Books - "literature"
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An Examination of Plato's Doctrines (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xii + 395pp, vol 2- x + 573pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown of vol 1, prev. owners' names in ink to ffeps & prelims of both vols, occasional pencil markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962-63
KEYWORDS: Plato philosophy literature criticism history historical doctrines
The Openness of Being: Natural Theology Today
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 278pp, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & tanning/foxing to spine, light soiling, pencil annotation to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Darton, Longman & Todd 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions theology philosophy Gifford lectures university of Edinburgh literature
Plato's Earlier Dialectic (Second Edition)
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 286pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor pencil annotation to text)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Plato classics classical philosophy literature criticism appreciation interpretation dialectics
Scaffolding
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 391pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lauren Elkin
Critics Who Know Jack: Urban Myths, Media and Rock & Roll
8vo, pp. xiv + 200; illus. light card covers; illus. tp; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges; light soilign to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Guernica 2014
KEYWORDS: essays rock and roll music journalism media art artistic expression film theatre literature
Look Under the Leaves
First editon. Signed by author. 4to, unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Pumpkin Press 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's book juvenile literature modern first edition Elsie Locke
The Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels ; What's Bred in the Bone ; The Lyre of Orpheus
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 1991
KEYWORDS: contemporary fiction novels trilogy trilogies Cornish literature Robertson Davies
Dostoyevsky: Dreamer and Prophet
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: Lion 1990
KEYWORDS: Fyodor Dostoyevsky literature literary biography biographies memoir
The Furys
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 1983
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature James Hanley
Us, Then
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: Victoria University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Vincent O'Sullivan poetry poems verse literature
The Blue Estuaries: Poems 1923-1968
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 Ecco Press 1985
KEYWORDS: American poets poetry poems verse literature Louise Bogan collections
The Battle of Pollock's Crossing
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 Quince Tree Press 2010
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature J L Carr
The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit
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: Marion Boyars 1982
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Marrakesh Morocco English translations Elias Canette
Exit West
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 2018
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Mohsin Hamid
Sunset Song
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: Polygon 2015
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Lewis Grassic Gibbon Scottish
A Gift of Poison
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: BCA / Book Club Associates1991
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Andrea Newman
The Oxford Book of Light Verse
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: Oxford University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collections anthologies
Touching Tibet
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: TravellersEye 1999
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature spirituality Tibet Niema Ash
Respected Sir
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: Anchor / Doubleday 1990
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Naguib Mahfouz English translations
Dickens Landmarks in London
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: Cassell & Company 1931
KEYWORDS: literary landmarks literature Charles Dickens dickensian London Victorian era