Books - "literature"
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms / San Kuo Chih Yen-I (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, red & black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus/chinese characters to front boards, deckled edges of page blocks, printed/maps to eps, vol 1- xviii + 638pp, vol 2- viii + 623pp, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems/edges of vol 2, light soiling & discolouration to boards of vol 1, light foxing to page edges, minor pencil annotation to vol 1) in slipcase, G+ (v heavy cracking & scuffing to joinery- som esurface loss, moderate chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Kelly & Walsh 1973
KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction novels Lo Kuan-Chung English translations Chinese
Circe
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt illus to front board, illus ffep, 336pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction novels literature Madeline Miller
Gone Abroad
First edition. Octavo 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: Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1932
KEYWORDS: Charles Graves fiction literature 20th century
Blessington-d'Orsay: A Masquerade
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1983
KEYWORDS: Folio Society Michael Sadleir 20th century literature
Anne Hughes: Her Boke
Small octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1981
KEYWORDS: Anne Hughes 20th century literature Folio Society
Hello Darkness
Inscribed, dated & signed by author. 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: Might Ajax Press 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature social media Peter Wells
Eighth Habitation
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: Giramondo 2009
KEYWORDS: Australian poems literature
The Little Ache: A German Notebook
Inscribed & signed by author. 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 of Wellington Press 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zeland poet poems Germany literature
Holy Smoke
First edition. Octavo 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: Fiction Collective 1979
KEYWORDS: Fanny Howe fiction 20th century literature
I Choose Peace
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 1949
KEYWORDS: 20th century literature fiction
The Hours
First edition, second impression. 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: Fourth Estate 1999
KEYWORDS: Pulitzer Prize 1999 Pen/Faulkner Award 1999 literature fiction
Passages
First edition. Octavo, 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: Jenny Blood 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets poetry literature
The War Poems
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: Faber and Faber 1983
KEYWORDS: Seigfried Sasson poems wartime poems 20th century literature
Best Black Magic Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 269pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges with tidy archival tape repairs, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories horror black magic collections anthologies fiction
Comedies (6 Vol Boxed Set)
6 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1999
KEYWORDS: folio society novels literature fiction comedies boxed sets Evelyn Waugh
USA: The 42nd Parallel, Nineteen-Nineteen, The Big Money
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 1163pp, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping/rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, large/moderate ink staining to front board & page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- board sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1950
KEYWORDS: novels fiction trilogies trilogy literature John dos Passos
Not by Bread Alone
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-), heavy foxing to fore-edge; 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: Hutchinson & Co 1968
KEYWORDS: Vladimir Dudintsev Edith Bone Russian literature fiction
E. M. Forster and his World
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: Thames and Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: E M Forster biography travel literature
E M Forster: A Life (2 vols)
1. The Growth of the Novelist 1879-1914. 2. Polycrates' Ring 1914-1970
2 vol. set. 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: Secker & Warburg 1978
KEYWORDS: E M Forster biography life author literature
Selected Letters of E. M. Forster (2 vols)
2 vol. set. 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: Collins 1983
KEYWORDS: E M Forster biography life author literature