Books - "literature"
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No Laughing Matter
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 1969
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Angus Wilson
Big Smoke: New Zealand Poems 1960-1975
SIGNED BY ALL 3 AUTHORS, SOME HIGHLIGHTING & ANNOTATION, 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: Auckland University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems verse literature collection anthology anthologies
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Saga of Wildcat Creek
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: Whitman Publishing 1963
KEYWORDS: tv series Beverly Hillbillies fiction novels literature Doris Schroeder
Go Set a Watchman
FIRST UK EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 2015
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions novels fiction literature Harper Lee
Bed of Sphinxes: New & Selected Poems 1943-1993
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: City Lights Books 1997
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse Philip Lamantia anthologies
Preserving Fire: Selected Prose
FIRST EDITION, 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: Wave Books 2018
KEYWORDS: first editions literature prose anthologies Philip Lamantia
Mother for Dinner
FIRST 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: Picador 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Shalom Auslander
A Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the Voices of Writers
Super 8vo, illus light card covers, brown & white lettering to spine & bds, frontis., xi + 402 pp., illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling & sl tanning to pg edges & inside covers/prelims/terminals).
PUBLISHER: Double Storey 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history East Cape authors poets poem poetry
Witchfinder
FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, heavy black card bds, copper gilt lettering to spine, xi + 466 pp., NF (light bruising to spine extrems & top front board edge, v sl tanning to pg edges), in d/w VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, sl creasing & soiling).
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2019
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction novel popular literature thriller crime 1960s 20th century espionage spy spies MI5 secret service police
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
LIMITED EDITION TO 3000 COPIES. Super 8vo, black cl bds, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, upper pg edge stained red, illus eps, frontis., xvii + 325 pp., plates, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate creasing to cl of bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to board & spine edges & extrems with light chipping, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light soiling to eps, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, light foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1921
KEYWORDS: 20th century literature Jurgen comedy fantasy fantastic didactic allegory heroic
The Outsider
Super 8vo, illus heavy card bds, black & white lettering to spine, brown eps, frontis., xiv + 102 pp., illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine, v minor bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing & tanning to pg edges), in slipcase VG+ (light soiling & fading, light scuffing, sl wear to edges).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011
KEYWORDS: The Folio Society Albert Camus 20th century French authors France philosophy philosopher novel literature
Tales from a Tall Forest
8vo, illus heavy card bds, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, illus eps & tp, [8] + 209 pp., illus, VG+ (light soiling to bds, v sl bruising to board & spine edges & extrems, moderate creasing to front joint), in d/w VG (light to moderate scuffing, light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems, sl soiling).
PUBLISHER: Hardie Grant Egmont 2017
KEYWORDS: children's book fiction literature Shaun Micallef Jonathan Bentley fairy talkes stories legend myth
The English Patient
FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, heavy blue card bds, gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, [10] + 307 pp., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl soiling & tanning to pg edges), in d/w VG+ (light tanning & soiling, light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition World War 2 WW2 II fiction literature Michael Ondaatje romance thriller
Angling Sketches
LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION, NO. 92/150. FINE BINDING. Super 8vo, brown gilt paneled leather bds, 5 raised bands to spine--gilt lettering to sections 2/4 & gilt stamps to sections 1/3 & 5/6, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, marbled eps, frontis., xii + 176 pp., illus, elaborate fishermen initals,10 plates counted all present, VG+ (spine sl scuffed--some wear to leather esp at joints, light tanning to pg edges, light soiling & tanning to eps, prev owner's bookplate to front pastedown, seeming repairs to frontis. & plate 2/3).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1891
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing fine binding bookbinding Andrew Lang literature sports
Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature
Sm 8vo, blind paneled blue cl bds, gilt lettering & blind rules to spine, yellow/green eps, vi + 335 pp., VG (light soiling & scuffing to bds & spine, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping, light to moderate tanning & soiling & light foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, pp lightly creased at central gutters).
PUBLISHER: John Russell Smith 1856
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature
Angling Letters of G. E. M. Skues
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., xv + 153 pp., VG+ (sl soiling & scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with some minor fraying to spine, light soiling & tanning to pg edges, prev owner's bookplate to front pastedown) in d/w VG (light to moderate tanning & fading/scuffing, light soiling, light bruising to edgest & extrems, small open tear to spine).
PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1956
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature first edition G E M Skues
Angling in all its Branches, Reduced to a Complete Science
REBOUND. 8vo, half-bound in gilt rolled navy blue leather with blue buckram bds, 4 raised bands & gilt lettering & rules to spine, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, xv + 298 pp. + 6 pp. advts., VG (light soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, spine sl warped, light to moderate soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderade tanning & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: T. N. Longman and O. Rees 1800
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history
British Angling Flies
Sm 8vo, blind paneled green cl bds with blind corner ornaments, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix , + 154, 8 plates counted all present to rear, VG- (moderate fading & scuffing/soiling to bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edged & extrems with light chipping, moderate soiling/tanning to pg edges, light soiling/tanning to eps & prelims/terminals).
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1862
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history
Streamside Guide to Naturals and their Imitations
Sm 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering & ornament to spine & front board, xvii + 110 pp., plates, VG+ (light soiling/scuffing & creasing to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning to pg edges, light tanning to eps).
PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1947
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history
An Albatross Too Many
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: David Ling 1998
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand literature writers authors James McNeish autobiography memoir