Books - "literature"
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Timeslip!: A Time Tunnel Adventure (#2)
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: Pyramid 1967
KEYWORDS: science fiction novels literature time tunnel series Murray Leinster
Weird Heroes Vol 3: Quest of the Gypsy
FIRST EDITION 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: Pyramid 1976
KEYWORDS: science fiction novels literature weird heroes volumes modern first edition
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Essays and Poems and Simplicity, A Comedy
Super octavo softcover (VG+) occasional minor 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: Clarendon Press 1993
KEYWORDS: essays poetry poems comedy Lady Mary Wortley Montagu literature
Kobane Calling
TEXT IN ITALIAN Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Bao 2021
KEYWORDS: cartoons illustrations art comics graphic novel TEXT IN ITALIAN literature Zerocalcare
Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life
Octavo hardcover (VG+) 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: Nelson Books 2017
KEYWORDS: literature literary autobiography Jen Hatmaker
Foucault and Literature: Towards a Genealogy of Writing
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: Routledge 1992
KEYWORDS: foucault literature philosophy genealogy writing French criticism
The Essays of Francis Bacon
Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons N/D
KEYWORDS: essays Francis Bacon literature prose
Band of Brothers
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: Arrow 2006
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime naval fiction literature historical navy Alexander Kent
Journey to the End of Time: Writing and Memoir, Artists and Friends
FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover (VG+) 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: Allen & Unwin 2026
KEYWORDS: First Edition biography memoir Alex Miller short stories journal literature literary autobiography
Secret Seven Fireworks
UK FIRST EDITION, Octavo, blue illus heavy boards, blue lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, VG (light foxing to spine, light tanning and moderate foxing to page edges, previous owners' personal inscription in prelims, light creasing in guttering, light foxing to eps & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (general light soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1959
KEYWORDS: Modern UK First Edition children's literature fiction Enid Blyton secret seven series illustrated Burgess Sharrocks
Good Old Secret Seven
UK FIRST EDITION, Octavo, blue illus heavy boards, blue lettering on front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, VG (light soiling to spine, light foxing and soiling to pages edges, light foxing in eps, occasional light soiling to pages) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing and bruising to spine, rear cover and flap edges, minor general soiling, moderate creasing & tearing to base of front cover- discreet archival repair)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1960
KEYWORDS: Modern UK First Edition children's literature fiction Enid Blyton secret seven series illustrated Burgess Sharrocks
Look Out Secret Seven
UK FIRST EDITION, Octavo, blue illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, VG (light bruising on lower edge of rear board, light soiling and foxing on page edges, light foxing on eps, previous owners' personal inscription on prelims, occasional minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light soiling on flaps, light creasing to rear flap, lower edge of rear flap fold, upper and lower edges of front cover and spine, light scuffing to front flap fold)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1962
KEYWORDS: Modern UK First Edition children's literature fiction Enid Blyton secret seven series illustrated Burgess Sharrocks
Three Cheers Secret Seven
UK FIRST EDITION, Octavo, blue illus heavy boards, blue lettering to front board and spine, faded dark red staining to upper edges of pages, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 120pp, illus, VG (light soiling on spine and rear board, light foxing and soiling on page edges, light foxing on eps, light soiling sporadically throughout pages, previous owners' personal inscription on prelims) in d/w, VG (lower edge of rear flap folded and creased, moderate soiling to rear cover, light soiling to front cover, light foxing on rear flap, light creasing on upper edge of flaps and flap folds, light creasing and scuffing and bruising to spine and folds)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1956
KEYWORDS: Modern UK First Edition children's literature fiction Enid Blyton secret seven series illustrated Burgess Sharrocks
Secret Seven Mystery
UK FIRST EDITION, Octavo, blue illus heavy boards, faded dark red staining on upper edges of pages, blue lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to spine, light foxing and soiling to eps, previous owners' personal inscription in prelims, moderate soiling and light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, moderate creasing to upper edge of rear flap, light creasing to rear cover, light scuffing to fold flaps and edges of spine, light foxing to rear cover and spine, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1957
KEYWORDS: Modern UK First Edition children's literature fiction Enid Blyton secret seven series illustrated Burgess Sharrocks
Loving Little Egypt
FIRST 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: The Bodley Head 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature
James Joyce and the Making of Ulysses
Octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in red; frontis., plates; 320 pp.; VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards; moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; bookplate to fr pastedown; newspaper cutout pasted to ffep; foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Grayson & Grayson 1937
KEYWORDS: Jamyes Joyce literary criticism 20th century fiction literature
The Poetry of Li Yu: The Last Ruler of the Tenth Century Chinese Kingdom Known as the Southern Tang
Super octavo, white card boards, brown spine lettered in greent; illus. eps; [6] + xii + 190 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing; light bruising to edges & extrems; some tanning).
PUBLISHER: Hybrid Publishers 2000
KEYWORDS: China Chinese poetry literature criticism translation
The World According to Garp
First edition, second impression (before publication). Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in gilt; [10] + 437 pp.; VG+ (light to moderate soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges; light to moderate soiling & foxing to eps); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; some tanning; prev bookseller's sticker to fr flap).
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1978
KEYWORDS: John Irving modern first edition fiction literature
Familiar Poems, Annotated
Octavo, tan card boards, black cl spine lettered in red & white; xiv + 272 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light & foxing soiling to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; some peeling to fr pastedown); in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w moderate to heavy chipping; archival repairs to edges; some tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company 1977
KEYWORDS: Isaac Asimov poems poetry literature literary criticism
Orlando Furioso
Super octavo, blue card boards, black cl spine lettered in silver gilt; xvi + 672 pp.; VG+ (moderate soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press 2009
KEYWORDS: 16th sixteenth century poetry poems literature Ludovico Ariosto