Books - "literature"
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Huxley in Hollywood
FIRST EDITION, 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: Harper & Row 1989
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography memoir Aldous Huxley first editions
To Kill a Snow Dragonfly
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: Fourth Estate 2011
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Sharad P Paul
The Reserve
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: Bloomsbury 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Russell Banks
Duende: A Journey in Search of Flamenco
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: Doubleday 2003
KEYWORDS: autobiography Spain Spanish culture guitar flamenco literature Jason Webster travel first editions
Malcolm Lowry: A Biography
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: Oxford University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: biography memoir biographies Malcolm Lowry literature literary
Vesper Flights: New and Collected Essays
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: Jonathan Cape 2020
KEYWORDS: literature essays prose collections Helen Macdonald nature first editions
You Could Make This Place Beautiful
FIRST EDITION, 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: One Signal Publishers / Atria 2023
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Maggie Smith autobiographies autobiography memoir literary
Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simon de Beauvoir and Me: A Memoir
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2020
KEYWORDS: literature literary memoir autobiography Deirdre Bair
A Long Finish
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: Faber and Faber 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Aurelio Zen series mystery literature novels fiction Michael Dibdin
Apocalypse Hotel: A Novel
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Texas Tech University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Ho Anh Thai English translations
27 Wagons Full of Cotton, and Other One-Act Plays
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: John Lehmann 1949
KEYWORDS: stage plays Tennessee Williams literature one-act scripts first editions
Cities of Salt
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: Vintage International 1989
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature English translations Abdelrahman Munif
Tales From Outer Suburbia
Super 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: Allen & Unwin 2008
KEYWORDS: illustrations literature Shaun Tan
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, and Other Early Christian Literature (Second Edition)
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xl + 900pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards & page edges, sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (minor fading & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing to spine & flaps, minor foxing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1979
KEYWORDS: Greek English lexicons language religion new testament Christianity literature
A Greek Grammar of the New Testament, and Other Early Christian Literature
Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxviii + 325pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light soiling, light to moderate foxing, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press N/D
KEYWORDS: Greek English grammar language religion new testament Christianity literature
My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xii + 435pp, vol 2- viii + 459pp, illus, VG (minro fading & moderate scuffing to spines & extrems, moderate cracking to hinges, minor chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, tissue guard of vol 2 missing, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1905
KEYWORDS: Alfred Russel Wallace literature autobiographical memoir autobiography
Katherine Mansfield and Russia
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, xii + 226pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: literature literary history Katherine Mansfield criticism Russia Russian
Farmer Giles of Ham
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, orange heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, blue dragon illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 79pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine & boards/edges, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, minor green pencil scibble to rear pastedown, sl foxing & wrinkling to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters, 2.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg15/16)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1949
KEYWORDS: fantasy literature J R R Tolkien modern first editions fiction
Behemoth: The Structure and Practice of National Socialism
Sm octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 429pp, VG- (moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate bruising & scuffing to spine/hinges & board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, minor creasing to rear board, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate tanning througout)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1942
KEYWORDS: literature politics political systems national socialism philosophy behemoth Franz Neumann
The Tale of Genji
FIRST VOL OF SIX, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, 300pp, VG (some pages remain uncut, light scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, sl bruising & rubbing to board extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps plus prelims/terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1926
KEYWORDS: Japanese literature novels fiction Lady Murasaki Shikibu