Books - "literature"
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A Bibliography of The Foulis Press (Second Edition)
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 484pp, VG+ (minor library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards)
PUBLISHER: St Paul's Bibliographies 1986
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues The Foulis Press literature
Correspondence
Tidfy ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 174pp, VG (boards sl warped, jacket affixed to boards, usual library markings, light tanning & soiling to page edges, rear flap of jacket affixed to ffep, minor tape/adhesive staining to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (in adhesive plastic cover- edges likely stained, rear flap detached & tipped in to ffep of book, front flap vertically clipped- text not affected)
PUBLISHER: Herder and Herder 1967
KEYWORDS: philosophy theology literature Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Maurice Blondel correspondence
How to be Topp
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, illus front eps & title page, 106pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps- prelims & terminals also, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, moderate foxing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Max Parrish and Co 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature humour humor Ronald Searle Geoffrey Willans
What W H Auden Can Do For You
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, viii + 137pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine, prev. owner's initials in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: signed Alexander McCall Smith literature
Halkett and Laing: A Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous Publications in the English Language 1475-1640 (Third Revised and Enlarged Edition)
Very tidy ex-library, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlviii + 271pp, VG+ (minor library markings, light tape residue to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired but edges likely stained, light tanning & soiling to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Longman Group 1980
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues historical literature anonymous pseudonyms
Cumulative Index: The First 80 Titles 1980-1998
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine, 159pp, VG (light curling & moderate peeling/wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Inner City Books 1999
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Inner City Books literature
Man's Moment: Poems Provoked by Francyn's Paintings
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow heavy boards with black cloth spine, black lettering to front board, viii + unpaginated poems/pages, illus, VG (moderate foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to eps, light to moderate cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, moderate soiling & foxing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor generalise soiling)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Nott N/D
KEYWORDS: first editions art poetry poems verse literature Francyn
Prancing Before the Ark
First Edition, super octavo, faded black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/rubbing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Pisces Print 1982
KEYWORDS: association copies Helen Shaw signed John Summers New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature first editions
The Rhythm Section
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 370pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Mark Burnell
An Angel at My Table: An Autobiography: Volume Two
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 195pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor cracking to gutter at front & rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: George Brazillier 1982
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers authors literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir Janet Frame
Orest Somov: Russian Fiction Between Romanticism and Realism
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 165pp, G+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ardis Publishers 1989
KEYWORDS: Russian literature literary criticism
The Cactus Harvest, and Other Poems
SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR IN PENCIL, sm octavo, mauve heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine- faded, frontispiece, 32pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to spine, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light foxing to eps, light soiling & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Fortune Press 1946
KEYWORDS: signed first editions literature poetry poems verse Charles Hamblett
AIDS in French Culture: Social Ills, Literary Cures
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, pink lettering to spine, ix + 204pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2001
KEYWORDS: AIDS hiv terminal illness sickness France French culture literature medicine
Turbulent Threads
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2024
KEYWORDS: signed Karen McMillan New Zealand writers authors novels historical romance fiction literature
Thunderbirds: Lost World
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: World Distributors 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction children's literature Thunderbirds John W Jennison
In the Bell-Bird's lair, or, In Touch with Nature
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1911
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Herman Foston
Gumdigger: My New Zealand Story Northland 1899-1900
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Scholastic 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature Kath beattie
Tales From Rumi: Essential Selections from The Mathnawi
Duodecimo hardcover (Near FINE) 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Sacred Texts / Watkins Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: sacred texts series Rumi spirituality literature
Stormy Petrel
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stougton 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Mary Stewart
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2008
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Anne Rice