Books - "literature"
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The Legion Book
eighth impression 234pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.soiled w.some sl.foxing to contents,untrimmed fore and lower edges,te red)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1930
KEYWORDS: literature the legion book history h.cotton minchin
King Albert's Book
a tribute to the belgian king and people from representative men and women throughout the world
188pp ills.[some tipped-in col.plates] VG+ (cream cloth,mod.soiled and sunned w.stain to head of rear/spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.water stain to head of final section,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some mod.foxing in patches to contents,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: daily telegraph/hodder and stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature history king albert's book
Oeuvres Completes
586pp [text in french] VG (full-leather wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to corners and head/foot of spine w.some minor surface loss,marbled eps,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.soiled/foxed,contents browned,aeg sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: la renaissance du livre paris [nd,c.1910]
KEYWORDS: history literature alfred de musset
Charles DickensL: a bookman extra number 1914
first edition ads.+208pp ills.[some col.] VG- (in buckram wrappers w.col.portrait plate mounted on cover,wrappers detached,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.chipping and crease to edges of plate,bumps and wear to extrems.incl.hinges and spine,insect nibbles to pastedowns/internal spine/fore-edge of prelims.,owner's inscr.to first page of ads.,sl.to mod.foxing of contents w.col.plates clean,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections,some loose plates)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1914
KEYWORDS: history literature modern first edition charles dickens bookman
The Legend of the Enchanted Mesa
and other southwest poems
[first edition] signed by author 51pp VG+ (in wrappers,lacks title-label but glue stain remains on cover,mod.stained and sunned,yapp edges bumped and chipped,sl.splits to head/foot of spine,owner's stamp to inside cover,owner's and author's sign.to half-title,some minor foxing to contents mainly towards edges)
PUBLISHER: priv.printed in santa fe by clarks studio [1937]
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition ozelia rach-wolski
Chico Goes to the Wars
a chronicle 1933-1943
ex-lib first edition 403pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,top board sl.shaky w.minor paper separation at prelim.gutter,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: dutton new york 1943
KEYWORDS: history literature chico david ormsbee s.longstreet
The House of Collins
the story of a scottish family of publishers from 1789 to the present day
first edition 303pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,edges sl.foxed,cocked w.sl.shaky spine and sl.bowed boards) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and sunned,mod.stained,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1952
KEYWORDS: history literature publishing collins david keir
Simple Stories from Punch
first edition 145pp ills.by george morrow VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.shaky boards,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: dent london 1930
KEYWORDS: arts history literature punch modern first edition george morrow archibald marshall
Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
thomas b.macaulay
signed limited edition [93/940] 26pp [hand-illuminated initials] VG+ (soft leather wrappers w.yapp edges,v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,fore-edge of cloth pastedowns sl.lifting,teg,fore and lower edges untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: roycrofters new york 1900
KEYWORDS: history literature elbert thomas b.macaulay
Kavanagh:A Tale
136pp ills. VG- (red cloth w.gilt stamps,sl.sunned,mod.rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.w.some surface losses,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.mod.foxed w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked,aeg sl.rubbed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: w.kent london 1858
KEYWORDS: history literature henry wadsworth longfellow
The Everlasting Spell
a study of keats and his friends
ex-lib first edition 256pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to boards,usual stamps and pockets,te blue) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned,rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1963
KEYWORDS: history literature keats poetry joanna richardson
The Last Days of Percy Bysshe Shelley
new details from unpublished documents
ex-lib first edition 167pp ills. VG (grey cloth,mod.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,teg)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin 1898
KEYWORDS: history biography literature poetry percy bysshe shelley guido biagi
Two Russian Reformers
ivan turgenev leo tolstoy
ex-lib 335pp+ads.ills. VG (red cloth,sl.sunned,mod.rubbed and soiled,bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges mod.foxed/soiled,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history literature biography ivan turgenev leo tolstoy j.a.t.lloyd russia
New Shelley Letters
ex-lib first edition thus 170pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.sunned spine w.libr.mark,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumped and chipped extrems.w.minor losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1948
KEYWORDS: history literature poetry biography percy bysshe shelley w.s.scott
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
2 vols.illustrated classics series
first edition thus 2 vols.415/469pp ills. VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,te black,sl.shaky spines) in VG- d/ws (sl.rubbed and mod.foxed/sunned,spines sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,8x1cm loss to upper hinge of vol.1)
PUBLISHER: j.m.dent london 1933
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley humbert wolfe
The Real Shelley
new views of the poets life 2 vols.
ex-lib first edition 2 vols. 435/478pp VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned w.libr.marks to spines,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.bubbling to cloth on spines,boards sl.shaky w.separation starting at ep gutters,usual stamps and pockets,vol.1 lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.contents sl.soiled,cocked w.sl.shaky and cracked spines)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1885
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley john cordy jeaffreson
The Young Shelley
ex-lib first edition 437pp VG+ (green cloth,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.shaky boards w.sl.paper separation at ep gutters,sl.cocked) in G d/w (in 2 pieces w.spine missing,rubbed and tape stained,chipped w.losses)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1951
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley kenneth neill cameron
The Nascent Mind of Shelley
ex-lib first edition 272pp VG (black cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears and minor losses)
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1947
KEYWORDS: history literature biography poetry percy bysshe shelley a.m.d.hughes
Desire and Restraint in Shelley
ex-lib first edition 308pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.stains to head of cover,sl.sunned,usual stamps and pockets,te yellow,edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: duke univ.press durham 1931
KEYWORDS: history literature poetry percy bysshe shelley floyd stovall
John Keats
ex-lib second edition 2 vols.631/662pp ills. VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,usual stamps and pockets,edges soiled,sl.shaky spines)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1925
KEYWORDS: history literature biography john keats amy lowell