Books - "literature"
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Unto Dust
ex-lib.first edition 179pp VG (orange cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.gum stain to upper edge,tape stains to flaps,lower edge trimmed by c.5mm)
PUBLISHER: anthony blond london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature herman charles bosman
The Seedling Stars
ex-lib.first edition 185pp VG- (blue cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.tape stains to upper/lower edges,lower edge trimmed by c.5mm,tape stains to flaps)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature james blish
The Dark Night
first edition 190pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.sunning to head/foot of spine,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature sydney horler
Tail End Charlie
first edition 191pp VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to front pastedown,contents and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: lutterworth london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature denis clark
I Am England
first edition 398pp VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,minor foxing to eps w.content edges sl.browned,spine cracked but tight) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature patricia wright
The Rain Bird
ex-lib.first edition 327pp VG (black cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.chipping and tape stains to upper/lower edges,tape stains to flaps,rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature sara lidman
The Spire
first edition 223pp VG+ (purple cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,minor foxing to content edges,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william golding
The Pride and the Anguish
first edition 320pp VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to eps w.owner's inscr.to ffep,v.minor foxing to content edges) in NF d/w (tape stains to flaps,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature douglas reeman
Songs of the Sea
from rudyard kipling's verse
first edition 99pp ills.[col.plates by donald maxwell] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,plates clean and bright,spine cracked but tight) in G+ d/w (in 2 pieces separated at upper hinge,lacks 80% of spine,mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry rudyard kipling donald maxwell
Silence and Shadows
first edition 310pp NF (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature james long
Left Hand Right Hand!/Great Morning/Laughter in the Next Room/The Scarlet Tree
4 vols.
reprints 4 vols.in slipcase VG (fawn cloth,eps and content edges lightly foxed, top edges mauve) in VG d/ws (light creasing and bumps to extrems.) in scruffy slipcase (plain grey card,mod.rubbed and foxed, tape repairs to all edges)
PUBLISHER: reprint society london 1949/1950/1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography osbert sitwell
Lion Boy
first edition proof copy 336pp NF (in glossy wrappers,minor bumps to extrems.w.v.minor crease to spine but not cracked)
PUBLISHER: puffin london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies zizou corder
Sally Seal's Summer
first edition unpaginated ills.[col.by val biro] NF (col.ill.paper boards,sl.wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.owner's sign.in red crayon to front cover,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,2x owner's price stickers to front flap)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joan drake val biro
Cofiant a Phregethau
first edition 236pp+ads.[text in welsh] [b/w frontis.] VG (blue cloth w.blind borders and gilt lettering,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps w.sl.paper separation at fep gutter,owner's inscr.to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,tight)
PUBLISHER: argraphwyd a chyhoeddwyd gan hughes wrexham 1896
KEYWORDS: history literature welsh language david charles davies cofiant a phregethau
THE AGE OF REASON
Ex lib, minimal markings, 185pp, VG- (library rebacked with stiffened boards, taped spine & new eps, v sl wear & sunning to extrems, edges trimmed, contents sl yellowed, v sl starting at hinges)
PUBLISHER: D. van Nordstrand Co., Princeton, 1955
KEYWORDS: louis snyder enlightenment reason universe materialism science natural law literature art music bacon descartes newton spinoza voltaire hobbes locke berkeley condorcet smith malthus ricardo montesquieu milton rousseau jefferson
SPAIN
A short history of its politics, literature, and art from earliest times to the present
Ex lib, minimal markings, 400pp, illus & maps, VG- (sl edge wear, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, sl internal separation at hinges)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap, London, 1925
KEYWORDS: henry dwight sedgwick spain politics literature art history
THE CHILDREN OF THE MIST
from the shambles of Culloden to the pageant of Price Florizel
Ex lib, minimal markings, 95pp, illus, VG (library rebacked with stiffened boards, taped spine and new eps, edges trimmed, v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Virtue and Company, London, 1946
KEYWORDS: bernard kelly highlands scotland culloden king george iv clans regiments literature clearances chiefs prince florizel
Soldiers Three/The Story of the Gadsbys/In Black and White/Under the Deodars
4 vols.bound as 1
early reprints 4 vols.bound as 1 VG (blue cloth w.gilt lettering to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,blue eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: wheeler allahabad [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rudyard kipling
The Vicar of Wakefield
new edition [rebound] 230pp ills.[b/w] VG- (marbled paper boards w.green half-leather,rubbed and soiled,bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,ffep marbled,contents mod.soiled and sl.foxed,2cm loss to fore-edge of title page,some sections loosening sl.)
PUBLISHER: west and hughes london 1801
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature goldsmith
Vikram and the Vampire
or tales of hindu devilry
[first edition] rebind 319pp ills.[b/w by ernest griset] G+ (rebound in blue cloth w.gilt titling to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,new eps,sl.foxing to contents w.insect holes throughout,tight)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1870
KEYWORDS: history travel modern first edition literature hindu vikram richard burton