Books - "literature"
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Thebes of The Hundred Gates
first edition thus 120pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature robert silverberg
Little Mexican & Other Stories
first edition 340pp VG (red cloth w.paper title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned boards w.spine and title label browned,bumps to extrems.,bookplate of new zealand author pat lawlor to front pastedown,paste action to eps,dealer's stamp to half-title,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,te red,spine cracked and cocked but tight)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature aldous huxley pat lawlor
The Cyder Feast
and other poems
first edition 93pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.and dealer's label to front pastedown,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled and yellowed,lacks 60% of spine,chipping and closed tears to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature sacheverell sitwell poetry
Air Raid
a verse play for radio
first edition 36pp VG+ (grey cloth,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,insect nibbles and holes to covers and hinges,wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts drama archibald macleish
Blank Verse Lyrics
and other poems
first edition 62pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: david nutt london 1900
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry a colonial professor arnold wall
English Poems
first edition 127pp VG (burgundy cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled/stained,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed,spare title label tipped-in at rear)
PUBLISHER: richard cobden-sanderson thavies inn 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry edmund blunden
Overtures to Death and Other Poems
first edition 62pp VG+ (beige cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,insect holes to both covers w.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1938
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry c.day lewis
The Hound of Heaven
first edition thus 25pp VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,contents sl.foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: the grail london [1936]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts francis thompson
The Collected Poems of Richard Spender
first edition 77pp [b/w frontis.] VG+ (purple cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and foxed,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1944
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry richard spender
Penthesperon
[first edition] 168pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,eps browned,content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london [nd,c.1938]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry christopher hassall
Collected Poems 1929-1933
transitional poem from feathers to iron the magnet
first edition 156pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.browned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hogarth press london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry c.day lewis
Poems of This War By Younger Poets
first edition 99pp VG (red cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.stain to upper edge of boards,eps and edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press london 1942
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry patricia ledward colin strang
The Queen's Garland
being chosen lyrics of the reign of queen elizabet
[first edition] 105pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige paper boards w.gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,untrimmed edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: duffield new york 1906
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry fitzroy carrington
Voice Across the Sea
ex-lib.first edition 220pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,libr.mark to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps,labels removed from reps) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: muller london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arthur c.clarke nautical history
The Cocktail Party
first edition 168pp VG+ (green cloth,uneven sunning to boards w.squashed insect to rear board,eps and edges v.sl.soiled) in G+ d/w (lacks lower half of spine and rear cover,rubbed and soiled and sunned,chipping w.losses)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts t.s.eliot
Poems
second edition 69pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's pencil notes to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed,d/w rear flap loosely inserted)
PUBLISHER: faber & faber london 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry stephen spender
Britannia Victrix
first edition unpaginated VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,indentations to contents)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1918
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert bridges
Intercepted Post
first edition 152pp [b/w frontis.] NF (red cloth,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.10cm closed tear to rear cover repaired externally w.tape,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature donald nichols history
Collected Essays Papers &c.
first edition 29pp VG+ (grey paper boards w.blue cloth spine,paper title label to spine,mod.soiled w.spine browned,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert bridges
The Hundred and One Harlequins
first edition 96pp VG+ (red/white marl cloth,spine browned w.surface losses due to insects,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,paste action to eps,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: grant richards london 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry sacheverell sitwell