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Landfall, a New Zealand Journal: Number 194 Spring 1997 (50th Anniversary Issue)
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: University of Otago Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature anthologies Landfall publications past issues years 1997 50th anniversary edition literary
Troilus & Criseyde
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, quarter leatherbound illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, frontispiece, xi + (5) + 195pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising, chafing & fading)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1990
KEYWORDS: classic literature folio society Geoffrey Chaucer verse illustrated
The Question of Things Happening: The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volumme II 1912-1922
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + (4) + 627pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board edges/extrems, light tape residue to boards & pastedowns, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to rear ep, 1cm gouge/scuff to full title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, minor tanning to rear cover, light foxing to flaps, sporadic moderate tape staining to covers & flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1976
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary autobiography Virginia Woolf letters correspondence 20th twentieth century
Collected Essays: Volume One
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 361pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary essays collections Virginia Woolf
Collected Essays: Volume Three
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 231pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary essays collections Virginia Woolf
Collected Essays: Volume Four
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 235pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary essays collections Virginia Woolf
Three Worlds / Drei Welten: Selected Poems
DUAL ENGLISH GERMAN TEXT, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & black/brown lettering to spine, xxxix + 267pp, Near FINE (sl creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Cold Hub Press 2016
KEYWORDS: DUAL ENGLISH GERMAN TEXT poetry poems verse literature Karl Wolfskehl
The Boy and the Magic
Oblong quarto, pink/red heavy boards, green gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising/rubbing & moderate to heavy fading to board edges, boards sl warped, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, parts of page block sl loosened at gutter, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate to heavy staining & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson / Dobson Books 1964
KEYWORDS: classic children's literature picture books Colette illustrated
The Arcades Project
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 1073pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light to moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century history Walter Benjamin cultural literature
In Search of Sheba: Across the Sahara to Ethiopia
Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, viii + 242pp, VG (light tanning/fading & bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to fore-edge of page block & pg 7, moderate vertical creasing to ffep, moderate tape staining to front & rear eps, minor soiling to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, minor tape staining to fore-edge of front flap)
PUBLISHER: The Travel Book Club 1961
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Sahara desert Africa Ethiopia adventure Barbara Toy
The Sign of Jonas: The Journals of Thomas Merton
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt religious motif to front board, top page edges stained blue/grey- faded, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 354pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing with loss to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to flaps & rear cover, minor foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1953
KEYWORDS: religion religious literature Thomas Merton journals diaries history
The Silver Chair
FIRST EDITION, FIRST REPRINT, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/map of Narnia & the Wild Lands of the North to front eps, frontispiece, 217pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, moderate fading/tanning to spine, light soiling & discolouration to boards, light t anning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to base of half title page)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1956
KEYWORDS: children's classic literature modern first editions first reprints C S Lewis fantasy Narnia novels fiction illustrated Pauline Baynes
The Old South Illustrated
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title pages, xxi + 296pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, minor creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & light soiling to spine, minor general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 1959
KEYWORDS: Porte Crayon David Hunter Strother US America American history old deep south essays literature writings
Christian Reflections
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 176pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to top page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges & spine, minor general chafing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1967
KEYWORDS: theology religion Christianity C S Lewis literature first editions writings prose
Refelctions on the Psalms
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue- faded, vii + 151pp, VG+ (sl bruisng & fading to board edges, light tape staining to rear board & eps, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & moderate discolouration to edges, light to moderate general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1958
KEYWORDS: theology religion religious literature writings C S Lewis Christianity psalms first editions
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 159pp, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2x 2cm closed tears to top edge of rear cover, light tanning to spine, light general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1964
KEYWORDS: theology religion religious literature writings C S Lewis Christianity prayer first editions
The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity Reason and Romanticism
Sm octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to cream title plate on spine, map to front eps, 199pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss & archival tape repair, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, minor general tanning & soiling, single vertical crease to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1946
KEYWORDS: theology religion religious literature writing C S Lewis Christianity
Mere Christianity: A Revised and Amplified Edition, With a New Introduction of the Three Books 'Broadcast Talks', 'Christian Behaviour' and 'Beyond Personality'
FIRST EDITION, FIRST REPRINT, octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 177pp, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, moderate foxing & heavy loss to base of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1953
KEYWORDS: first editions first reprints C S Lewis theology religion religious writings literature Christianity
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 220pp, sl fading & scuffing/bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl sporadic foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor tape repairs, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, other general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1947
KEYWORDS: theology religion religious literature writings C S Lewis Christianity miracles first editions
Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xi + 148pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, general minor tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions literature writings essays prose C S Lewis