Books - "literature"
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Plato, on the Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 200pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & boards, minor staining to front board, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, underlining to text in ink & pencil)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1947
KEYWORDS: classical studies literature philosophy Plato
Dialogus de Scaccario / The Course of the Exchequer
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, lxiv + 144pp [some double pagination], VG (heavy bruising to bottom corners of front & rear boards, only minor bruising to other exterms, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1950
KEYWORDS: classical literature Latin English translations medieval classics dialogus de scaccario
The Silver Unicorn
Sm octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 240pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ink stain to pg98) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, minor tanning & soiling, sl creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Huchinson & Co N/D (c.1948)
KEYWORDS: literature historical novels fiction Catherine Christian
The Unicorn
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 283pp, VG+ (sl fading to base of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling/foxing, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)
PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Martin Walser
E Pluribus Unicorn
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 276pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction fantasy short stories Theodore Sturgeon
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
Octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frotnispiece, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, sl wrinkling to rear board, light tanning& foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other 'ghost' lettering to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, general minor tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: New Directions / Jams Laughlin 1948
KEYWORDS: literature Ezra Pound poetry verse cantos
The Little White Horse
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to bottom corner of front board, maps/illus to front & rear eps, colour frontispiece, vi + 286pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, light fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, minor general tanning & soiling to covers & flaps)
PUBLISHER: University of London Press 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first editions classic children's literature novels fiction Elixabeth Goudge illustrated C Walter Hodges
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : The Strife of Love in a Dream
Lg quarto, brown cloth boards, xix + 474pp, illus, VG (jacket fully affixed to boards- cannot be removed with damage, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl staining/rubbing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (aforementioned sealing to boards- cannot be removed without damage, moderate wrinkling to adhesive covering, moderate tanning & soiling, moderate water staining to base of spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1999
KEYWORDS: classic literature English translations Francesco Colonna renaissance
The Evolution of Cro-Magnon
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, (10) + iii + 428pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutter of title page, minor vertical folding to title page)
PUBLISHER: Punkhouse Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: first editions signed John Joseph literature punk culture Bloodclot autobiography memoir New York
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3: Creation and Fall
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light cracking to front & rear gutter) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 1996
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity
Guide to Napier
Octavo, stapled brown illus light card wrappers, 18pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minot tanning to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The hawke's Bay Motor Co 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand old travel brochures Napier literature guides historical
Day and Night: Poems 1924-1934
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO G A HORSMAN, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 57pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minro staining to front & rear eps, moderate to heavy foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (top section of spine missing, minor loss to base of spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling, heavy ink annotation to flaps- by G A Horsman)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed poetry poems verse literature poets writers Mary Ursual Bethell
Translations
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, octavo, red textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to brown leather spine, teg, iv + 151pp, G+ (large portion of spine missing & cracked/flapping with heavy rubbing to remainder, minor bruising to board corners, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edgesminro ink markings & label residue to front eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Bernard Quaritch 1861
KEYWORDS: first editions Greek Latin Engish translations literature poetry poems verse
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 14: Theological Education at Finkenwalde 1935-1937
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxviii + 1230pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2013
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 15: Theological Education Underground 1937-1940
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiv + 726pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2012
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 1: Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xv + 373pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, minor creasing to bottom corner of pgs 147-152, minor pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2009
KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity sociology church social science
Voices
Octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue spine, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 341pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's numerals to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Inc 2006
KEYWORDS: fantasy literature fiction novels Ursula K le Guin
French Visitors to Newfoundland: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Travel Writings
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, x + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl curling & tanning to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: ISER Books 2013
KEYWORDS: travel literature writings anthologies collections Newfoundland history historical
Kierkegaard's Instant: On Beginnings
Super octavo, beige cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + (6) + 235pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Soren Kierkegaard literature philosophy
The Animals Noah Forgot
FIRST EDITION, octavo, briwn heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 62pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: The Endeavour Press 1933
KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Banjo A B Paterson illustrated Norman Lindsay