Books - "literature"
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Achilles In Scyros
68pp,VG (maroon cloth, minor soils and bumps, owners inscription to ffep and paste down, minor finger soils to some contents.)
PUBLISHER: bell & sons, london, 1892
KEYWORDS: robert bridges literature plays
British and American Sporting Authors
their writings and biographies
443pp, ills (b/w), inscribed by author, VG- (green cloth, bumps to extrems, minor surface soils to extrems, minor foxing to some contents, inscribed by author at tp.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson, london, 1951
KEYWORDS: henry higginson sports literature biography
INDIA IN 1952
A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES
Ex lib, minimal markings, 94pp, illus, VG (library rebacked with stiffened boards, taped spine and new eps, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: India Information Services, New Delhi, 1953
KEYWORDS: india agricuture five year plan community development industry foreign trade irrigation shipping music literature
On The Shelf
[first edition] 187pp.illus.(b/w) VG(grey decor.cloth,gilt title to spine and front board,bevelled edges,mod.soiled and scuffed,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges and contents sl.foxed,eps.browned,inscrip.dated 1909 at prelim.)
PUBLISHER: warne london nd c.1900
KEYWORDS: harvey gobel modern first edition children's literature
THE MIDDLE AGES
Ex lib, minimal markings, 252pp, G (cocked, internal separation at joints and several locations in contents, pencilled marginalia throughout, sl rubbed sunned & soiled, sl edge wear)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.
KEYWORDS: middle ages medieval e b osborn history christendom society land labour trade industry literature
The Debt to Pleasure
first edition proof copy limited and numbered [99/600] 232pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: picador london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies john lanchester
The Debt to Pleasure
first edition signed by author 232pp VG+ (black cloth,minor shelf wear,author's sign.to title,security tag to rear pastedown,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john lanchester
Nimphidia The Court of Fayrie
first edition thus 38pp VG (in wrappers w.french flaps,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.splits to hinges,insect holes to prelims.,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry michael drayton
Ardizzone's Hans Andersen
fourteen classic tales
first edition 191pp ills.[b/w and col.by edward ardizzone] NF (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,spine sl.cracked) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled w.upper/lower edges sl.browned)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature hans andersen edward ardizzone
Poems
first edition limited and numbered [172/780] 208pp VG (grey cloth,rubbed and sl.soiled w.surface losses due to insects,unevenly sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john skelton
The Late Mr Shakespeare
first edition proof copy 400pp NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies robert nye
The Secret: Sixty Poems
first edition 91pp VG+ (blue paper boards w.cream cloth spine,sl.soiled w.boards sl.unevenly sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: elkin mathews london 1920
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry laurence binyon
Dealers in Light and Darkness
first edition inscribed by author 166pp.VG+ (softcover,laminated wraps,sl.scuffed,sl.wear to extrems.,inscription by author to title page)
PUBLISHER: edgewood press usa 1995
KEYWORDS: cherry wilder modern first edition literature
Lost Bear
first edition 47pp.illus.(col.+b/w) G+ (green cloth spine,illus.paper boards,soiled and scuffed,wear to extrems.,mod.foxing and sl.soiling to contents,previous owner's sign.to ffep.)
PUBLISHER: the world's work great britain 1960
KEYWORDS: ann durell desmond russell modern first edition children's literature
Le Larousse Pour Tous v.1
nouveau dictionnaire encyclopedique
vol.1 only ex-library 966pp.illus.(col.+b/w) VG- (brown leather blind-stamped spine,green blind-stamped cloth boards,gilt title to spine and front boards,white lib.cat.no.to foot of spine,scuffed,sunned and sl.soiled,wear to extrems.,new eps.,discreet school library stamps to prelims.and label to rear paste-down,previous owner's inscrip.to blank prelim.dated possibly 1923,edges sl.foxed,eps.browned and foxed)
PUBLISHER: librarie larousse paris nd c.1910
KEYWORDS: literature history
J.B. Priestley
the last of the sages
description on request
PUBLISHER: calder london 1981
KEYWORDS: john atkins jb priestley literature biography plays drama
Roman Satire
ex-lib.first edition 289pp octavo black cloth boards,VG+ (usual library markings and stamps, staining from old d/w tape to eps) in VG d/w (wrinkled from being in tight plastic wrap (now removed), tape stains to covers)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1976
KEYWORDS: history literature roman satire michael coffey
Green Days by the River
ex-lib.second impression 192pp VG (orange cloth w.d/w attached at boards and pastedowns,sl.shelf wear,usual stamps w.labels removed from reps,tape stains to eps w.edges sl.soiled,spine cracked) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and attached to pastedowns,stained edges)
PUBLISHER: deutsch london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael anthony
The Year in San Fernando
ex-lib.first edition 190pp VG (orange cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,tape stains to flaps w.5x1cm loss to front flap losing some text)
PUBLISHER: deutsch london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael anthony
Omar
a fantasy for animal lovers
ex-lib.first edition 191pp ills.[b/w by john verney] VG+ (lilac cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled w.tape stains to upper/lower edges,lower edges sl.trimmed,tape stains to flaps)
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature wilfrid blunt john verney