Books - "literature"
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A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics
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: Stone Bridge Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Asian studies art philosophy literature Japanese aesthetics
A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear
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: Chatto & Windus 2006
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Atiq Rahimi
O'Leary's Orchard & Other Stories
FIRST EDITION, fep torn, ex-library, 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 Caxton Press 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction short stories Maurice Duggan
A Dog So Small
REPRINT, 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: Constable & Company 1962
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction Philippa Pearce
The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 Bodley Head 1947
KEYWORDS: classical literature Aeschylus
Speaking Terms
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) half title page torn; 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 & Faber 1971
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction Mary Wesley
Transient Desires
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: William Heinemann 2021
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Donna Leon crime thrillers Commissario Brunetti series
This is the Life
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 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Joseph O'Neill
Views from a Window: Conversations with Gore Vidal
LACKS D/W, 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: Lyle Stuart Inc 1980
KEYWORDS: literature literary memoir Gore Vidal conversations Robert J Stanton
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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: Scribner 2010
KEYWORDS: literature literary guides Stephen King writing craft hobbies
The English Language in Medieval Literature
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: Methuen & Co 1979
KEYWORDS: classical literature medieval English language
Ethics in the Real World: 87 Brief Essays on Things That Matter
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: Text Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: literature essays ethics social commentary Peter Singer
The Princess and the Goblin
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: Puffin / Penguin 1996
KEYWORDS: classical literature children's fantasy George MacDonald
Out of Such Darkness
Octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Patrician Press 2015
KEYWORDS: literature fiction Robert Ronsson
The Commerce of Everyday Life: Selections from The Tatler and The Spectator
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PUBLISHER: Bedford / St Martin's 1998
KEYWORDS: literature writing Tatler Spectator
Realms of Meaning: A Philosophy of the Curriculum for General Education
Octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to gutters- some pages may be loose; 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: National/State Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted and the Talented 1986
KEYWORDS: philosophy education literature Philip H Phenix
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Super octavo spiral bound, illus light card wrapper, white & black text to wrapper, illus title page, 58pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to wrapper, moderate scuffing to edges of wrapper, light to moderate foxing to wrapper & pages, wrappers partially detached from spiral binding at corners, frequent child's coloured pencil markings to pages)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1953
KEYWORDS: helen bannerman black sambo twentieth century literature
An Infamous Army
FIRST EDITION, octavo red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 595pp + folding map to rear, VG- (slight scuffing to board & spine edges, slightly cocked, very heavy foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann
KEYWORDS: georgette heyer literature first edition
Self-Discovery
Super octavo, orange heavy boards, quarter bound in black, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 305pp, VG (slight scuffing to board & spine edges, light to moderate soiling from jacket, slight tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (in removable clear plastic cover, v slight rubbing to lower edge, v slight fading to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Publishing Co. 1979
KEYWORDS: russian literature vladimir savchenko science fiction sci fi fantasy
Escape from Five Shadows
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, red heavy boards, black text to boards, 160pp, G+ (heavily soiled & tanned, pages moderately tanned, soiled & foxed, previous library stampes & residue to fep & rep) in d/w G- (dustjacket fully glued to boards & spine, several sections missing, moderately soiled & chafed, adhesive cover residue to top of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd 1957
KEYWORDS: elmore leonard literature first edition western