Books - "literature"
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Le Sang Des Autres
TEXT IN FRENCH, paperback (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: Gallimard 1973
KEYWORDS: Simone de Beauvoir French literature existenial novels philosophical fiction text in french language
La Femme Rompu
TEXT IN FRENCH, paperback (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: Gallimard 1972
KEYWORDS: Simone de Beauvoir French literature novels fiction text in french language
Les Belles Images
TEXT IN FRENCH, paperback (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: Gallimard 1972
KEYWORDS: Simone de Beauvoir French literature novels fiction text in french language
Biggles the Boy
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Deans International 1985
KEYWORDS: Biggles series prequel classic children's fiction novels literature adventure W E Johns
The Little Grey Men
Paperback (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: Magnet 1986
KEYWORDS: 'BB' Little Grey Men series classic children's literature fiction novels illustrated
Night's Black Agent
Paperback (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: Penguin 1965
KEYWORDS: Crime fiction novels literature
The Vanishing Point
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: Ultimo Press 2023
KEYWORDS: Fiction novels literature New Zealand
The Winners
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: Simon & Schuster 2022
KEYWORDS: Fiction novels literature
Calligraphy and Palaeography: Essays Presented to Alfred Fairbank on His 70th Birthday
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt initials to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xxiii + 287pp, illus/plates, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine, light general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1965
KEYWORDS: essays literature prose Alfred Fairbank calligraphy palaeography handwriting
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 696pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (fore-edge of front flap clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: English literature history historical 16th sixteenth century
A Companion to the Cantos of Ezra Pound
Super octavo, yellow glossy light card wrappers, red lettering to spine & covers, xix + 791pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers, light to moderate chafing/scuffing to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges, pencil gift inscription to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993
KEYWORDS: literature Ezra Pound literary criticism reference books translations
Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi + 233pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, v sl soiling to page edges & front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing top edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: English literature literary criticism women ballads heroines history soldiers warriors female
Letters and Papers From Prison
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 190pp, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, moderate general chafing & soiling, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: SCM Press 1953
KEYWORDS: first editions literature letters prose Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine, dark blue illus & rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue- very faded, frontispiece, illus full title page, (4) + 202pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing & soiling to pages throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Charles H Kelly 1916
KEYWORDS: classic children's literature Alice in Wonderland illustrated Lewis Carroll fantasy novels fiction
Summer and Fall in Western Alaska: The Record of a Trip to Cook's Inlet After Big Game
Octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & green illus to spine & front board, single green illus to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, viii + 191pp, illus/plates- all present, VG (spine & boards in fully adhesive plastic cover, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & discolouration to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps, light soiling & foxing to prelims, closed tearing to top & bottom segments of full title page, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Horace Cox 1903
KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Alaska Colonel Claude Cane history
Gayletter, Issue 10
FRANK OCEAN COVER, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 180pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, minro scuff & stain to top edge of page block)
PUBLISHER: Gayletter LLC N/D
KEYWORDS: gayletter past issues gay lgbtq literature queer Frank Ocean
032c (Berlin Winter 2017/18 33rd Issue - Berlin Kidz)
FRANK OCEAN COVER, quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, plain red cloth spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing/creasing to cover extrems, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: 032c System GmbH 2017
KEYWORDS: 032c past issues magazines literature media fashion culture cultural publications contemporary
The Seal-Singing
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG (moderate musty damp/mould staining to fore-edges of boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning & fading to spine, sl foxing to flaps, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Rosemary Harris
The Complete Works of John Bunyan, in Four Volumes: Volume III
THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 538pp, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to front & rear eps, library reinforcment to gutter of prelims)
PUBLISHER: Johnson Reprint Corporation 1970
KEYWORDS: literature complete works John Bunyan
Unknown Mongolia: A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, lilac lettering & illus to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xviii + 1-318pp, vol 2- x + 319-659pp, illus/maps, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of both vols, minor foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, vol 1 missing 2nd map [all other plates present], vol 2 missing map at rear [all other plates present], some plates partially detached, prev. owner has tipped in photocopies of missing maps to rear of each vol)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical exploration Mongolia Dzungaria Douglas Carruthers