Books - "literature"
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The Emigration of Sergey Ivanovich
ex-lib first edition 189pp VG+ (black cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,tape stains to trimmed flaps)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature richard freeborn
The Bride of the Innisfallen
and other stories
ex-lib first edition 190pp VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.d/w front flap glued to front pastedown,usual stamps,spine cracked and cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature eudora welty
Peace Like a River
manuscript version 324pp NF (spiral bound w.clear plastic cover,includes printed corrections and some in ink,owner's sign.to title page)
PUBLISHER: grove/atlantic new york 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature leif enger proof c
Like Water for Hot Chocolate
proof copy 222pp NF (in glossy wrappers,top edge sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: doubleday london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies literature laura
To the Last City
proof copy 164pp NF (in glossy wrappers,felt pen mark to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies colin
Meet Mr.Mulliner
first edition 312pp+ads. VG (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,2 minor chips to lower edge of top board,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse
Dolce Agonia
proof copy 290pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies nancy
The Spy
a tale of the neutral ground
fourth edition 3 vols.in 1 half-leather VG (burgundy cloth w.black half-leather,gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.boards sunned,white paper label to rear hinge,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,mod.foxing to contents,one page loose but present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: simpkin marshall london 1828
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mr.cooper
Last Day in Limbo
modesty blaise
proof copy 256pp VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.chips to hinges,owner's sign.to rear cover,contents browned w.sl.foxing to edges,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: souvenir press london [1976]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies modes
Wild Cat Falling
first edition 131pp NF (burgundy cloth,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,remainder mark to foot edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: angus and robertson sydney 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature colin johnson
Pornografia
a novel
first edition 160pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.yellowed,mod.wear to extrems.w.scuffing to surface of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: calder and boyars london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature witold gombrowicz
Serenade to Sydney
some historical landmarks
first edition inscribed by author 208pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (olive cloth,minor stains and bumps to extrems.,author's warm inscription to dedication page [dated 1968],sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: angus and robertson sydney 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature history australia
Different Women Dancing
proof copy 362pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies jonat
The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpol
at home and abroad
[first edition] 512pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.black half-leather,gilt-on-red title label to spine,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.loss of leather corner at head of rear board,owner's inscr.to ffep/rfep,dealer's labels to feps,contents sl.browned/foxed,marbled edges rubbed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1850
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature albert smith
Knowledge is Power
bohn's scientific library
a new edition 426pp.+cat.G+(burgundy cloth,mod.soiled,mod.wear to spine,water damage to bds.,spine and eps.,v.sl.water damage and foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: bell london 1866
KEYWORDS: charles knight sociology history literature scienc
The Seasons
158pp, ills (b/w) VG (small black leather, minor bumps and wear, sl surface soils, marbelled eps and foredges, owners inscription to tp verso, minor soils and foxing to eps and some contents, contents sl browned.)
PUBLISHER: c whittingham, uk, 1822
KEYWORDS: james thomson poetry literature
VICTORIAN LITERATURE
Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen
second edition, blue cloth with gilt decorative spine & front, 227pp, VG+( vsl wear to exrems, vsl sunned spine, v sl spiled boards, prev owners sign to fep, sl foxing & browning to ep's & edges with v sl foxing spasmodically throughout, v sl underlinings in pencil)
PUBLISHER: James Bowden London 1898
KEYWORDS: victorian literature clement shorter
HALF HOURS WITH THE BEST AUTHORS
new edition, burgundy cloth, 632pp, G+(sl bruised corners, sl bumpeds pine head & foot with vl sl tears, spine sunned, boards rubbed & soiled, bookplate to front pastedown, sl internal seperation at hinges, sl foxing throughout, edges browned)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co London 1890
KEYWORDS: history literature famous authors
Les Mains Sales
proof copy 191pp [text in french w.intro.in english] VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,chip to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jean-paul sartre arts proof copies
Purple America
proof copy signed by author 298pp NF (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed,author's sign.to title)
PUBLISHER: little,brown boston 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies rick moody