Books - "literature"
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The Tiger Who Won His Star
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title pages, 36pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board extrems/edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Max Parrish 1957
KEYWORDS: children's literature picture books Nancy Spain illustrated
An Elegy to Hope
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED, POETRY IN ENGLISH, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, unpaginated, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hallard Press 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chilean poetry poets poems verse signed Esteban Espinoza literature
Balthazar
FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMP., octavo, blue cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 250pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Lawrence Durrell
The Darkness Outside
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (moderate bend/crease to top corner of front board, light bruising to other board corners, light bruising & rubbing to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels George Johnston
The Unwilling Dictator (Part Two of The Survivors of Jonathan)
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light smattering of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light tanning & foxing, light fading to spine, minor soiling to rear, adhesive residue to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Arco Publications 1962
KEYWORDS: posthumous literature works Jules Verne fiction novels The Survivors of the Jonathan
The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, viii + 287pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1983
KEYWORDS: mathematics philosophy Philip Kitcher literature
Plea for Liberty
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 136pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, heavy foxing, moderate tanning to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1945
KEYWORDS: first UK editions literature writings Georges Bernanos philosophy Christianity
The Works of John Locke: A Comprehensive Bibliography from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xx + 185pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1985
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies John Locke literature catalogues catalogs
Discourses of Rumi
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 276pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minimal library markings, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, pgs 269-272 detached but present) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1961
KEYWORDS: Jalal al-Din Rumi A J Arberry Islam poetry poets literature writings discourses
The Indonesian Economy During the Soeharto Era
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 329pp, VG+ (usual library markings, light bruising to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps, sm ink stain to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: Indonesia Indonesian economy economics politics political leaders General Soeharto essays history literature research
David Hume and the Eighteenth Century British Thought: An Annotated Catalogue (The Centennial Publication of Chuo University)
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 560pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/peeling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Chuo University Library 1986
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature literary David Hume history historical 18th eighteenth century
The Literary Lives of Jesus: An International Bibliography of Poetry, Drama, Fiction and Criticism
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxv + 187pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to rear board, minor creasing to frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues religion religious theology Jesus Christian Christianity literature literary
Major Themes in Modern Philosophies of Judaism
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 248pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges, sl tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House 1974
KEYWORDS: theology religion Judaism criticism literature literary
The Literary Inquisition of Ch'ien-Lung
FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, xii + 275pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, some minor creasing/folding to bottom corners pof some pages, some minor pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: Waverly Press 1935
KEYWORDS: first editions literature criticism Ch'ien-Lung Chinese historical texts
From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North
Imperial octavo, illus brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black & white lettering & illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 377pp, folding map to rear, G+ (v heavy scuffing/cracking & fraying to spine & board edges, som eminor loss to spine extrems, light wrinkling & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, presenteation plate & ex-libris plate to front eps, heavy cracking to front gutter with tidy tape reinforcement, sm patches of glue staining to ffep & rear eps, minor foxing throughout, heavy cracking to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1900
KEYWORDS: exploration adventure Africa historical Egypt travel writing literature
The Library of Christian Classics Volume I: Early Christian Fathers
Ex-library. This volume only. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: SCM Press 1953
KEYWORDS: religion religious Christian Christianity fathers literature history
Dante: An Essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1878
KEYWORDS: Dante Italian literature essay criticism
The Everyday Fairy Book
4to hardcover (G+); 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: J. Coker & Co. N.D.
KEYWORDS: Anna Alice Smith Jessie Willcox Smith fairy book children's juvenile literature
The Now-A-Days Fairy Book
4to hardcover (G+); 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: J. Coker & Co. N.D.
KEYWORDS: Anna Alice Smith Jessie Willcox Smith fairy book children's juvenile literature
Contract Killers
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: B T Batsford 1995
KEYWORDS: card games hobbies bridge literature literary