Books - "literature"
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Rua and the Sea People
Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) water damaged; 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: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature picture books Maori illustrated
Seeds of Contemplation
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: Anthonty Clarke Books 1972
KEYWORDS: religion religious writing literature Thomas Merton
Beyond East and West: Memoirs, Portraits and Essays
FIRST EDITION, super 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 1978
KEYWORDS: first editions Bernard Leach literature art artists pottery potters memoirs prose
Creed or Chaos? and Other Essays in Popular Theology
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: Methuen & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: essays literature Dorothy L Sayers religion theology
Solovyev: Prophet of Russian-Western Unity
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: Hollis & Carter 1956
KEYWORDS: philosophy Russia Russian Vladimir Solovyev literature
Go She Must!
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: Chatto & Windus 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions David Garnett literature
God and the Poets: The Gifford Lectures, 1983
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: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: religion religious Gifford lectures Christian Christianity literature poetry
A History of Russian Philosophy (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, very tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained maroon- faded, xiv + viii + 947pp total, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges-minor archival tape repairs, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1953
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature philosophy history English translations
Louis Couperus Werken (49 Vols)
49 VOLS- HEAVY, EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, TEXT IN DUTCH, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spines, mixed pagination, Near FINE (occasional sl bruising to extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Uitgeverij L J Veen c.1990s
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH literature novels fiction Louis Couperus collections
Animals as Religious Subjects: Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Super octavo, green & white heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiv + 310pp, VG+ (light chafing to boards, parts of title page neatly cut-out, minor pencil annotation & underlining)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2013
KEYWORDS: religion theology animals symbols symbolism symbolic literature
Gaudete
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, 200pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing, sm adhesive staining to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1977
KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Ted Hughes
A Life for Dance: Reminiscences
Octavo, black textured faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 193pp, illus, VG+ (prev. owner's ink stamps to page edges & eps - otherwise near fine) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning & chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Evans 1975
KEYWORDS: Rudolf Laban philosophy literature
Suedehead
Sm octavo, illus light card cover, white & blue lettering to spine & covers, 110pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep)
PUBLISHER: New English Library 1975
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Richard Allen small paperbacks
Anarchy After Leftism
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 176pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: C A L Press 1997
KEYWORDS: literature social science sociology anarchy politics anarchists
Stendhal on Love
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, page edges stained pink, 261pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate fading & tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning/soiling, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Peter Pauper Press N/D
KEYWORDS: Stendhal French literature English translations illustrated Marie-Henri Beyle literary
Scribes and Sources: Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century
Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980
KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne
Grimaldi: King of Clowns
LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955
KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature
Showmen & Suckers
Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 262pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light chafing & soiling, sm pencil scribble to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Percival Marshall 1951
KEYWORDS: literature entertainment Maurice Gorham illustrated
The Library
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, xv + 184pp, VG- (light bruising & moderate rubbing & discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light foxing to prelims & terminals, front & rear gutters have adhesive reinforcement, heavy cracking to gutters- pgs 49-64 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1881
KEYWORDS: books book collecting bibliophilia bibliophiles literature appreciation Andrew Lang art at home series
Drunkard's Garden
UNCOMMON, octavo, white light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 30pp, VG (moderate foxing & staining to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate staining to base of page block)
PUBLISHER: Hampson Hunt 1978
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry verse poems literature Sam Hunt