Books - "literature"
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms / San Kuo Chih Yen-I (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, red & black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus/chinese characters to front boards, deckled edges of page blocks, printed/maps to eps, vol 1- xviii + 638pp, vol 2- viii + 623pp, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems/edges of vol 2, light soiling & discolouration to boards of vol 1, light foxing to page edges, minor pencil annotation to vol 1) in slipcase, G+ (v heavy cracking & scuffing to joinery- som esurface loss, moderate chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Kelly & Walsh 1973
KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction novels Lo Kuan-Chung English translations Chinese
The Happy Prince (A Talking Book)
78 RPM RECORD IN REAR SLEEVE, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, spiral bound inside boards, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to board edges, 6cm crack to top hinge, light foxing to illus on front board, light foxing to inside front board, minor foxing throughout, record to rear damaged/broken)
PUBLISHER: TPL / Horace Marshall & Son N/D
KEYWORDS: talking books Oscar Wilde children's literature gramophone records
Mistress Masham's Repose
Imperial octavo, red iridescent cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus eps, illus title page, xiii + 148pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges, sm inscription in ink to half title page) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1992
KEYWORDS: folio society literature T H White illustrated
Circe
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt illus to front board, illus ffep, 336pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction novels literature Madeline Miller
The Village in the Jungle
Small 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: The Hogarth Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf fiction 20th century literature
Gone Abroad
First edition. Octavo hardcover (VG), lacking d/w; 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: Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1932
KEYWORDS: Charles Graves fiction literature 20th century
Blessington-d'Orsay: A Masquerade
Octavo hardcover (VG), in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1983
KEYWORDS: Folio Society Michael Sadleir 20th century literature
Anne Hughes: Her Boke
Small octavo hardcover (VG) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1981
KEYWORDS: Anne Hughes 20th century literature Folio Society
Hello Darkness
Inscribed, dated & signed by author. First edition. 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: Might Ajax Press 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature social media Peter Wells
Eighth Habitation
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: Giramondo 2009
KEYWORDS: Australian poems literature
The Little Ache: A German Notebook
Inscribed & signed by author. 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: Victoria University of Wellington Press 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zeland poet poems Germany literature
Holy Smoke
First edition. Octavo hardcover (VG), lacking d/w; 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: Fiction Collective 1979
KEYWORDS: Fanny Howe fiction 20th century literature
In the Middle of Nowhere
FIRST EDITION. 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: Fiction Collective 1984
KEYWORDS: Fanny Howe England 20th century fiction literature
I Choose Peace
Paperback (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: Penguin 1949
KEYWORDS: 20th century literature fiction
The Hours
First edition, second impression. 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: Fourth Estate 1999
KEYWORDS: Pulitzer Prize 1999 Pen/Faulkner Award 1999 literature fiction
Passages
First edition. Octavo, card covers (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: Jenny Blood 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets poetry literature
The War Poems
Paperback (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: Faber and Faber 1983
KEYWORDS: Seigfried Sasson poems wartime poems 20th century literature
Best Black Magic Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 269pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges with tidy archival tape repairs, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories horror black magic collections anthologies fiction
Comedies (6 Vol Boxed Set)
6 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1999
KEYWORDS: folio society novels literature fiction comedies boxed sets Evelyn Waugh
USA: The 42nd Parallel, Nineteen-Nineteen, The Big Money
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 1163pp, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping/rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, large/moderate ink staining to front board & page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- board sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1950
KEYWORDS: novels fiction trilogies trilogy literature John dos Passos