Books - "literature"
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Ann Chooses Glory
FIRST EDITION, 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: Ward, Lock & Co 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Purely for My Pleasure
FIRST EDITION, quarto 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 Heinemann 1962
KEYWORDS: literature literary W Somerset Maugham first editions
The Inland Sea
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: One 2020
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Madeline Watts
A Diplomacy of the Oppressed: New Directions in International Feminism
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: Zed Books 1995
KEYWORDS: literature prose writings theory feminism women women's studies
To the Queen's Taste
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: Faber and Faber 1950
KEYWORDS: fiction short stories literature crime detective thrillers
Italian Journey
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: Oswald-Sealy 1945
KEYWORDS: first editions Italy Italian New Zealand Zealanders G Blake Palmer travel writing literature
Walking Home: Travels With a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
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: Faber and Faber 2012
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature north England English Pennines countryside Simon Armitage
The Teutonic Knights
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: Hippocrene Books 1994
KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Henryk Sienkiewicz
Life Ahead
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG) moderate underlining & annotation in ink; 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 1968
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature J Krishnamurti spirituality
The Wonder of Presence, and the Way of Meditative Inquiry
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: Shambhala 2002
KEYWORDS: eastern philosophy zen literature Toni Packer meditation buddhism buddhist spirituality
The World of Sex & Max and the White Phagocytes
FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, 126 pp.; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1970
KEYWORDS: Henry Miller 20th century literature modern first edition
Froomb!
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 224 pp.; maroon heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & tearing, tape repairs to upper spine extrem; moderate tanning & light foxing; price clipped tp front flap upper extem).
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964
KEYWORDS: John Lymington modern first edition 20th century literature adventure
No Longer at Ease
FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED (TWICE). 8vo, 47 pp.; orange buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; author inscriptions to ffep & tp in blue ink; sl tearing to paper at gutters).
PUBLISHER: A. A. Balkema 1956
KEYWORDS: Adele Naude 20th century South African poetry poems literature modern first edition
Thirst for Love
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, [4] + 188 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning. foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1970
KEYWORDS: Yukio Mishima Japan 20th century Japanese literature modern first edition
The Songs of Summer and other stories
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 173 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; price clipped to front flap lower extrem; moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1979
KEYWORDS: Robert Silverberg modern first edition 20th century fiction literature short stories
Selected Poems
FIRST EDITION. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. 8vo, 192 pp.; blue light card covers, front cover lettered in black, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; spine lettered in black ink; heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954
KEYWORDS: Randall Jarrell modern first edition 20th century poetry poems literature
Rambles in Bookland
Crown 8vo, [6] + 98 pp.; blue buckram bds, paper labels to spine & front board lettered in grey, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922
KEYWORDS: Charles Wilson 20th century literature books bookish
The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1997
KEYWORDS: myth legend mythology chivalry Arthurian romance celtic literature
The Greengage Summer
Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2000
KEYWORDS: Rumer Godden The Folio Society 20th century literature
A Captive Spirit: Selected 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Virago 1983
KEYWORDS: Marina Tsvetaeva 20th century Russian literature Russia