Books - "literature"
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James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story
FIRST EDITION, SIXTH IMP., super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 111pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems- esp. at spine, moderate chafing & light peeling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first editions (6th impression) children's literature novels fiction Roald Dahl illustrated Michel Simeon
Russia Under Khrushchev: An Anthology from Problems of Communism
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 660pp, VG+ (light rubbing to corners, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian anthologies collection articles literature prose Problems of Communism
Poets of Modern Russia
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian poetry poets 19th 20th century history criticism literature literary
Pushkin's Prose
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Ardis 1983
KEYWORDS: Abram Lezhnev literary criticism Russia Russian literature 19th Pushkin Marxist aesthetics esthetics formalism style
Erinnerungen
TEXT IN GERMAN. 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Ullstein Buch 1976
KEYWORDS: Albert Speer 20th century German literature
A Matter of Timing
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Lauris Edmond New Zealand literature 20th century poets poetry poem
Autumn Testament
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry poet James K Baxter
New Zealand
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: Macmillan 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand guides landscapes Ngaio Marsh illustrated travel literature writing
Landfall 231 (May/Autumn 2016)
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: Otago University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary anthologies Landfall past issues May 2016
Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars
FIRST EDITION, super 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: Victoria University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers literature poems poetry verse Kate Camp
Dancing Peel
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 Nelson & Sons 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels illustrated fiction dancing Lorna Hill
The Ship of Fools
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: Allison & Busby 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Spanish literature English translations novels fiction Cristina Peri Rossi
Selected Poems 1940-1989
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 Books 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poems poetry verse Allen Curnow
Jerusalem Daybook
FIRST EDITION, 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: Price Milburn 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse James K Baxter
The Song Before It Is Sung
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: Bloomsbury 2007
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Justin Cartwright
Obasan
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: Lester & Orpen Dennys 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Joy Kogawa
The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life and Thought
Super 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: Grove Press 2004
KEYWORDS: literary criticism appreciation Samuel Beckett literature companions biography
Baotown
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: Viking / Penguin 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wang Anyi China Chinese English translations
Memories of a Pure Spring
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: Hyperion East 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Vietnam Vietnamese literature English translations novels fiction Duong Thu Huong
An Illustrated Hisotry of Venice
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: Pacini Editore 2008
KEYWORDS: Venice Italy travel writing literature Ignazio del Punta