Books - "literature"
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Mariology (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing/chipping & fading to spines & edges- some surface loss, all corners lightly clipped, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Bruce Publishing Company 1954-60
KEYWORDS: Marian theology mariology literature articles religion
Norse Mythology
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 293pp, frontispiece, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2017
KEYWORDS: Norse mythology Neil Gaiman literature first editions
A New Model of the Universe: Principles od the Psychological Method in its Application to Problems of Science, Religion, and Art (Third Edition)
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 554pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink markings to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional ink markings to margins, heavy crack to rear gutter, minor cracking to other gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1948
KEYWORDS: P D Ouspensky philosophy psychology literature reliligon science
Mongol Journeys
Octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxii + 324pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm scuff to top edge of title page)
PUBLISHER: AMS Press 1975
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Mongolia Mongol Owen Lattimore
Star Trek to Hawa-i'i: Mesopotamia to Polynesia
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 208pp, illus, VG (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of pgs64/65- otherwise a very tidy copy still)
PUBLISHER: The Diamond Press 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Clyde Hostetter travel writing literature history Polynesia origins
Black Hole
Super octavo, black & white illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2005
KEYWORDS: graphic novels comic strips cartoons Charles Burns literature
Missions in Western Polynesia: Being Historical Sketches of These Missions, from Their Commencement in 1839 to the Present Time
ALL MAPS & PLATES PRESENT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 489pp + 16pp to rear, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy chafing/scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing & water staining to frontispiece & other plates/pages, occasional moderate soiling to pages, 2cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg10- tidy archival repair)
PUBLISHER: John Snow 1863
KEYWORDS: Polynesia missions religion religious missionaries history historical travel literature writing A W Murray
A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origins, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants (Sixth Thousand)
SIXTH THOUSAND, octavo, half leatherbound brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 590pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor fading & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: J Snow 1837
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history natural history missions missionaries south sea islands pacific anthropology
Beyond the Limits: The lessons learned from a lifetime's adventures
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: Little, Brown & Company 2003
KEYWORDS: adventure exploration travel literature travel writing Ranulph Fiennes
Drownton: Book One
Quarto 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: Johnathan Cape 2013
KEYWORDS: fiction comic illustrations literature graphic novel
Glimpse
Sm. 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: The Text Publishing Company 2023
KEYWORDS: fiction literature young adult novel adventure Jane Higgins
The Secret Hunters
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: Little, Brown and Company 2001
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Ranulph Fiennes
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
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: St Martin's Griffin 1999
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Martin Gardner
The Flight of Peter Fromm
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: Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1989
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Martin Gardner
The View from Castle Rock: Stories
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 2006
KEYWORDS: literature Alice Munro short stories fiction
End Games
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: Faber and Faber Limited 2007
KEYWORDS: fiction crime literature novels Aurelio Zen series
The Tour
FIRST EDTITION octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) minor insect damage to front board: 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 Limited 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature novel David Ely
Meanjin: On PNG: Volume 63, NUmber 3
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: Meanjin Company Ltd 2003
KEYWORDS: literature literary anthologies PNG Papa New Guinea
The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle
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: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd1973
KEYWORDS: mystery shipwreck literature Morro Castle maritime nautical
The Faber Book of Utopias
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: Faber and Faber 1999
KEYWORDS: history philosophy utopia literature