Books - "literature"
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The Bondmaid
FIRST EDITION, 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: The Overlook Press 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Catherine Lim
Role of Honour
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, 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: Jonathan Cape / Hodder & Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction John Gardner
Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
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: Screenpress Books 2000
KEYWORDS: screenplays Stanley Kubrick Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess scripts violence literature adaptations
The Rehearsal
First NZ edition. Signed by author. 8vo, pp. 317; illus. light card covers, french flaps; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderare tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Eleanor Catton New Zealand 21st century fiction novel literature modern first edition
Antipodean America: Australasia and the Constitution of U.S. Literature
Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 575; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: Australasia United States of America Australia New Zealand North American literature lterary history
A Walk on the Beach
Signed & inscribed by author. 8vo, pp. 244; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1964
KEYWORDS: O E Osman Edward Middleton 20th century New Zealand fiction author literature short stories
The Poems & Letters of Andrew Marvell (2 vols)
Two volume set. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 347, viii + 373; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind to front board; fore & bottom edges sl deckled; frontis.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; annotation in blue ink throughout (both vols); light to moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1952
KEYWORDS: Andrew Marvell 17th century poet poetry poems correspondence letters life lives literature
Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to maroon spine, illus title page, xiv + 277pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to spine & extrems, multiple gift inscriptions in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Grover Lewis literature literary prose articles
Compass
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, 447pp, VG+ (minor bruising to spine & board corners, boards sl warped, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, minor creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Mathias Enard
Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940
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: University of Washington Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Angel Island history literature literary poetry poems verse China Chinese California San Francisco Canton Cantonese
The Bloodstone Papers
SIGNED, 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: Scribner 2006
KEYWORDS: signed Glen Duncan novels fiction literature
A Family and a Fortune
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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1952
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature I Compton-Burnett
The Broken Goddess
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: fantasy novels literature fiction German English translations Hans Bemmann
Beloved Exile
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: Bantam Books 1984
KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Parke Godwin
Paddington Helps Out
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) jacket affixed to boards; 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: Collins Clear-Type 1971
KEYWORDS: children's illustrated literature Paddington Bear novels fiction Michael Bond
Paddington Goes to Town
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) jacket affixed to boards; 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: Collins Clear-Type 1974
KEYWORDS: children's illustrated literature Paddington Bear novels fiction Michael Bond
The Aran Islands
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 Marlboro Press N/D (modern copy)
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing John M Synge Aran Islands historical accounts
A Window on Thai History
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: Editions Duang Kamol 1991
KEYWORDS: Asia history heritage Thai Thailand travel literature
Come the Harvest
FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, UNCOMMON IN HARDCOVER, 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: Whare-iti Press 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Patricia Lawson New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction
Paddington on Top
FIRST EDITION, scruffy ex-library, 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 Collins Sons & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's illustrated literature novels fiction Paddington Bear Michael Bond