Books - "literature"
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Notebooks
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, xxvii + 828pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight chafing & soiling, sl tanning)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: literature Tennessee Williams anthology collection American writers authors
The Land of To-Morrow: A Mule-Back Trek Through the Swamps and Forests of Eastern Bolivia
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map to prelims, 224pp total, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy fading/tanning & light foxing to spine, light fading & chafing/soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature eastern Bolivia history trekking
Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulu
Quarto, illus glossy boards, green/yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light chafing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: IDW 2018
KEYWORDS: graphic novels horror H P Lovecraft Esteban Maroto cthulu fantasy literature
Khaal: Chroniques D'Un Empereur Galactique
TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white & beige lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Soleil Space Opera 2013
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH graphic novels scifi science ficiton literature cartoons art
Meta-Baron: Tome 1 - Wilhelm-100 - Le Techno-Amiral
TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black & brown lettering to spine, illus title page, 56pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Les Humanoides Associes 2015
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH cartoons graphic novels scifi science ficiton literature Wilhelm-100 meta-baron
Aliens: The Original Comic Series, Nightmare Asylum and Earth War
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white & grey lettering to spine, all page edges blue gilt, illus prelims, 216pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2017
KEYWORDS: graphic novels literature scifi science fiction art design aliens
Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir
Square octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 105pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Little Bookroom 2015
KEYWORDS: literature literary autobiography biography memoir Truman Capote photos photography New York David Attie
Rat God
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, beige & red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 134pp + unpaginated sketches to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2015
KEYWORDS: graphic novels horror fantasy literature
Edgar Allan Poe's Spirits of the Dead
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white & beige lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 207pp + unpaginated art to rear, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2014
KEYWORDS: graphic novels horror fantasy literature Edgar Allan Poe
The Vonnegut Encyclopedia (Revised & Updated)
REVISED & UPDATED, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, decorated prelims, xx + 758pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 2016
KEYWORDS: literature literary encyclopedia encyclopaedia Kurt Vonnegut
The Colour Out of Space (Lovecraft Illustrated Volume 8)
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, no lettering to spine or boards, illus eps, decorated prelims, xii + 82pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Pulps Library 2015
KEYWORDS: H P Lovecraft illustrated horror fantasy fiction literature literary appreciation
The Edge Chronicles: Clash of the Sky Galleons
SIGNED, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 422pp + unpaginated epilogue to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light staining to page edges & prelims) in d/w, Near FINE (in protective mylar cover- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2006
KEYWORDS: signed fantasy literature novels fiction Paul Stewart Chris Riddell Edge chronicles
Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843
Octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 466pp, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to spine/hinges, v sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: literature melodrama plays stage history British women gothic fiction English gothic revival
Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain)
50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration & black lettering to spine, black & silver gilt illus to boards, deckled page fore-edges, illus eps, xiii + 218pp + unpaginated bonus materials to rear, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt 2017
KEYWORDS: fantasy novels literature fiction Lloyd Alexander Chronicles of Prydain special editions 50th anniversary
The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain)
50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration & black lettering to spine, black & gilt illus to boards, deckled page fore-edges, illus eps, xiii + 186pp + unpaginated bonus materials to rear, Near FINE (1x page to rear moderately creased)
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt 2014
KEYWORDS: fantasy novels literature fiction Lloyd Alexander Chronicles of Prydain special editions 50th anniversary
Leave it to Jennings
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 192pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, in protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & rubbing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Wm Collins Sons & Co 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature ficiton novels Anthony Buckeridge
Hugo Pepper
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, sm octavo, illus heavy boards, brown & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 253pp + unpaginated epilogue to rear, Near FINE (sl foxing marks to top page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2006
KEYWORDS: signed fantasy literature fiction novels Paul Stewart Chris Riddell modern first editions
The H P Lovecraft Collection: Macabre Stories ; The Randolph Carter Files ; Stories of the Dreamlands ; At the Mountains of Madness and Other Stories ; The Call of Cthulu and Other Stories ; The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories
6 VOLS IN SLIPCASE, sm octavo, coloured cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spines, silver gilt lettering & illus/decoration to front boards, mixed pagination, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sirius Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: horror fantasy H P Lovecraft novels literature special box sets collections fiction short stories
Gwendy's Magic Feather
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, 333pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cemetery Dance Publications 2019
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Richard Chizmar horror
Anno Dracula
SIGNED, octavo, black heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, red gilt dagger illus to front board, all pages stained red, illus eps, decorated signature page & title page, 519pp, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Titan Books 2022
KEYWORDS: signed literature fiction novels Kim Newman horror fantasy