Books - "literature"
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The Android's Dream
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Tor / Tom Doherty Associates 2006
KEYWORDS: John Scalzi science fiction fiction literature
Jacob's Ladder
SIGNED 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: Writer's Choice / P D R Lindsay 2013
KEYWORDS: historical fiction New Zealand literature
The Orange Girl
FIRST UK 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: Weidenfeld & Nicholson / Poheonix House 2004
KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition
The Stream: A Reverie of Boyhood
Small ocavo 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: The Nag's Head Press 1979
KEYWORDS: Poetry New Zealand poems literature
Big Breasts and Wide Hips
Super ocavo 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: Arcade / Skyhorse 2012
KEYWORDS: Chinese fiction literature
Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya
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: Penguin 1987
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Kenya Elspeth Huxley Africa
Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters (Fourth Edition 1990)
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: Cardinal / Sphere Books 1990
KEYWORDS: Gustav Mahler literature letters correspondence music biography memoir autobiography
Gustav Mahler
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: Quartet Books 1990
KEYWORDS: Gustav Mahler literature music biography memoir
Landfall, a New Zealand Journal: Number 194 Spring 1997 (50th Anniversary Issue)
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: University of Otago Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature anthologies Landfall publications past issues years 1997 50th anniversary edition literary
Troilus & Criseyde
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, quarter leatherbound illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, frontispiece, xi + (5) + 195pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising, chafing & fading)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1990
KEYWORDS: classic literature folio society Geoffrey Chaucer verse illustrated
The Question of Things Happening: The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volumme II 1912-1922
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + (4) + 627pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board edges/extrems, light tape residue to boards & pastedowns, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to rear ep, 1cm gouge/scuff to full title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, minor tanning to rear cover, light foxing to flaps, sporadic moderate tape staining to covers & flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1976
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary autobiography Virginia Woolf letters correspondence 20th twentieth century
Collected Essays: Volume One
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 361pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary essays collections Virginia Woolf
Collected Essays: Volume Three
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 231pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary essays collections Virginia Woolf
Collected Essays: Volume Four
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 235pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary essays collections Virginia Woolf
The Boy and the Magic
Oblong quarto, pink/red heavy boards, green gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising/rubbing & moderate to heavy fading to board edges, boards sl warped, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, parts of page block sl loosened at gutter, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate to heavy staining & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson / Dobson Books 1964
KEYWORDS: classic children's literature picture books Colette illustrated
The Sign of Jonas: The Journals of Thomas Merton
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt religious motif to front board, top page edges stained blue/grey- faded, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 354pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing with loss to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to flaps & rear cover, minor foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1953
KEYWORDS: religion religious literature Thomas Merton journals diaries history
The Silver Chair
FIRST EDITION, FIRST REPRINT, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/map of Narnia & the Wild Lands of the North to front eps, frontispiece, 217pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, moderate fading/tanning to spine, light soiling & discolouration to boards, light t anning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to base of half title page)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1956
KEYWORDS: children's classic literature modern first editions first reprints C S Lewis fantasy Narnia novels fiction illustrated Pauline Baynes
The Old South Illustrated
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title pages, xxi + 296pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, minor creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & light soiling to spine, minor general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 1959
KEYWORDS: Porte Crayon David Hunter Strother US America American history old deep south essays literature writings
Christian Reflections
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 176pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to top page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges & spine, minor general chafing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1967
KEYWORDS: theology religion Christianity C S Lewis literature first editions writings prose
Refelctions on the Psalms
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue- faded, vii + 151pp, VG+ (sl bruisng & fading to board edges, light tape staining to rear board & eps, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & moderate discolouration to edges, light to moderate general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1958
KEYWORDS: theology religion religious literature writings C S Lewis Christianity psalms first editions