Books - "literature"
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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
Yarrow: It's Poets and Poetry
first edition 239pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,prelims.andcontent edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: thomas fraser dalbeattie 1890
KEYWORDS: literature history borland poetry yarrow
Enid Blyton's Book of her famous play Noddy in Toyland
first edition unpaginated ills.[col.] VG+ (red cloth w.gilt train stamp to boards,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature enid blyton noddy
Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century
first edition limited [600 copies] 79pp ills.[b/w/terracotta] NF (grey paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,minor bumps to extrems.,errata slip tipped-in to half-title gutter) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: stellar press & bodley head london 1965
KEYWORDS: typography arts alphabet literature history
Twilight Dreams being Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature
first edition 80pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.burgundy/white dec.stamps to top board,rubbed and stained w.losses of colour,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep and rfep,owner's inscr.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: cassell new york [1891]
KEYWORDS: literature arts poetry
Britain and the Bleiburg Tragedy
first edition 76pp ills.[col.] quarto hardcover VG+ in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: leon auckland 1998
KEYWORDS: arts literature history suzanne brooks-pincevic
Second Officer
first edition 310pp+ads. VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature taffrail dorling
Why France Collapsed
first edition proof copy 382pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained,sunned,owner's inscr.to prelim.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968
KEYWORDS: history literature proof copies guy chapman
Sgrepan Pererin
first edition 132pp [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] NF (pink cloth,minor shelf wear) in G+ d/w (mod.rubed and soiled,price sticker to front cover,2x2cm loss to head of front cover/spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: llyfrfa'r m.c. caernarfon 1971
KEYWORDS: lewis jones biography history literature wales welsh
Runemarks
first edition proof copy 536pp Fine in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies joanne harris
Written in Bone
first edition proof copy 348pp NF (in glossy wrappers,publisher's label to title page)
PUBLISHER: bantam london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies simon beckett
A Little Book of Dogs
[first edition] 92pp ills.[b/w + 8 tipped-in col.plates] VG (grey illustr.paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed edges v.sl.foxed,plates clean and bright,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: foulis london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature dogs natural history scotland john brown carton moorepark