Books - "literature"
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Elantris (Revised Definitive Tenth Anniversary Edition)
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: Gollancz 2016
KEYWORDS: fantasy novels fiction literature Brandon Sanderson
Innocent Erendira, and Other Stories
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG-) boards soiled; 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: Harper & Row 1978
KEYWORDS: literature short stories fiction Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The History Man
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: Secker & Warburg 1986
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Malcolm Bradbury
Tibetan Trek
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1936
KEYWORDS: travel nature Tibet adventure literature Ronald Kaulback
Walking to Africa
FIRST 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poetry poems verse literature Jessica le Bas
Dickens: Hard Times, Great Expectations and Our Mutual Friend: A Casebook
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: Macmillan 1991
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism Charles Dickens casebooks essays
The Vita Nuova of Dante
Sm 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: William Blackwood and Sons 1893
KEYWORDS: literature literary Vita Nuova Dante
The Hunting of the Snark
FIRST MINIATURE EDITION, duodecimo 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: Macmillan and Co 1910
KEYWORDS: modern first miniature editions Lewis Carrol literature
Der Spieler
TEXT IN GERMAN, 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: Buchergilde Gutenberg 1954
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN literature F M Dostojewskij
Evening Train
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: New Directions 1992
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Denise Levertov
Pocket Edition
FIRST EDITION, sm 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: Victoria University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets literature poetry poems verse Geoff Cochrane
Just Then
FIRST EDITION, 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: Victoria University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry poems verse Harry Ricketts New Zealand poets writers
Virginia Woolf: A Biography 1882-1941 (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + (3) + 230pp, vol 2- ix + (3) + 300pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals of both vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine of vol 1, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1973
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Virginia Woolf Quentin Bell
The Collected Fiction of Albert Camus: The Outsider ; The Plague ; The Fall ; Exile and the Kingdom
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 400pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top spine extrem, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1961
KEYWORDS: omnibus editions literature fiction novels Albert Camus
The Virgin in the Garden
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 428pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction A S Byatt
Memoirs of Montparnasse
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 241pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soilingb/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: first editions signed John Glassco literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir France French
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1659-1669 and Index (3 Vol Set)
COMPLETE SET OF 3 VOLS, THIN PAPER EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontis to vol 1 only, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & heavy chipping/loss with tape repairs to edges, moderate foxing, light tanning to spines, minor water staining to vol 2)
PUBLISHER: G Bell and Sons 1949
KEYWORDS: classic literature diaries journals Samuel Pepys
Theatre I: En Attendant Godot, Fin De Partie, Acte Sans Parole I, and Acte Sans Parole II
TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, cream flecked cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, brown publishers motif embossed on front board, 231pp, VG+ (minor fading & foxing to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Les Editions De Minuit 1971
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Samuel Beckett plays theatre literature theater stage scripts
Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella, on Agriculture and Trees, in Three Volumes (3 Vol Set)
TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, 3 VOL SET, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt publisher's sm initials to front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective covers- easily removed if desired, vols 1 & 2 price clipped, sl fading to spines)
PUBLISHER: Loeb / Harvard University Press / William Heinemann 1968-79
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series texts literature ancient Rome roman farming agriculture Columella
The Riverside Milton
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxxii + 1214pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1998
KEYWORDS: John Milton literature arts literary criticism art appreciation interpretation