Books - "literature"
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The Schooner Came to Attia
First edition. 8vo, pp. [6] + 144; tan cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front hinge; moderate cracking to front & central gutters); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1952
KEYWORDS: Roderick Finlayson New Zealand literature modern first edition fiction
The Hydrogen Sonata
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 517pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Orbit 2012
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature novels Iain M Banks
Secret Pioneer of American Comics, Volume 1: Wally's Gang Early Years (1928-1949) and The Bowser Boys (1946-1950)
Super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxiii + 608pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics Books 2023
KEYWORDS: cartoons American comics comic books Frank Johnson literature fiction
John Stuart Mill
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xv + 431pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, moderate fading to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's naem in ink to front & rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 1991
KEYWORDS: philosophy philosophers John Stuart Mill criticism literature
Six Four
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, (4) + 635pp, VG (light scuffing/bruising & peeling/surface loss to extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Quercus Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Japanese English translations Hideo Yokoyama
The Window Over the Way
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, grey/blue lettering to spine, 291pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minro foxing to prelims & terminals & occasionally throughout)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction literature Georges Simenon
The Lost Cause: Causation and the Mind-Body Problem
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED, octavo, coloured glossy boards, brown lettering to spine & boards, xli + 235pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light fading to spine, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford Forum 2003
KEYWORDS: causation philosophy signed Celia Green literature
Aesop's Fables
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering & illus to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 96pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, heavy chipping to top of spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons N/D
KEYWORDS: classic literature classical Aesop fables illustrated Jack Orr
Aldus Manutius: Printer and Publisher of Renaissance Venice
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black & red lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 64pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The British Library 1995
KEYWORDS: Aldus Manutius Aldine Press literature literary printing printers publishing
Unclimbed New Zealand: Alpine Travel in the Canterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps
FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS, super octavo, red/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 238pp, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor staining to base of front pastedown, hand-typed presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minro creasing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1939
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand mountain climbing mountaineering Alpine Canterbury Westland Southern alps travel writing guides literature
Merit and Responsibility: A Study in Greek Values
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 380pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions ancient history Greek Greece values morality philosophy literature
An Examination of Plato's Doctrines (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xii + 395pp, vol 2- x + 573pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown of vol 1, prev. owners' names in ink to ffeps & prelims of both vols, occasional pencil markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962-63
KEYWORDS: Plato philosophy literature criticism history historical doctrines
The Openness of Being: Natural Theology Today
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 278pp, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & tanning/foxing to spine, light soiling, pencil annotation to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Darton, Longman & Todd 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions theology philosophy Gifford lectures university of Edinburgh literature
Plato's Earlier Dialectic (Second Edition)
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 286pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor pencil annotation to text)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Plato classics classical philosophy literature criticism appreciation interpretation dialectics
Scaffolding
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 391pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lauren Elkin
Critics Who Know Jack: Urban Myths, Media and Rock & Roll
8vo, pp. xiv + 200; illus. light card covers; illus. tp; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges; light soilign to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Guernica 2014
KEYWORDS: essays rock and roll music journalism media art artistic expression film theatre literature
Look Under the Leaves
First editon. Signed by author. 4to, unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Pumpkin Press 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's book juvenile literature modern first edition Elsie Locke
The Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels ; What's Bred in the Bone ; The Lyre of Orpheus
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 1991
KEYWORDS: contemporary fiction novels trilogy trilogies Cornish literature Robertson Davies
Dostoyevsky: Dreamer and Prophet
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: Lion 1990
KEYWORDS: Fyodor Dostoyevsky literature literary biography biographies memoir
The Furys
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 1983
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature James Hanley