Books - "literature"
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Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gem Stones and Jewellery
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 426pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, light soiling to title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 3x closed tears to edges/folds of flaps- archival tape repair, light chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: jewellrey jewelry gem stones gems history vintage literature art society agency
Birdsong
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 407pp, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to page edges, warm gift inscription in ink to front eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Sebastian Faulks
Psychology and Alchemy (The Collected Works: Volume Twelve)
LACKS D/W, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained green, xxxiv + 581pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, minor staining/discolouration to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968
KEYWORDS: first editions Carl CG Jung psychology philosophy literature English translations collected works series
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 136pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems, gilt lettering & publisher's motif on spine printed upside down, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor discolouration to spine & cover egdes, sl creasingt o edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction Jack Aubrey series unpublished Patrick O'Brian literature
Three Philosophers
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 162pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear pastedown, sl foxing to eps, occasional minor pencil underlining) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1973
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Aristotle Aquinas Frege
Remarks on Marx: Conversations with Duccio Trombadori
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, black printed light card wrappers, coloured lettering to spine, 187pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, minor foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Semiotext(e) 1981
KEYWORDS: first editions literature philosophy Michel Foucault interviews Duccio Trombadori marxist
A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume I: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, xv + 539pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light tanning & soiling to spine, sl creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek Greece philosophy literature
A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume II: The Presocratic Tradition From Parmenides to Democritus
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, xvii + 554pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil underlining) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & flap edges/folds)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek Greece philosophy literature
A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume III: The Fifth-Century Enlightenment
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, xvi + 543pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning ot spine, light tanning & foxing to flaps/folds/creases, price clipped))
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek Greece philosophy literature
The Two Mrs Grenvilles
UK FIRST EDITION (FIRST IMPRESSION), super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 374pp, VG (minor fading & rubbing/bruising ot base of spine & boards, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, sl tanning throughout, page block to rear sl warped) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1986
KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions literature fiction novels Dominick Dunne
The Global Remapping of American Literature
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 325pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine/front cover hinge, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism American history geography
The Girl Who Heard Dragons
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Tor / Tom Doherty Associates 1994
KEYWORDS: fantasy fiction literature Dragonriders of Pern b&w illustrations Michael Whelan
Dragon's Kin
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: Corgi Books 2004
KEYWORDS: fantasy fiction literature Dragonriders of Pern
The Overcoat: and Other Tales of Good and Evil
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: Norton (n/d)
KEYWORDS: fiction literature
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
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: Oxford University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Russian fiction in translation literature verse prose poem
The Common Reader: Second Series
THIS VOL ONLY, 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 Hogarth Press 1986
KEYWORDS: literary commentary history literature
The Village
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: Corgi Books 1969
KEYWORDS: British fiction literature
Pirates of the Asteroids
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: Lightning / Hodder and Stoughton 1988
KEYWORDS: science fiction sci fi literature David Starr Space Ranger
Dervish Daughter
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: Corgi 1988
KEYWORDS: fantasy fiction literature
Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology
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: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1981
KEYWORDS: Japanese fiction literature anthology short stories poetry haiku