Books - "literature"
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The Sleeping Beauty
first edition 96pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,paste action to eps)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature edith sitwell
Theseus Medea and Lyrics
first edition xxxvpp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed w.sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1904
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry t.sturge moore
The Old Vicarage Grantchester
first edition 13pp ill.[b/w woodcut by noel rooke] VG (in wrappers w.stiching removed,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,wear and chipping to extrems.,content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry rupert brooke noel rooke
Modern Poetry
a personal essay
first edition 205pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1938
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry louis macneice
Selected Poems
first edition 80pp NF (paper boards,eps and edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,insect holes to spine and rear cover,wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1940
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry louis macneice
Three Hundred Sonnets
first edition unpaginated VG(burgundy cloth,blind-stamped decor,bevelled edges,gilt title to spine,a.e.g,mod.scuffed and soiled,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,paste-action to eps.,mod.foxing to eps.and prelims.,sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: arthur hall london 1860
KEYWORDS: martin f tupper sonnets poetry literature modern first edition
Juliet and Romeo
[first edition] 158pp.+cat.illus.(b/w) VG(grey cloth and paper decor.boards,gilt title to spine and front board,mod.soiled and worn,t.e.g,paste-action to eps.,bookplate to front pastedown,previous owner's sign.to ffep.)
PUBLISHER: caldwell new york 1893
KEYWORDS: luigi da porto romeo and juliet literature
Silver Sand
first edition 317pp.VG(blue decor.cloth,black title to front board,gilt title to spine,sl.cocked,mod.soiled,spine sl.browned,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges and contents sl.foxed,paste-action to eps.,bookplates to feps.)
PUBLISHER: hodder london 1914
KEYWORDS: s r crockett modern first edition literature
Princess Penniless
first edition 386pp.G(green cloth,col.pictorial plate to front board,blue title to front board,gilt title to spine,mod.soiled,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,spine almost entirely detached with 2cm missing from head,gutters cracked,boards v.shaky,feps.missing,edges and prelims.mod foxed,contents sl.foxed,previous owner's sign.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: hodder london 1908
KEYWORDS: s r crockett modern first edition literature
REFLECTIONS ON THE WORLD TODAY
TRANSLATION BY FRANCIS SCARFE
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 200pp, VG- (sl cocked, v sl rubbed & soiled, contents excellent) d/w VG- (sl wear to extrems, v sl surface loss, mod rubbed, sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Pantheon, New York, 1948
KEYWORDS: paul valery essays history poitics nations liberty dictatorship art literature france europe
The Colters
an australian story for girls
first edition 320pp ills.[col.plates] VG (red cloth w.col.plates to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor stains to top board,plate on spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown w.presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,ae black,spine cracked and sl.cocked/shaky)
PUBLISHER: henry frowde hodder and stoughton london 1912
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature j.m.whitfeld
Scenes and Plays
first edition 123pp VG (in wrappers w.french flaps and paper title labels to front cover and spine,mod.rubbed and soikled w.spine browned,labels chipped,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.sl.stain to foot edge,insect nibbles to rear prelims.)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1929
KEYWORDS: modernn first edition literature gordon bottomley
The Rape of the Lock
an heroi-comical poem in five cantos
first edition thus limited numbered [75/75] 59pp [b/w frontis.w.rubricated title page] VG+ (in vellum wrappers w.gilt stamp to front cover and green ribbon ties to fore-edges,rubbed and stained w.some sl.surface losses,lacks upper ribbon tie from rear cover,covers bowed,printed on handmade paper,eps and edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: chiswick press london 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry alexander pope chiswick press
Laodice and Danae
play in one act
first edition inscribed by author 25pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.sunning towards edges,bumps and chipping to extrems.,warm inscription by author on title page - to miss neill,with good wishes from mr.and mrs.gordon bottomley.christmas,1909,eps and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: printed for private circulation 1909
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts gordon bottomley
The Flying Squad
reprint 256pp [col.frontis.] VG+ (red cloth w.black borders,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine mod.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: harrap london 1932
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature w.a.bishop r.stuart-wortley
A Little Ark
containing sundry pieces of seventeenth-century verse
first edition 57pp [b/w frontis.] VG (in wrappers w.title label to front cover and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine and hinge area browned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: dobell london 1921
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry g.thorn-drury
Nancy Mitford
a biography
description on request
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1985
KEYWORDS: selina hastings nancy mitford literature biography
Hardie and Baird & Other Plays
first edition 181pp.NF(blue cloth,gilt title to spine,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,sl.browning to content edges) in NF d/w(sl.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: secker london 1991
KEYWORDS: james kelman modern first edition literature drama
Adventures in the Skin Trade
first edition 115pp.VG+(black cloth,gilt title to spine,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges and contents sl.foxed,previous owner's sign.to ffep.) in VG d/w(sl.soiled,heavily foxed,mod.sunned particularly to spine,mod.shelf-wear and sl.chipping to extrems.,small open tear to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1955
KEYWORDS: dylan thomas modern first edition literature
The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings
403pp, ills (b/w) NF (brown cloth with decorative stamps, scuffing to upper extrem.) in VG d/w (minor creasing and chipping to extrems, sl soils.) in slipcase G+ (sl sunned and soiled.)
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall, london, 1963
KEYWORDS: ihara saikaku ivan morris japanese literature