Books - "literature"
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In Memoriam
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: Ave Maria Press 1980
KEYWORDS: grief death Henri J M Nouwen writings literature
Intimacy: Essays in Pastoral Psychology
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: Harper & Row 1981
KEYWORDS: pastoral psychology essays prose writings literature Henri Nouwen theology religion religious catholic
Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life
Octavo softcover (VG-) some highlighting to text; 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: Darton, Longman and Todd 1982
KEYWORDS: Christianity religion theology compassion literature
English Reprints
Sm octavo hardcover (VG-) some pencil markings throughout; 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: Alex, Murray & Son 1868
KEYWORDS: English literature reprints series John Milton Hugh Latimer Stephen Gosson
Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom
Super octavo hardcover (G) very scruffy copy, poor condition; 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: Hamish Hamilton 1941
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature China Chinese culture Carl Crow
Flower Shadows Behind the Curtain
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: Pantheon 1959
KEYWORDS: Chinese literature English translations novels fiction
Letters from a Traveller
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: William Collins Sons & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Pierre Teilhard de Chardin letters correspondence geologist geology paleantology expeditions
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time
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: HarperCollins 2001
KEYWORDS: Christian bible literature literary criticism Christianity scripture studies
The Enfield Conspiracy
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & blue lettering to spine, 502pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Seaburn Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature historical fiction novels modern first editions signed Ken Brewer
Poems 1937-1942
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, unpaginated prelims + 62pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to central gutters) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate scuffing & tanning/foxing to spine, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: PL Editions 1948
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse illustrated literature David Gascoyne collections
We Are the Makers of Dreams
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 336pp, VG (light fading & rubbing to board & spine edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing all over)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels William Blake
The Bloom of Candles: Verse from a Poet's Year
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated, VG (moderate bruising/creasing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, string binding sl wobbly) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate overall creasing)
PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1947
KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Laurie Lee
The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale
Octavo, blank/plain grey light card covers, deckled page edges, unpaginated prelims + 75pp + unpaginated catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, heavy creasing to spine with 2.5cm loss to base, moderate tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light soilng & foxing to pages throughout- largely unobtrusive, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle-Street 1815
KEYWORDS: verse poetry poems literature Lord Byron
The Complete Pictorial Guides (10 Vol Boxed Set)
CHARMING & LOVELY 10 VOL BOXED SET, octavo, varied coloured cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, black illus to front boards, varied pagination, illus, VG+ (light tanning & fading to spines, sl bruising to spine extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light general bruising & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2009
KEYWORDS: A Wainwright special boxed sets illustrated literature travel writing England English north northern Lake District Cumbria Pennines fells lakes walks historical guides
The Colonel's Photograph
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 177pp, VG+ (light brusing & fading/discolouration to board & spine edges, light soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps, sm date ink stamp to rear ep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light dustings of foxing, moderate tape staining to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories literature Eugene Ionesco
Caligula and Cross Purpose (Le Malentendu)
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing/soiling to board & spine edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, price clipped, heavy cracking/closed tearing & tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing all over with minor tsaining)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1947
KEYWORDS: first editions French plays literature English translations Albert Camus theater theatre stage historical
Ben the Bullfinch
FIRST EDITION- VERY TIDY COPY OF SCARCE TITLE, sm octavo, yellow heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, blue illus to front board & base of spine, illus eps & title page, 119pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light foxing to board edges, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light creasing with prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, v minor staining to terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light foxing to rear, sl creasing/wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1957
KEYWORDS: reindeer books children's literature illustrated modern first editions BB Denis Watkins-Pitchford
The Happy Hospital
Octavo, beige heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 155pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards with some minor tanning also, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps & gutters, light to moderate folding/creasing to top corners of some pages)
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co 1918
KEYWORDS: Ward Muir Wardrop Openshaw Muir literature prose essays 3rd London General Hospital staff anecdotes
She: A History of Adventure (Eighth Edition)
EIGHTH EDITION, octavo, half bound cream & marbled boards, black lettering to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces, unpaginated prelims + 317pp, G+ (v heavy cracking with some loss to spine- moderate soiling also, heavy soiling & scuffing to boards & edges, moderate fading & tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to front hinge & gutters- binding shakyprev. owners' names in ink to prelims, minor foxing sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutters & lightly throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1888
KEYWORDS: literature H Rider Haggard novels fiction
Beyond Time
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Spencer & Co, Badger Books n/d
KEYWORDS: john e muller literature