Books - "literature"
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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
Catch the Saint
ex-lib.first edition 191pp VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.surface loss to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature saint leslie charteris norman worker fleming lee
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places/Wee Willie Winkie/The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales
3 vols.bound as 1
3 vols.bound as 1 VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt titling to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,blue eps,publisher's slip tipped-in to title gutter,prelims.and edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: wheeler allahabad [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rudyard kipling
A Song for Mary
an irish-american memory
first edition galley proof 369pp [2pp per sheet] NF (in col.pictorial wrappers,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: harpercollins pymble [1999]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies dennis smith
All The Year Round
volume XII april 18,1874 to october 10,1874
vol.xii only 620pp VG+ (burgundy cloth boards w.burgundy half leather,raised bands w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine mod sunned w.surface scratches,sl.wear to extrems.,orange eps,prelims.and speckled edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1874
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles dickens
All The Year Round
vol.X from may 3,1873 to october 25,1873
vol.x only 620pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.burgundy half leather,raised bands w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,boards unevenly sunned w.spine sunned,surface scratches to spine w.sl.wear to extrems.,orange eps,prelims.and speckled edges v.sl.foxed o/w contents clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1873
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles dickens
All The Year Round
vol.XI from november 1,1873 to april 11,1874
vol.xi only 572pp+48pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.burgundy half leather,raised bands and gilt-on-red title label to spine,sl.uneven sunning to boards w.spine sunned,surface scratches to spine w.sl.wear to extrems.,orange eps,prelims.and speckled edges v.sl.foxed o/w contents clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1874
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles dickens
Satan In the Suburbs
and other stories
first edition 138pp+ads. VG+ (black cloth,paste action to eps,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bertrand russell
READING A NOVEL
ex lib, minimal markings, 64pp, VG(sl scuffed corners & spine head & foot, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Phoenix House London 1956
KEYWORDS: history literature
A Book of Verse
first edition inscribed by author unpaginated ills.[col.] VG+ (in wrappers w.ribbon tie to spine,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,sl.browning to ep gutters,author's inscr.but not sign.to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature b.lawlor poetry new zealand signed
The House-Master's Home-Coming!
first edition thus [reprint from original] 151pp NF (in wrappers,sl.sunned spine,v.sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: museum press maidstone 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature martin clifford
Fantasio
a comedy in two acts
first edition limited/numbered [369/550] 57pp ills.[b/w w.2 hand-coloured plates] VG+ (burgundy cloth,mod.soiled w.spine sunned,minor foxing to fore-edge of contents w.some upper edges unopened,plates clean and bright)
PUBLISHER: the pleiad [np] 1927
KEYWORDS: arts drama alfred de musset literature