Books - "literature"
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Fire Sea (The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 3)
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, maps to unpaginated prelims, 364pp + unpaginated music score to rear, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/chipping & peeling to spine & edges, light chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy literature novels fiction death gate cycle series Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman
It
FIRST EDITION (JACKET NOT PRICE CLIPPED), super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 912pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to spine extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, binding a little sloppy, minor horizontal tan lines to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (NOT price clipped, light creasing to edges, light generalised tanning, light vertical crease to rear flap, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first editions horror novels fiction literature classics Stephen King It
The City Park: A Reproduction of an Antique Stand-Up Book
Square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, unpaginated concertina card leaves, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to edges of front & rear boards, light chafing & soiling to boards, all cut-outs in good condition with no tears or missing parts detected)
PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1982
KEYWORDS: stand-up stand up books reproductions literature picture books Lothar Meggendorfer
The Quentin Blake Book
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to red cloth spine, illus eps & prelims, 255pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to top edge of rear board)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2022
KEYWORDS: children's literature artists artwork Quentin Blake anthology biography literary art
The Advenures of Pinocchio
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus of carpentry tools to front board, illus eps & prelims, 207pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & surface loss to board edges, sl fading to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2014
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction fantasy Pinocchio Carlo Collodi illustrated
The Wind in the Willows
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, turquoise heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to board edges, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sm patch of label residue to base of spine- on protective cover only)
PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2007
KEYWORDS: illustrated children's literature fiction classic novels Kenneth Grahame modern first editions
Love in the Time of Cholera
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, 2cm closed tear to base of rear cover/flap join, light to moderate foxing to flaps, light general soiling & discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Tapu
FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED (TWICE) BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, printed eps, x + 340pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping top edges- sl surface loss, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Sinclair-Stevenson 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Judt Corbalis New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Maori
Nationalism and Culture
Super octavo, green/brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 614pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, 4cm crack to front flap fold/crease)
PUBLISHER: Michael E Coughlin 1978
KEYWORDS: social philosophy Rudolf Rocker literature
Never Let Me Go
US FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, light green lettering to dark green spine, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 288pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to rear board, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges & rear flap, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first US editions literature fiction novels Kazuo Ishiguro
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, oriental illus to front board, illus eps & title page, unpaginated prelims + 82pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning to spine, moderate soiling & discolouration to boards, heavy scuff to length of rear hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking at front gutter, light foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to half title page, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Rumer Godden illustrated
Come to Me My Melancholy Baby
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, VG- (moderate scuffing/surface loss & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor soiling to prelims & to base of some pages, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Outback Press 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Kate Jennings
Spinoza
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, frontispiece, unpaginted prelims + 315pp, VG- (light scuffing & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, quite heavy cracking to gutters throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate underlining to text in pencil throughout- unobtrusive, heavy pencil markings & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to verso of half title page)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1888
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Spinoza
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (3 Vol Set in 2 Slipcases)
3 VOL SET PRESENTED IN 2x SEPARATE SLIPCASES, vols 1 + 2 are his shorter works with vol 3 comprising of novels, imperial octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spines, frontispieces, decorated title pages, mixed pagination, illus, Near Fine, in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling) in slipcases, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2005
KEYWORDS: Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle novels short cases literature famous detectives fiction
Cujo
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 345pp, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl foxing to prelims & terminals, sl mould smell- no mould visibly present) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing to edges, light tanning & light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Stephen King classic horror novels fiction literature
White Corridor
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 304pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Christopher Fowler
Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 172pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining to spine, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2012
KEYWORDS: modern first editions graphic novels literature fiction Harvey Pekar
The Death of Bunny Munro
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chiping to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Canongate 2009
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Nick Cave
Music for Boys
FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 325pp, VG+ (light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels David Cavanagh
Story of the Eye
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, viii + 120pp, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy crack to front gutter- title & contents pgs partially detached) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- 3cm loss to rear, 4cm closed tear to top edge, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Urizen Books 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS novellas fiction literature Lord Auch Georges Batailles erotica