Books - "literature"
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Waiting on God
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: Fount / HarperCollins N/D (1990s?)
KEYWORDS: literature essays religion theology Christianity Simone Weil
Rain in the Doorway
Super 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: Echo Library 2006
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Thorne Smith
Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine Issue #3 / Fall 2016
Quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 118pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tearing to top edge of front cover, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cirsova 2016
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction Cirsova fantasy past issues literature short stories essays novelettes
Existence
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 556pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2012
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature novels David Brin
Pattern Recognition
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to green spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 356pp, VG+ (light rubbing & fading/discolouration to board edges/extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 2003
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels William Gibson
Shadow Show
SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to board edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light wrinkling & chafing to spine & creases/folds)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ruth Dallas literature poetry poems verse New Zealand poets writers
Innisfail, or, Distant Days in Tipperary (Fourth Edition)
Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 284pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine with minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutters, light soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: M H Gill & Son 1907
KEYWORDS: literature history Rev P Hickey
The Golden Notebook
FIRST EDITION, tired ex-library copy, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 568pp, G+ (usual library markings, heavy tape reinforcement to spine & front + rear gutters, moderate creasing & water damage to boards- esp. rear, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy water damage to rear eps, heavy cracking at gutter of pgs564-565) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping with messy but sturdy reinforcement to edges & flaps, light fading to spine, heavy wrinkling & tape/adhesive staining to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Doris Lessing
Poeta: Selected and New Poems
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 296pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, minor soiling to front board & page edges, Cilla McQueen in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Cilla McQueen poetry poems verse literature
The Circumference of the World
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#95/200), octavo, illus heavy boards, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 209pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to top edge), in slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: PS Publishing 2023
KEYWORDS: signed special numbered editions scifi science fiction novels literature Lavie Tidhar
Glowing Embers
Oblong quarto, illus white spiral bound covers, 78pp, illus, VG+ (clear pastic cover at rear moderately ripped, top extrem of black spiral binding bent & torn- minor, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Albion Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers poets literature poetry poems verse illustrated Hardwicke Knight
Colour Scheme
FIRST NZ EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1943
KEYWORDS: modern first NZ editions New Zealand writers authors literature crime thrillers novels fiction Ngaio Marsh
Thomas Traherne: Centuries, Poems, and Thanksgivings, Volume 1: Introduction and Centuries
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xli + 297pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm label to rear ep) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, moderate foxing, sm circular label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1972
KEYWORDS: Thomas Traherne literature theology religious religion
I Know a Place: Ballads and Verse of Central Otago
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining; 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: Central Otago News Ltd 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Tod Symons signed poetry poems verse literature
Letters: Selected Poems
LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining & wrinkling; 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 Lowry Press 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature first editions signed poems poetry verse Riemke Ensing
Colloque La Modalite du Jugement Chez Aristote et Dans la Logique Moderne : Compte-Rendu des Travaux
TEXT IN FRENCH, GERMAN & ENGLISH, super 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: Analele Universitatii Bucuresti 1969
KEYWORDS: philosophy Aristotle literature criticism modern logic modality of judgment
Cur Deus Homo? Why God Became Man?
Sm 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: The Religious Tract Society N/D
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theology religion Anselm
Four Sacred Plays
Ex-library, 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: Victor Gollancz 1948
KEYWORDS: literature Dorothy L Sayers plays scripts religious Christian
The Courage to Be
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: Collins / Fontana 1974
KEYWORDS: theology philosophy history literature Paul Tillich
The Vision of Piers Librarian
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, 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: Woodruff 1981
KEYWORDS: signed Brian Louis Pearce literature poems poetry verse