Books - "literature"
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Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Toward Spiritual Growth
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, octavo, blue full leather heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, 255pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1993
KEYWORDS: signed M Scott Peck full leather bindings special editions literature lectures spirituality religion
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, unpaginated prelims, 271pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to title page)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2000
KEYWORDS: signed full leather bindings Annie Dillard special editions literature autobiography autobiographies memoir literary
Bright Lights, Big City
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, HANDSOM FULL LEATHER BINDING, octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, unpaginated prelims, 182pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2000
KEYWORDS: signed full leather bindings special editions literature novels fiction Jay McInerney
On the Line: The New Road to the White House
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, pink iridescent patterned eps, xviii + 200pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1993
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed Larry King literature US American politics White House government
A Bend in the River
SIGNED, FULL LEATHER BINDINGS, super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, pink iridescent patterned eps, unpaginated prelims, 278pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2000
KEYWORDS: signed V S Naipaul full leather bindings literature
Kenilworth
LOVELY FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, pink iridescent patterned eps, xxiv + 542pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings literature Sir Walter Scott historical romance novels fiction
A Bus of My Own
FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, green iridescent patterned eps, 270pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1992
KEYWORDS: signed full leather bindings literature Jim Lehrer autobiography autobiographies memoir
The Absolute Sandman: Volume One
IN SLIPCASE, quarto, black leather boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, silver gilt lettering & illus plate to front board, illus prelims, 612pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising to edges & corners, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: DC Comics 2006
KEYWORDS: Neil Gaiman literature graphic novels fiction fantasy illustrated comics dc
The Book of Government or Rules for Kings: The Siyasat-nama or Siyar al-Muluk
Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering with red & gilt decoration to spine, xi + 259pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1960
KEYWORDS: ancient Persian literature English translations history historical philosophy antiquity Nizam al-Mulk
Report on the Death of Rosenkavalier
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing/surface loss to spine, moderate rubbing)
PUBLISHER: McClelland and Stewart 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed literature fiction novels Jan Drabek
Running Dog
SCARCE UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 246pp, VG+ (light bruising to base of spine & board edges, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to top corner of ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading ot spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature novels fiction Don DeLillo
The Imagination Chamber: Cosmic Rays from Lyra's Universe
8vo 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: David Fickling Books 2022
KEYWORDS: short story stories poem poetry poet literature 21st century
Balzac's Lives
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New York Review Books 2020
KEYWORDS: 19th century Balzac novel novelist criticism literature biography social history comedy manners
Jules
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: Alpha Books 2003
KEYWORDS: fiction novel 21st century novelist authors literature
The Ordinary and the Fabulous: An Introduction to Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales for Teachers and Storytellers
Ex-library. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Greek Norse
Swiss-Alpine Folk-Tales
FIRST EDITION. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Swiss Alpine first edition
Indian Tales and Legends
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Indian
Russian Tales and Legends
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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Russian
The Land of the Lost
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors fiction literature
Short Stories
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: Nobel Prize recipient 20th century literature short stories novella