Books - "literature"
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When We Lived in Jerusalem
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 348pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & scuffing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions Jerusalem middle east customs culture travel writing literature
The Looting of Nicaragua
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 251pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & fading to front board, 2cm closed tear- mended- to front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, moderate foxing thorughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Wright & Brown N/D (c.1920s?)
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Nicaragua Rafael de Nogales Latin South America history politics political history
Portrait of a Dictator: Francisco Solano Lopez (Paraguay 1865-1870)
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 283pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Paraguay biographies memoir political leaders dictators Francisco Solano Lopez history 19th nineteenth century
Two-Edg'd Weapons: Style and Ideology in the Comedies of Etherege, Wycherley and Congreve
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: English drama literature literary restoration criticism interpretation comedies George Etherege Congreve Wycherley
Paul Bowles: A Descriptive Bibliography
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to title plate of orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 323pp, illus, Near FINE (minimal library markings)
PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1986
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Paul Bowles literary translators literature
A Babble of Ancestral Voices: Shakespeare, Cervantes and Theobold
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & tanning, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Mouton & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: literature literary Shakespeare Lewis Theobald Cervantes criticism
Communion Town: A City in Ten Chapters
FIRST EDITION; octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2012
KEYWORDS: sam thompson novel fiction literature city cities first edition
The Leper's Companion
FIRST EDITION; UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1999
KEYWORDS: julia blackburn britain british england english literature fiction
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Super octavo softcover (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: Jonathan Cape 2015
KEYWORDS: salman rushdie novels fiction literature jinn
Family Matters
FIRST U.S. EDITION; Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first editions rohinton mistry fiction novels literature indian canadian canada
The Houses of the Eagle
Sm. 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1925
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce novels fiction literature children's australian
Mates at Billabong
Sm. octavo hardcover (scruffy VG-, a few prelim. pages incl. frontispiece detached with attempted tape repairs by prev. owner); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited n/d
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated
Told By Peter
Sm. octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1949
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature
Billabong Riders
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LACKS D/W; Sm. 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1952
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature
The Twins of Emu Plains
FIRST EDITION; Sm. octavo hardcover (VG-, frontispiece detached but present); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first editions mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated
Son of Billabong
LACKS D/W; Sm. octavo hardcover (scruffy VG-, fragment of d/w has been pasted to rear eps by prev. owner); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1939
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated
St. Lawrence Blues
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first editions marie-claire blais novels fiction literature canadian canada quebecois
Golden Fiddles
Sm. octavo hardcover (VG-, fep coming detached); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1928
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature
Billabong Adventures
Sm. octavo hardcover (scruffy VG-, a few tape repairs by prev. owner where pages have come loose); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1928
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature illustrated
'Possum
Sm. octavo hardcover (scruffy VG-, a few attempted tape repairs by prev. owner where pages have come loose); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited n/d (c. 1920s)
KEYWORDS: mary grant bruce australian children's fiction novels literature