Books - "literature"
Showing 1961 to 1980 of 56935 results.
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
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
Biggles of the Interpol
FIRST EDITION,181pp ills.[col.by leslie stead] VG+ (red embossed cloth,v.sl.fading to extrems.,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: brockhampton press leicester 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature johns biggles
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