Books - "literature"
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The Whipping Boys
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: Penguin 1964
KEYWORDS: crime fiction thrillers novels literature Guy Cullingford
The Imposter
Paperback (G+) scruffy 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: Brown, Watson N/D (c.1950s?)
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Jean Cocteau
The Wapshot Chronicle
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: Bantam Books 1964
KEYWORDS: historical novels fiction literature John Cheever
Walking in Circles
Oblong quarto, brown cloth boards, white lettering to spine, blind stamp arrow illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 262pp, illus/photos, VG (sl fading & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling/rubbing to illus pgs, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning/fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Anthony d'Offay Gallery 1994
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature art photos photography Richard Long walking hobbies
Lermontov: A Study in Literary-Historical Evaluation
Octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning, chafing & soiling, moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Ardis / Ann Arbor 1981
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism Lermontov Russian
Passenger to Teheran
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontipsiece, 155pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to front gutter) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. booksellers' labels to front flap & rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Cockbird Press 1990
KEYWORDS: Vita Sackville-West travel writing literature Persia history
Lady Wu: A True Story
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 245pp, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, moderate staining & foxing)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels Lin Yutang
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
FIRST EDITION, SEVENTH IMP., super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 127pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate peeling to spine & boards, moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl loosening to binding but still very sound)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first editions (7th impression) children's literature novels fiction Roald Dahl illustrated Faith Jaques Willy Wonka
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
The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln
FULL LEATHER BINDING, imperial octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xiii + 294pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1992
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings the library of the presidents series easton press former US presidents history politics Abe Abraham Lincoln literature literary
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