Books - "literature"
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Elephant and Castle: A Reconstruction
Super octavo, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 692pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing/soiling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth 1969
KEYWORDS: literature R C Hutchinson
A Ladder to the Sky
US FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, IN SLIPCASE WITH LOOSELY ENCLOSED BOOKLET, INDIESPENSIBLE SERIES, super octavo, grey heavy boards, grey on black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 362pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: Hogarth 2018
KEYWORDS: special editions signed John Boyne US first modern editions IndieSpensible series literature novels fiction
Mostly Dead Things
US FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, IN SLIPCASE WITH BOOKLET LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, hot pink heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 356pp, VG+ (minor water staining to rear board & top edges of rear pages, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (sl soiling) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: Tin House Books 2019
KEYWORDS: modern first US editions signed novels fiction literature Kristen Arnett
The Thrid Hotel
US FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, IN SLIPCASE WITH LOOSELY ENCLOSED BOOKLET, octavo, blu eheavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 212pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first US editions signed Laura van den Berg novels fiction literature
What Darkness Was
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 128pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Seagull Books 2013
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature novels fiction Inka Parei
The Game
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (no magazine stamp on copyright page), octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering to front board, illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, illus eps & prelims, frontipsiece, 182pp, illus, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, moderate tanning & soiling to prelims, light soiling throughout, moderate cracking & foxing to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1905
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Jack London literature novels fiction illustrated
Perelandra
Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light to moderate fading to top edges of boards & spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, considerable loss to top edge of spine & front cover- sturdy but ugly tape repairs, light fading to spine, minor creasing & chipping to rest of edges, moderate soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1951
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels C S Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet
FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING, s octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, (8) + 264pp, VG (light bruising & moderate rubbing to spine & board corners/extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, sm crack to base of gutter at title page)
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1943
KEYWORDS: modern first editions second printings children's literature novels fiction C S Lewis
The Mad Women's Ball
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: Doubleday 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Victoria Mas
Shades of Mercy
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: Minotaur Books 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Bruce Borgos Porter Beck mysteries thrillers
The Secret Raven: Conflict and Transformation in the Life of Franz Kafka
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: Inner City Books 1980 (?)
KEYWORDS: jungian psychology Franz Kafka literature biography
The Vertical Harp: Selected Poems of Li He
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong 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: Titus Books 2006
KEYWORDS: medieval Chinese poetry poets verse literature Li He T'ang dynasty
The Challenge (Classics #23)
Paperback (VG-) heavy cracking to gutters- parts of page block may be detached, but present; 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: Horwitz Publications 1971
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature J E Macdonnell classics 23
Big Bill the Bastard (Classics #134)
Paperback (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: Horwitz Publications 1980
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature J E Macdonnell classics 134
Alarm - E-Boats (Classics #6)
Paperback (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: Horwitz Publications 1970
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature J E Macdonnell classics 6 six
Confirmed in Command (Classics #135)
Paperback (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: Horwitz Publications 1980
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature J E Macdonnell classics 135
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (The Trial of a Time Lord)
Paperback (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: Target 1988
KEYWORDS: Dr Doctor Who scifi science fiction novels literature tv tie-ins time lords
Crazy Hair
Tidy ex-library, square imperial 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: Bloomsbury 2009
KEYWORDS: children's literature Neil Gaiman Dave McKean
McSweeney's Issue 38
Damp stain to edges of front cover & prelims, 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: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 2011
KEYWORDS: literature literary anthologies McSweeney's past issues
McSweeney's Issue 39
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: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 2011
KEYWORDS: literature literary anthologies McSweeney's past issues