Books - "literature"
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Athens: Its Grandeur and Decay
Sm octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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: The Religious Tract Society N/D (c.1840s?)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Greece ancient Greek Athens history
In the Penny Arcade
FIRST EDITION, 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: Alfred A Knopf 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Steven Millhauser short stories
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition
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: University of Chicago Press 1991
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Giordano Bruno
The Big Six
FIRST EDITION, 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: Jonathan Cape 1940
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels adventure Arthur Ransome modern first editions
The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All
FIRST EDITION, 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: Jonathan Cape 1943
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels adventure Arthur Ransome modern first editions
The Serpents of Paradise
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: Henry Holt and Company 1995
KEYWORDS: literature Edward Abbey nature anthology anthologies literary collections
The Lost Metal
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 2022
KEYWORDS: fantasy literature novels fiction Brandon Sanderson
Good News
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: Plume / Penguin 1991
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Edward Abbey
The Brave Cowboy
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: Avon Books 1992
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Edward Abbey
The Conscience of Words and Earwitness
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: Picador / Pan Books 1987
KEYWORDS: literature prose essays Elias Canetti philosophy
Bart: The Story of a Dog
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: H H Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: literature Ormond Burton
The Grass Widow's Tale
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PUBLISHER: Futura 1991
KEYWORDS: Ellis Peters literature novels fiction Sergeant Felse series crime
Fallen Into the Pit
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PUBLISHER: Futura 1991
KEYWORDS: Ellis Peters literature novels fiction Sergeant Felse series crime
Electric City, and Other Stories
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1989
KEYWORDS: short stories literature fiction Patricia Grace
Poems from Bengali
Super octavo, cream light card covers, green lettering to spine, green & red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 91pp, VG- (light chipping & soiling to spine/extrems, 4cm closed tear to top of spine/front cover hinge, moderate water staining to base of spine & front cover, moderate to heavy foxing to covers, heavy insect damage to bottom corner of page block- some loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to prelims, minor water staining to base of front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Sri Aurobindo Ashram 1956
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Bengal Bengali
The Iliad of Homer: The First Twelve Staves, Translated into English
Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to cream spine, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, xiii + 228pp, VG (moderate bruising & soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm hole to bottom corner of ffep, minor soiling to front & rear eps, a lot of pages remain uncut, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1928
KEYWORDS: classic literature Homer Iliad verse English translations
The English Mining Engineer
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 236pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, sm patch of label residue to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand mining English miners oil exploration gas literature Brian Andrew Jackson
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, to page edges stained red- faded, xiv + 465pp, VG (light scuffing/chafing to board edges & extrems, 1cm crack to top of rear hinge, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in reversible d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, moderate foxing/soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1967
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy history Ibn Khaldun
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to spine, ix + 546pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor staining to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, patch of white-out to ffep, moderate pencil annotation to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 1938
KEYWORDS: logic philosophy literature John Dewey
Hareios Poter he tou Philosophou Lithos (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Ancient Greek)
TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK! Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt train illus to front board, unpaginated prelims, 250pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading & soiling to spine)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2004
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK children's literature youth ya Harry Potter series J K Rowling novels fiction fantasy