Books - "literature"
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Two-Up: By Scooter to Australia
Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 214pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minro fading to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Travel Book Club 1960
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Australia Michael Marriott
The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, viii + 157pp, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in pencil- otherwise still a very tidy copy)
PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2015
KEYWORDS: English drama literature stage plays theatre theater history criticism
Thomas Dekker: Selected Prose Writings (The Stratford-Upon-Avon Library 4)
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, ix + 374pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing & soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minro tanning & foxing to flaps, sm date ink stamp & publisher's sm label to base of front flap)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1967
KEYWORDS: literature prose collections anthologies Thomas Dekker
The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Two 1840-1841 (The Pilgrim Ediiton)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 547pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (minor fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light foxing & soiling, sm annotation in ink to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Editions edition literature literary letters correspondence Charles Dickens autobiographical
The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Eight 1856-1858 (The British Academy / The Pilgrim Edition)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvii + 807pp, VG+ (sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm inscription to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Editions edition literature literary letters correspondence Charles Dickens autobiographical The British Academy
The Sadist Hunters
Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, green & black lettering to spine, 158pp, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to cover edges/extrems, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sm adhesive label to front cover, moderate tanning & sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New English Library / NEL 1969
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Courtney Browne
Maigret on Holiday
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, v + 274pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals- occasionally throughout also, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Georges Simenon Maigret series
Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke 1902-1926
Super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 420pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, occasional minor tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, moderate foxing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Rainer Maria Rilke literature literary autobiographical
Remembrance of Things Past (12 Vol Set)
12 VOL SET, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (spines of vols 11 & 12 missing- attempts at tape repair to vol 12 but to no avail, other moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some with loss at spines, light tanning to spines of remaining vols, moderate general foxing & soiling, annotation in ink & pencil to rear flaps)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1949-52
KEYWORDS: Marcel Proust literature collections
The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Three 1842-1843 (The Pilgrim Edition)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 692pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling & foxing, heavy annotation in ink & pencil to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Edition editions Charles Dickens literature literary letters correspondence
The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume One 1820-1839 (The Pilgrim Edition)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xlvi + 744pp, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light fading & tanning/soiling/foxing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor general soiling, moderate annotation in ink to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Edition editions Charles Dickens literature literary letters correspondence
The Pickwick Papers (Clarendon Edition)
FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, civ + 898pp + map of London to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling, light fading to spine, minor annotation to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son
FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lx + 871pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl fading & 1cm scuff to spine, light general soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit
FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 864pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to rear board, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional pencil marking to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light general soiling, minor annotation in ink to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit
FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxv + 835pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light soiling, minor scuff/surface loss to fore-edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 781pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins) in d/w, G- (front cover & front flap completely missing, spine detached but present- all just loosley enclosed in book, moderate rubbing & tearing to spine, annotation to rear flap, other heavy scuffing & tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens
Cybele and Attis: The Myth and the Cult
Imperial ocatvo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (minor scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor fading to top edge of rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink markings to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & rear cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1977
KEYWORDS: ancient mythology Cybele literature art antiquity Greece Greek
A History of Greek Literature
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering on silver gilt backing to spine, top page edges stained red, xviii + 921pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing, light to moderate creasing & chipipng to edges, sm pencil annotation to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1966
KEYWORDS: Greek literature history criticism
Night and Day
Sm octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 538pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolourtion to spine, light to moderate foxing & soiling, minor pencil annotaiton to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1960
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Virginia Woolf
The Invention of Jane Harrison
Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt face illus to front board, xiii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to page edges, moderate pencil annotaiton to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: classical philology literature anthropology classicists mythology history historiography