Books - "literature"
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The Pothunters
Later printing (1924); octavo red cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front, VG (moderate to light tanning, light foxing, prev owner's details in ink (and crayon) to fep)
PUBLISHER: black london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern literature p.g.wodehouse
The Red Rooster
first edition inscribed by author 96pp NF (beige cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,author's inscr.to ffep) in NF d/w (sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: constantia cape town 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature freda linde
Who is to be Master of the World?
an introduction to the philosophy of friedrich nie
second impression numbered and limited [718/1000] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,browned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps sl.browned,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london [nd,c.1909]
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy nietzsche anthony m.ludovici
The Clock Winder
ex-lib first edition 312pp VG+ (brown cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anne tyler
The God Spigo
ex-lib first edition 105pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,tape stains to eps,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.wrinkled,sl.bumps and creasing to sl.trimmed edges,flaps trimmed)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anne tibble
Japan Revealed
kimono/sayonara/banzai!
[first edition thus] VG+ (yellow cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john paris
Love One Another
seven tales
first edition signed by author 134pp VG+ (snake skin paper boards w.black cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,paper title label to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (front flap barely attached,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping to extrems.w.nibbled hinges)
PUBLISHER: mandrake press london 1929
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature edgell rickword
My Contemporaries
first edition 287pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,mod.wear to extrems.,2cm closed tear to head of upper hinge)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1926
KEYWORDS: history biography literature maximilian harden jou
George Meredith
a primer to the novels
first edition 403pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.darkened spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,browned spine,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1909
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition george meredith ja
Gautier & the Romantics
first edition 186pp ills.[7 b/w] VG+ (purple cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor uneven sunning,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1927
KEYWORDS: history biography literature gautier john garber p
The Writing of Arabic Numerals
424pp, VG (blue cloth, paste action to ffep, upper corner to ffep cut,sl foxing to foredges and some contents.) in VG- d/w (minor closed tears to some extrems, sunned, price clipped.)
PUBLISHER: university of london, london, 1952
KEYWORDS: niell wright arabic numerals literature history
George Whale 1849-1925
first edition 270pp [frontis.] VG+ (burgundy cloth,paste action to eps,minor foxing to eps and content edges w.some minor foxing to contents,most sheets unopened at fore-edge) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm closed tear to head of upper edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1926
KEYWORDS: biography history literature politics george whale
Tennyson An Occultist
as his writings prove
first edition 89pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and hinges mod.chipped w.minor loss to head of spine,owner's sign.to half-title,some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: theosophical publishing house london 1920
KEYWORDS: literature tennyson poetry a.p.sinnett literary cr
Selected Poems of Robert Haven Schauffler
first edition. 73pp. VG+(sl.shelf wear to head and foot of spine,mod.foxing to edges, title plates on front bd. and spine, sl.foxing to contents.paste-action to eps.) in VG+d/w(mod.wear and soiling, bumps to extrems,1cm diamond cut at spine)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1922
KEYWORDS: poetry robert schauffler first edition literature
Journalistic London
being a series of sketches of famous pens and pape
reprint 249pp.illus.(b&w) Ex-lib.G+(half-leather library rebind and labelling to spine, owner's(?) gilt stamp to front bd.,mod.soiling and wear to both bds.and leather, foxing to edges and contents, library stamps and labels to eps.and prelims.,paste-action to eps.,both gutters cracked and partially 'repaired'.)
PUBLISHER: sampson london 1882
KEYWORDS: joseph hatton journalism literature london history
More Books on the Table
first edition 402pp. VG+(brown cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.shelf wear to extrems.,mod.foxing to edges and contents,paste-action to eps.) in scarce VG+d/w(mod.soiled,bumps and chips to extrems.,4cm tear to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1923
KEYWORDS: literature edmund gosse modern first edition
Letters of Charles Eliot Norton
with biographical comment by his daughter sara nor
first edition 2 vols.514pp./510pp.illus.(b&w) both vols.VG+(burgundy cloth,mod.wear to spine and extrems.,t.e.g.,sl.foxing to edges,eps.,and prelims.,gutters cracked,paste-action to eps.,bookplates to both feps.)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1913
KEYWORDS: charles eliot norton biography literature modern f
More Tales by Polish Authors
first edition 288pp. VG+(red cloth,spine sl.sunned,sl.shelf wear to head and foot of spine,contents mod.foxed,paste-action to eps)
PUBLISHER: blackwell oxford 1916
KEYWORDS: else benecke marie busch poland literature modern
The Eye in the Mandala
patrick white: a vision of man and god
172pp, VG+ (black cloth, minor bumps to upper spine, sl cocked.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing to upper spine, v sl soil to rear wrap, price clipped.)
PUBLISHER: reed, london, 1976
KEYWORDS: patrick white peter beatson biography literature a
A Modern Persian Prose Reader
248pp, VG+ (blue cloth, minor fading to extrems, owners inscription to ffep, sl cocked.) VG+ d/w (minor sunning to spine and rear cover, v sl internal foxing, price clipped at upper and lower front flap.)
PUBLISHER: university press, cambridge, 1968
KEYWORDS: h kamshad persian prose literature language