Books - "literature"
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Granite and Rainbow
FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION. 8vo, heavy blue card covers, gilt lettering to spine, 240 pp., VG+ (sl fading to board/edges & spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to pg edges & eps, minor tanning throughout) in d/w VG (light to moderate fading & tanning/soiling, v light foxing, sl bruising to edges & extrems, pice clipped)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Virginia Woolf 20th century authors literature Bloomsbury Group novelist essays
Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey: Letters
8vo, heavy black card boards, gilt lettering & rules/lozenge to spine, 118 pp., VG+ (sl soiling/rubbing to boards, v light bruising to edges & spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading, light creasing, sl bruising to extrems, price clipped).
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1956
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf 20th century authors literature Bloomsbury Group novelist essays letters correspondence
Roger Fry: A Biography
FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION. 8vo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 307 pp., VG (light to moderate soiling to boards & spine, light scuffing & rubbing, light soiling/bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, moderate tanning to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm tear to hinge at rear gutter, light tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & tanning, some fading, light to moderate bruising & chipping to edges & extrems, moderate tear to head of spine with loss, encased in a plastic wrapper).
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1940
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf Roger Fry biography life lives author 20th century art criticism literature
The Pargiters: The Novel-Essay Portion of The Years
8vo, heavy red card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xliv + 167 pp., VG+ (v sl rubbing to boards, v light bruising to edges & extrems, light fading to edges, sl soiling to spine, light soiling & sl tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG (light to moderate tanning & fading, sl bruising to spine extrems, v minor foxing).
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf 20th century authors literature essay novel Bloomsbury Group criticism
Freshwater: A Comedy
8vo, heavy brown card boards, gilt lettering to spine, olive green eps, frontis., xi + 76 pp., VG+ (moderate fading & sl scuffing to boards, minor bruising to edges & extrems, v sl soiling to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading, v minor bruising to extrems, sm tear to back cover near fold).
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf 20th century authors literature play theatre drama comedy Bloomsbury Group criticism
Hyde Park Gate News: The Stephen Family Newspaper
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy blue card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, xxiii + 240 pp., photos, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, v minor tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (v light soiling, sl bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Hesperus Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf Vanessa Bell Thoby Stephen Stephen Family 20th century literature newspaper ephemera
The March of the Musicians
FIRST ENG EDITION. 8vo, heavy red card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 256 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards/edges, light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & v sl foxing to pg edges, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w VG (light scuffing & soiling, light creasing & bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Collins 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition translation Swedish Sweden fiction literature Per Olov Enquist
Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy green card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, [10] + 181 pp., illus/photos, NF (v sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading, sl curling to edges, light bruising to extrems).
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1984
KEYWORDS: first edition Bloomsbury Group memoir biography life lives 20th century literature
Virginia Woolf's First Voyage: A Noel in the Making
8vo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 202 pp., VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & rubbing, light tanning & fading, minor bruising to edges & extrems, pice clipped).
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1980
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf 20th century author novel novelist fiction literature criticism
Flush: A Biography
FIRST EDITION. brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 163 pp., plates, VG- (moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tear & fraying to rear joint, moderate bruising & chipping to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, prev owner's inscription ink black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1933
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf biography 20th century authors literature Bloomsbury Group
Two Serious Ladies
FIRST BRITISH COMMONWEALTH EDITION. Sm 8vo, heavy brown card boards, gilt lettering to spine, [6] + 271 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges--esp top & fore edges, minor foxing to feps), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & rubbing with some light loss to colour of cover & lettering to spine, v sl tanning, moderate fading to rear, in plastic wrapper).
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Jane Bowles 20th century author literature Paul Bowles
A Little Stone
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, green cl boards, gilt lettering to spine, 222 pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing/soiling & fading to boards, moderate fading to spine, light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Paul Bowles Jane 20th century author literature short stories fiction
Don't Look Round
8vo, red buckram boards, black lettering & double rules to spine, stamp to front board, frontis., illus tp, 240 pp., illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, light wear to joints, light tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, prev bookseller's sm green pricing sticker to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1952
KEYWORDS: Violet Trefusis autobiography memoir biography life lives 20th century literature
The Rainbow Picnic: A Portrait of Iris Tree
8vo, heavy brown card boards, gilt lettering & ornament to spine & front board, illus eps, frontis., 160 pp., plates, VG+ (light soiling & fading to boards, sl bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev owner's stamp in black ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals), in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy fading, light tanning & foxing, light creasing/curling & bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Eyre Methuen 1974
KEYWORDS: Iris Tree Daphne Fielding portrait biography life lives 20th century literature
Letters from Tove
8vo, heavy cream card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 496 pp., illus /photos, NF (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, v sl soiling to pg edges), in d/w, NF (sl scuffing, light creasing/bruising to edges).
PUBLISHER: Sort Of Books 2019
KEYWORDS: Tove Jansson Moomin children's book author 20th century letters correspondence literature
Journal 1936-37: Death of an Explorer, Leon Chestov
THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, brown cl boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144 pp., NF (light soiling & scuffing to boards, light wear to edges & sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG (heavy fading to spine with light loss of lettering, light fading to covers, light scuffing, sl bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1980
KEYWORDS: David Gascoyne journal 20th century authors diary literature Europe
Paris Journal 1937-1939
THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, blue cl covers, gilt lettering to spine, 141 pp., NF (light rubbing to boards with minor pilling to cl, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light tanning & scuffing with some loss of colour, sl fading, light bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping to spine extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1978
KEYWORDS: David Gascoyne Paris journal 20th century authors diary literature Europe
Second Words: Selected Critical Prose
8vo, heavy black card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (sl scuffing to boards, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps, minor creasing to pastedowns--esp at gutters), in d/w, VG (light tanning/fading & scuffing with light loss of colour, light bruising & chipping to edges & extrems, light soiling, sm closed tear to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Anansi 1982
KEYWORDS: Margaret Atwood prose citical edit selected collected essay 20th century literature
The Twelve Chairs
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: Northwestern University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Russian literature English translations novels fiction Ilya Ilf Evgeny Petrov
The Garden of Eden
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: Virago 2000
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Sharon Butala