Books - "literature"
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Running Scared
DATED, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 56pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & tanning/discolouration to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top 2cm of top edge removed from title page)
PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Sam Hunt signed poets poetry poems verse literature
My Ladybug
Octavo, black heavy boards, pink lettering to spine, 340pp, VG (light rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to head of spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minor general tanning)
PUBLISHER: Sherbourne Press 1968
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Becky Crocker
Wisdom from the Nile: A Collection of Folk-Stories from Northern and Central Sudan
Tidy ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 256pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor tape residue to board edges, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tape staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- cover edges likely damaged, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling, minor chipping to cover at spine area, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Sudan folklore folk stories tales cultural literature African
World Without Dreams
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minro tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: W H Allen 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Rodney Garland
Somewhere Between the Two
Super octavo, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 255pp, VG (moderate foxing/discolouration to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor foxing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, moderate scuffing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pageant Press 1960
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Jay Little lgbtq trans transgender female impersonators
Masquerade in Petticoats
Octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, 24pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to cover edges, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Turnabout / Abbe de Choisy Press 1967
KEYWORDS: trans transvestites literature Elvira Rios transvestism
Adam and Adam
Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, purple & black lettering to spine, 159pp, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers & prelims/terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Impact Library / Echelon Book Publishers 1967
KEYWORDS: lgbtq men homosexuals homosexuality literature R C Carruthers
Sex Change
Sm octavo, yellow illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 192pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to inside covers & prelims/terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Pec Giant 1970
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Renne Chavre transsexual trans
On What Matters, Volume One
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlviii + 540pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: ethics philosophy literature Derek Parfit morality
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa; Including Accounts of Timbuktu, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Niger and Benuwe
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering with gilt & black rule to spine, black decoration to boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 548pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to gilt/page edges, minor tanning to eps, minor foxing & soiling to prelims, heavy cracking to gutters btween pgs 289-321)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: travel exploration literature writing Africa Henry Barth history historical
Queering the Underworld: Slumming, Literature, and the Undoing of Lesbian and Gay History
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & yellow lettering to spine, xv + 278pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2007
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian history studies literature literary criticism
The Devil Went Down to Georgia
SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & coloured lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 238pp, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Zenda Inc 1990
KEYWORDS: signed Charlie Daniels autobiography memoir short stories literature autobiographies music musicians
On What Matters: Volume Two
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 825pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, ligh tfading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: ethics philoosphy literature morality Derek Parfit
Rolling Thunder Logbook
FIRST EDITION, ex-library- minimal markings, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 184pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings- none external, light fading & rubbing to spine & boardedges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor staining to fore-edge of ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate closed tearing to base of covers- yellowing tape repairs to inside, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Viking Press 1977
KEYWORDS: first editions Sam Shepard music touring Bob Dylan performance literature playwrights
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Octavo, maroon full leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration with raised bands to spine, blind rule to boards, gilt coat of arms to front board, gilt decoration to board edges, aeg, frontispiece, vignette to unpaginated prelims, 329pp, illus/engravings, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing to boards, presentation plate to front pastedown, sl cracking to gutters, light soiling & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, contents in very nice condition with only very minor blemishes)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1869
KEYWORDS: Lord Byron literature verse poetry full leather bindings
Sri Sarwarthachintamani: English Translation (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, 835pp total, VG- (heavy scuffing to head of spine & board edges- minor loss, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & loss to top edges, light creasing & chipping to other edges, light fading to spines, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1996
KEYWORDS: spirituality English translations literature B Suryanarain horoscope astrology zodiac
A Revolution Almost Beyond Expression: Jane Austen's Persuasion
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 280pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to board/spine edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of Delaware Press 2007
KEYWORDS: English literature literary appreciation criticism Jane Austen Persuasion
Literary Chinese, by the Inductive Method (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, green/red buckram boards, black lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xv + 213pp, vol 2- ix + 252pp, VG (moderate discolouration to spines, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep of vol 1, minor soiling & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1948
KEYWORDS: language languages Chinese literature literary
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Other Verses from The Red Book
BEAUTIFUL FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 64pp, lovely illustrations throughout, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems- sl surface loss, sl tanning to page edges, occasional sl soiling to some prelim page edges, v minor scuffing to bottom of pgs32-33) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to base of jacket, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to top of jacket, sl tanning & fading to spine, minor tanning to flaps) a beautiful copy
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy verse literature J R R Tolkien illustrated Pauline Baynes
In My Father's Den
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 175pp, VG (minimal library markings- mostly to eps, light bruising to extrems, moderate adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tape staining to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, single library label to rear flap, ligh tto moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & staining to spine, other general light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Maurice Gee