discolouration to prelims, eps and contents, sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton, london, 1893
KEYWORDS: william law alexander white essays literature history
Interlude
translated from the german by caroline fredrick
247pp,VG- (green cloth, minor bumps to extrems, spine sunned, sl foxing to prelims, eps and foredges, conents sl browned, sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: alfred a knopf, new york, 1929
KEYWORDS: frank thiess literature
The World Bibliography of Armed Land Conflict from Waterloo to World War 1
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.282/293pp NF (red cloth,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: george prior london [1979]
KEYWORDS: military history bibliography dale e.floyd literature
The Amorous Adventures of Augustus of Saxony
first edition thus 292pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,mod.stains and sl.sunned,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.stained,browned spine,chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: george allen london 1929
KEYWORDS: literature biography augustus of saxony karl ludwig von pollnitz
The Heber Letters 1783-1832
first edition 355pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,top board shaky w.paper separation at ep gutter,frontis.detached,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: batchworth press london 1950
KEYWORDS: history literature biography heber r.h.cholmondeley
A Violent Country
first edition 56pp NF (brown cloth,owner's stamp to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry literature david harsent
The Entrancing Life
address delivered on installation as chancellor of edinburgh university october 25,1930
second impression possibly inscr.by author 22pp VG+ (cream cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,possibly j.m.barrie's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1930
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature j.m.barrie
John Masefield
first edition 186pp [frontis.] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.sunned spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,spine cracked at frontis.gutter,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and wrinkled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: peter nevill london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition muriel spark john masefield biography literature