Books - "literature"
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The Cards of the Gambler
ex-lib.first edition 242pp VG (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,usual stamps w.label removed from ffep,tape stains to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.soiled w.tape stains to covers and flaps,mod.wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcing to upper/lower edges,libr.stamp to front flap)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature benedict kiely
The Ponder Heart
first edition 140pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature eudora welty
Mortimer's Cross
first edition thus 141pp ills.[b/w by quentin blake] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.stain to lower edge,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.and stamp to ffep,content edges sl.browned o/w clean,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bbc/cape london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joan aiken quentin blake
Black Tuppenny
[first edition] unpaginated ills.[brown/white/red] VG- (ill.paper boards,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.losses to spine,owner's inscr.and sticker to ffep,prelims.mod.foxed w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature margaret brown sheila hawkins
Fables and Classical Sketches
[first edition] 95pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.blind borders and gilt titling,mod.rubbed and stained,spine and extrems.browned,sl.wear to extrems.,binder's label to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: parker london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry clergyman
This Summer's Dolphin
first edition inscribed by author 166pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor stain to top board w.spine and upper edge sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.in ink to front cover,sl.browned spine)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed
The Old Sailor's Jolly Boat,Laden with Tales,Yarns,Scraps,Fragments,etc,To Please All Hands
456pp ills.[b/w] G+ (marbled paper boards w.half leather,lacks spine w.both boards detached but present,rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelim.section detached but present,owner's inscr.to prelim.,sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: strange london 1844
KEYWORDS: literature nautical history m.h.barker
A Wintering Tree/The World I See/More Than Time/The Scale of Things
4 vols.inscribed by author w.signed handwritten letter
4 vols.first editions all inscribed by author w.handwritten letter to inscribee VG+ (all books similar condition w.sl.foxing to prelims.,author's warm inscr.to ffep all vols.,double-sided handwritten letter from author to inscribee loosely inserted) in VG+ d/ws (all sl.soiled w.sl.chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1955/1960/1970/1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry patric dickinson signed
Previous Convictions
first edition proof copy 360pp VG+ (in glossy wrappers,minor creasing to wrappers,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: pan london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies simon temprell
The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme
first edition in english [review copy] 184pp NF (red cloth,review label to ffep) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: sceptre hodder and stoughton london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature andrei makine
Tokyo Cancelled
first edition proof copy [review copy] 362pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled w.review label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: fourth estate london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies rana dasgupta
Little Green Men
first edition proof copy 300pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: allison & busby london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies christopher buckley
Modern Love
first edition proof copy 349pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: allison & busby london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies paul magrs
Modern Love
first edition proof copy 349pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: allsion & busby london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies paul magrs
Touch the Sky
first edition 342pp VG+ (blue paper boards,sl.bumps to extrems.w.sl.chipping to foot of spine) in NF d/w (minor bumps to extrems.w.sl.crease to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: sceptre hodder and stoughton london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature zita adamson
THE NEW WRITING IN RUSSIA
ex lib, minimal markings, 412pp, VG(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl edgewear, v sl soiled fore edge)d/w VG(in plastic, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled, rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 1964
KEYWORDS: history russia literature
Fourteen Years
extracts from a private journal 1925-1939
first edition limited numbered and signed by author [144/500] NF (beige cloth w.brown quarter leather spine,gilt titling to spine,v.sl.soiled,eps and untrimmed edges v.sl.foxed,ghost of owner's sign.to ffep,author's numbered sign.to colophon opp.title,publisher's order form for this title loosely inserted)
PUBLISHER: meanjin press melbourne 1948
KEYWORDS: literature biography signed nettie palmer history
Living Dangerously
the autobiography of ranulph fiennes
first us edition proof copy 266pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.sunned w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: atheneum new york 1988
KEYWORDS: literature proof copies biography travel ranulph fiennes
Epigrams of Eve
[first edition] 82pp+1p ads.ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.by ruby lind] VG (purple cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: gay and hancock london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition poetry sophie irene loeb
The Small Bachelor
first edition thus [methuen's colonial library] 251pp G+ (red cloth,spine attached only by 3cm of upper hinge,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.,rear board shaky and separating,paste action to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse