Books - "literature"
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Death's End
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, decorated title page, 604pp, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates 2016
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Cixin Liu
Man Alone
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige/brown cloth boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 160pp, VG (light to moderate foxing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1940
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Horace Horsnall
The Noodle Maker
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, red glossy light card covers, red/white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 203pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Ma Jian
Only Two Can Play This Game
FIRST US EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, black & red lettering to spine, 144pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Julian Press 1972
KEYWORDS: first US editions literature James Keys G Spencer Brown poetry poems verse prose
Smiling Tigers
Sm 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: Arthur Barker 1953
KEYWORDS: 20th century fiction literature Oliver Andersen
Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Space
Super 8vo 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: Atlantic Books 2000
KEYWORDS: Christopher Hitchens essays criticism politics literature
Tuttle Dictionary of Dedications
Super 8vo 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: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1992
KEYWORDS: dictionary dedication literature literary excerpts anecdote
Shakespeare: The man and his achievement
Super 8vo 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: Scarborough Books 1982
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare biography 16th 17th century author poet dramatist literature theatre life lives
Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection
8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+); 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 1963
KEYWORDS: Samuel Johnson dictionary 18th century literary literature language
Shakespeare's Bawdy: A Literary and Psychological Essay and a Comprehensive Glossary
8vo hardcover (VG) 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1956
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare 16th 17th century literature poet playwright poetry drama criticism psychology
The Shakespeare Garden
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) 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: Cecil Palmer [1922?]
KEYWORDS: 16th 17th century literature garden horticulture Elizabethan
Classical Islam: A sourcebook of religious literature
Super 8vo 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: Routledge 2003
KEYWORDS: Islamic literature classical history criticism sourcebook
The Book-Hunter, etc
REBACKED, 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 Blackwood and Sons 1885
KEYWORDS: book collecting collectors literature hobbies history historical
King of Ayodhya: Book Six of the Ramayana
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: Orbit 2006
KEYWORDS: ancient literature Ramayana Ashok K Banker
The Journey of the Soul: The Story of Hai bin Yaqzan
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: The Octagon Press 1991
KEYWORDS: literature middle ages historical
Shakespeare's Prophetic Mind
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: Rudolf Steiner Press 1977
KEYWORDS: literary criticism William Shakespeare playwrights literature
Mandukya Upanishad
Sm octavo 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: Sri Ramakrishna Math N/D
KEYWORDS: spirituality mandukyopanisad literature philosophy
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