Books - "literature"
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Jane the Unlucky
First edition (last listed title Jane the Fourth), octavo, yellow cloth boards with red lettering to spine, 253pp, VG- (heavy fading & foxing to spine, slight bruising to spine extrems, fading & foxing to boards, foxing to eps and to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd (year ?)
KEYWORDS: Evadne Price Australian children's literature fiction novel Jane Turpin first edition
The Gift of Nessus
First edition, octavo, dark red boards with blue letteringto spine, 224 pages, VG (bruising damage to upper spine, slight rubbing to board upper edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, slight fading to eps) in VG d/w (fading, bruising & rubbing to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co
KEYWORDS: Zofia Kossak Poland 17th century Casimir Korsak novel fiction literature biography
To the Lighthouse
Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin
KEYWORDS: specials Virginia Woolf classic fiction novel English literature
Silverheart
Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Earthlight Simon & Schuster 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Moorcock Storm Constantine science fiction fantasy adventure gothic novel literature
Lens of the World
Super octavo paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Headline Books 1991
KEYWORDS: specials RA MacAvoy fantasy science fiction novel literature
Melville in the South Seas
Ex library, super octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Roberts Anderson Herman Melville biography whaling South Seas US Navy history literature history lit crit
Melville and his World
Ex library, imperial octavo in plastic covered d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson London 1971
KEYWORDS: specials ex library Gay Wilson Allen Herman Melville biography whaling sea voyages South Seas Marquesas literature
Wheels of Fire
Super octavo paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2005
KEYWORDS: specials thriller adventure fiction novel Terence Strong literature
Skin and Bones
Super octavo paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Preface Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: specials thriller crime fiction novel Tom Bale literature
Les Enfants Terribles
Paperback, TEXT IN FRENCH (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Livre de Demain Librairie Arheme Fayard 1953
KEYWORDS: specials Jean Cocteau French literature French language en francais fiction novel roman
When First it Seemed: Poems by Ngaire Outram Hogan
Duodecimo in stapled wrapper - 15pp (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Handcraft Press 1952
KEYWORDS: specials Ngaire Outram Hogan New Zealand literature poetry poems verse
The Flying Goat and other stories
Duodecimo in leather boards (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pitkin London (date? - early edition)
KEYWORDS: specials Enid Blyton children's literature short stories fiction
Jamie and Jock's Present
First edition, oblong duodecimo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn Limited 1959
KEYWORDS: specials first edition John Denton Stanley Smith children's literature fiction
Book Self; The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic
softcover octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism biography new zealand c.k. stead specials
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
illustrated by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims
hardback (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1943
KEYWORDS: children's literature mary poppins p.l. travers specials
The Night Watch
Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 1954
KEYWORDS: specials fiction novel literature crime Thomas Walsh
Notable Angling Literature
First edition, first impress (adverts at rear, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 229pp, illus, VG+ (rubbing to spine & booard edges, slight staining to front board, owner's label stuck to front pastedown, browning to front & rear eps) in VG- d/w (heavy browning and sellotape repairs to interior of wrapper, price clipped, browning & rubbing to exterior, 3cm repaired tear to upper spine)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1930
KEYWORDS: First impression first edition James Robb fishing sports angling anglers fishing literature trout anthology
Berlin and Its Culture: A Historical Portrait
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + map + 416pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front ep) in nr fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Ronald Taylor Germany Berlin history culture medieval to reunification literature philosophy music theatres
The Matti Kuusi International Type System of Proverbs
FF Communications Edited for the Folklore Fellows: Vol CXXVI, No. 275
Super octavo, orange heavy card boards with brown lettering to spine and front board, 158pp, fine
PUBLISHER: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Helsinki 2001
KEYWORDS: Outi Lauhakangas proverbs folklore language Finland Matti Kuusi international reference coding cultural reference literature classification system
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, together with some few of a later date
edited by Henry B. Wheatley
three volume set, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, gilt device to front board and blind rule to front board, (I) xcvii + 460pp (II) vii + 397pp (III) vii + 423pp, VG (all volumes in tidy condition, with light wear and fading to boards, bruising to corners and heads and tails of spine, edge of fep to vol. II creased with small closed tear, ink owner's details to fep of all vols, pages lightly tanned, occasional foxing esp. to eps, front gutter of vol. I cracked), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. 1887
KEYWORDS: poetry english literature history thomas percy henry b. wheatley ballads songs music old english