Books - "literature"
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The Heart of a Goof
first edition 314pp VG (green cloth w.black dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1926
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature wodehouse
A Secret Country
first edition proof copy 286pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.owner's stamps to front cover,owner's inscr.to inside front cover and stamp to half-title)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1989
KEYWORDS: john pilger biography history proof copies literature
La Fable du Hasard
[first edition] unpaginated [text in french] ills.[col.by warja lavater] VG+ (ill.paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,accordion-style folding of contents from a single sheet,contents clean and bright)
PUBLISHER: adrien maeght paris [1968]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts warja lavater hasard
The Mysteries of Paris
533pp ills.[b/w by t.onwhyn incl.frontis.portrait and ill.title] G+ (rebind in burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,some sl.foxing to contents,plates are heavily foxed and browned,speckled edges)
PUBLISHER: charles daly london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature eugene sue
Little Mary Mouse Again
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w/yellow by olive openshaw] VG+ (ill.wrappers w.black cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,creasing to front cover,sl.foxing to rear cover,minor soiling to contents)
PUBLISHER: brockhampton leicester [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mary mouse enid blyton olive openshaw
Memory no Servant
first edition inscribed by author 52pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscr.to nz author helen shaw on inside front cover,compliments slip pasted to title)
PUBLISHER: new books trumansburg [1968]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry earle birney
The Prime of Tamworth Pig
first edition proof copy 112pp ills.[b/w] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies gene kemp
The Rhinestone Button
first edition thus proof copy 319pp NF (in glossy wrappers,publisher's label to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: virago london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gail anderson-dargatz proof copies
Moving Mars
first edition 452pp VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: legend london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature greg bear
The Firebrand
first edition 559pp NF (black cloth,contents sl.browned w.edges sl.soiled) in NF d/w (minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature marion zimmer bradley
Profane Friendship
first uk edition proof copy unpaginated VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,crease to rear cover and last few pp,photocopy of us publication title page bound in)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copy harold brodkey
Unlucky Wally
first edition 48pp ills.[col.] quarto illus laminated boards, VG+ (minor adhesion,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature raymond briggs
Letters
FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: putnam's new york 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john barth
The Chivalry of Crime
first uk edition proof copy 474pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies desmond barry
Pontiac Chief of the Ottawas
fourth thousand 300pp+catalogue ills.[b/w] G+ (olive cloth w.red/yellow/gilt dec.stamp to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1898
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature edward ellis
Tales From the Veld
first edition 305pp+32pp publisher's catalogue ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth w.brown/gilt stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,owner's stamp to prelims.,untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel literature ernest glanville africa geography
The Soul of a Priest
second impression 312pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1907
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature duke litta
Ruskin on Pictures
vol.ii
first edition vol.ii only 375pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george allen london 1902
KEYWORDS: arts john ruskin literature history
Whisky Galore
first edition 264pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.sunned spine,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,te red) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses incl.2x3cm to foot of front cover)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature compton mackenzie
Almanack for 1883
first edition unpaginated ills.[col.by kate greenaway] VG (ill.laminated boards w.yellow cloth spine,rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1883
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kate greenaway arts