Books - "literature"
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Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages
a collaborative history
ex-lib first edition 574pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,sl.shaky boards,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1959
KEYWORDS: literature arthurian legend mythology history roger sherman loomis
The Arthur of the English Poets
ex-lib reprint 454pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: houghton,mifflin boston 1969
KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend mythology howard maynadier
Arthur of Albion
ex-lib first edition 218pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,some sl.losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: barrie and rockliff london 1961
KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend r.w.barber
Some New Letters of Edward Fitzgerald
first edition 178pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,bookplate to front pastedown,eps and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: williams and norgate london 1923
KEYWORDS: literature biography edward fitzgerald f.r.barton
The Charles Dickens Show
an account of his public readings 1858-1870
proof copy 187pp ills. VG+ (in paper wrappers w.title label to cover,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: geoffrey bles london 1970
KEYWORDS: literature history charles dickens raymund fitzsimons proof copy
Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald
3 vols.
first edition 3 vols. 502/488/492pp VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spines browned w.boards mod.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spines,owner's bookplate to front pastedown of vol.1 [pat lawlor - nz author],boards sl.shaky,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to sl.browned contents,spines cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1889
KEYWORDS: history literature edward fitzgerald biography william aldis wright
Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883
ex-lib second edition 271pp VG (burgundy cloth w.libr.gilt stamps to cover/spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,paste action to ffep,chipping to foot of ffep,minor water stain to head of frontis.,edges sl.soiled,spine cracked,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1902
KEYWORDS: literature biography edward fitzgerald william aldis wright
More Letters of Edward Fitzgerald
ex-lib first edition 295pp+ads. VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt libr.stamps to cover/spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards sl.unevenly sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,edges mod.soiled/foxed,shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1901
KEYWORDS: literature biography edward fitzgerald
The Life of Edward Fitzgerald
ex-lib first edition 352pp VG- (black cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.minor surface losses,usual stamps and labels,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/foxed,teg sl.rubbed,shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: c.arthur pearson london 1900
KEYWORDS: literature biography edward fitzgerald john glyde
Some New Letters of Edward Fitzgerald
first edition 178pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,some sections unopened) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,yellowed w.spine browned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses,internal chip to spine)
PUBLISHER: williams and norgate london 1923
KEYWORDS: literature biography edward fitzgerald f.r.barton
New Departures
double number 7/8 10/11
192pp ills. VG+ (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,edges sl.soiled w.minor bumps)
PUBLISHER: [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: arts new departures literature william burroughs allen ginsberg stevie smith modern first edition
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
320pp ills.[some tipped-in col.plates by w.heath robinson] VG- (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.water stains to head of boards,mod.sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,80% split to cloth at upper hinge,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's sign.to ffep w.inscr.to rfep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,plates are clean and bright,cocked w.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature hans andersen w.heath robinson
Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose
first edition, quarto [unpaginated] ills.[in red/black/teal] VG+ (ills.paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems., o/w contens clean and bright) in VG- dustwrapper (heavy creasing & scuffing to spine & edges- some tearing also, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition dr.seuss children's literature
Det Danske Folks Historie
skrevet af danske historikere vol.viii only
vol.viii only 620pp [text in danish] ills.[b/w] VG+ (full leather w.gilt stamps to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned and stained,sl.wear to extrems.w.some surface losses,sl.sunned eps,prelims.v.sl.foxed,ae red and sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: chr.erichsens forlag kobenhavn 1929
KEYWORDS: history mythology folk denmark literature aage friis
Aladdin
eller den forunderlige lampe
223pp [text in danish] ills. G+ (loosely bound in card wrappers w.metal clip to spine,rubbed and soiled and scuffed w.some surface scratches,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears,spine chipped w.50% loss,owner's inscr.to browned cover,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/foxed,contents sl.browned,untrimmed edges)
PUBLISHER: det nordiske forlag kobenhavn 1898
KEYWORDS: history aladdin danish mythology literature
Five Hundred Curious and Interesting Narratives and Anecdotes
paginated by each section ills.[engravings] VG- (green cloth w.blind stamped dec.,rubbed and soiled and sunned w.gilt lettering to spine barely visible,bumps and mod.wear to extrems.w.some sl.surface losses,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,boards sl.shaky,eps are not original,sl.foxed and soiled eps,contents mod.foxed and soiled and sl.browned,spine cracked w.some sections starting to separate,edges soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: richard griffin glasgow 1838
KEYWORDS: history literature
An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek
first edition 241pp octavo black cloth boards, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems and flap corners, light sunning and foxing)
PUBLISHER: university press cambridge 1953
KEYWORDS: literature new testament greek c.f.d.moule linguistics
Zoo Days
334pp ills.[many col.plates by margaret w.tarrant] VG (beige cloth,sl.sunned and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,col.ill.eps,ffep clipped,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,plates are clean and bright,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: ward,lock london [nd]
KEYWORDS: children's literature harry golding margaret w.tarrant modern first edition
The Literature of American Aboriginal Languages
trubner's bibliotheca glottica 1.
258pp VG (black textured cloth w.gilt stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,edges sl.browned,teg,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: trubner london 1858
KEYWORDS: literature linguistics trubner's bibliotheca glottica hermann e.ludewig
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Fat Policeman
first edition 95pp ills.[many col.] VG (pict.paper boards w.cloth spine,rubbed and soiled w.surface scuffs and scratches,sunned spine,bumps and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,owner's bookplate to ffep,edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: johnny gruelle new york 1942
KEYWORDS: modern first edition raggedy ann johnny gruelle children's literature