Books - "literature"
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Unclimbed New Zealand: Alpine Travel in the Canterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps
FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS, super octavo, red/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 238pp, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor staining to base of front pastedown, hand-typed presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minro creasing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1939
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand mountain climbing mountaineering Alpine Canterbury Westland Southern alps travel writing guides literature
Merit and Responsibility: A Study in Greek Values
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 380pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions ancient history Greek Greece values morality philosophy literature
An Examination of Plato's Doctrines (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xii + 395pp, vol 2- x + 573pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown of vol 1, prev. owners' names in ink to ffeps & prelims of both vols, occasional pencil markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962-63
KEYWORDS: Plato philosophy literature criticism history historical doctrines
The Openness of Being: Natural Theology Today
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 278pp, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & tanning/foxing to spine, light soiling, pencil annotation to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Darton, Longman & Todd 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions theology philosophy Gifford lectures university of Edinburgh literature
Plato's Earlier Dialectic (Second Edition)
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 286pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor pencil annotation to text)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Plato classics classical philosophy literature criticism appreciation interpretation dialectics
Scaffolding
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 391pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lauren Elkin
Critics Who Know Jack: Urban Myths, Media and Rock & Roll
8vo, pp. xiv + 200; illus. light card covers; illus. tp; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges; light soilign to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Guernica 2014
KEYWORDS: essays rock and roll music journalism media art artistic expression film theatre literature
Look Under the Leaves
First editon. Signed by author. 4to, unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Pumpkin Press 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's book juvenile literature modern first edition Elsie Locke
Dostoyevsky: Dreamer and Prophet
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: Lion 1990
KEYWORDS: Fyodor Dostoyevsky literature literary biography biographies memoir
The Furys
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: Penguin 1983
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature James Hanley
Us, Then
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 Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Vincent O'Sullivan poetry poems verse literature
The Blue Estuaries: Poems 1923-1968
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: The Ecco Press 1985
KEYWORDS: American poets poetry poems verse literature Louise Bogan collections
The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit
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: Marion Boyars 1982
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Marrakesh Morocco English translations Elias Canette
Sunset Song
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: Polygon 2015
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Lewis Grassic Gibbon Scottish
A Gift of Poison
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: BCA / Book Club Associates1991
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Andrea Newman
Touching Tibet
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: TravellersEye 1999
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature spirituality Tibet Niema Ash
Respected Sir
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: Anchor / Doubleday 1990
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Naguib Mahfouz English translations
Dickens Landmarks in London
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: Cassell & Company 1931
KEYWORDS: literary landmarks literature Charles Dickens dickensian London Victorian era
The Bounty
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: Faber and Faber 1997
KEYWORDS: poetry poems first editions verse literature Derek Walcott
Land of Marvels
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: Windmill Books 2010
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Barry Unsworth