Books - "literature"
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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 Devils of Loudun
first edition 376pp VG+ (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature aldous huxley
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
Lessons in the English Language for Maori Schools
first edition [part 2; vi - xvi] 71pp VG (in pink paper wrappers w.beige cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,tape stains to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall 6104
PUBLISHER: didsbury [printer] wellington 1875
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori literature williams
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
Waiting for Godot
first UK edition 94pp VG+ (mustard cloth,v.sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to ffep,publisher's note slip loosely inserted,spine cracked at half-title gutter but contents are tight and clean) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,3cm closed tear and crease to foot of front cover,small splits to head of hinges)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts plays samuel beckett godot
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