Books - "literature"
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Little Eyes
Ex-library, octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oneworld 2020
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Samanta Schweblin
Larchfield
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Riverrun 2018
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Polly Clark
In Your Garden
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2004
KEYWORDS: Vita Sackville-West literature gardening
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Mudlark 2020
KEYWORDS: humour humor essays prose literature popular philosophy Joel Golby
Long Black Song: Essays in Black American Literature and Culture
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Press of Virginia 1972
KEYWORDS: literature prose essays writings US America American black culture criticism appreciation
Innocent Victims: Poetic Injustice in Shakespearean Tragedy
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Tyneside Free Press (Printer) 1982
KEYWORDS: literary criticism literature William Shakespeare tragedies
What to Call Your Child
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors poets literature poetry poems verse Bill Manhire limited editions
Furphy's Shakespeare
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Centre for Studies in Australian Literature 1989
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism interpretation William Shakespeare
The Marble Collector
Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2015
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Cecelia Ahern
Malina
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 244pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Holmes & Meier 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Ingeborg Bachmann
The Handmaid's Tale
SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 324pp, VG (light bruising/rubbing to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap, light foxing to flaps, minor fading to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1986
KEYWORDS: signed modern first editions literature fiction novels Margaret Atwood
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko
SECOND EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus & rule to front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 336pp, illus, VG (tracks mis-spelled on spine, sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate staining & discolouration to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning/foxing to eps, modern ex-libris label to front pastedown, light cracking to some gutters, light smatterings of foxing to pages sporadically thorughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1911
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese travel writing literature adventure exploration history
Men Without Women: Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 228pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2017
KEYWORDS: first editions short stories literature Murakami collection
Silas Marner
Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 322pp, illus, colour plates, VG (light scuffing& chipping to extrems- some sl surface loss, moderate cracking to spine hinges, light discolouration to spine, light chafing to boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout, some colour plates either detached or loose but all present, light cracking to gutters, historical gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1907
KEYWORDS: literature illustrated Hugh Thomson classics fiction novels George Eliot
The Book of Mirdad: A Lighthouse and a Haven
FIRST UK EDITION (1962) octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 185pp, VG (light bruising & moderate fading/discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, light atnning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & edges with some minor loss, light tanning to spine, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Vincent Stuart 1962
KEYWORDS: first UK editions philosophy religion mysticism poetry literature Mikhail Naimy
Peter Penniless: Gamekeeper and Gentleman
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 362pp, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing & surface loss to edges & extrems, heavy scuffing/rubbing to spine, moderate chafing to boards, heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking & messy tape repairs to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps & half title page, 1x singular ex-library embossed stamp - no other library markings detected, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne and Co N/D
KEYWORDS: literature G Christopher Davies
Double Feature
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, ix + 419pp, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light tanning to top page edges, light creasingto lower corners of pgs 179-182) in d/w, VG+ (ligh creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Scribner 2013
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction literature novels Owen King
A Collection of Writings From Enuamanu and Beyond
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ALL FOUR AUTHORS, quarto, illus light card covers, 235pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, black ink lettering to base of pages)
PUBLISHER: Enuamanu Atiu Nui Maruarua Press 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature signed writings prose Pacific pasifika Cook Islands Atiu ethnography
Lost Souls: A Novel of the Boer War
Super octavo softcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 2005
KEYWORDS: boer war fiction literature historical new zealand
Feasts: An Anthology
TIDY EX-LIBRARY; super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Constable 1987
KEYWORDS: ex-library christopher bland linda kelly meals food feast feasts writing literature