Books - "literature"
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The Cantos of Ezra Pound
Octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frotnispiece, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, sl wrinkling to rear board, light tanning& foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other 'ghost' lettering to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, general minor tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: New Directions / Jams Laughlin 1948
KEYWORDS: literature Ezra Pound poetry verse cantos
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : The Strife of Love in a Dream
Lg quarto, brown cloth boards, xix + 474pp, illus, VG (jacket fully affixed to boards- cannot be removed with damage, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl staining/rubbing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (aforementioned sealing to boards- cannot be removed without damage, moderate wrinkling to adhesive covering, moderate tanning & soiling, moderate water staining to base of spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1999
KEYWORDS: classic literature English translations Francesco Colonna renaissance
The Evolution of Cro-Magnon
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, (10) + iii + 428pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutter of title page, minor vertical folding to title page)
PUBLISHER: Punkhouse Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: first editions signed John Joseph literature punk culture Bloodclot autobiography memoir New York
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3: Creation and Fall
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light cracking to front & rear gutter) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 1996
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity
Guide to Napier
Octavo, stapled brown illus light card wrappers, 18pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minot tanning to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The hawke's Bay Motor Co 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand old travel brochures Napier literature guides historical
Translations
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, octavo, red textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to brown leather spine, teg, iv + 151pp, G+ (large portion of spine missing & cracked/flapping with heavy rubbing to remainder, minor bruising to board corners, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edgesminro ink markings & label residue to front eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Bernard Quaritch 1861
KEYWORDS: first editions Greek Latin Engish translations literature poetry poems verse
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 14: Theological Education at Finkenwalde 1935-1937
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxviii + 1230pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2013
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 15: Theological Education Underground 1937-1940
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiv + 726pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2012
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 1: Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xv + 373pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, minor creasing to bottom corner of pgs 147-152, minor pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2009
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity sociology church social science
French Visitors to Newfoundland: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Travel Writings
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, x + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl curling & tanning to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: ISER Books 2013
KEYWORDS: travel literature writings anthologies collections Newfoundland history historical
Kierkegaard's Instant: On Beginnings
Super octavo, beige cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + (6) + 235pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Soren Kierkegaard literature philosophy
The Animals Noah Forgot
FIRST EDITION, octavo, briwn heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 62pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: The Endeavour Press 1933
KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Banjo A B Paterson illustrated Norman Lindsay
The Parihaka Story
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, grey leaf illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional moderate soiling throughout, jacket affixed to rear board by flap) in d/w, VG- (remnants of protective cover to edges, rear flap glued to rear board, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Parihaka history Maori
Arthur Ransome's Long-Lost Study of Robert Louis Stevenson
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 214pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Arthur Ransome Robert Louis Stevenson literature literary studies criticism
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Milton Collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand: Describing Works Printed Before 1801 Held in the Library at December 1975
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 536pp + facsimile prints to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to pastedowns) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: literature collections literary John Milton Alexander Turnbull Library bibliography catalogue New Zealand
The Song Celestial, or, Bhagavad-Gita (From the Mahabharata)
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, xiv + 173pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's inscriptions/annotations in ink & pencil to prelims, minor pencil markings to pages throughout, minor cracking to gutters & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co 1889
KEYWORDS: Sanskrit literature English translations verse bhagavad gita
Unicorn at Large
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (light fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light rubbing to spine, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1957
KEYWORDS: children's literature fantasy unicorns novels fiction Yvonne Seager
Wonderful Fool
Sm octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, 237pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris ink stamp to ffep, light scuffing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor rubbing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minor foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1974
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Japanese Shusaku Endo
Keynotes
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & green illus to spine, green lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 184pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & chipping to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893
KEYWORDS: Mary Chavelita Dunne George Egerton short stories modern first edition fiction literature
The Voyage Out
Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 458pp, VG+ (minor fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & fading to spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1949
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Virginia Woolf