Books - "literature"
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Outside the Gates of Eden
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#778/1000), super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 869pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2019
KEYWORDS: signed special editions Lewis Shiner novels fiction literature
The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights Book One)
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 330pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction T L Huchu contemporary fantasy
The October Man
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, textured eps, 211pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2019
KEYWORDS: signed special editions literature fiction novellas Rivers of London series Ben Aaronovitch
What Abigail Did That Summer
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 230pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2021
KEYWORDS: signed special editions literature fiction novellas Rivers of London series Ben Aaronovitch
Blackwater
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, octavo, grey heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, ix + 788pp, VG+ (light brusing to spine- binding sl loosened, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to top edges)
PUBLISHER: Valancourt Books 2017
KEYWORDS: literature fiction horror gothic novels Michael McDowell one single volume editions omnibus
Coraline
SIGNED BY NEIL GAIMAN & CHRS RIDDELL, sm octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xv + 192pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2012
KEYWORDS: signed editions literature fantasy gothic novels fiction Neil Gaiman illustrated Chris Riddell
Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels Through China 1894-1896
Quarto, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ammonite Press 2015
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing China history photos photography culture Isabella Bird
The Jodorowsky Library: Madwoman of the Sacred Heart ; Twisted Tales ; The Debt
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, beige & white lettering to spine, illus title pages, 304pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges)
PUBLISHER: Humanoids N/D
KEYWORDS: graphic novels literature fiction Alejandro Jodorowsky fantasy
The Earth Will Shake: The History of the Early Illuminati: The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles Volume I
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 379pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Hilaritas Press 2018
KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Robert Anton Wilson
D (A Tale of Two Worlds)
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & black rule/decoration to spine & boards, illus eps, 291pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2020
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Michael Faber
The Rambler and the Idler ; The Adventurer ; The Connoisseur (Complete in One Volume)
Super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 237pp + 16pp to rear, VG- (heavy chipping & cracking to spine extrems, light to moderate bruising to board extrems, moderate cracking to spine/hinges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing & soiling to pages throughout, pgs67-70 partially detached)
PUBLISHER: William P Nimmo 1876
KEYWORDS: literature Samuel Johnson John Hawkesworth Mr Town collections
Dictionary of Archaic Words
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxvi + 960pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Bracken Books 1989
KEYWORDS: obsolete language words dictionary defunct dictionaries linguistics antiquated literature
The Equinox: The Official Organ of the A A : The Review of Scientific Illuminism, Vol I, No I, March MCMIX
FACSIMILE REPRINT, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 139pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: 2018 Facsimile Reprint of Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: Aleister Crowley occult occultism esoteric mysticism literature magick
East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 204pp, illus, Near FINE (sl staining to spine, sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & bruising)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2000
KEYWORDS: folklore tales literature illustrated folio society
Gnomon
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, green gilt lettering to green spine, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 661pp + bonus to rear, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Nick Harkaway
George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorated title page, x + 294pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Merlin Unwin Books 2021
KEYWORDS: publishing companies history George Allen & Unwin literature literary
R is for Rocket, S is for Space
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATORS, octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, no external lettering, illus eps, 432pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruisingto lower board corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing/bruising)
PUBLISHER: PS Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: limited signed special editions Ray Bradbury scifi science fiction novels literature
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 180pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sm spots of light foxing & adhesion to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges, in plastic protetive ccover- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Inc 1995
KEYWORDS: classic English literature illustrated Ralph Steadman novels fiction George Orwell
The Shards
FIRST US EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 594pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2023
KEYWORDS: modern first US editions literature fiction novels Bret Easton Ellis
The Complete Adventures of Curious George (75th Anniversary)
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 425pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrated young readers Curious George anniversary special editions collections anthologies