Books - "literature"
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Holbein's Icones Historiarvm Veteris Testamenti
ex-lib.first edition thus [facsimile edition] 162pp ills.[b/w] G+ (burgundy cloth w.blind dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.uneven sunning to boards,chipping and wear to extrems.w.upper half of spine now a flap,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: holbein society/ a.brothers manchester 1869
KEYWORDS: literature history holbein icones historiarvm veteris
General Hints to Emigrants
209pp+ads. G (green cloth wrappers,top cover detahced but present,lacks spine,remains of label to top cover,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,ads,to eps,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: virtue london 1866
KEYWORDS: history literature emigrants travel
The Truth About My Father
ex-lib.first edition 229pp VG- (blue cloth w.libr.labels to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1924
KEYWORDS: history biography tolstoi tolstoy literature
La Maniere de Bien Penser Dans Les Ouvrages D'Esprit
new edition 459pp [text in french] G+ (marbled paper boards w.half-leather ,gilt bands and stamps to spine,top board barely attached,rubbed and soiled,spine attached only at lower hinge,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,some minor foxing to margins,speckled edges,tight)
PUBLISHER: chez les libraires affocies paris 1771
KEYWORDS: history literature bouhours
When Santa Claus Was Young
[first edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.by author] VG- (two-tone blue paper wrappers w.col.plate to front cover,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,text block detached from covers,owner's inscr.to half-title,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature helen reid cross
Teuton A Poem
first edition 200pp G+ (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,ffep and half-title detached but present,owner's inscr.to head of title page,sl.foxing to untrimmed content edges)
PUBLISHER: bell and daldy london 1861
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry christopher james riethmuller
Contemporary Turkish Short Stories
first edition 159pp [text in turkish - intro.in english] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled,boards sl.bowed,owner's inscr.to ffep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: bibliotecha islamica minneapolis 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature turkish short stories chambers kut
Poems for Wales and Six Landscapes for Susan
first edition unpaginated VG+ (paper wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: arc gillingham 1970
KEYWORDS: poetry modern first edition literature adrian henri
The Jolly Warreners
first edition 120pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,minor soiling,eps and content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: brockhampton press leicester 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joy stewart
One for the Grave
first edition 90pp NF (blue cloth,dealer's stamp to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,2cm split to foot of upper hinge)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts drama louis macneice
Last Port of Call
first edition 301pp VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor stain to upper edge of rear board,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm splits to head/foot of both hinges)
PUBLISHER: arthur barker london 1938
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature heinrich hauser
The Spaniard
first UK edition 328pp VG (grey cloth,sl.surface losses to top board,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some creasing)
PUBLISHER: harrap london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bernard clavel
Rising Sun
first edition proof copy numbered/limited [378/500] NF (in glossy wrappers,sl.creasing to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: century london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies michael crichton
Run Baby Run
first edition 240pp VG+ (blue cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nicky cruz jamie buckingham
Whakaari
first edition 264pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges browned) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,publisher's label to front cover w.price label to rear cover,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: silver owl press wellington [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand david mcgill
Vivian Grey 2 vols.
first edition thus 2 vols.[centenary edition] 404/394pp ills.[b/w 3 in vol.i,1 in vol.ii] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spines,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: alexander moring london 1904
KEYWORDS: benjamin disraeli beaconsfield modern first edition literature
A Test to Destruction
first edition 461pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature henry williamson
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
first edition thus [facsimile of 1786 kilmarnock edition] VG+ (in blue-grey paper wrappers,sl.browned,owner's inscr.to ffep,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled,folding col.map of burns country loosely inserted) in G box (folding-bow w.hinged lid,grey-blue card boards w.cream paper spine,rubbed and foxed/browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.6cm loss to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: brown kilmarnock [1909]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert burns
White Gold Wielder
first UK edition inscribed by author 509pp NF (black cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title page) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature stephen donaldson signed
Tales From the Arabic [3 vols.]
first edition thus [3 vols.] 303/301/301pp [b/w frontis.] VG (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep all vols.,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled/browned)
PUBLISHER: printed for subscribers only london 1914
KEYWORDS: john payne literature mythology