Books - "literature"
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The Amulet of Samarkand: Book I of the Bartimaeus Trilogy
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Corgi 2007
KEYWORDS: fantasy fiction literature young adult adventure
A Tale of Two Cities
Small 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Everymans Library 1979
KEYWORDS: Charles Dickens literature fiction Chesterton
The Europeans
Tidy ex-library. Small 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Heron Books N/D
KEYWORDS: ex library literature Henry James fiction historical
The Chronicles of Narnia (7 Vol Boxed Set) The Magician's Nephew ; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ; The Horse and His Boy ; Prince Caspian ; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ; The Silver Chair ; The Last Battle
7 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, coloured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rule & sm blind stamp illus to front boards, maps to prelims of each vol [except vol 1], mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE (occasional sl rubbing to board edges) in d/w, Near FINE (v sl chafing & curling) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing- some surface loss, 2cm poke/bruise to one face)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1994
KEYWORDS: children's fantasy literature classics boxed sets C S Lewis chronicles of Narnia fiction illustrated Pauline Baynes
Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals
FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, illus prelims, 250pp, illus, VG (government library markings, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & board edges, other light general soiling to boards, minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters at prelims, sl cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing House N/D (c.1940s?)
KEYWORDS: Russian literature English translations P Bazhov illustrated
The Boy's Own Annual, Volume 50 1927-1928
Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine, peach lettering & coloured illus to front board, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece, illus unpaginated prelims, 768pp, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing/soiling to spine & rear board, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps, moderate cracking to gutters at prelims & pgs 752-753, occasional scuffing & soiling to pages- minor, prev. owner's details in pencil to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper Office, 4, Bouverie Street, London, E.C.4
KEYWORDS: boy's own annuals children's literature illustrated past years
The Green Carnation
Octavo, dark green buckram boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus title page, unpaginated prelims, 183pp, ads/publishers to rear, G+ (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges, minor tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding a little delicate & boards shaky, pencil annotation/inscription to ffep)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1894
KEYWORDS: novels literature fiction satire Robert Hichins pioneer series
Maoriland Fairy Tales
Sm octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, publisher ads to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & rubbing/soiling to spine, minor scuffing to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, foxing quite heavy to prelims with some minor pencil markings also)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1936
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa te ao Maori literature fairy tales
Abai (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, octavo, blue buckram boards, colouerd lettering & illus to spines, red & white lettering & blind stamp decoration to front boards, textured eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- 449pp, vol 2- 431pp, illus, VG (minro rubbing & surface loss to spine extrems, parliament library markings- external & internal, light bruising to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to prleims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing House N/D
KEYWORDS: kazakh kazakhstan soviet literature novels English translations Mukhtar Auezov
Aerobleu: Pilot's Journal 1947
IN METAL SLIPCASE, slim imperial octavo, silver gilt lettering to dark brown textured heavy boards, light brown spine, unpaginated, pages artificially tanned, Near FINE (sl rubbing to spine) in metal case, VG+ (minor chafing & scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 1997
KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians literature Max Morgan art
The Story Girl
SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, dusty pink buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & colour plate to front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 365pp + publisher's ads to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems & front board, moderate soiling to spine & boards, minor bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, spine cocked with binding a little exposed at front pastedown, gutters are otherwise reasonably sound except a little foxing, 1cm tear to base of rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: L C Page 1911
KEYWORDS: early editions classic literature novels fiction L M Montgomery
The City and the Pillar
Small 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: Panther 1972
KEYWORDS: literature Gore Vidal gay queer lgbt romance
A Room in Chelsea Square
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: GMP 1986
KEYWORDS: literature Michael Nelson gay queer lgbt satire modern classic
Skinned Alive
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: Chatto & Windus 1995
KEYWORDS: first edition literature Edmund White gay queer lgbt short story stories AIDS HIV
Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir 1964 to 2006
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: Little Brown 2007
KEYWORDS: first edition literature Gore Vidal gay queer lgbt memoir history
Palimpsest: A Memoir
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: Random House 1995
KEYWORDS: first edition literature Gore Vidal gay queer lgbt memoir history
Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal
First Edition. Super octavo hardcover (NF) 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 2015
KEYWORDS: first edition literature Gore Vidal gay queer lgbt biography history Jay Parini
Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant
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: Hamish Hamilton 1990
KEYWORDS: literature Stephen Tennant gay queer lgbt biography Philip Hoare
Dharma Lion: A Critical Biography of Allen Ginsberg
Tidy ex-library. 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: St Martins Press 1992
KEYWORDS: ex- library literature Alan Ginsberg poet beat generation gay queer lgbt biography Michael Schumacher
I, of all People: An Autobiography of Youth
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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1988
KEYWORDS: first edition literature James Kirkup poet gay queer lgbt autobiography