Books - "literature"
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The Death Ship: The Story of an American Sailor
RE-ISSUE PUBLISHED IN 1959, sm octavo, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 388pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & epslight foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling & discolouration to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1959
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature B Traven re-issues
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 303pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1976
KEYWORDS: short stories modern first editions science fiction scifi literature Ursula K le Guin
Ten Burnt Offerings
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1952
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse Louis Macneice
The Mad Islands and The Administrator: Two Radio Plays
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 112pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, all corners lightly clipped, light creasing to edges, moderate soiling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1964
KEYWORDS: first editions literature radio plays scripts Louis Macneice
Autumn Sequel: A Rhetorical Poem in XXVI Cantos
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, sl soiling/staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse Louis Macneice cantos
Visitations
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 60pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1957
KEYWORDS: first edtions poems poetry verse literature Louis Macneice
The Shipwreck: A Poem
Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, aeg, xxxvi + 153pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light discolouration to spine & boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, odd pagination- some pgs may be missing at begining- please feel free to contact us for more information)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black, North Bridge 1858
KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse William Falconer illustrated
World of Chance
FIRST UK EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering on red patch to spine, 160pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning/discolouration/soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Science Fiction Book Club 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi science fiction novels literature Philip K Dick
Report on Probability A
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine- 1cm gouge with loss, moderate hcafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels literature scifi science fiction Brian W Aldiss
Anatole
UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers, 32pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine with some loss to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sporadic moderate foxing/soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1957
KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature picture books Anatole illustrated French English translations
Anatole and the Robot
UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 32pp, illus, VG (light bruising & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, page block loosened but still attached, occasional spots of foxing/tanning throughout- quite minor) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing with some moderate chafing & surface loss also)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1961
KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature picture books Anatole illustrated French English translations
A Spaniard in the Works
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 93pp, illus, VG (light chafing & peeling to spine & boards with minor tanning also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & to pages throughout, prev. ownership markings to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions John Lennon literature drawings sketches verse poems poetry collections
Cheri
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 79pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Serpent's Tail 2023
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novellas Jo Ann Beard
Neck and Neck
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling/fading to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to title page)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Sergeant Beef series detective
Back Before You Know
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, octavo, brown stapled light card covers (in teal jacket) black lettering to covers, 80pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Compound Press 2019
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry poems verse Murray Edmond limited editions
June 30th, June 30th
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to white buckram spine, ix + 99pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence 1978
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry poems verse Richard Brautigan
Parable of the Sower
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 299pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Four Walls Eight Windows 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Octavia E Butler
Our Endless Numbered Days
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 292pp, VG+ (sl creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Fig Tree / Penguin 2015
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Claire Fuller
How to Kidnap the Rich
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, light card covers, red & coloured lettering to spine, printed eps, 292pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Rahul Raina
Everything's Fucked: But the Point is to Go Beyond That
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#62/100), appears to be mis-bound but is the legitimate presentation of the concept/book, sm octavo, grey light card covers, red lettering to covers, 94pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: GLORIA 2018
KEYWORDS: seminars literature prose writings everything's fucked