Books - "literature"
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The World of Sex & Max and the White Phagocytes
FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, 126 pp.; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1970
KEYWORDS: Henry Miller 20th century literature modern first edition
Froomb!
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 224 pp.; maroon heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & tearing, tape repairs to upper spine extrem; moderate tanning & light foxing; price clipped tp front flap upper extem).
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964
KEYWORDS: John Lymington modern first edition 20th century literature adventure
No Longer at Ease
FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED (TWICE). 8vo, 47 pp.; orange buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; author inscriptions to ffep & tp in blue ink; sl tearing to paper at gutters).
PUBLISHER: A. A. Balkema 1956
KEYWORDS: Adele Naude 20th century South African poetry poems literature modern first edition
Thirst for Love
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, [4] + 188 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning. foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1970
KEYWORDS: Yukio Mishima Japan 20th century Japanese literature modern first edition
The Songs of Summer and other stories
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 173 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; price clipped to front flap lower extrem; moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1979
KEYWORDS: Robert Silverberg modern first edition 20th century fiction literature short stories
Selected Poems
FIRST EDITION. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. 8vo, 192 pp.; blue light card covers, front cover lettered in black, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; spine lettered in black ink; heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954
KEYWORDS: Randall Jarrell modern first edition 20th century poetry poems literature
Rambles in Bookland
Crown 8vo, [6] + 98 pp.; blue buckram bds, paper labels to spine & front board lettered in grey, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922
KEYWORDS: Charles Wilson 20th century literature books bookish
The Master and Margarita
SCARCE SECOND PRINTING. Super 8vo, xv + 375 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board illus.; red eps, frontis., plates, illus.; NF (light to rubbing to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010
KEYWORDS: The Folio Society Mikhail Bulgakov Russia Russian literature
Dubliners
Super 8vo, 230 pp.; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in white & gilt; frontis., photos; NF (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges); in slipcase VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003
KEYWORDS: James Joyce 20th century literature the Folio Society
The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1997
KEYWORDS: myth legend mythology chivalry Arthurian romance celtic literature
The Greengage Summer
Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 2000
KEYWORDS: Rumer Godden The Folio Society 20th century literature
A Captive Spirit: Selected 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Virago 1983
KEYWORDS: Marina Tsvetaeva 20th century Russian literature Russia
Salammbo
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1977
KEYWORDS: Gustave Flaubert 19th century literature
Where the road Runs Out....
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: Conference of Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa essays prose writings literature church religion faith theology history
The Poetry of R S Thomas
Octavo softcover (VG) occasional pencil underlining; 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: Seren / Poetry Wales Press 2001
KEYWORDS: R S Thomas poetry poems verse literature criticism literary
R S Thomas: Poet of the Hidden God
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: Pickwick Publications 1986
KEYWORDS: religion religious poetry poems verse literature literary criticism R S Thomas
Furious Interiors: Wales, R S Thomas and God
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: HarperCollins 1996
KEYWORDS: religion religious poetry poems verse literature literary criticism R S Thomas
Strangely Orthodox: R S Thomas and His Poetry of Faith
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: Gomer Press 2006
KEYWORDS: religion religious poetry poems verse literature R S Thomas literary criticism
The Page's Drift: R S Thomas at Eighty
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: Seren / Poetry Wales Press 1993
KEYWORDS: religion religious poetry poems verse literature R S Thomas literary criticism
In Memoriam
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: Ave Maria Press 1980
KEYWORDS: grief death Henri J M Nouwen writings literature