Books - "literature"
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The Book of Government or Rules for Kings: The Siyasat-nama or Siyar al-Muluk
Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering with red & gilt decoration to spine, xi + 259pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1960
KEYWORDS: ancient Persian literature English translations history historical philosophy antiquity Nizam al-Mulk
The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy
LACKS D/W, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & red colouring to spine & front board, xv + 271pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: literature Russian Russia Leo Tolstoy companion literary appreciation
Report on the Death of Rosenkavalier
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing/surface loss to spine, moderate rubbing)
PUBLISHER: McClelland and Stewart 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed literature fiction novels Jan Drabek
Running Dog
SCARCE UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 246pp, VG+ (light bruising to base of spine & board edges, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to top corner of ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading ot spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature novels fiction Don DeLillo
The Imagination Chamber: Cosmic Rays from Lyra's Universe
8vo 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: David Fickling Books 2022
KEYWORDS: short story stories poem poetry poet literature 21st century
Balzac's Lives
8vo 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: New York Review Books 2020
KEYWORDS: 19th century Balzac novel novelist criticism literature biography social history comedy manners
Benzedrine Highway
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: Kicks Books 2013
KEYWORDS: 20th century beat generation poetry poem literature
Jules
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: Alpha Books 2003
KEYWORDS: fiction novel 21st century novelist authors literature
The Ordinary and the Fabulous: An Introduction to Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales for Teachers and Storytellers
Ex-library. 8vo 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: Cambridge University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Greek Norse
Swiss-Alpine Folk-Tales
FIRST EDITION. 8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Swiss Alpine first edition
Indian Tales and Legends
8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Indian
Japanese Tales and Legends
FIRST EDITION. 8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Japan Japanese first edition
German Hero-Sagas and Folk-Tales
8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature German
Russian Tales and Legends
8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Russian
Scandinavian Legends and Folk-Tales
8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1957
KEYWORDS: myth legend fairy tales stories storyteller oral tradition Children's Literature Scandinavian
The Land of the Lost
8vo 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: Auckland University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors fiction literature
Short Stories
8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: Nobel Prize recipient 20th century literature short stories novella
Taupo Fishing Diary
Super 8vo 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand fishing fish angling angler lake river sport game literature
Nymphs and the Trout
8vo 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: Adam & Charles Black 1970
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler lake river sport game nymph technique literature
Arthur Ransome on Fishing
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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1994
KEYWORDS: Arthur Ransome fishing fish angling angler lake river sport game nymph technique literature