Books - "literature"
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The Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White
456pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.black dec.borders to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,prelims.sl.foxed,gilt edges sl.soiled,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: routledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry henry kirke white
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology
first edition 190pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: souvenir press london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature boris karloff
The Goddess and Other Women
first edition 468pp VG+ (teal cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor soiling to content edges) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,internal tape stains)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joyce carol oates
The Wharton Medal
first edition 259pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth w.red/black dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.yellowed spine,minor wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,tight solid copy) in G+ d/w (rubbed and soiled,lacks upper 4cm of spine and hinge area,chipping and wear to extrems.,internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1929
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature richard bird
Burton and Speke
first uk edition 508pp NF (brown cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: allen london 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william harrison
The Works of the Ettrick Shepherd
2 vols.Tales & Sketches / Poems & Life
centenary edition 2 vols.[vol.1 ex-lib.] 712/468pp ills.[b/w] VG- (rebound in half leather but not matching bindings,burgundy cloth w.burgundy half leather to vol.1,green cloth w.brown leather to vol.2,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,libr.stamps and labels to vol.1,prelims.sl.foxed,some staining to pp opposite plates but plates are clean,marbled edges,tight)
PUBLISHER: blackie london 1874/1878
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry ettrick shepherd thomas thomson
Sol
first edition 432pp VG+ (orange cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mario satz
In Gallant Company
first edition 287pp NF (blue cloth,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in NF d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature alexander kent
Mister Meddle's Muddles
first edition 160pp ills.[b/w] VG (grey cloth,mod.rubbed and foxed,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: newnes london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature enid blyton
The Generals Wear Cork Hats
first edition proof copy 203pp VG- (in wrappers,rubbed and soiled/foxed,ink notes to front cover,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to spine,content edges foxed)
PUBLISHER: harrap london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first ediiton literature proof copies ben lucien burman
A Change of Skin
first uk edition 462pp VG+ (purple cloth,minor shelf wear,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature carlos fuentes
The Winter of the World
volume two The Forge in the Forest
first edition 408pp VG+ (tan cloth,maps to eps,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,some prelims.loosening,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael scott rohan
The Last Breath
first edition proof copy 352pp VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.wear to extrems.,crease to spine)
PUBLISHER: bantam london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies denise mina
The Works of Thomas Hood
[10 volumes]
first edition thus [10 vols.] ills.[b/w by author and cruickshank] VG (marbled paper boards w.half leather,raised bands w.gilt compartments to spines,gilt-on-black title labels to spines,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,marbled eps and content edges,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: moxon london 1869-1873
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry arts thomas hood
If Death Ever Slept
first edition 192pp VG (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,stain to rear cover,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rex stout
Ramage at Trafalgar
first edition 214pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor shelf wear,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: alison press secker & warburg london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dudley pope ramage
The Shadow Hunters
first edition proof copy 224pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: harpercollins auckland 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies linda mcnabb
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