Books - "literature"
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Tales of the Angler's Eldorado, New Zealand
Imperial 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: The Derrydale Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand flyfishing fly fishing angling Zane Grey hobbies literature
The Gauntlet and the Broken Chain
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: Head of Zeus 2024
KEYWORDS: fantasy novels fiction literature Ian Green
Omeros
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: Faber and Faber 1990
KEYWORDS: Derek Walcott 20th century poetry poet poem literature
The Odes of Horace
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to black faux leather spine, top page edges stained green, 288pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to edges/corners)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1987
KEYWORDS: folio society classical literature verse Odes Horace poetry poems
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
First US edition. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 558; violet heavy card boards, black card spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; some pgs throughout folded at head extrems, 'dog-eared' as to bookmark); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Viking 2002
KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century French fiction novel modern first edition literature
The Guermantes Way
First US edition. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 619; violet heavy card boards, black card spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Viking 2002
KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century French fiction novel modern first edition literature
The Divine Comedy
Super 8vo, pp. xx + 555; blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, spine & boards decorated in black & gilt; frontis., illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1983
KEYWORDS: Dante Alighieri Italy Italian 13th century literature the Folio Society
Poppa Passes: The Adventures of the Vedgie People
Octavo, illus stiff boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing & loss to spine- barely present, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges/eps, presentation plate to ffep, heavy separation/cracking at staples.gutters- boards & prelims quite gingerly holding on)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943
KEYWORDS: vintage New Zealand fiction Vedgie People adventures A W Reed literature illustrated
Peter Grimes, and Other Poems
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 108pp, VG (sl warping to boards, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, date in ink (sm) to ffep, light to moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, moderate rubbing/chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1946
KEYWORDS: first editions Montagu Slater literature plays scripts theater theatre stage poems poetry verse
Enclosures (v.1-4)
Four volume set. Sm 8vo, pp. 130, 188, 125, 82; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to tps, prelims & terminals); in signed paper bag, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2008-2018
KEYWORDS: Bill Bireen 21st century New Zealand poet authour collection poems short stories literature
Titus Groan
FIRST EDITION IN 2nd IMP. D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 438pp, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board & spine edges/extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Gormenghast series novels fiction literature Mervyn Peake
Listen to My Seeing
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Peggy Fussell / Emeril Publications 1971 (?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry poems verse literature Peggy M Fussell
Family Matters: Poems
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Broadleaf Books 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature Denis Rowe
The Poet's Task: An Inaugural Lecture
Octavo string bound light card covers (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: Oxford University Press 1951
KEYWORDS: lectures C Day Lewis literature literary poetry Oxford University
In Georgina's Shady Garden, and Other Stories
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: The Griffin Press 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors short stories fiction literature Roderick Finlayson
Out of Danger
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: Penguin 1993
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature James Fenton
I Like You But What Can You Do, Can You Be a Bird? Adventures in the Lichen Trade
Square 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: Public Domain / Fort Da 2009
KEYWORDS: botany lichen trade Sean Q Beeching literature
Dan Dare Space Annual 1963
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: Longacre Press 1963
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction Dan Dare annuals past years children's literature space adventures
From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands
FIRST EDITION, NEEDS REBINDING, super octavo hardcover (G-) very tatty copy; 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: George Bell & Sons 1907
KEYWORDS: anthropology Beatrice Grimshaw Fiji travel exploration expeditions history historical travel writing literature first editions
The Art of The Compleat Angler
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: Duke University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: the compleat angler art artwork criticism literature literary