Books - "literature"
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Sushi for Beginners
first edition proof copy 576pp VG (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,creasing to wrappers,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies marian keyes
The Spectre of Stalin
first uk edition 131pp VG+ (terracotta cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.bubbling to front pastedown,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,white label over price on front flap)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jean-paul sartre
The Communists and Peace
first uk edition 296pp VG+ (grey cloth,minor sunning to edges,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature history politics jean-paul sartre
Doctor Dolittle's Look-Inside Book
[first edition thus] 2 books inside a folder ills.[col.] VG- (folder mod.rubbed and soiled w.sl.surface loss to front cover,covers detached from 2 little books inside but everything present)
PUBLISHER: purnell london [1967]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature doctor dolittle vivian bennett
Friendship's Offering
and winter's wreath
rebind 384pp ills.[b/w] VG- (rebound in embossed burgundy cloth,rubbed and soiled w.chipping to extrems.,new eps,sl.soiling to contents,aeg rubbed)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1834
KEYWORDS: history poetry literature
The Painter's Daughter
the story of sandro botticelli and alessandra lippi
first edition signed and dated by author 308pp ills.[col.] NF (blue cloth,author's dated sign.to title [2002]) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: frederic beil savannah [2001]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts carolyn street lafond
Harlequin Rex
first edition proof copy 299pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.creasing to covers,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: vintage auckland 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies owen marshall new zealand
Valiant
dog of the timberline
first edition 224pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.by kurt wiese] VG+ (blue cloth w.blue dog stamp to top board and spine,minor soiling w.sl.sunning to spine,ill.eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.insect holes to hinges,minor loss to foot of front cover,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: harrap london 1936
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jack o'brien
Horatio Hornblower
omnibus comprising the commodore/lord hornblower
first edition thus 431pp VG+ (dk.blue cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.chipping to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine,3cm closed tear to head of lower hinge)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature c.s.forester hornblower
Biografia Del Pintor Sevillano Juan De Valdes Leal
ex-lib.[first edition] 242pp+index [text in spanish] + ills.[63 b/w plates] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,contents browned w.some sl.foxing,many sheets unopened at upper edge,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections,plates clean)
PUBLISHER: oficina tipografica de juan p girones sevilla 1916
KEYWORDS: biography history juan de valdes leal literature arts
Sea Glass
proof copy signed 354pp NF (in glossy wrappers,minor soiling to content edges,author's sign.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: little,brown london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies anita shreve signed
The Last Day
first edition proof copy 472pp VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.creasing to extrems.,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies literature
The Virgin Blue
first edition thus proof copy 305pp VG+ (in wrappers,damp cup ring to top cover and first 2pp)
PUBLISHER: harpercollins london [printed in australia] 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies tracy chevalier
The Master of Rain
first edition proof copy 479pp NF (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: bantam london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies literature tom bradby
The Jazz Bird
first edition proof copy [review copy] 314pp NF (in glossy wrappers,review slip mounted on half-title)
PUBLISHER: simon & schuster new york 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies craig holden
Immoral
first edition proof copy 340pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: headline london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies brian freeman
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
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