Books - "literature"
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The Grass Widow's Tale
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Futura 1991
KEYWORDS: Ellis Peters literature novels fiction Sergeant Felse series crime
Fallen Into the Pit
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Futura 1991
KEYWORDS: Ellis Peters literature novels fiction Sergeant Felse series crime
Electric City, and Other Stories
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1989
KEYWORDS: short stories literature fiction Patricia Grace
Poems from Bengali
Super octavo, cream light card covers, green lettering to spine, green & red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 91pp, VG- (light chipping & soiling to spine/extrems, 4cm closed tear to top of spine/front cover hinge, moderate water staining to base of spine & front cover, moderate to heavy foxing to covers, heavy insect damage to bottom corner of page block- some loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to prelims, minor water staining to base of front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Sri Aurobindo Ashram 1956
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Bengal Bengali
The English Mining Engineer
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 236pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, sm patch of label residue to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand mining English miners oil exploration gas literature Brian Andrew Jackson
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to spine, ix + 546pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor staining to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, patch of white-out to ffep, moderate pencil annotation to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 1938
KEYWORDS: logic philosophy literature John Dewey
Hareios Poter he tou Philosophou Lithos (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Ancient Greek)
TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK! Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt train illus to front board, unpaginated prelims, 250pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading & soiling to spine)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2004
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK children's literature youth ya Harry Potter series J K Rowling novels fiction fantasy
Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis
TEXT IN LATIN, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt train illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 249pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2003
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN children's literature fantasy fiction novels J K Rowling Harry Potter series
Little Black Sambo
Octavo, blule heavy boards, black lettering & illus to front board, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prevl owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light to moderate cracking to front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Platt & Munk Co 1955
KEYWORDS: classic children's literature picture books Helen Bannerman little black sambo
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in Seven Parts
Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, coloured illus to front board, teg, deckled page edges, illus eps, illus/illuminated prelims, unpaginated, illus/plates- all but one present, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate staining to front board, light to moderate staining to rear board, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing, single plate missing- page still present)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap 1910
KEYWORDS: illuminated illuminations illustrated literature Samuel Taylor Coleridge verse poetry poems
The Admirable Crichton
Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 235pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading & staining to spine, light soiling/discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing throughout, light occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D (c.1910s)
KEYWORDS: J M Barrie literature illustrated plays theatre theater
Interviews with American Artists
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, x + 387pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: literature writings David Sylvester modern art critics criticism interviews artists
Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories
Octavo, illus light card covers, pink & blue lettering to spine, xx + 282pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to covers, sl soiling & minor creasing/curling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: erotica sex art literature literary criticism history research
The Two Towers, being the second part of The Lord of the Rings
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained maroon, folding map to rear, 352pp, VG+ (light rubbing & adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- can be removed but jacket edges likely stained by adhesive, price clipped, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1984
KEYWORDS: fantasy literature lotr J R R Tolken lord of the rings trilogy fiction novels
Kemlo and the End of Time
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, vii + 196pp, illus, VG (minor warping to front board & first half of page block, light fading to board edges & spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, rear flap vertically clipped- text affected, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1957
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction children's literature novels E C Elliott Kemlo series modern first editions
Gary in Your Pocket
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 291pp, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light creasing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: literature writings Gary Fisher gay lgbtq African American
He Reo Hou: 5 Plays by Maori Playwrights
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Playmarket 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature stage plays playwrights theatre theater
Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf: A Public of Two
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + (7) + 238pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: first editions literary criticism literature Katherine Mansfield Virginia Woolf
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Tragedies (Vol 3)
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Nonesuch / Herbert Farjeon 1953
KEYWORDS: English literature plays tragedies William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comedies (Vol 1)
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Nonesuch / Herbert Farjeon 1953
KEYWORDS: English literature plays comedies William Shakespeare