Books - "literature"
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The Soul of Kindness
FIRST EDITIONS, LACKS D/W, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 219pp, VG (moderate scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning & rubbing to spine, minor discolouration/staining to boards, sl bruising to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor
Nobody Grew But the Business: On the Life and Work of William Gaddis
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Gaddis history
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
FIRST US EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to black buckram spine, unpaginated prelims + 358pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, 2cm gouge to front, sm adhesive label to rear, sl tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Jose Saramago
Dumb Instrument: Poems and Fragments
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 58pp, illus, VG+ (minor tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Enitharmon Press 1976
KEYWORDS: first editions limited edition poems poetry verse literature Denton Welch
Cantes Gitanos
TEXT IN SPANISH, sm octavo, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine with raised bands also, teg, marbled eps, illus title page, 219pp + unpaginated indices to rear, VG (moderate rubbing/surface loss & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate water staining to edges of prelim & terminal pages)
PUBLISHER: Imprenta Moderna 1907
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN SPANISH gypsy gipsies gypsies Romani gipsy verse poetry poems literature Katacla
The Stray Notes of a Wayfarer
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 176pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to spine & boards/edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor water damage to base of page block, ex-libris plate loosely enclosed to rear)
PUBLISHER: Roxburghe Press N/D
KEYWORDS: literature social commentary a c c acc roxburghe press
The Gypsy Road: A Journey from Krakow to Coblentz
Octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, decorated title page with tissue guard, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minor scuffing/fraying to top edge of spine, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1894
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature gypsies Poland Europe history culture
The Tinkler-Gypsies
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow & black lettering & illus to front board, patterned eps, illus title page, xxiv + 538pp + xxx appendices to rear, illus/folding maps, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning/staining to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges, faded annotation to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: J Maxwell & Son / John Menzies & Co 1907
KEYWORDS: literature literary gypsies gipsies gypsy Romani Scotland Scottish history tinkler Andrew McCormick
Nights and Days on the Gypsy Trail; Through Andalusia and on Other Mediterranean Shores
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, deckled page edges, xvi + 267pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1922
KEYWORDS: gypsies history gipsies gypsy lore folklore travel writing literature Andalusia Mediterranean Romany travellers
The Yetholm History of the Gypsies
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 152pp + 16pp to rear, G+ (light bruising to extrems, v heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & water staining to page edges, heavy scuffing & adhesion to front eps with loss to base of ffep, heavy water damage/adhesion to rear eps, annotations in ink to frontispiece & title page, most damage is to boards & front & rear of page block, central part of page block is still tidy)
PUBLISHER: J & J H Rutherford 1882
KEYWORDS: gypsies gipsies gypsy history travellers language literary literature dark ages
The Religion of the Idea (Die Religion des Veda)
Super 8vo hardcover (VG-) in (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1993
KEYWORDS: Vedic literature ancient Aryan Hindu sacred guide book
Sanskrit Keys to the Wisdom-Religion: An exposition of the philosophical and religious teachings imbodied in the sanskirt terms used in theosophical and occult literature
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Point Loma Publications 1976
KEYWORDS: Aryan theosophical philosophical Sanskirt occult literature Eastern wisdom esoteric
Anything Once
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Flamingo 1992
KEYWORDS: Joan Wyndham 20th century literature comedy eccentric
Early Spring
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Denmark Danish authors literature childhood neighbourhood family
A New Shakespearean Dictionary
Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (G+), loss to spine; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Blackie and Son 1910
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare Shakespearean dictionary English literature
Prisoner
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature 20th century John Justin prison system
Breif Lives
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Book Clubs Associates 1983
KEYWORDS: John Aubrey 17th century biography literature
How Shakespeare Spent the Day
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1963
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare Shakespearean literature criticism history 16th 17th century
An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911
Ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & COmpany 1996
KEYWORDS: Chinese literature China anthology early poetry prose
The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature
Ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Picador 2001
KEYWORDS: India Indian literature modern anthology