Books - "literature"
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Ordinary People
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: Vintage 2019
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Diana Evans
The Black Album
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: Faber and Faber 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Hanif Kureishi
Puck of Pook's Hill
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1995
KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Rudyard Kipling fantasy illustrated
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) award plate to ffep; 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 Heinemann 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Douglas Adams
The Trouble With Golf
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Davod Bateman 2013
KEYWORDS: humour humor sport golf Garrick Tremain cartoons literature poetry verse poems New Zealand
Poetry Reading at Kaka Point
FIRST EDITION, 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: Steele Roberts N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers authors Peter Olds literature poetry poems verse first editions
Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript
Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 381pp, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling/discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, sporadic moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling/tanning & light soiling to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1984
KEYWORDS: 1984 nineteen eighty four George Orwell literature novels dystopian facsimile extant manuscript
Commander Carton
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine, 161pp, VG- (spine cocked, minor creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, minor tanning & soiling to covers, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers/eps, light tanning & foxing throughout, occasional heavy cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Horwitz Publications 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction J E Macdonnell
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey patterned heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 232pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, spine cocked, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & chafing/soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, moderate crack to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter's Postal Order
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 237pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (minor fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, sl staining to front board, lighth to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & moderate chipping/loss to edges, general light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter's Christmas Party
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, orange lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 245pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light rubbing & fading to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss also, moderate rubbing & soiling, 6cm closed tear to base of rear flap- tidy archival repair)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 238pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (circular price clipping, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate foxing to rear flap, general minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter in Brazil
FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange/peach heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 254pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, minor vertical crease to front board, binding a little sloppy, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light wrinkling to pastedowns, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy general soiling/staining, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter's Benefit
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red/brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 236pp + ctalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine extrems, light bruising & rubbing to board extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, other light foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, 3mm hole to middle of spine with other moderate chafing also, general light to moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter Butts In
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 234pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims, other light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some minor loss also, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Bessie Bunter of Cliff House School
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional sl foxing & light cracking to gutters throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy closed tear to front cover & flap- yellowing tape repairs, other moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Bessie Bunter series illustrated Hilda Richards
Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 546pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1997
KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy literature Iris Murdoch
New Thought 1904-06
Super octavo, half leatherbound black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, mixed pagination, VG- (moderate scuffing & surfaceloss to leatherwork on spine & boards, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, heavy soiling to eps, occasional ink markings to margins, frequent heavy cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate creasing to page corners of some pages)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature New Thought articles esoteric psychic telepathy palmistry plam reading historical articles
Queen of the Abbey Girls
Octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 314pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & inscription to front eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & moderate rubbing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Wm Collins Sons and Co 1946
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Elsie J Oxenham
Billy Bunter's Barring-Out
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece [opp. pg1], unpaginated prelims + 236pp, illus, VG- (spine cocked, moderate scuffing/rubbing toi spine & board edges- minor surface loss, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor soiling & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1948
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature Billy Bunter series novels fiction Frank Richards illustrated