Books - "literature"
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The Witches
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels fiction Roald Dahl Quentin Blake illustrated
[To] the Last [Be] Human
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Copper Canyon Press 2022
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Jorie Graham
One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses
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: McSweeney's 2016
KEYWORDS: literature short stories Lucy Corin
Rabbit and the Motorbike
FIRST EDITION, oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2019
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature picture books Kate Hoefler
Letters of E B White (Revised Edition)
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial 2007
KEYWORDS: literature literary autobiography letters correspondence E B White
The Neophiliacs
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Gambit 1970
KEYWORDS: first editions literature social history Christopher Booker
The Pursuit of Art: Travels, Encounters and Revelations
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2019
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature art trails Martin Gayford culture
The Inner Limits of Mankind
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: Oneworld 1989
KEYWORDS: social political commentary philosophy literature Ervin Laszlo
The Complete Works of Francis A Schaeffer, Volume Five: A Christian View of the West (Second Edition)
THIS VOL ONLY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Crossway Books 1985
KEYWORDS: Francis A Schaeffer theology religion Christianity literature
Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman
Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 250pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & bruising to board edges & extrems, light imprint of jacket to rear board, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor general fading)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: English literature history literary criticism victorian era girls gender identity female children
Deeper into Pictures: An Essay on Pictorial Representation
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 226pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: art philosophy visualizations visual perception literature essays
The Apparitional Lesbian: Female Homosexuality and Modern Culture
Octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, x + 307pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian studies literature women literary criticism
John Donne: The Complete English Poems
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, illus cloth boards, gilt lettering to red leather spine, top page edges stained red, xxxviii + 438pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006
KEYWORDS: folio society literature poetry poets poems verse John Donne
First Love
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, orange & gilt floral illus to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 74pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011
KEYWORDS: folio society literature Ivan Turgenev
Under the Mountain
SIGNED & INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, unpaginated prelims + 155pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press N/D
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Maurice Gee New Zealand writers authors children's literature fiction novels fantasy
Typhoon: The Nigger of 'Narcissus', and Other Stories
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration to spine, black/blue/silver gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, 353pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & prelims) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling, minor cracking/bruising to top edges)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2000
KEYWORDS: folio society literature short stories fiction Joseph Conrad
On the Eve
Imperial octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, dark blue illus with silver gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, xiii + 172pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl external rubbing/soiling) in slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Thge Folio Society 2011
KEYWORDS: folio society classic literature Ivan Turgenev illustrated novels fiction
The Grapes of Wrath
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 553pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & cracking to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine, minor bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy crcking to rear gutter, other light cracking to gutters sporadcially throughout)
PUBLISHER: Willam Heinemann 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions classic American literature novels fiction John Steinbeck
Heaven & Hell
Sm octavo, pink buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 88pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, minor water damage to base of spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name & loan ink stamp to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1956
KEYWORDS: Aldous Huxley literature philosophy
Breviarii Romani, Ex Decreto Sacrofancti Concilij Tridentini Restituti
TEXT IN LATIN, duodecimo, black leather boards, gilt tooling & raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to boards, aeg, marbled eps, illus title page, 828pp + ccxxxvii to rear, VG (moderate scuffing/surface loss to spine & board edges, sl soiling to rest of boards, moderate soiling to gilt on page edges, historical ink annotation to terminals, moderate age-appropriate tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Antverpiae Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti 1638
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN antiquarian books full leather bindings religious literature roman brevier horae diunae