Books - "literature"
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The Sign on Rosie's Door
UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 48pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy chafing & scuffing to spine with some minor loss to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1969
KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature Maurice Sendak illustrated
The Little Godwit: A New Zealand Story for Children Everywhere
FIRST EDITION, oblong super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to front board, illus eps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, sm ink scribbles to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep/title page, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand children's literature little godwit Audrey Cooper
The Savage Sword of Conan: Volume 4
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 530pp + illus terminals, illus, VG+ (light creasing & culring to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2008
KEYWORDS: graphic novels fantasy Conan the Barbarian action adventure Roy Thomas literature fiction
Aesop without Morals: the famous fables, and a life of aesop
Super 8vo, 317 pp.; black cl bds, spine lettered in white & yellow; illus. eps, frontis., illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy tearing (open tears to spine & upper right bds extrems) & chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Thomas Yoseloff 1961
KEYWORDS: Fables of Aesop moralistic moral didactic ancient Greek Greece classical history literature
The Girls in the Red House are Singing
FIRST EDITION. 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Tracey Slaughter New Zealand poet poetry poems literature 21st century
An Australian Lassie
Octavo hardcover (G+) a very tatty copy - lacks ffep with heavy cracking to some gutters- binding loose; 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: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1900s?)
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Lilian Turner illustrated
Peggy the Pilot
FIRST EDITION, octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Nina Comes Home
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) some pages may be detached; 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: Ward, Lock & Co 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Paradise and the Perrys
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
April Girls
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Ann Chooses Glory
FIRST EDITION, octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner
Purely for My Pleasure
FIRST EDITION, quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1962
KEYWORDS: literature literary W Somerset Maugham first editions
The Inland Sea
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: One 2020
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Madeline Watts
A Diplomacy of the Oppressed: New Directions in International Feminism
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: Zed Books 1995
KEYWORDS: literature prose writings theory feminism women women's studies
To the Queen's Taste
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1950
KEYWORDS: fiction short stories literature crime detective thrillers
Italian Journey
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: Oswald-Sealy 1945
KEYWORDS: first editions Italy Italian New Zealand Zealanders G Blake Palmer travel writing literature
Walking Home: Travels With a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
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: Faber and Faber 2012
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature north England English Pennines countryside Simon Armitage
The Teutonic Knights
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: Hippocrene Books 1994
KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Henryk Sienkiewicz
Life Ahead
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG) moderate underlining & annotation in ink; 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: Victor Gollancz 1968
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature J Krishnamurti spirituality
The Wonder of Presence, and the Way of Meditative Inquiry
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: Shambhala 2002
KEYWORDS: eastern philosophy zen literature Toni Packer meditation buddhism buddhist spirituality