Books - "literature"
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If Beale Street Could Talk
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 230pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editons literature novels fiction James Baldwin
Slade House
SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, IN SLIPCASE, octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & illus to front & rear boards, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 233pp, Near FINE (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges) in vibrant red slipcase, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Sceptre 2015
KEYWORDS: signed special limited editions literature David Mitchell novels fiction
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, super octavo, pink heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 416pp, VG- (usual library markings, spine cocked, moderate tape staining to board edges, moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps, base of rear ep cut out, light to moderate soiling to pages throughout, pencil scribble & annotation to pg185) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, fore-edge of rear flap clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with tape reinforcement, other moderate tape staining top edges, moderate to heavy staining to flaps, sm scuff to spine, minor general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Tom Wolfe
Something Nothing
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 47pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & soiling to covers, light to moderate scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light staining to half title page, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poems poetry verse Hone Tuwhare Maori
Teddy Edward to the Rescue
FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to white spine, printed eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (moderate staining to spine, moderate scuffing to board edges & corners, minor chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soilin to page edges, neat gift inscription in in k to title page, light to moderate soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Golden Pleasure Books 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first editons children's literature picture story books Teddy Edward series Patrick Mollie Matthews
Firstborn
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNER TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 53pp, VG (light fading to spine & edges of rear cover, light creasing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking at front & rear gutters- glue sl cracked & exposed, prev. owner's annotation in ink to rear ep)
PUBLISHER: The Ecco Press 1983
KEYWORDS: signed Louise Gluck poetry poems verse literature Nobel prize winners
The Malay Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad (23 Vol Set)
INCLUDES UNCOMMON 'SUSPENSE' AND 'TALES OF HEARSAY', missing 'Typhoon' and 'Youth' volumes, octavo, deckled page fore-edges, illus to eps & title pages, mixed pagination, illus, VG (most vols have varying degrees of fading to spines- mostly light to moderate, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, mostly light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards- occasional vol has more soiling than others, prev. owner's sm white adhesive label to front board of 'The Arrow of Gold' vol, moderate damp wrinkling to boards of 4x vols, binding is a little sloppy to 'The Mirror of the Sea', moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to eps, occasional minor foxing to pages, prev. owner's name in pencil to 'Almayer's Folly', gutters are mostly in good condition with only a few minor cracks- light, occasional minor water staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1928
KEYWORDS: Malay edition editions literature collected works Joseph Conrad novels
The Poetical Works of Hugh Smith (The Bard of Inangahua), With Biographical Survey 1946
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR'S SON (1948), octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 390pp, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, light light rubbing to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning to prelims, light foxing & tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hugh Smith Jnr 1946
KEYWORDS: signed Hugh Smith Jr New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature
The Buckminster Fuller Reader
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 383pp, illus/photos to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to spine extrems, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, light tanning, light to moderate chafing & soiling/foxing, sl peeling at spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, 7cm closed tear to top of front hinge- tidy tape repairs to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1970
KEYWORDS: literature Buckminter Fuller science dymaxion car inventions engineering first editions
Life as a Parable
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey marble-effect boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, 368pp, VG+ (sl brusing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, minor tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light rubbing/scuffing to spine, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions literature autobiography autobiographies memoir Pinhas Sadeh
The Odyssey
Super octavo, brown cloth boards, black & gilt lettering & decoration to spine, black & gilt decoration to front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 284pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine decoration, light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing to edges, moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1974
KEYWORDS: folio society classic literature Homer odyssey illustrated
Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands, Recounting Highland and Clan History, Traditions, Ecclesiology, Archaeology, Romance Literature, Humour, Folk-Lore &c
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 511pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Gardner N/D (c.1920)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history Scotland Scottish highlands west western highland clan clans
Jock of the Bushveld
REBOUND, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, gilt school motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 475pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, moderate soiling/bruising to board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, school presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1931
KEYWORDS: Sir Percy Fitzpatrick South Africa adventures Jock canine literature
Pnin
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, 191pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate soiling & tape staining to boards & edges, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/tape staining to eps & prelims & terminals, moderate foxing & soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, G+ (rear flap mostly cut off, heavy peeling & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Vladimir Nabokov
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXVIII: Tertullian Treatises on Penance, On Penitence and on Purity
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, vi + 330pp, VG (usual library markings, tape remnants to board edges, light bruising to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate tanning & clear tape reinforcement to spine, moderate foxing, sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1959
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series Tertullian religion theology literature
Ancient Christian Writers, Volume XXVII: St Methodius: The Symposium a Treatise on Chastity
Ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, vi + 249pp, VG (usual library markings, tape remnants to board edges, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate tanning & tape reinforcement to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing, minor tape remnants to flaps, minor paper residue to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press / Longmans, Green and Co 1958
KEYWORDS: ancient Christian writers series religion theology literature St Methodius
An Area of Darkness
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: Picador/ Macmillan 1995
KEYWORDS: travel India literature
Dante's Purgatorio
Imperial 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: Chronicle Books 2005
KEYWORDS: Dante's inferno sequence part 2 purgatory illustrated editions black and white illustrations poetry literature
Collected Poems 1987
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 1987
KEYWORDS: poetry literature
Hyperion: Or The Hermit in Greece
Paperback (VG) minor ink annotations; 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: Signet Classics / New American Library 1975
KEYWORDS: epistolary fiction literature