Books - "literature"
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The Parihaka Story
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, grey leaf illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional moderate soiling throughout, jacket affixed to rear board by flap) in d/w, VG- (remnants of protective cover to edges, rear flap glued to rear board, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Parihaka history Maori
Arthur Ransome's Long-Lost Study of Robert Louis Stevenson
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 214pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Arthur Ransome Robert Louis Stevenson literature literary studies criticism
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Other Verses from The Red Book
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, 64pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, minor foxing to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing to flaps, minor scuffing to front)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1974
KEYWORDS: J R R Tolkien literature verse poetry poems illustrated Pauline Baynes
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Milton Collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand: Describing Works Printed Before 1801 Held in the Library at December 1975
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 536pp + facsimile prints to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to pastedowns) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: literature collections literary John Milton Alexander Turnbull Library bibliography catalogue New Zealand
The Song Celestial, or, Bhagavad-Gita (From the Mahabharata)
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, xiv + 173pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's inscriptions/annotations in ink & pencil to prelims, minor pencil markings to pages throughout, minor cracking to gutters & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co 1889
KEYWORDS: Sanskrit literature English translations verse bhagavad gita
Wanderings in Arabia ; Being an Abridgement of Travels in Arabia Deserta
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 607pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to spine, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl creasing & soiling/foxing to prelims, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (3cm hole to spine, moderate creasing & chipipng to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & edges, moderate foxing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1926
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature exploration Arabia Charles M Doughty
Unicorn at Large
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (light fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light rubbing to spine, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1957
KEYWORDS: children's literature fantasy unicorns novels fiction Yvonne Seager
Wonderful Fool
Sm octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, 237pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris ink stamp to ffep, light scuffing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor rubbing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minor foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1974
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Japanese Shusaku Endo
Keynotes
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & green illus to spine, green lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 184pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & chipping to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893
KEYWORDS: Mary Chavelita Dunne George Egerton short stories modern first edition fiction literature
The Voyage Out
Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 458pp, VG+ (minor fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & fading to spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1949
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Virginia Woolf
Witchcraft Confessions & Accusations
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, xxxviii + 387pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl soiling) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to top edge, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Tavistock Publications 1970
KEYWORDS: history witches witchcraft confessions accusations trials occult supernatural anthropology essays literature
Short Back & Sideways: Poems & Prose
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 48pp, VG+ (light tanning to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Godwit Press 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors poets literature Hone Tuwhare poems prose poetry verse first editions
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
Octavo softcover (G-) lacks rear cover; front cover loose but present; 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 Dicks (c.1883?)
KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi memoirs literature b&w illustrations Cruikshank Dickens
Maigret in Court
Small octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1961
KEYWORDS: crime fiction literature detective inspector Maigret
Naruto: Sakura's Story: Love Riding the Spring Breeze
Paperback (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: Viz Media 2016
KEYWORDS: Naruto franchise spin-off novel fiction literature
Immortality: A Love Story
Super octavo softcover (near FINE); 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: Piatkus 2023
KEYWORDS: romance fiction literature Anatomy: A Love Story sequel
W. H. Auden Juvenilia: Poems 1922-1928 [Expanded Paperback Edition]
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: poetry juvenilia literature
Quebradillas
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Terranova Editores 2008
KEYWORDS: poetry literature
Selected Odes of Pablo Neruda
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990
KEYWORDS: poetry literature
John Berryman: Collected Poems 1937-1971
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Noonday Press 1991
KEYWORDS: poetry literature