Books - "literature"
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Time For The Stars
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 244pp, VG (moderate staining to lower edges of spine and boards, light soiling and tanning to spine, minimal bruising to edges of spine, light tanning, light damp staining to eps, prelims and pages 1-7, minimal foxing to prelims and terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanningn & foxing to spine & flaps, minor creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Gollancz 1963
KEYWORDS: UK modern first edition science fiction novel scifi literature Robert A Heinlein
The Place of Dead Roads
UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green and black lettering to front wrapper and spine, unpaginated prelims + 306pp, VG (moderate soiling & light foxing to wrappers, minor creasing to front wrapper and spine, light bruising to edges of spine, minor tanning and foxing/soiling to page edges, lengthy gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to inside front wrapper)
PUBLISHER: John Calder 1984
KEYWORDS: UK modern first edition literature fiction novel American West William S Burroughs
Winnie The Pooh
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH THE RARE FIRST ISSUE D/W, octavo, dark green buckram boards with gilt tooling and gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, teg, illus/map of Thousand Acre Wood to eps, sm Winnie the Pooh illus to full title page, illus prelims & terminals, 7/6 Net on spine and 117th Thousand on rear flap of jacket, xi + [5] + 158pp + [3], VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor soiling and tanning to page edges, light foxing & tanning to eps, sl cracking to gutter & minor foxing of pg48-49, occasional sl soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate splitting to spine with internal archival repair to base, small loss to head and tail of spine and extrems, light to moderate damp staining to cover edges and spine, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1926
KEYWORDS: modern first edition first issue rare first issue d/w children's literature fiction illustrated A A Milne Ernest H Shepard
Nyxia Uprising: The Nyxia Triad: Book 3
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, 361pp, VG+ (minimal bruising to extrems and spine, minimal tanning and foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Crown 2019
KEYWORDS: science fiction scifi modern first editions novel Scott Reintgen literature Nyxia Triad
Nyxia Unleashed: The Nyxia Triad: Book 2
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 392pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, light crack to gutter of full title page) in d/w, VG+ (sl cahfing, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Crown 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed science fiction novel scifi Nyxia Triad literature Scott Reintgen
In the Cover of Darkness: Welcome to the Hidden Valley: Book One
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG+ (photos availabel on request)
PUBLISHER: K Wish 2023
KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof copy signed literature novel fiction adult K Wish
Fangirl Down
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR TIPPED IN, octavo, illus light card wrappers, green, pink, white and green lettering to spine, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Avon 2024
KEYWORDS: signed modern first editions signed Tessa Bailey literature fiction novel
This Golden Flame
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, octavo, gilt red decoration to front board, gilt red lettering to spine, red staining to all page edges, illus/maps, Near FINE in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature science fiction fantasy novel
The Devil Makes Three
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, octavo, navy heavy boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, cyan staining to all page edges, marbled eps, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Titan 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed science fiction fantasy novel literature Tori Bovalino
Wild and Wicked Things
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, NUMBERED, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, aeg, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Orbit 2022
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited numbered signed Francesca May science fiction fantasy literature novel
Touchlines: An Anthology of Rugby Poetry
Uncommon very tidy ex library, octavo, illus light card wrappers- stiffened, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (missing front fep, large crack to front gutter- photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame 2013
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature rugby New Zealand sports
Odd Craft
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, blind stamped lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine, VG- (heavy discolouration & soiling to spine, minor bruising to extrems, light chipping to spine extrems, minor soiling to boards, light foxing to eps, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, minor foxing & soiling to pages throughout, single library stamp- no others detected, ffep possibly missing)
PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1903
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel W W Jacobs
The Collarbound
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow and orange staining to all page edges, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE (loose protective cover)
PUBLISHER: Gollancz & Goldsboro Books 2022
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited numbered signed science fiction literature fantasy novel Rebecca Zahabi
Matefinder
SPECIAL EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, purple-pink illus heavy boards, rose gold gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus page edges, illus, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Arcane Society 2014
KEYWORDS: special edition signed illustrated fantasy science fiction novel literature Leia Stone
The Unbroken: Magic of The Lost: Book One
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering and illus to front board and spine, red staining to all page edges, illus/map, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Orbit 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed C L Clark fantasy science fiction novel literature
The Gilded Ones
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, green gilt decoration to front board, green gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 2020
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Namina Forna fanasty literature novels fiction children's
Lore
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, AUTHOR'S 'POSTCARD' LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Hyperion 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed fantasy literature Alexandra Bracken science fiction novel
Fire Heart
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATED FOREDGE, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt decoration to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (minor scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Bookish Box 2021
KEYWORDS: Signed Emma Hamm fantasy novels fiction literature
Heaven Breaker
FIRST EDITION, ILLUSTRATED FOREDGES, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt decoration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, illus, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Red Tower Books / Entangled Publishing 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fantasy literature Sara Wolf novel
Gertrude Stein: The Language That Rises 1923-1934
Super octavo, white heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to grey spine, illus/photos, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request) Ownership of NZ art Curator Ron Brownson
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Gertrude Stein biography critical literature