Books - "literature"
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A Note in Music
First edition. Small octavo hardcover (VG+), lacks 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: Chatto & Windus 1930
KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann fiction literature
Carlyle's House and Other Sketches
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: Hesperus Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf Doris Lessing David Bradshaw literature
The Ballad and the Source
Small octavo hard cover (VG), lacks 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: The Reprint Society 1946
KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann literature fiction 20th century
A Sea-Grape Tree
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: Collins 1976
KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann ficton fantasy literature
Collected Poems & Prose
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: Virago Press 1981
KEYWORDS: Charlotte Mew poems prose literature collected 19th century 20th century
The Echoing Grove
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: Collins & The Book Society 1953
KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann fiction literature 20th century
Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal
Small octavo hardcover (VG), lacks 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: Chatto & Windus 1952
KEYWORDS: J R Ackerley India journal social history travel literature
Mrs Craddock
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1975
KEYWORDS: W. Somerset Maugham literature marriage romance
The Narrow Corner
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PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1976
KEYWORDS: W. Somerset Maugham literature romance thriller adventure sea
The Legionnaires: A Documentary Novel
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blcak heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained read, viii + 508pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to board extrems, light tanning & moderste foxing to page edges, minor chipping to base of page block) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, heavy creasing to front flap, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction Per Olov Enquist English translations
The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xix + 598pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing & bruising to board edges/extrems, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light to moderate chafing/tanning & wrinkling/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1977
KEYWORDS: first editions biography biographies memoir Carson McCullers literature literary
One Hand Clapping: A Memoir of Childhood
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1975
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Richard Cowper John Middeton Murry
Something Childish, and Other Stories
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, grey buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, x + 259pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor folding/creasing to some page edges, sl occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand literature fiction short stories collection Katherine Mansfield
Selected Letters of Vanessa Bell
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxix + 593pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1993
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Vanessa Bell autobiography autobiographies autobiographical literature literary Bloomsbury
Quesada: Poems 1972-74
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, orange stapled light card covers, 40pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to cover edges & spine)
PUBLISHER: The Shed 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers literature poetry signed C K Stead poems verse collections anthologies
Head to Toe: A Posthumous Novel
FIRST EDITION, octavo, pink heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, illus title page, 159pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning)40
PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Joe Orton posthumous
Georges Perec: A Life in Words
Super octavo, green/teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 802pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, black marker line to base of page block) in d/w, VG+ (in tidy removable protective cover, sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvill 1993
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Georges Perec
Homegoing
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 279pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light staining to pages- unobtrusive, light creasing to lower page corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sm label residue to front & rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Frederik Pohl
Heloise and Abelard (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, SIGNED NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#1446/1500), super octavo, grey heavy boards, brown lettering to title plate on spines, deckled page edges, vol 1- 262pp, vol 2- 252pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & rubbing to spine of vol 1, v heavy tanning & cracking to spine of vol 2- some sm patches of loss, moderate soiling & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light chipping/cracking to brittle page edges, occasional cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cumann Sean-eolait nah Eineann (Privately Printed by) 1921
KEYWORDS: literature George Moore special editions signed numbered
Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Secretay to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, mixed pagination, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, sl soiling to page edges of vols 2/3 & 4, minor damage to page edges of vol 2 with light wrinkling to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924
KEYWORDS: literature literary correspondence Samuel Pepys history historical