Books - "literature"
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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
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
The Uniform of Glory
being the true story of a frenchman's night out
first edition 296pp+ads. VG+ (beige cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,lacks upper third of ffep,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing,2cm closed tear and creasing to foot edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1941
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature percival christopher wren
S. P. Q. R.
The History and Social Life of ancient Rome
ex lib, minimal markings, 278pp illus folding maps, VG-(sl bruised corners,sl cocked, sl edgewear, sl sunned spine & front board, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co London 1944
KEYWORDS: history life literature mythology rome
Carve her Name with Pride
description upon request
PUBLISHER: george newnes london 1956
KEYWORDS: r j minney violette szabo ww2 literature biography
Cetywayo and his white neighbours
remarks on recent events in zululand, natal, and the transvaal
fifth edition 314pp.G+(blue cloth,gilt title to spine and front board,cocked,binding shaky,shelf-wear to extrems.,sl.soiled,ffep.missing,gutters cracked,dealer stamp to half-title,edges browned,contents v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london 1893
KEYWORDS: h rider haggard modern first edition literature history africa
My Year of Meat
first edition signed 366pp.VG(softcover,sl.soiled and scuffed with sl.wear to extrems.,half-title page cleanly removed,author sign.to title)
PUBLISHER: picador london 1998
KEYWORDS: ruth l ozeki modern first edition literature
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
third impression inscribed by author 313pp.NF(burgundy cloth and paper boards,v.sl.fading to foot of spine,illus.eps.,author inscrip.to half-title) in NF d/w(mod.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: overlook press new york 1998
KEYWORDS: richard zimler modern first edition literature
The Trader's Wife
first edition 311pp.VG+(black cloth,gilt title to spine,several small indentations to rear board,edges browned and sl.foxed,contents sl.browned) in VG+d/w(scuffed and sl.soiled,indentations to rear,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: simon and schuster london 1997
KEYWORDS: campbell armstrong thomas weldon modern first edition literature