Books - "literature"
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The Human Situation: Problems of Life and Destiny
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG-) extensive underlining; 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: Angus & Robertson 1938
KEYWORDS: philosophy gifford lectures literature William W Macneile Dixon
Gods in the Making, and Other Writings
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: A R E Press / Edgar Cayce Foundation 1981
KEYWORDS: philosophy Edgar Cayce readings esoteric literature
Special Illumination: The Sufi Use of Humour
Sm 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: The Octagon Press 1977
KEYWORDS: sufi philosophy sufism humour humor literature Idries Shah
'Beginning to Begin': Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study
Sm 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: The Octagon Press 1977
KEYWORDS: sufi philosophy sufism literature Idries Shah
A Veiled Gazelle 'Seeing How to See'
Sm 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: The Octagon Press 1977
KEYWORDS: mysticism sufi philosophy sufism literature Idries Shah
Alveridgea & the Legend of the Lonely Dog
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: Atlantic Books 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Ivan Clarke Stu Duval novels fiction
Mason: The Life of R A K Mason
Ex-library, 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: Victoria University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary biographies biography memoir literature poets poetry R A K Mason
In the Land of the Magic Pudding: A Gastronomic Miscellany
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: Wakefield Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Australia food literature habits culinary anecdotes humour humor
The Inside Story: Creating Children's Books
Imperial 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: None Stated (c.1980s)
KEYWORDS: children's literature publishing technique literary Australia Australian
Chronicles of Dissent
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: Common Courage Press 1992
KEYWORDS: literature literary Noam Chomsky interviews
Candles at Dawn
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: Limelight Press 2004
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels youth readers ya young adult Serpil Ural war
Irish Melodies
Pott 8vo, half-bound in dark blue double-filleted leather with blue cl bds, 5 raised bands to spine--red panel to section 2 with gilt lettering & rules, blue eps, title vignette, xii + 237 pp. + [6] advts. pp., plates, VG- (light scuffing to bds, moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edge/extrems & joints with moderate rubbing/fraying & loss to colour, moderate tanning/soiling & heavy foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, moderate to heavy foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: J. Power 1824
KEYWORDS: Thomas Moore Irish poerty songs melodies poem folk art literature 19th century
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (1844-1889): A Study of Poetic Idiosyncracy in Relation to Poetic Tradition (2 vols)
2 VOL SET. Ex-library. 8vo, blue buckram bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, vol. 1: xvi + 304 pp., vol. 2: xiv + 415 pp., plates, foldout sheetmusic, VG- (light scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, tape & adhesive residue to bds, usual library markings, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, soiling to eps, creasing to prelims (vol. 2), closed tear to pg 71 (vol. 1), light foxing throughout), in d/w, G+ (light to moderate tanning/soiling & fading, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, bookseller's sticker to front flap, loss of rear flaps at fold, lg closed tear to fron (vol, 2)).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: Gerard Manley Hopkins poetry metrics scansion versification criticism 19th century literature
Concordance to the Novum Testamentum Graece: Of Nestle-Aland, 26th Edition and to The Greek New Testament, 3rd Edition
TEXT IN GREEK. Heavy imp. 8vo, blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in white, pp. [10]; cols. 1964 + 64 [=982 + 32 pp.]; pp. [2 (advts)]., VG+ (light scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, archival repair to spine joint, sl tanning to pg edges, tape repair to front pastedown, library stamps in blue & black ink to tp).
PUBLISHER: Walter de Gruyter 1987
KEYWORDS: concordance New Testament Greece Greek literature language
Vita di S. Giovanni Battista de Rossi
TEXT IN ITALIAN. Ex-library. Imp. 8vo, full-bound in green leather with patterned gilt panel, spine lettered & decorated in gilt, illus. eps. frontis., [8] + 294 pp. + [2 (index)] pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing & fading to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with fraying of leather & some loss of colour, moderate tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate open tear to ffep extrem & library stamps in black & red inkk to ffep, closed tears to tp at gutter, library stamps to tp in grey & red ink,)
PUBLISHER: Artigianelli di S. Giuseppe 1881
KEYWORDS: Italy Italian 19th century biography life lives literature
Oeuvres Completes de M. Tronson (2 vols)
2 VOL SET. Ex-library. Imp. 8vo, quarter-bound in brown leather with marbled bds, two panels to spine, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, marbled eps, vol. 1: pp. [4]; cols. 1220 [=610 pp.], vol. 2: pp. [4 (=8 cols.)]; cols. 9-596 [=294 pp.], VG- (moderate scuffing to bds & spine, moderate bruising to prine & board edges/joints & extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate cracking to hinges (esp vol. 2), moderate to heavy soiling/tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, library stamps in blue & purple ink to tp, lettering in pen to tp with whiteout erasure, moderate foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: J. - P. Migne 1857
KEYWORDS: M Tronson complete works 19th century literature France French
Letters to a Young Novelist
FIRST US 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa modern first edition 20th century letters criticism literary comentary literature fiction conversation
A State of Independence
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: Picador 1995
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Caryl Phillips
The New Yorkers
Scruffy ex-library, 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: Jonathan Cape 1970
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Hortense Calisher
The Naked Madonna
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: Harvill Press 1996
KEYWORDS: religion religious literature English translations Jan Wiese art history