Books - "literature"
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John Donne: The Complete English Poems
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, illus cloth boards, gilt lettering to red leather spine, top page edges stained red, xxxviii + 438pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006
KEYWORDS: folio society literature poetry poets poems verse John Donne
First Love
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, orange & gilt floral illus to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 74pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011
KEYWORDS: folio society literature Ivan Turgenev
Under the Mountain
SIGNED & INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, unpaginated prelims + 155pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press N/D
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Maurice Gee New Zealand writers authors children's literature fiction novels fantasy
Typhoon: The Nigger of 'Narcissus', and Other Stories
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration to spine, black/blue/silver gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, 353pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & prelims) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling, minor cracking/bruising to top edges)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2000
KEYWORDS: folio society literature short stories fiction Joseph Conrad
On the Eve
Imperial octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, dark blue illus with silver gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, xiii + 172pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl external rubbing/soiling) in slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Thge Folio Society 2011
KEYWORDS: folio society classic literature Ivan Turgenev illustrated novels fiction
The Grapes of Wrath
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 553pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & cracking to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine, minor bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy crcking to rear gutter, other light cracking to gutters sporadcially throughout)
PUBLISHER: Willam Heinemann 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions classic American literature novels fiction John Steinbeck
Heaven & Hell
Sm octavo, pink buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 88pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, minor water damage to base of spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name & loan ink stamp to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1956
KEYWORDS: Aldous Huxley literature philosophy
The White Castle
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: Carcanet / Faber and Faber 1991
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Orhan Pamuk
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010
KEYWORDS: Russian literature literary criticism essays
Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children Between the Ages of Eight and Fourteen Years)
Imperial 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 Eveleigh Nash Company N/D
KEYWORDS: old children's books literature behavioiur behavior discipline H Belloc verse
The Seasons, and Castle of Indolence
Super 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: James Blackwood 1857
KEYWORDS: literature verse James Thomson George Gilfillan
Memoirs of the Mogul Court
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Folio Society N/D
KEYWORDS: folio society literature Niccolao Manucci
Never Flinch
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: Hodder & Stoughton 2025
KEYWORDS: crime thrillers horror Stephen King literature novels fiction
The Sunbird
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1998
KEYWORDS: Wilbur Smith novels fiction literature
The Eye of the Tiger
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: William Heinemann 1975
KEYWORDS: Wilbur Smith novels fiction literature modern first editions
Eagle in the Sky
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: William Heinemann 1974
KEYWORDS: Wilbur Smith novels fiction literature modern first editions
Cry Wolf
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: William Heinemann 1976
KEYWORDS: Wilbur Smith novels fiction literature modern first editions
Hungry as the Sea
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: William Heinemann 1978
KEYWORDS: Wilbur Smith novels fiction literature modern first editions
Wild Justice
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: William Heinemann 1979
KEYWORDS: Wilbur Smith novels fiction literature modern first editions
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2004
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir John Perkins literature NSA US America world banking corruption corporate corporations