Books - "literature"
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The Travel Diary of a Philosopher
ONE VOLUME EDITION, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 735pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1927
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Count Hermann Keyserling English translations
Examples of San Bernardino of Siena
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp motif to front board, deckled page edges, illus prelims, x + 150pp, illus, VG (light to moderate soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasioanl light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping, tanning & loss to spine, heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, light to moderate tanning & foxing, moderate water staining to base of spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Gerald Howe 1926
KEYWORDS: art history literature Bernadino of Siena franciscan monks first editions
Traveller's Tracks
FIRST EDITION, octavo, peach heavy boards, green lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss also, light to moderate rubbing & wrinkling to spine, light to moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions Australia Australian travel literature writing George Farwell
In Memoriam - A Tirelss Warrior for Dualism
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: EcoMed 2000
KEYWORDS: Sir John Eccles prose literature neurosciecne philosophy appreciation natural science
The Carpet People
FIRST EDITION THUS (REVISED), octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading/discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine & edges, sl chafing/wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS revised edition fantasy literature novels fiction Terry Pratchett
Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume
SIGNED, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + (3) + 288pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: David Hume philosophy philosophers literature essays criticism prose
Ulysses Moore: The Long-Lost Map
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: Scholastic 2006
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction adventure Ulysses Moore series English translations
Inkdeath
FIRST EDITION, 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: The Chicken House 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels fiction Inkheart trilogy Cornelia Funke
Inkspell
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: The Chicken House 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels fiction Inkheart trilogy Cornelia Funke
The Three Just Men
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: Hodder and Stoughton N/D
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature thrillers Edgar Wallace
The Terror
Duodecimo 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: The Literary Press N/D
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature thrillers Edgar Wallace
Visitors
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1988
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction scifi science fiction Caroline Macdonald
Fragile Things
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: Headline Review 2006
KEYWORDS: Neil Gaiman literature fiction short stories
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
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: Pimlico 1997
KEYWORDS: natural history literature David Quammen
Salamina
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) water damage/stained; 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: Faber and Faber 1936
KEYWORDS: travel exploration adventure Rockwell Kent literature writing Greenland first editions
Battle: Issue 3, June 2021
Quarto 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: Gu 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand magazines Battle magazine past issues literature
The City Always Wins
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: MCD / Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Omar Robert Hamilton
Foucault's Pendulum
FIRST EDITION, 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: Martin Secker & Warburg 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Umberto Eco
Burning Man: The Ascent of D H Lawrence
FIRST EDITION, 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: Bloomsbury Circus 2021
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary biographies biography memoir D H Lawrence
Another Day
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: Faber and Faber 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels fiction Ruth Tomalin