Books - "literature"
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Hyde Park Gate News: The Stephen Family Newspaper
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy blue card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, xxiii + 240 pp., photos, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, v minor tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (v light soiling, sl bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Hesperus Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf Vanessa Bell Thoby Stephen Stephen Family 20th century literature newspaper ephemera
The March of the Musicians
FIRST ENG EDITION. 8vo, heavy red card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 256 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards/edges, light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & v sl foxing to pg edges, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w VG (light scuffing & soiling, light creasing & bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Collins 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition translation Swedish Sweden fiction literature Per Olov Enquist
Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy green card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, [10] + 181 pp., illus/photos, NF (v sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading, sl curling to edges, light bruising to extrems).
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1984
KEYWORDS: first edition Bloomsbury Group memoir biography life lives 20th century literature
Virginia Woolf's First Voyage: A Noel in the Making
8vo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 202 pp., VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & rubbing, light tanning & fading, minor bruising to edges & extrems, pice clipped).
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1980
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf 20th century author novel novelist fiction literature criticism
Flush: A Biography
FIRST EDITION. brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 163 pp., plates, VG- (moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tear & fraying to rear joint, moderate bruising & chipping to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, prev owner's inscription ink black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1933
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf biography 20th century authors literature Bloomsbury Group
A Little Stone
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, green cl boards, gilt lettering to spine, 222 pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing/soiling & fading to boards, moderate fading to spine, light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Paul Bowles Jane 20th century author literature short stories fiction
Don't Look Round
8vo, red buckram boards, black lettering & double rules to spine, stamp to front board, frontis., illus tp, 240 pp., illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, light wear to joints, light tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, prev bookseller's sm green pricing sticker to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1952
KEYWORDS: Violet Trefusis autobiography memoir biography life lives 20th century literature
The Rainbow Picnic: A Portrait of Iris Tree
8vo, heavy brown card boards, gilt lettering & ornament to spine & front board, illus eps, frontis., 160 pp., plates, VG+ (light soiling & fading to boards, sl bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev owner's stamp in black ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals), in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy fading, light tanning & foxing, light creasing/curling & bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Eyre Methuen 1974
KEYWORDS: Iris Tree Daphne Fielding portrait biography life lives 20th century literature
Letters from Tove
8vo, heavy cream card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 496 pp., illus /photos, NF (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, v sl soiling to pg edges), in d/w, NF (sl scuffing, light creasing/bruising to edges).
PUBLISHER: Sort Of Books 2019
KEYWORDS: Tove Jansson Moomin children's book author 20th century letters correspondence literature
Journal 1936-37: Death of an Explorer, Leon Chestov
THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, brown cl boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144 pp., NF (light soiling & scuffing to boards, light wear to edges & sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG (heavy fading to spine with light loss of lettering, light fading to covers, light scuffing, sl bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1980
KEYWORDS: David Gascoyne journal 20th century authors diary literature Europe
Paris Journal 1937-1939
THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, blue cl covers, gilt lettering to spine, 141 pp., NF (light rubbing to boards with minor pilling to cl, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light tanning & scuffing with some loss of colour, sl fading, light bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping to spine extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1978
KEYWORDS: David Gascoyne Paris journal 20th century authors diary literature Europe
Second Words: Selected Critical Prose
8vo, heavy black card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (sl scuffing to boards, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps, minor creasing to pastedowns--esp at gutters), in d/w, VG (light tanning/fading & scuffing with light loss of colour, light bruising & chipping to edges & extrems, light soiling, sm closed tear to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Anansi 1982
KEYWORDS: Margaret Atwood prose citical edit selected collected essay 20th century literature
The Twelve Chairs
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: Northwestern University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Russian literature English translations novels fiction Ilya Ilf Evgeny Petrov
The Garden of Eden
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: Virago 2000
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Sharon Butala
Carrie's War
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: Puffin Modern Classics 2005
KEYWORDS: children's fiction literature youth readers ya novels war Nina Bawden young adult
The Fishing in Print: A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature
Imperial 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: Winchester Press 1974
KEYWORDS: angling hobbies fly fishing flyfishing trout literature
Collected Stories I
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 1975
KEYWORDS: short stories collections anthologies literature fiction Muriel Spark
A Leaf From French Eddy: A Collection of Essays on Fish, Anglers & Fishermen
Sm 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: Harper & Row 1979
KEYWORDS: essays prose writings hobbies fishing angling literature
Walton and Some Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing
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: Ellioy Stock 1894
KEYWORDS: first editions history writing prose literature hobbies fishing fish maritime nautical
Rhymes a la Mode (Fourth Edition)
FOURTH EDITION, sm 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: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1890
KEYWORDS: rhymes verse poetry poems A Andrew Lang literature fantasy fantastical