Books - "literature"
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War on the Saints, Unabridged Edition
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: Thomas E Lowe 1981
KEYWORDS: Christian literature Christianity evil satan spirituality theology
Manifesting God
Octavo softcover (VG+) occasional underlining in pencil; 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: Lantern Books 2005
KEYWORDS: religion religious writing literature philosophy theology Thomas Keating
High Stand
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: BCA / Book Club Associates 1985
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Hammond Innes
Silk Parachute
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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011
KEYWORDS: literature John McPhee essays prose social commentary
Armageddon, a Novel of Berlin
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty, tape repairs; 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 Kimber 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Leon Uris
The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living
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: Continuum 2009
KEYWORDS: Father Thomas Keating scripture religion religious writings literature spirituality
The Upper Berth (Second Edition)
Ex-library, slim sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plate on spine, raised bands to spine, 220pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine & boards, title plate on spine partially detached but still firmly in place, moderate to heavy chafing & surface loss to marbling on boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, minimal historic library markings, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutters but binding still surprisingly sound, minor age-appropriate foxing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, minor cracking to gutters throughout with occasional page either detached or partially detached but present)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1894
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature F Francis Marion Crawford
The Acts of the Pagan Martyrs: Volume I
THIS VOL ONLY, very tidy ex-library, octavo, midnight blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 299pp, VG+ (v minimal librray markings- none external, light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (1x sm library label to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: ancient martyr literature criticism translations church religion religious history Christianity
The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church (Three Volumes in One)
THREE VOLS IN ONE, tidy ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, mixed pagination, VG (jacket tidily but firmly affixed to boards- condition of boards unknown but seem sturdy & relatively unscathed, light tanning & soiling to page edges with sm scuffs also, minimal library markings, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (covered in adhesive mylar type wrapping & affixed to boards, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Burns and Oates 1964
KEYWORDS: religion religious literature theology St John of the Cross Christianity 16th sixteenth century
Mary Vs Lucifer: The Apparition of Our Lady 1531-1933
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, x + 176pp, VG (usual library markings, jacket very firmly affixed to boards- condition of boards unknown but boards & binding seem sound, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (very firmly affixed to boards with adhesive mylar type cover, usual library markings, moderate tanning & fading to spine, lengthy crack to mylar front cover- jacket seems unaffected, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Bruce Publishing Company 1958
KEYWORDS: religion religious literature theology the devil satan evil Mother Mary Queen apparitions historic mariology
Close Quarters
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 336pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Larry Heinemann
Legends of the Fall
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 276pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to top page edges, sl tanning to front eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Jim Harrison trilogy Legends of the Fall Revenge The Man Who Gave Up His Name
The History of the Waldenses and Albigenses, who Begun the Reformation in the Vallies of Piedmont and Various Other Places Several Hudred Years Before Luther
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, brown leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate on spine (missing), gilt rule to spine, 322pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to boards & edges, v heavy rubbing to spine with title plate missing, heavy cracking to front hinge- front board still firmly attached but sl delicate, minor cracking to rear hinge, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in blue pencil to front pastedown, moderate tanning to text block- text still very legible)
PUBLISHER: J Higham (Printer) 1793
KEYWORDS: first editions Thomas Taylor literature religion religious reformation waldensian Christianity history historical
Puckoon
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green- faded, 152pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink markings to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, 16cm clean closed tear to front of jacket, considerable staining)
PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels humour humor Spike Milligan
Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy
Sm octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, light staining to rear board, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, prev. owner's ink stamp to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1961
KEYWORDS: children's literature Biggles books series Captain W E Johns novels fiction
The Jervis Bay and Other Poems
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: Putnam & Company 1943
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Michael Thwaites
Home Truths
Sm 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: Penguin 2000
KEYWORDS: novellas fiction literature David Lodge
The Queen of the Tambourine
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: Abacus 1993
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Jane Gardam
Caitlin: A Warring Absence
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: Secker & Warburg 1986
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies Dylan Thomas history
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Mammoth 1991
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Vivien Alcock supernatural