Books - "literature"
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The Hollow Man
FIRST EDITION 293pp NF (very faint bruising to lower front corner and spine head and foot) in VG+ d/w (faint rubbing, v sl wear to top edge and spine extrem., tiny crease to top corner of rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Bantam NY 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
Famous Writers and Their Feuds
first edition xiii plus 202pp VG+ (sl.sunning to spine and extrem.of boards, small bookseller's sticker at lower edge front paste-down, v.sl.bruising to corners) in VG d/w (sl.sunned spine & extrem., minor wear to spine head & foot, acorners rounded)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition writers authors literature feuds
AN ESSAY IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ex libris (usual cancellations markings, pocket etc), 160pp, B&W photo illust, near excellent (sl cocked, head and foot of spine sl bumped, s; bumped extremities), d/w very good + (sl rubbed , sl sunned, head of spine sl chipped, sl wearing to extremities
PUBLISHER: collins and harvill press london 1959
KEYWORDS: boris pasternak autobiography, russia history ww1 literature
THE UNKNOWN ORWELL
ex libris (usual cancellation markings, pocket etc), 271pp, b&w photog illust, near excellent (v sl bruised corners, head and foot of spine sl bumped, sl gum stains to fr and rear fep's) d/w very good + (in plastic, sl rubbed, head and foot of spine sl bumped)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1972
KEYWORDS: george orwell biography literature
EDUARD MORIKE
his life and work
ex libris (usual cancellation markings, pocket etc), 276pp, b&w and colour illust, near excellent (sl bruised corners, head and foot of spine slightly bumped) d/w very good + (sl rubbed, sl chipped corners, sl wear at extremities)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1957
KEYWORDS: eduard morike biography literature germany poetry
THAT MAN HEINE
a biography by lewis browne
ex libris (usual cancellation markings, pocket etc), 420pp, very good + (sl cocked, sl bruised corners, head & tail of spine sl bumped, sl sunned spine, sl rubbing, sl discoloured front & rear fep's and ep's)
PUBLISHER: macmillan new york 1929
KEYWORDS: heine biography jews germany france literature poetry
Where Eagles Dare
first edition, octavo hardcover, VG (light foxing to eps & page edges) in VG d/w (slight creasing & fading, v small closed tears to edges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
LIVING WRITERS
being critical studies broadcast in the b.b.c. third programme
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 157pp, cond. very good+ (spine ends v sl bruised, v sl internal seperation starting), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: sylvan press, london 1947
KEYWORDS: literature critiques, prose writers, o'casey, bowen, forster,
HENRY JAMES AND JOHN HAY
THE RECORD OF A FRIENDSHIP
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), pp205, cond. very good+ (v sl sunning to spine, gum stains to ep's), d/w cond. v good+ (in plastic, back flap sl trimmed on bottom r corner).
PUBLISHER: brown university press, providence 1965
KEYWORDS: henry james, correspondence, literature,
The Sensitive Plant
first edition thus 128pp ills.[b/w/rose w.col.tipped-in plates by charles robinson] VG (green cloth w.black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.stain to spine and top board,sl.wear to extrems.,ill.eps,school presentation bookplate to ffep,all tissue guards present and all col.plates are clean and bright,contents clean,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry percy bysshe shelley charles robinson
MY BEST MARY
selected letters of mary shelley
ex libris (usual cancellation markings) modern first edition 240pp very good (sl bruising to corners and spine head) in very good d/w (sl creases and tears to extremities, small inkstain to front- so unobtrusive it may as well be part of the design)
PUBLISHER: allan wingate london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography mary shelley letters literature
THE TWO LIVES OF EDITH WHARTON
the woman and her work
first edition, ex libris with usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc, 332pp, cond. VG (spine ends sl bruised, sl gum stains to boards and ep's), d/w GOOD+ (sl tears and creases to extremities).
PUBLISHER: appleton-century, new york 1965
KEYWORDS: bio, edith wharton, literature,
NEW ENGLAND MEN OF LETTERS
ex libris with usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc, 256pp, illus, cond. EXCELLENT- (sl gum stains to boards and ep's), d/w VG (in plastic, v sl rubbed).
PUBLISHER: macmillan company, new york 1972
KEYWORDS: bio essays, new england literature, poetry, historians..
A GALAXY OF FATHERS
the fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
ex libris with ususl cancellation stamps, pockets etc, 256pp, cond. VG (sl cocked, sl gum stains to boards and ep's), d/w VG+ (in plastic, rear flap trimmed).
PUBLISHER: hutchinson of london, london 1966
KEYWORDS: history, literature, family structures, george crabble, charles burney, rev thomas seward,
THE CIRCLE OF HENRY ADAMS: ART & ARTISTS
ex libris with usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc, 310pp, illus, cond VG+ (sl gum stains to boards and ep's), d/w VG+ (in plastic).
PUBLISHER: wayne state university press, detroit 1970
KEYWORDS: Henry Adams, art, literature, philosopher,
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN IDEAL
france in th classical age
ex libris with usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc, 391pp, cond. EXCELLENT- (corners and spine ends sl bumped, sl gum stain to front ep), d/w VG (sl creases & chips to extremities).
PUBLISHER: w. h. allen, london 1957
KEYWORDS: France, history, 16 - 18 century, religion, philosophy, art, literature, politics
MEMOIRS AND LETTERS OF OSCAR W. FIRKINS
ex libris with usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc, 312pp, cond. VG+ (sl gum stains to boards and ep's, spine ends v sl bruised), d/w EXCELLENT (v sl gum stains to inside flaps).
PUBLISHER: the university of minnesota press, minneapolis 1943
KEYWORDS: literature, oscar w. firkins, letters,
SOLZHENITSYN
a documentary record
ex libris (usual cancellation markings, pocket etc), 182pp, near excell (spine head sl bumped, corners sl bruised, s gum stians to fr and rear fep's) d/w (in plastic, sl gum stains, price clipped, rear flap sl trimmed)
PUBLISHER: allen lane penguin press 1970
KEYWORDS: solzhenitsyn biography russia literature history politics
PASTERNAK
a pictorial biography
Imperial octavo hardcover, 143pp, b&w photo illust,, VG(light tanning and bruising to board corners and spine extrems, light tanning to prelims and page edges) in d/w VG- (light tanning, creasing, soiling and scuffing)
PUBLISHER: thames & hudson london1959
KEYWORDS: pasternak russia literature biography photographs
LITERARY PORTRAITS
ex libris (usual cancell. m'kings, pckt etc), 310pp, b&w photo illust, excell (sl cocked), d/w (sl rubbed, sl sunned sp, sl worn extrem's)
PUBLISHER: foreign languages publishing house nd.
KEYWORDS: russia biography literature authors