Books - "literature"
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Elysian Brides and Other Verse
[first edition] 56pp VG- (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: [np] printed by torquay times torquay [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry sharpley
The Works of Alexander Pope
vol.iii/iv
vols.3/4 bound as one 362+325pp G+ (full contemporary leather w.raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,lower hinge split,owner's inscriptions to pastedowns,lacks prelims.and title page to vol.iii but vol.iv title page is intact,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: faulkner dublin 1769
KEYWORDS: literature history alexander pope
Waiting for an Angel
first edition proof copy 226pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies habila helon
Der Rabbi von Bacherach
first edition thus numbered/limited [221/320] ills.[5x b/w woodblock prints] VG+ (full leather binding w.gilt geometric borders and gilt/grey dec.stamp to top board,lacks spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.mod.wear to extrems.,contents clean and tight on quality paper,teg)
PUBLISHER: euphorion verlag berlin 1921
KEYWORDS: heinrich heine literature arts rabbi bacherach
Scenes From a Receding Past
first edition 204pp F in VG+ d/w (spine and upper edge sl.sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: john calder london 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature aidan higgins
The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce
first edition proof copy 308pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies paul torday
The Uprising
first UK edition 385pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: peter owen london [1964]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature liviu rebreanu
A Love Affair
first edition thus 258pp VG+ (black cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: elek books london 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature emile zola
She Stoops to Conquer or The Mistakes of a Night
first edition thus [limited edition] 198pp ills.[b/w w.25 tipped-in col.plates by Hugh Thomson] NF (full green leather w.gilt dec.borders to top board and raised bands to spine,watered-silk endpapers,minor foxing to prelims.,aeg,all plates are present and clean w.tissue guards all present)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts oliver goldsmith hugh thomson
Starbook
first edition proof copy 422pp super octavo softcover VG+ (red marker pen and library stamp to upper page edges, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: rider london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies ben okri
The Wind Band Its Literature and Technique
first edition 286pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,owner's sign.to front pastedown and stamps to eps,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allyn and bacon boston [1962]
KEYWORDS: music arts literature wind band richard goldman
True Confessions of the Last Cannibal
first edition signed by author 71pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,bumps and crease to fore-edge,signed by author on half-title verso)
PUBLISHER: antipodes press plimmerton 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry louis johnson
Breakfast at Tiffany's
second impression 159pp VG (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.w.sl.chip to head of spine,contents sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in G+ (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,3cm tear to head of rear hinge,internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature truman capote
The Imitation Game and Other Plays
first US edition 175pp NF (beige cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: houghton mifflin new york 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ian mcewan
Dragon Horse
first edition proof copy 466pp NF (in glossy wrappers,publisher's stamp to foot edge)
PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies peter ward
City of the Sun
first edition proof copy 310pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: bantam press london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies david levien
The Final Days
first edition proof copy 452pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies alex chance
Nothing to be Frightened of
first edition proof copy 250pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies julian barnes
A Short Gentleman
first edition proof copy 361pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies jon canter
Harold's Leap
first edition 85pp ills.[brown line drawings by author] VG+ (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry stevie smith