Books - "literature"
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City of Marvel and Transformation: Chang'an and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China
Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. card boards; x + 197 pp.; VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2015
KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature history criticism intellectual life
Women and National Trauma in Late Imperial Chinese Literature
Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, patterned card boards; xii + 638 + [3 (advts)] pp.; VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; v sl adhesive cracking to fr gutter; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2014
KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature trauma history criticism
Ink and Tears: Memory, Mourning, and Writing in the Yu Family
Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. card boards; xxvi + 275 pp.; VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2018
KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature life lives biography 19th 20th century
Eros Pinoy: An Anthology of Contemporary Eroticain Philippine Art & Poetry
Imp. octavo, illus. card boards; illus., photos; 138 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; some soiling to prelims).
PUBLISHER: Anvil 2001
KEYWORDS: erotic erotica Filipino Philippines art literature poetry
Hanuman's Tale: The Message of a Divine Monkey
Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. light card covers; xiv + 434 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Hanuman Hindu literature Hindi history criticism
Complete Prose Works of John Milton, 1643-1648 (Volume II)
THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, blue cl boards, label to spine lettered in gilt; xiv + 840 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG- (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w heavy chipping, some loss to spine at head; price clipped).
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1959
KEYWORDS: John Milton seventeenth century 17th literature
Disorienting Dharma: Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata
OWNERSHIP OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue & white lettering to spine, viii + 268pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & wrapper edges, sl chafing & soiling to wrappers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian religion literature ethics aesthetics India Indian criticism
The Cross of Iron
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 456pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, publisher's adhesive label details to copyright page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine, general minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Noontide Press 1992
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Will Heinrich war German war and warriors series
Thinner
UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 309pp, VG (light creasing & rubbing to spine, light rubbing to board edges, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to front & rear eps plus full title page, moderate cracking to gutter of full title page, occasional sl cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, moderate tanning to pages throughout, vertical narrow tanned strips to terminals, sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling, 3.5 cm open tear to front)
PUBLISHER: New English Library / NEL 1985
KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions horror novels fiction literature Richard Bachman Stephen King
The Path of the Ocean: Traditional Poetry of Polynesia
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, cream heavy boards, lilac gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 216pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1982
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Polynesia Polynesian poetry poems verse anthology collection
The Mess of Our Lives
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 Tree House 2024
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Mary Anne Scott Anne-Scott fiction
Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to [cloth] spine & front board, 280pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, v sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, label residue to rear)
PUBLISHER: Cleis Press 1999
KEYWORDS: first editions literature essays Gore Vidal sex prose history homosexuality
Chaos: A Novella and Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 184pp, VG+ (light bruisng to extrems, light fading to head & base of spine, sl chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature ficiton novellas short stories Edmund White
A Boy's Own Story ; The Beautiful Room is Empty (2 Novels in 1 Vol))
2 NOVELS IN 1 VOL, octavo, white heavy boards, green gilt lettering to black buckram spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, sl creasing to edges, in plastic protective wrapper- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Book of the Month Club 1993
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Edmund White
Cavafy: A Critical Biography
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims, sm pencil scribbles to top corner of half title page, occasional light cracking to gutters throuhgout, moderate foxing/discolouration to photographic pages & verso of) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light fading to spine, minor creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to flaps, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)
PUBLISHER: Gerlad Duckworth & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions literature biography memoir Constantine Cavafy literary
Arabic Andalusian Casidas
Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 58pp, VG (moderate foxing/discolouration to spine & boards/edges, light bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing throughout, frequent light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (in plastic rpotective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor tanning to spine, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Pound Press 1953
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature middle ages anthology
I Ching (Yijing) The Book of Change
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, ARCHIVAL REPAIR TO JACKET, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, gilt Chinese lettering to front board, frontispiece, decorated full title page, lxv + 855pp + tables to rear, VG+ (minor wrinkling & warping to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sl crease to upper edge of ffep, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (2x closed tears to upper edges with tidy archival repair, light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2014
KEYWORDS: i ching yijing spirituality literature Chinese history
Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Twelve 2012
KEYWORDS: literature gay queer lgbt Tuman Capote Allen Ginsberg Gore Vidal America USA history civil rights social history
Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris
FIRST US 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2014
KEYWORDS: first edition memoir gay queer literature lgbtq
Me All Over: Memoirs of a Misfit
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1993
KEYWORDS: first edition memoir James Kirkup literature queer gay lgbtq travel