Books - "literature"
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Inequality
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii + 352pp, illus/diagrams, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory inequality
The Limits of Morality
Octavo, grey glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiii + 415pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: philosophy morality literature discussion
The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 403pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: ethics philosophy literature Henry Sidgwick
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves
Ozmar the Mystic
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 378pp, illus, VG- (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate staining to terminals, light occasional soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Bliss Sands & Co 1896
KEYWORDS: colonial library editions literature novels fiction Emeric Hulme-Beaman
Treasure Island
LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decoration to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 340pp, illus/plates- 1x plate missing, VG (moderate fading & staining/rubbing to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep & 1x plate missing, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1911
KEYWORDS: classic literature novels fiction Robert Louis Stevenson illustrated
The Book of the Lion
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease
The Passing Years
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924
KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke
Late Harvest: Memories, Letters and Poems
Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with light fading/tanning also, minor soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Chameleon Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: autobiographical Ellen S Bosanquet letters correspondence poems poetry verse literature
The Triumph of Romanticism
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. viii + 462; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained red; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate 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 to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; sm open tears to back; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: University of South Carolina Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Morse Peckham collected essays 20th century literaty criticism literature romantic romanticism
Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism
The Other Shore: Essays on Writers and Writing
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FOR VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xi + 205; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2013
KEYWORDS: American fiction 20th 21st century history criticism literature writing authorship
Oeuvres completes (2 vols)
TWO VOL SET. Sm 8vo, pp. lvii + 1604, xiii + 1691; green leather bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; top edge stained grey; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing; back to cover not present).
PUBLISHER: Gallimard 1975
KEYWORDS: Charles Baudelaire 19th century poet author poetry literature fiction complete works France French language
Baudelaure a Paris
TEXT IN FRENCH. Provanace attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Imp. 8vo, pp. 163; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Librairie Hachette 1967
KEYWORDS: Charles Baudelaire 19th century poet author poetry literature fiction Paris France French language
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Letters and Papers From Prison
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 207pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate tipped in to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (unevenly price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, light to moderate scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: SCM Press 1956
KEYWORDS: Dietrich Bonhoeffer letters correspondence theology theologians literature German
Theocritus' Pastoral Analogies: The Formation of a Genre
LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 304pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Theocritus pastoral poetry literature writings Greek history criticism literary form
Hunting Reminiscences
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 271pp + 32pp to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine cocked & faded with heavy cracking also- top half flapping loose but still tentatively attached, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, some prelims detached- some potentially missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking sporadically throughout- some pages may be detached)
PUBLISHER: W Thacker & Co 1898
KEYWORDS: hobbies sports hunting literature Alfred E Pease
Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, with Selections from his Correspondence
Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spine, gilt tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 600pp, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine/boards, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, remembrance plate tipped in & gift inscription in ink to recto of half title page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street 1848
KEYWORDS: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton biography biographies memoir autobiographies literature letters correspondence history
Whim-Wham Verses 1943
Octavo, stapled light card covers, black & green lettering to front cover, 47pp, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & sl foxing to covers- minor creasing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature Allen Curnow Whim Wham poetry poems verse
The Man Who Would Have Been Blamed, and Other Stories
SIGNED, octavo, grey stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: J P F (N/D)
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Julian Pease Fox literature