Books - "literature"
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Luci in the Sky
first edition proof copy inscribed by author 453pp F (in glossy wrappers,author's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies chris fox signed
The Glacial Nighmare and The Flood
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.920pp VG+ (green cloth,bevelled edges,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.darkened spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,black eps w.owner's bookplate to front pastedowns,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,vol.1 has two title pages dated 1892 and 1893)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1892/1893
KEYWORDS: history theology literature henry howorth
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn
2 vols.
second impression 2 vols.475/560pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,gilt borders w.red stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spines cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: archibald constable london 1907
KEYWORDS: lafcadio hearn biography literature elizabeth bisland
Interpretations of Literature
2 vols.
2 vols.406pp/379pp VG (prev. owner's details in ink,blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,eps and untrimmed edges sl.foxed,tight)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london c.1920
KEYWORDS: history literature lafcadio hearn
The Works of Lord Byron
17 vols.
first edition thus in full leather [ill.title and frontis.to each vol.] VG (blue full leather w.blind dec.stamps and borders,gilt-on-red title label to spines,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,spines mod.browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.incl.spines,all title labels present,owner's pencil notes to ffep of vol.1 only,prelims.sl.foxed on all vols.,contents clean and tight,marbled edges)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1833
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature lord byron thomas moore poetry
Vikram and The Vampire
or tales of hindu devilry
first edition first issue [penzer p.81-82] xxiv+319pp ills.[b/w by ernest griset] VG (black cloth w.red dec.stamped devils and gilt lettering,bevelled edges,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,minor bubblimg to cloth on top board,mod.wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spine and corners,brown eps sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,binder's label to rear pastedown [edmonds & remnants london],spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1870
KEYWORDS: richard burton history literature geography hindu occult mythology
My First Book
reprint 309pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (tan cloth w.black/silver dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,top board creased,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1897
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome kipling conan doyle haggard
The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure
proof copy 704pp NF (in pictorial wrappers,minor crease to top cover)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies adam williams
The Green Man
FIRST EDITION, octavo, 253pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,cocked but tight, inscrip. in ink to fep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,minor internal foxing,white sticker over price)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kingsley amis
Fifty Figure and Character Dances/Music for Fifty Figure and Character Dances
2 vols.
[first edition] 2 vols.ills.[b/w w.music scores] VG+ (blue cloth w.blind borders and stamps,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: waverley book company london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts dance music literature elizabeth turner bell
Molly Moon Stops the World
first edition proof copy 354pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies georgia byng
Bunker 13
first edition proof copy 293pp NF in glossy wrappers (publisher's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies aniruddha bahal
Death of a Prima Donna
first uk edition proof copy 186pp NF (in wrappers,minor creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: harvill london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies brina svit
Prefaces
first edition 802pp VG+ (ochre cloth,minor rubbing,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: constable london 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bernard shaw
Cohelet/The Priest of Nemi/L'Abbesse de Jouarre
3 books bound as 1 VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: mathieson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature drama arts ernest renan
My Life as a Fake
first edition proof copy [first chapter only] numbered/limited [105/150] 13pp+unpaginated NF (in wrappers w.french flaps,printed limited number to front cover,minor 1cm stain to head of front cover,author's sign.to ffep,contains the first chapter of 13pp plus the rest of the book in blank pp)
PUBLISHER: knopf sydney 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature peter carey signed proof copies
A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- xxxii + 512pp, vol 2- vi + 571pp, VG (light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minro foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & tanning/foxing to edges & soines, generalised moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1940
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography scholefield literature
Diary for 1941-2
first edition limited [135] 111pp F in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1988
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature biography modern first edition gormack
Diary Beginnings 1939
first edition limited [135] 98pp F in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand biography gormack
Pounding Battle: match report canterbury v.south africa 1921
first edition limited, small duodecimo hardcover NF in VG+ d/w (light sunning to spine and rear cover)
PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1995
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature sport rugby