Books - "literature"
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Imperial 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: Chapman & Hall N/D (c.1880s)
KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated Phiz
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Imperial 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: Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1880s)
KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated J Barnard
Little Dorrit
Imperial 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: Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1880s)
KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated J Mahoney
Our Mutual Friend
Imperial 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: Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1880s)
KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated J Mahoney
Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku
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: John Weatherhill 1977
KEYWORDS: zen classic literature English translations koan collections
The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng
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: Shambhala 1990
KEYWORDS: sutras philosophy literature Indian Buddhist
The MOD Squad: Assignment: The Hideout
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: Whitman / Western Publishing 1970
KEYWORDS: MOD squad literature children's adventure novels fiction Richard Deming
Another Job for Biggles
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1951
KEYWORDS: children's literature Biggles series novels fiction W E Johns modern first editions (2nd imp.)
Biggles in the Blue
FIRST EDITION, FACSIMILE JACKET, 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: Brockhampton Press 1953
KEYWORDS: children's literature Biggles series novels fiction W E Johns modern first editions
Maigret Sets a Trap
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, VG+ (sl bruising & light tanning to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping with loss to edges & spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Maigret series Georges Simenon
Right Ho, Jeeves
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine & boards, top page edges stained red- faded, 312pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spine with minor water staining to base, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, patches of moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Jeeves and Wooster series P G Wodehouse fiction novels
Styles of Radical Will
FIRST EDITION, octavo, light green boards, gilt lettering to spine, (11) + 274pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, minor water staining to base of spine, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1969
KEYWORDS: literature essays Susan Sontag first editions
Very Good, Jeeves!
FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 312pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/tanning to spine, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep potentially missing, half title page partially detached but still present, sl water staining to base of front eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1930
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Jeeves and Wooster series P G Wodehouse literature novels fiction
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, viii + 445pp, VG (some page edges remain uncut, light bruising to extrems, light fading/tanning to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedow, ex-libris plate to ffep, light foxing sporadically throughout, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Reeves and Turner 1890 (spine updated 1891)
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature William Morris
Aquinas' Summa: An Introduction and Interpretation
Octavo, black light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, xxxix + 305pp, VG- (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to rear cover with prev. bookseller's sm label also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters with some pages detached but present, occasional pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: Alba House 1985
KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas summa theologica theology religion religious literature
The Treatise on the Divine Nature (Summa Theologiae I 1-13)
Octavo, teal glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine & front cover, xx + 370pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to inside front & rear covers, sm ink annotation to rear ep)
PUBLISHER: Hackett Publishing Company 2006
KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas theology summa theologica theologiae literature religion doctrines
Minute for Murder
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red/orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading & foxing to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first editions crime thrillers fiction novels literature Nicholas Blake
Role of Honour
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 222pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl. cocked, sl soiling t page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape / Hodder & Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature modern first edition James Bond John Gardner espionage spy thrillers
Bill Berenger Wins Command
Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained orange, frontispiece, 283pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, sporadic light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, light to moderate chafing & soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son N/D
KEYWORDS: children's fiction novels literature Douglas V Duff
Kukai: Major Works
Super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine- faded, xiv + 303pp, VG (yellowing tape reinforcement to cover edges- sl creased & peeling, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press c.1972
KEYWORDS: Kukai Kobo Daishi Japanese literature esoteric buddhism buddhist