Books - "literature"
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Adventures in the Skin Trade
first edition 115pp.VG(black cloth,gilt title to spine,v.sl.soiled,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges and contents sl.foxed,prelims.mod.foxed,dealer stamp to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w(price-clipped,mod.soiled,mod.foxed at verso,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1955
KEYWORDS: dylan thomas modern first edition literature
Catalogo Colectivo de Publicaciones Periodicas
existentes en bibliotecas cientificas tecnicas argentinas
ex-lib.first edition 1726pp [text in spanish/portuguese?] G+ (in wrappers,covers detached and block in two pieces split down spine,rubbed and soiled w.chipping and wear to extrems.,untrimmed edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: [np] buenos aires 1962
KEYWORDS: catalogues bibliography argentina ernesto g.gietz literature
A Companion to Homer
first edition 595pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.paste action to eps,eps and edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1962
KEYWORDS: literature homer classics alan j.b.wace frank h.stubbings
Ywain and Gawain
first thus 145pp.VG+(brown cloth,gilt title to spine and front board,edges mod.foxed,owner sign.to ffep.)
PUBLISHER: early english text society oxford university press 1964
KEYWORDS: albert h friedman norman t harrington ywain gawain literature history
Fifteenth Century English Translations of Alain Chartier's Le Traite de l'Esperance and Le Quadrilogue Invectif
vol.2 introduction notes and glossary
first thus 260pp.+cat.VG+(brown cloth,gilt title to spine and front board,v.sl.scuffed and soiled,edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: early english text society oxford university press 1980
KEYWORDS: alain chartier margaret blayney french literature history
Fifteenth Century English Translations of Alain Chartier's Le Traite de l'Esperance and Le Quadrilogue Invectif
vol.2 introduction notes and glossary
first thus 260pp.+cat.VG+(brown cloth,gilt title to spine and front board,v.sl.scuffed and soiled,edges sl.foxed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: early english text society oxford university press 1980
KEYWORDS: alain chartier margaret blayney french literature history
Kyng Alisaunder
vol.2 introduction, commentary and glossary
reprint 217pp.VG+(brown cloth,gilt title to spine and front board,edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: early english text society oxford university press 1969
KEYWORDS: g v smithers kyng alisaunder literature history
Modesty Blaise The Night of the Morningstar
first edition 274pp.VG+(bllue cloth,gilt title to spine,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,sl.indentation to front board,t.e.v.sl.browned) in VG+ d/w(mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: souvenir press london 1982
KEYWORDS: peter o'donnell modesty blaise modern first edition literature
Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
[first edition] 87pp.illus.(sepia) G+(illus.paper boards,blue cloth spine,col.illus.plate to front board,sl.soiled and scuffed,shelf-wear to extrems.,spine browned,creased and partially torn,paste-action to illus.eps.,contents almost entirely separated from spine,contents sl.foxed and soiled,some pages loose or selloptaped, occasional tears)
PUBLISHER: angus sydney nd
KEYWORDS: may gibbs cuddlepot snugglepie modern first edition literature childrens
The King's Women
a novel in four parts
first edition 435pp.VG+(black cloth,gilt title to spine,edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w(v.sl.scuffed and soiled,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: new english library london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dinah lampitt
Afterwards
being a somewhat unexpected sequel to A Christmas Carol
first edition of c.1912 manuscript 17/250 12pp.illus.[b/w] NF(col.illus.wraps,v.sl.soiled,numbered at verso of rear wrap)
PUBLISHER: jarndyce london nd [1993]
KEYWORDS: joseph clayton clark kyd charles dickens modern first edition literature
Biggles - Secret Agent
first edition 255pp.illus.(b/w+col.frontis.) VG-(beige wraps,red title to front,mod.soiled,mod.cocked,sl.scuffed and worn,mod.wear to extrems.,6cm split from foot of front hinge,edges and contents mod.foxed,owner sign.to half-title,rear gutter cracked with spine coming away with no danger of content loss)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1940
KEYWORDS: w e johns biggles childrens modern first edition literature
The Fiddler's Leg
first edition 281pp.NF(yellow cloth,silver title to spine,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w(sl.soiled,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: headline review great britain 1996
KEYWORDS: ann lingard modern first edition literature
Riotous Assembly
re-issue 249pp.VG+(red cloth,gilt title to spine,v.sl.shelf-wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w(sl.scuffed,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,small tear to top right corner where price sticker removed)
PUBLISHER: secker warburg london 1977
KEYWORDS: tom sharpe modern first edition literature
Jimbo a Fantasy
first edition, 258pp+8pp ads, VG+ (blue cloth minor fading and bumps to extrems, v minor water stain to upper front paste down, sl foxing to prelims and foredges,v minor soils to upper edge sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan, london, 1909
KEYWORDS: algernon blackwood literature modern first edition
Prostho Plus
first edition ex-library 190pp.VG(burgundy cloth,gilt title to spine,v.sl.soiled,v.sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,sl.cocked,edges sl.foxed and soiled,sello stains to eps.,lib.stamp and cat,no.to prelims.) in VG d/w(tape stains full length of edges,wrapper cut 2mm.short, otherwise clean and bright)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1971
KEYWORDS: piers anthony modern first edition literature science-fiction
Martin Fierro
first edition 255+pp.illus.(col.) VG(full cow hide bound with leather edges,rectangular stain to front board perhaps from title label,green cloth eps.,contents v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: carballeira garrido buenos aires 1972
KEYWORDS: jose hernandez martin fierro south america literature modern first edition
Astrophel
first edition first printing, 228pp+32pp ads, VG (navy blue cloth with gold borders and stamps to spine, minor surface scuffing, rough cut edges, contents sl browned, binding tight.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus, london, feb 1894
KEYWORDS: swinburne poetry literature first edition
Meeting Place
first edition,199pp, VG+ (blue cloth, v minor fading to upper extrem, sl bumps to extrems, sl foxing to prelims , occassional contents and foredges, sl cocked.) in VG d/w (minor wear and creasing, minor chipping to some extrems, sl soils to front and rear, sl internal foxing.)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson, london, 1962
KEYWORDS: nicholas mosley meeting place modern first edition literature
Posthumous Poems
edited by edmund gosse, and thomas james wise
194pp, VG (blue cloth, fading to extrems, minor foxing to prelims and contents,rough cut edges, paste action to rear fep.) in G+ d/w (chipping with minor losses to extrems, closed tear to lower spine hinge, moderate soils, internal repairs.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann, london, 1917
KEYWORDS: algernon charles swinburne poetry literature biography