Books - "literature"
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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
The Gorgon's Head
the story of perseus
first edition 72pp ills.[b/w by william stobbs] VG+ (cream cloth,stain to lower corner of top board affecting only board and pastedown,dealer's stamp and owner's sign.to ffep,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (stain affecting lower corner of front cover but barely visible,minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ian serraillier classics perseus
Mama
first edition 260pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor shelf wear,owner's stamp to ffep and rear pastedown,eps sl.foxed w.edges sl.browned) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature terry mcmillan
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
proof copy 240pp VG+ (in blue paper wrappers,sl.soiled w.spine and hinge area sl.sunned,creasing to spine,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies fay weldon
Lady Lee's Widowhood
new edition 416pp ills.[12 b/w plates] VG (tan cloth w.gilt dec.stamp,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sunned spine,bumps and chipping to extrems.,top board shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,lacks ffep,owner's sign.to frontis.verso,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,cocked)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood london 1859
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature edward bruce hamley
Return to Bondage
first edition 328pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbing to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled w.spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: martin secker london 1926
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature barbara blackburn
Strange Interlude
first edition 348pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps w.dealer's label to ffep,prelims.and edges v.sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts eugene o'neill
Charles Dickens
first edition 84pp VG+ (dk.blue cloth w.gilt border,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,teg)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1913
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography charles dickens algernon charles swinburne
Songs From the Clay
first edition 106pp VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt border,sl.soiled w.sl.browned spine,paste action to eps,edges v.sl.soiled,blind presentation copy stamp to title) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1915
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry james stephens
T.H.White
a biography
proof copy 349pp ills.[b/w] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies biography t.h.white sylvia townsend warner
The Sound of Heaven
first edition 241pp F in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joseph olshan
Seventeen
first edition 329pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,frontis.detached but present,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature booth tarkington
Tales
phoenix library
first edition in english 177pp+ads. VG+ (tan cloth,minor shelf wear,sl.paste action to eps,edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,spine browned,sl.chipping to extrems.w.2cm piece detached from head of spine but present)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1930
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature phoenix library august strindberg
Escapade
a tale of average
first edition 189pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.sunned spine,dealer's blind stamp and owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rex warner