Books - "literature"
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Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
first edition thus 250pp [b/w frontis.] VG (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled/browned)
PUBLISHER: printed for subscribers only london 1914
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john payne mythology
Cambria's Chieftain
[first edition] 384pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth w.red/black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature everett-green
The Incredible Adam Spark
first edition proof copy 242pp NF (in glossy wrappers,publisher's labels to front cover and inside of front cover)
PUBLISHER: review headline london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies alan bissett
The Tale of Despereaux
first edition 270pp ills.[b/w by timothy basil ering] NF (ill.paper boards,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (isbn sticker to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: candlewick press cambridge 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts kate di camillo timothy ering
Holman
a play in five acts
first edition 80pp VG+ (blue cloth,boards stained, sl wrinkle, light foxing) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: mitre press london [1969]
KEYWORDS: literature arts drama brian louis pearce
Rule Britannia
first edition 318pp NF (peach cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature daphne du maurier
The Dying Trade
first edition 341pp NF (blue cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature david donachie
Collected Poems 1947-1981
first edition 108pp NF (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: alister taylor martinborough 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition alistair campbell
The Pipes O' Pan and other Short Stories
first edition 106pp+ads. VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,4cm cut to fore-edge of ffep and half-title) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained/foxed,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: edwards dunlop sydney 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature agnes littlejohn
Sole Survivor
first edition 192pp VG+ (black cloth,content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gavin holt
A Spot of Bother
first edition proof copy 390pp NF (in wrappers,minor soiling to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies mark haddon
The Captain and the Enemy
first edition 189pp VG+ (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,creased flaps,dealer's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: reinhardt books london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature graham greene
The Comedians
FIRST EDITION, octavo, 313pp VG+ (green cloth,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,1cm loss to head of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature graham greene
The Border Legion
second impression [F-Q; june 1916] 366pp ills.[3x b/w w.col.frontis.] VG- (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,contente edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky,one plate detached but present)
PUBLISHER: harper & brothers new york may 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature zane grey western
Wildfire
first edition [A-R january 1917] 321pp ills.[4x b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and stamps to feps,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: harper new york 1917
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature western zane grey
The Thundering Herd
first edition [L-Y november 1924] 400pp ills.[4x b/w] VG- (tan cloth w.black stamps to top board,rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,binding shaky w.paper separation at half-title gutter,content edges sl.soiled/foxed)
PUBLISHER: harper new york 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature zane grey
William's House
first edition 247pp NF (burgundy cloth,remainder spot to foot edge of text block) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: barrie & jenkins london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rita goldberg
Tobacco Smoke
first edition inscribed by author 71pp NF (green cloth,minor foxing to prelims.,author's inscr.to title page - inscribed to nz author una platts,t.l.s. loosely inserted) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: stockwell ilfracombe [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry bickford una platts signed new zealand
The Fascinating Folly Dr.Hocken and His Fellow Collectors
first edition 48pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to title page - nz author una platts)
PUBLISHER: university of otago press dunedin 1961
KEYWORDS: new zealand book collecting hocken mccormick literature
The Counterpane Book
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.and col.plate to front cover] VG (in ill.wrappers w.col.plate to front cover,green thread to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,minor foxing to contents,col.frontis.clean and bright,sl.chip to head of final few pp w.1cm loss to head of final page,2cm loss to head of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1913
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts may byron millicent sowerby