Books - "literature"
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Moleskin Joe
[first edition] 320pp VG (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.uneven sunning,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,half-title barely attached,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,cocked)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature patrick macgill
The Eye of the Everlasting Angel
first edition 176pp F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: peter owen london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand noel virtue
The Sedgemoor Strangler
first edition octavo hardcover 247pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: allison & busby london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature peter lovesey
Death in the West Wind
first edition 275pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: allison & busby london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature deryn lake
The Dead Girls
first edition 156pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.rubbed,inked-out owner's sign.to ffep,contents sl.browned) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london [1983]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jorge ibarguengoitia
Things That Have Interested Me
second series
first edition 278pp VG+ (blue cloth w.paper title label to spine,v.sl.soiled w.v.sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed,spare title label tipped-in to rear gutter,te blue) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,price-hole to spine,wear and chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine,some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arnold bennett
Strange Occupation
first edition 262pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: fortune press london 1933
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature j.a.park
Erewhon Revisited
twenty years later
first edition 338pp+ads. VG+ (burgundy cloth w.gilt lettering,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.paper separation at ep gutters,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,errata slip tipped-in to preface gutter,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: grant richards london 1901
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature samuel butler
Jack Maggs
proof copy first edition 392pp VG+ (in wrappers w.title label and publisher's label to front cover,almost full-length closed cut to rear cover repaired externally w.tape
PUBLISHER: university of queensland press st.lucia 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies peter carey
Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey Letters
proof copy first edition 118pp VG+ (paper wrappers w.title label to front cover,mod.rubbed and soiled w.owner's sign.to title label,sl.chipping to extrems.,initials of new zealand poet helen shaw to ffep along with bookplate of another former owner,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: hogarth press/chatto & windus london 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies biography virginia woolf leonard woolf lytton strachey james strachey helen shaw
Buffalo Soldiers
proof copy first edition 323pp NF (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies robert o'connor
Top Detective Annual
1952
162pp ills.[b/w] VG-
PUBLISHER: best books new york 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature top detective annual
New Detective Magazine
no.3
66pp ills.[b/w] VG
PUBLISHER: wolrd distributors manchester [nd,c.1940s]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new detective magazine
MEMOIRS OF A LITERARY VETERAN
Including sketches and anecdotes of the most disti
reprint vol 3 only, ex lib, minimal markings, 334pp, VG+( vsl bumped spine head & foot)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley London 1973
KEYWORDS: history literature
Captain Kidd's Cat
being the true and dolorous..
151pp, ills (b/w) VG- (green cloth minor bumps and soils, spine sunned, minor foxing and soils to some contents.)
PUBLISHER: frederick muller, london, 1956
KEYWORDS: robert lawson childrens literature
Sam Pig goes to the Seaside
sixteen stories of sam pig
first edition 144pp.illus.(b/w) G(beige decor.cloth,soiled and water-stained though this has not warped binding,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges of contents sl.soiled,owner's sign.to front pastedown,front pastedown and prelims.sl.water-stained,ffep.missing,rear pastedown water-stained and rfep.attached as a result) in VG- d/w(mod.soiled,mod.shelf-wear and sl.chipping to extrems.,no.30written in ink at top right of front cover)
PUBLISHER: faber london 1960
KEYWORDS: alison uttley modern first edition literature childrens
The Solitudes
first thus /privately printed /ltd.500 copies VG(red cloth,sl.soiled,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges mod.foxed,contents sl.foxed,sl.paste-action to eps.,inscription in spanish to previous owner at ffep.) in VG+ d/w(mod.soiled and foxed, mod.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: cunningham scotland 1964
KEYWORDS: luis de gongora y argote modern first edition literature spanish poetry
White Water: The Colorado Jet Boat Expedition 1960
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: caxton press christchurch 1963
KEYWORDS: joyce hamilton literature biography colorado jet boat expedition
Captain Kidd's Cat
being the true and dolorous..
151pp, ills (b/w) VG- (green cloth minor bumps and soils, spine sunned, minor foxing and soils to some contents.)
PUBLISHER: frederick muller, london, 1956
KEYWORDS: robert lawson childrens literature
Henry James
a life
octavo illus light card covers, VG+
PUBLISHER: harper & row new york 1985
KEYWORDS: leon edel henry james literature biography