Books - "literature"
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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
Batu-Khan
a tale of the 13th century
first edition, 320pp, VG+ (black cloth with silver, minor wear to extrems, minor foxing to prelims, contents sl discoloured, binding cocked.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing and chipping to extrems, minor soils, price clipped.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson, london, 1945
KEYWORDS: batu kahn 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
Gaston De Blondeville or the Court of Henry III Keeping Festival in Ardenne
a romance st alban's abbey, a metrical tale; with some poetic pieces in four volumes
ex lib,186pp; 255pp; 375pp; 331pp; VG+ ( re-bound half leather and marbelled boards, gold tooling to spine, minor wear and scuffing to extrems, minor library markings to prelims, vol 1 has tidy repair at front paste down gutter, contents clean and tidy.)
PUBLISHER: henry colburn, 1826, london
KEYWORDS: anne radcliffe literature
Little Bear
63pp, ills (col) VG+ (illustrated stiff card boards, very minor soils, minor wear to extrems, sl foxing to foredges and some contents.)
PUBLISHER: harper & row, new york, 1957
KEYWORDS: else holmelund minarik maurice sendak childrens literature
Les Diaboliques
291pp+table, ills (b/w) NF (half leather and marbelled boards,minor wear, teg, marbelled eps, sl foxing to prelims and some contents, minor browning.)
PUBLISHER: g cres, paris, 1921
KEYWORDS: j barbey d aurevilly literature
Books and Habits
from the lectures of lafcadio hearn selected and edited with and introduction by john erskine
328pp,VG (blue cloth minor bumps to extrems, gold titles to spine, paste action to eps,minor foxing to foredges and some contents, spine beginning to split and lift at rear paste down gutter.) in VG- d/w (minor soils, chipping to extrems, price adhesive and browning to spine.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann, london, 1922
KEYWORDS: lafcadio hearn john erskine literature
AMERICAN CIVILISATION: AN INTRODUCTION
Ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 524pp, illus, VG (v sl gumstains to boards & eps, v sl edge wear, v sl soiled) d/w in plastic VG (sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, London, 1968
KEYWORDS: a n j den hollander sigmund skard american civilisation history economy social structure politic law education religion philosophy music arts stage cinema american english literature mass media
Les Maisons inspirees
inscribed
first edition inscribed by author at half-title 204pp.illus.b/w woodcuts VG(red and black decor.wraps,mod.scuffed and soiled,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges and contents mod.browned)
PUBLISHER: plihon rennes 1957
KEYWORDS: pierre cressard xavier de langlais french literature modern first edition signed
A MASONIC READER'S GUIDE
Thomas C. Warden, Editor
Grey green cloth, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl foxed prelims and edges)
PUBLISHER: Transactions of the Missouri Lodge of Research, n.p., 1980
KEYWORDS: history freemasonry index of masonic literature
THE LAY OF ST ALOYS A Legend of Blois
WITH THE OLD LETTERS AND NEW ILLUSTRATIONS OF ERNEST M. JESSOP
Illustrated board cover, beveled edges and green cloth spine, 33pp, illus, LOOSE (covers mod soiled and corners rubbed, hinges cracked & contents detached)
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, n.d. (ca. 1885)
KEYWORDS: literature poetry