Books - "literature"
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The Enormous Room
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: MacGibbon & Kee 1968
KEYWORDS: E E Cummings 20th century literature author novel novelist poet
House of Leaves (Remastered Full-Color Edition)
REMASTERED FULL-COLOUR EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed eps, xxiii + 709pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Pantheon
KEYWORDS: literature horror fiction novels Mark Z Danielewski full colour color edition Zampano Johnny Truant
Biggles' Chinese Puzzle, and Other Biggles' Adventures
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green heavy boards, red lettering to spine, blind stamp illus /decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece, 188pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss to top edge, light tanning/fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction adventure Biggles Capt W E Johns illustrated
The Merry Wives of Windsor
MAGNIFICENT RIVIERE BINDING, LIMITED NUMBERED SIGNED EDITION (#150/350), imperial octavo, beautiful red full leather binding, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt tooling/decoration to spine & board edges, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, viii + 170pp, illus plates with tissue guards- all present & in tidy condition, VG (minor scuffing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout- colour plates unaffected)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann N/D
KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare literature antiquarian books riviere bindings illustrated Hugh Thomson plays dramas limited special editions
Dinner at Deviant's Palace
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 294pp, VG (light to moderate chafing/soiling & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Tim Powers
In Country
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 247pp, VG (light to moderate chafing/soiling & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light damp wrinkling to base of page block)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Bobbie Ann Mason
An Experiment With Time
Sm octavo, pink cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, 301pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, sm circular sections to spine & front missing, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1938
KEYWORDS: science time theory literature prose J W Dunne
Guignol's Band
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, top corner of ffep missing, light foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Vision Press 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first editions French literature English translations novels fiction Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Words Are My Trade
Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 105pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Nga Whaea o Aotearoa / Sisters of Mercy New Zealand 2007
KEYWORDS: Sister Veronica Delany New Zealand literature commentaries philosophy literary
The Book of Puka-Puka
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 356pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & wrinkling to spine & covers, moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, light to moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Mutual Publishing Company N/D
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture Cook Islands Pacific region Robert Dean Frisbie
Dean's New Gift Book of Nursery Rhymes
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: Dean & Son 1971
KEYWORDS: Deans New Gift Book nursery rhymes illustrated illustration children's book juvenile literature
The Visual Imagination of D. H. Lawrence
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: Edward Arnold 1971
KEYWORDS: D H Lawrence novelist author literature literary criticism painting painter
Swimming in the Dark
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: Bloomsbury 2020
KEYWORDS: Tomasz Jedrowski Poland Polish author literature fiction romance
The Mabinogion
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: J. M. Dent & Sons 1991
KEYWORDS: Welsh Celtic stories medieval middle ages literature
Preep in Parus
FIRST EDITION. Imp. 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: Collins 1967
KEYWORDS: Milton Shulman Dale Maxey modern first edition Preep illustration children's book juvenile literature
The Fiery Cross
Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 2001
KEYWORDS: historical fiction outlander series novels literature Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber
Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 1992
KEYWORDS: historical fiction outlander series novels literature Diana Gabaldon
Voyager
Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 1994
KEYWORDS: historical fiction outlander series novels literature Diana Gabaldon
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
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: Delacorte Press / Bantam Dell 2005
KEYWORDS: historical fiction outlander series novels literature Diana Gabaldon
Drums of Autumn
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: Delacorte Press 1997
KEYWORDS: historical fiction outlander series novels literature Diana Gabaldon