Books - "literature"
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June 30th, June 30th
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to white buckram spine, ix + 99pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence 1978
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry poems verse Richard Brautigan
How to Kidnap the Rich
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, light card covers, red & coloured lettering to spine, printed eps, 292pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Rahul Raina
Everything's Fucked: But the Point is to Go Beyond That
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#62/100), appears to be mis-bound but is the legitimate presentation of the concept/book, sm octavo, grey light card covers, red lettering to covers, 94pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: GLORIA 2018
KEYWORDS: seminars literature prose writings everything's fucked
The Sign on Rosie's Door
UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 48pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy chafing & scuffing to spine with some minor loss to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1969
KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature Maurice Sendak illustrated
The Savage Sword of Conan: Volume 4
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 530pp + illus terminals, illus, VG+ (light creasing & culring to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2008
KEYWORDS: graphic novels fantasy Conan the Barbarian action adventure Roy Thomas literature fiction
Aesop without Morals: the famous fables, and a life of aesop
Super 8vo, 317 pp.; black cl bds, spine lettered in white & yellow; illus. eps, frontis., illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy tearing (open tears to spine & upper right bds extrems) & chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Thomas Yoseloff 1961
KEYWORDS: Fables of Aesop moralistic moral didactic ancient Greek Greece classical history literature
The Girls in the Red House are Singing
FIRST EDITION. 8vo 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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Tracey Slaughter New Zealand poet poetry poems literature 21st century
An Australian Lassie
Octavo hardcover (G+) a very tatty copy - lacks ffep with heavy cracking to some gutters- binding loose; 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: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1900s?)
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Lilian Turner illustrated
Peggy the Pilot
FIRST EDITION, 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: Ward, Lock & Co 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Nina Comes Home
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) some pages may be detached; 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: Ward, Lock & Co 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Paradise and the Perrys
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: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
April Girls
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: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Ann Chooses Glory
FIRST EDITION, 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: Ward, Lock & Co 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Purely for My Pleasure
FIRST EDITION, quarto 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: William Heinemann 1962
KEYWORDS: literature literary W Somerset Maugham first editions
The Inland Sea
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: One 2020
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Madeline Watts
A Diplomacy of the Oppressed: New Directions in International Feminism
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: Zed Books 1995
KEYWORDS: literature prose writings theory feminism women women's studies
To the Queen's Taste
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: Faber and Faber 1950
KEYWORDS: fiction short stories literature crime detective thrillers
Italian Journey
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: Oswald-Sealy 1945
KEYWORDS: first editions Italy Italian New Zealand Zealanders G Blake Palmer travel writing literature
Walking Home: Travels With a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
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 2012
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature north England English Pennines countryside Simon Armitage
The Teutonic Knights
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: Hippocrene Books 1994
KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Henryk Sienkiewicz