Books - "literature"
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Sixth Edition, with Additions and Corrections to 1872)
LACKS FFEP, PAGES 87-90, & FOLD-OUT DIAGRAM TO THE SAME, possibly due to binder's error; octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, xxi + 458pp, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to spine & board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep missing, minor cracking to front & rear gutters, light to moderate soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street 1886
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin natural selection origin of species history historical literature science biology
The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln
FULL LEATHER BINDING, imperial octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xiii + 294pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1992
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings the library of the presidents series easton press former US presidents history politics Abe Abraham Lincoln literature literary
Dark Eros: The Imagination of Sadism (Second Revised Edition)
Octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xiii + 200pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in pencil to inside front cover, some minor highlighting to text)
PUBLISHER: Spring Publications 1996
KEYWORDS: Jung Jungian psychology religion marquis de sade eroticism French literature literary sadism criticism
Poets of Modern Russia
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: Cambridge University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian poetry poets 19th 20th century history criticism literature literary
Pushkin's Prose
8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Ardis 1983
KEYWORDS: Abram Lezhnev literary criticism Russia Russian literature 19th Pushkin Marxist aesthetics esthetics formalism style
The Singular Adventures of Baron Munchausen
8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Max Parrish & Co. 1950
KEYWORDS: R E Raspe children's book juvenile literature illustrated Baron Munchausen
Erinnerungen
TEXT IN GERMAN. 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Ullstein Buch 1976
KEYWORDS: Albert Speer 20th century German literature
A Matter of Timing
Super 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Lauris Edmond New Zealand literature 20th century poets poetry poem
Autumn Testament
8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry poet James K Baxter
New Zealand
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: Macmillan 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand guides landscapes Ngaio Marsh illustrated travel literature writing
Landfall 231 (May/Autumn 2016)
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: Otago University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary anthologies Landfall past issues May 2016
Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars
FIRST EDITION, 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 1998
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers literature poems poetry verse Kate Camp
Dancing Peel
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels illustrated fiction dancing Lorna Hill
Open City
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: Random House 2010
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Teju Cole
The Ship of Fools
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Allison & Busby 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first editions Spanish literature English translations novels fiction Cristina Peri Rossi
Selected Poems 1940-1989
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 Books 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poems poetry verse Allen Curnow
Jerusalem Daybook
FIRST EDITION, 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: Price Milburn 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse James K Baxter
The Song Before It Is Sung
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: Bloomsbury 2007
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Justin Cartwright
Obasan
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Lester & Orpen Dennys 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Joy Kogawa
The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life and Thought
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: Grove Press 2004
KEYWORDS: literary criticism appreciation Samuel Beckett literature companions biography