Books - "literature"
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A Girl Like I
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978
KEYWORDS: rosemary mcleod literature new zealand
Literature and the Social Order in Eighteenth-Century England
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Croom Helm 2001
KEYWORDS: english history literature eighteenth century 18th social order
Tom Thumb and the Tragedy of Tragedies
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1970
KEYWORDS: henry fielding literature criticism analysis
Asylum
VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of Pittsburgh Press 2001
KEYWORDS: quan barry literature poetry
Poems
Octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w: 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: MacMillan and Company 1935
KEYWORDS: stella benson poetry literature
Conversation in a Train and Other Critical Writing
EX LIBRARY octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w: 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: Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press
KEYWORDS: frank sargeson new zealand literature
The Nun & The Poet: Jerusalem
Octavo threadbound softcover (NR): 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: M B Stoneman 2017
KEYWORDS: hiruharama jerusalem james k baxter new zealand literature m b stoneman poetry
The Fairy Tales of Grimm & Andersen
ARCHIVAL REPAIR TAPE TO SPINE, sm quarto, blue buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, illus title page & prelims, unpaginated, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G+ (v heavy cracking to front & rear hinges- heavy archival tape repairs, heavy tanning/discolouration & creasing to spine, heavy scuffing to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & heavy fading to board edges, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. ownership ink markings to front eps, heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some partial detachment)
PUBLISHER: The Children's Press N/D
KEYWORDS: Grimm Grimm's Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales stories fantasy classics children's literature illustrated Anne Anderson
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 305pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of half title page- front board shaky, occasional ligh tcracking to other gutters) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Nightfire / Tom Doherty Associates 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy literature fiction novels Brom
Demon Copperhead
FIRST EDITION, SPECIAL EDITION WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, super octavo, mustard yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, patterned eps, unpaginated prelims + 559pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2022
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature special edition modern first editions Barbara Kingsolver
Selected Poems: A Bilingual Edition
US FIRST EDITION, super octavo, pink buckram boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, author's name in gilt to front board, top page edges stained pink, 509pp, VG (light rubbing & discolouration to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor discolouration & tanning/foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor foxing)
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 1972
KEYWORDS: US first editions bilingual literature poetry poems verse Pablo Neruda
Seven Controlled Vocabularies and Obituary 2004 / The Joy of Cooking
Octavo, blue light card wrappers, maroon lettering to spine, 222pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing /soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: literature Tan Lin poetry poetics
The Diamond Hunters
FIRST EDITION, octavo, mauve heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 231pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller' ssm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & scuffing with minor tanning also to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith
Shout at the Devil
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 310pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional patches of minro foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light tanning & heavy scuffing to spine- minor loss, heavy scuffing to folds/hinges of flaps, heavy tape reinforcement to edges)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith
When the Lion Feeds
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 459pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to spine & board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's initial in ink to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, minor water damage to top edge of rear board) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy chipping/tearing to spine & jacket edges, moderate water sataining to rear, minor tanning & foxing, moderate rubbing & scuffing to folds of flaps, prev. owner's initial in ink to front)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith
Ana Tuhinga i Roto i te Teo Maori
TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 394pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui / Victoria University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI New Zealand articles literature Apirana Turupa Ngata
Faery (Fairy) Tales
Super ocatvo, yellow buclram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, teg, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 392pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, gift inscription in ink to half title page, minro foxing throughout, occasional closed tearing to page edges with tidy discreet tape repairs, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Co 1910
KEYWORDS: children's classic literature fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen illustrated fantasy
Jerusalem! The Real Life of William Blake
Super octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxix + 358pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Watkins 2015
KEYWORDS: art literature biography biographies memoir William Blake literary
Aliens: Tribes
Super octavo, olive green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black faux leather spine, illus prelims, 72pp, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to top edges of prelims, pgs 34-40 bound out of sequence, pgs 32-25-32 bound out of sequence plus upside down) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to top edges, sl fading & rubbing to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics 1992
KEYWORDS: graphic novels scifi science fiction Alien Aliens saga literature
One Way Trip to Heaven, and Up the Walls.... Poems 1987-1989
Octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, ii + 53pp, VG+ (light foxing & sioling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Zylberberb bliss Press 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature poems poetry verse Roger Wrighton