Books - "literature"
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The View From the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction
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 2016
KEYWORDS: literature Neil Gaiman collections
Les Aventures de Tintin: L'Oreille Cassee
TEXT IN FRENCH, super 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: Casterman 2006
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH children's literature Herge Tintin cartoons
The Pleasures of a Nonconformist
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to front board, 315pp, VG (moderate foxing & rubbing to spine & board edges, light soiling & foxing to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate crackin to front hinge, minor general rubbing)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy literature Lin Yutang
The Wardrobe Mistress
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus black light card wrappers, white & silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 314pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies fiction novels literature Patrick McGrath
Baudelaire ; Fleurs du Mal in Pattern and Prose
SIGNED NUMBERED (#335/500) FIRST EDITION THUS, quarto, green patterned heavy boards, black lettering to title plate to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, 142pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine, heavy bruising & minor scuffing to board corners, moderate fading & soiling to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light occasional foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Sophistocles Press / T Werner Laurie Ltd 1929
KEYWORDS: signed numbered special editions first edition THUS art literature Beresford Egan C Bower Alcock
Treasures of the Turnbull Library: Unpublished Manuscript
ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY NZ HISTORIAN JOHANNES ANDERSEN, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, photos tipped in, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (G C Petersen) in ink to ffep with inscription in ink by Petersen on title page, minor wrinkling & foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Johannes C Andersen N/D
KEYWORDS: unpublished manuscripts Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand history Johannes C Andersen National Library literature literary academic
De Sade; Being a Series of Wounds, Inflicted with Brush and Pen, Upon Sadistic Wolves Garbed in Masochists' Wool
LIMITED FIRST EDITION (ONE OF 1600), MORALIST PLATE IS PRESENT, quarto, plum buckram boards (possibly early issue), gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges to base, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate fading & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional creasing & chipping to some page edges/corners) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping/loss & moderate soiling to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Fortune Press N/D
KEYWORDS: first editions literature essays sadism Marquis de Sade
A Thousand Notable Things, of Sundry Sorts, Enlarged.
Sm octavo, brown leather boards, spine missing, 371pp + unpaginated prelims & terminals, G- (boards completely detached but present, many signatures of text block detached, pages 189-200 missing (misbound?), spine completely missing- binding tanned, soiled & exposed, heavy scuffing to boards with some surface loss, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, page edges very brittle & chipped, numerous pencil & ink annotations throughout- historic)
PUBLISHER: London Printed for M Wright at the Kings-head, in the Old Bailey 1660
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books 17th seventeenth century Thomas Lupton literature
Crime and Punishment
FIRST FOLIO EDITION (NO SLIPCASE), super octavo, red & black illus cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red (faded), frontispiece, vi + 454pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first (FOLIO) editions folio society literature Russian novels fiction Fyodor Dostoevsky
Leonard Cohen Selected Poems 1956-1968
Octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained red (faded), x + 245pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine extrems, sl staining & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/foxing/chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Leonard Cohen
Confucian Analects
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, light brown/orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 135pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions THUS literature philosophy Confucian teachings wisdom oriental asian
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to s[ine, white lettering & whie & blue illus to front board, illus eps, xi + 153pp, illus, Near FINE, in slicpase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS folio society children's literature fiction novels illustrated ya young adult youth Penelope Lively
Hide My Eyes
FOLIO FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + (5) + 207pp, illus, Near FINE (sl fading to spine), in slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first (folio) editions folio society literature fiction novels Margery Allingham
The Collected Works of Ken Wilbur (Complete 8 Vol Set)
COMPLETE 8 VOL SET- VOL 1 IS SIGNED BY KEN WILBER, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, vol 8 still sealed in plastic wrap, sl soiling to page edges, 2cm scuff/gouge to rear board of vol 5) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, 2cm scuff/gouge to rear cover of vol 5)
PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1999-2000
KEYWORDS: signed Ken Wilber collected works philosophy literature consciousness subconsciousness psychology self-perception
Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages: Their Origin and Influence on Literature and Art
SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 405pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate chipping to edges- tape reinforcement, light soiling & moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1926
KEYWORDS: literature art myths legends mythology history historical middle ages
Myths of the Norsemen; from the Eddas and Sagas
SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xvi + 397pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to spine, moderate general tanning & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1929
KEYWORDS: myths Norsemen vikings viking culture literature art norse mythology folklore lore
The Dogs and the Wolves
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & grey lettering to spine, vi + 214pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2009
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Irene Nemirovsky
Collobert Orbital
Square octavo, illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to spine, unpaginated, VG+ (light curling & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Displaced Press 2009
KEYWORDS: literature Johan Jonson
Language Death Night Outside: POEM. Novel.
SCARCE, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 128pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to front & rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Burning Deck 2009
KEYWORDS: scarce literature Peter Waterhouse literary speech poetry novels
A Year of Last Things
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 111pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2024
KEYWORDS: UK first editions literature poetry poems verse Michael Ondaatje