Books - "literature"
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Ancient Christian Writers, Volume IV: Julianus Pomerius: The Contemplative Life
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 220pp, VG+ (usual library markings, sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, price clipped, moderate tape staining & remnants to edges of flaps, 2cm loss to base of front cover, moderate scuffing/surface loss to text of rear flap, light to moderate general foxing, occasional minor closed tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1947
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature Julianus Pomerius
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XVII: The Works of St Patrick: St Secundinus Hymn on St Patrick
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, v + 121pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing/tape residue & staining to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (single library marking to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate general tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1953
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Patrick
Ancient Christian Writers, Volumes VII & VIII: Arnobius of Sicca: The Case Against the Pagans (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 659pp total, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to board & spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spines, moderate tanning & foxing to spines, light creasing & chipping to edges, light general tanning & foxing, fore-edge of rear flap clipped- both vols)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1949
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature Arnobius of Sicca
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XIII: Tertullian: Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage; to His Wife an Exhortation to Chastity Monogamy
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, vii + 196pp, VG+ (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, price clipped, moderate tape remnants to edges, minor scuffing to text on rear flap, sm ink stamps to covers, light general foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1951
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature Tertullian
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XVIII: St Gregory of Nyssa: The Lord's Prayer ; The Beatitudes
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, v + 210pp, VG (usual librray markings, sl bruising to extrems, minor tape residue & staining to board edges, sl staining/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, moderate tape remnants to edges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, general light to moderate foxing, sm patch of scuffing to text in rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1954
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Gregory of Nyssa
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXI: St Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life the Four Centuries on Charity
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, viii + 284pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tape residue/staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, minor tape remnants & staining to flap edges, general light foxing, sm ink stamps, sm scuff & surface loss to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1955
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Maximus the Confessor
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XIV: St Prosper of Aquitaine: The Call of all Nations
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 234pp, VG+ (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor scuffing to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, price clipped, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, moderate tape remnants & staining to edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, sm ink stamp to rear, light tanning & foxing, sm scuffing & surface loss to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1952
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Prosper of Aquitaine
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXIII: Athenagoras: Embassy for the Christians ; The Resurrection of the Dead
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 193pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl oiling to boards, sl tape residue/staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate scuffing to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, moderate tape remnants to edges & flaps, sm ink stamp to rear, moderate scuffing/surface loss to rear flap, general light foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1956
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Prosper of Athenagoras
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXII: St Augustine: The Problem of Free Choice
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, vi + 291pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, usual library markings, light staining to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor scuffing to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG - (single library label to base of spine, price clipped, moderate tanning/foxing & tape reinforcement to spine, light foxing, sm ink stamp to rear cover, moderate scuffing & surface loss to rear flap, moderate tape remnants & light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1955
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Augustine
Journal d'un Cure de Campagne
TEXT IN FRENCH, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, cream light card wrappers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 370pp, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to covers & spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, some page edges remain uncut) with glassine cover, in slipcase, VG (moderate tanning & bruising to edges/corners, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Andre Sauret, Editeur 1936
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH novels literature fiction Georges Bernanos limited numbered editions
Castle to Castle
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 359pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate to heavy scuffing & rubbing to board & spine edges/extrems, minor tape staining/residue to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges with moderate staining also, light tanning & foxing/staining to eps, terminal page removed/missing, numerous patches of correction fluid to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, fore-edge of rear flap clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges- moderate tape reinforcement also, moderate general staining & foxing, moderate staining)
PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first editions English translation novels fiction literature Louis Ferdinand Celine Ralph Manheim
The Day Forever
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 126pp, VG (usual library markings, minor bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling & tape staining/residue to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling to occasional pages) in d/w, VG (light to mderate creasing to edges & spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Voctir Gollancz 1986
KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature modern first editions J G Ballard
Kennedy's Brain
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The New Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Swedish fiction in translation literature
With an Eye to the Future: Illustrated by the Author
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Readers Union 1968
KEYWORDS: Osbert Lancaster cartoonist architectural historian stage designer memoir autobiography literature b&w illustrations
Lover Under Another Name
Small 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Book Club, n/d (c. 1953?)
KEYWORDS: fiction literature
Cry Vengeance
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1961
KEYWORDS: war thriller fiction literature
Memories of my Melancholy Whores
REPRINT 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2005
KEYWORDS: fiction literature
Ready Player One
FIRST EDITION, SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishers 2011
KEYWORDS: first edition science fiction sci fi literature
The Magician's Death
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Headline / Hodder 2004
KEYWORDS: historical detective fiction literature Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries
The Last Light of the Sun
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: Harper Voyager / HarperCollins 2011
KEYWORDS: historical fantasy fiction literature