Books - "literature"
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The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Five: 1847-1849 (The Pilgrim Edition)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + (3) + 753pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing & staining, minor creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor annotation to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: literature literary letters correspondence Charles Dickens pilgrim editions editions
The Gift
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 346pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to head of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (circular price clipping, light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closs to top edge of rear cover, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Vladimir Nabokov
The Valley of Bones
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 243pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink plus 2x sm adhesive labels to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, sl foxing to frotn flap)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Anthony Powell
The Call of the Wild
FRONTIS & AURORA PLATES MISSING, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, teg, illus eps & title page, 231pp, illus/plates- some missing and/or loose, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 2x plates missing & 2x others loosely enclosed at front, moderate foxing & soiling to page throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1905
KEYWORDS: classic literature novels fiction Jack London illustrated
New Windows on a Woman's World: Essays for Jocelyn Harris (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, illus light card wrappers, cross-stitch pattern to spines, cross-stitch lettering to front covers, vol 1- xiv + 373pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 559pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Department of English, University of Otago 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary anthologies essays prose Jocelyn Harris
Thomae Hobbes Malmesburiensis Opera Philosophica Quae Latine Scripsit Omnia in Unum Corpus Nunc Primum Collecta, Vol III: Leviathan
TEXT IN LATIN, THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, VG- (usual library markings, moderate to heavy cracking & scuffing to spine, light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, moderate bruising to board extrems, light chafing & moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. booksellers' sm labels to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Londini: Apud Joannem Bohn, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden 1841
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN Thomas Hobbes literature philosophy Leviathan
The Mathnawi: The Spiritual Couplets of Maulana Jalalu-d-Din, Muhammad I Rumi
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 344pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover & front flap)
PUBLISHER: Watkins Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: spirituality Rumi writings literature translations
Taliessin Through Logres: The Region of the Summer Stars ; Arthurian Torso
Octavo, yellow illus light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine & covers, 384pp, VG- (heavy fading to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, sl soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to pages throughout, minor tanning & staining to front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: William B Eerdmans Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse literary Charles Williams C S Lewis
A Guide Through C S Lewis' Space Trilogy
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, coloured lettering to spine, 189pp, illus, VG (light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cornerstone Books 1980
KEYWORDS: literature C S Lewis literary criticism scifi science fiction space trilogy
Frederic Remington: Selected Writings
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Castle 1982
KEYWORDS: Western stories articles American west literature
'They that Walk in Darkness': Ghetto Tragedies
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1899
KEYWORDS: Jewish fiction literature
O Men of Athens
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-, homemade?); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & co. n/d
KEYWORDS: historical fantasy fiction Athens ancient Greece literature Sir Charles Trinder
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1950
KEYWORDS: fiction literature
Wild Honey Time
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1972
KEYWORDS: Scottish fiction literature
Those Who Save Us
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Canongate 2005
KEYWORDS: historical fiction world war two literature
The Trout Opera
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Vintage / Random House
KEYWORDS: Australian fiction literature
The Wonderful Adventures of Brer Rabbit [Re-Told from Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler-Harris] [no.6]
Paperback stapled wrappers (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Stead's [n/d]
KEYWORDS: Brer Rabbit series book 6 children's fiction literature
Toby Alone
FIRST EDITION UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2008
KEYWORDS: French children's fiction in translation literature first edition proof
Pilgrim
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Many Rivers Press 2012
KEYWORDS: poetry literature
The Revolt of Gunner Asch
Octavo hardcover (VG- cracking at gutter) 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Collins 1965
KEYWORDS: German fiction in translation literature