Books - "literature"
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Rambles in Bookland
Crown 8vo, [6] + 98 pp.; blue buckram bds, paper labels to spine & front board lettered in grey, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922
KEYWORDS: Charles Wilson 20th century literature books bookish
The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry
Super 8vo 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: Macmillan 1997
KEYWORDS: myth legend mythology chivalry Arthurian romance celtic literature
A Captive Spirit: Selected Prose
8vo 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: Virago 1983
KEYWORDS: Marina Tsvetaeva 20th century Russian literature Russia
Where the road Runs Out....
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: Conference of Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa essays prose writings literature church religion faith theology history
The Poetry of R S Thomas
Octavo softcover (VG) occasional pencil underlining; 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: Seren / Poetry Wales Press 2001
KEYWORDS: R S Thomas poetry poems verse literature criticism literary
Furious Interiors: Wales, R S Thomas and God
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: HarperCollins 1996
KEYWORDS: religion religious poetry poems verse literature literary criticism R S Thomas
Strangely Orthodox: R S Thomas and His Poetry of Faith
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: Gomer Press 2006
KEYWORDS: religion religious poetry poems verse literature R S Thomas literary criticism
The Page's Drift: R S Thomas at Eighty
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: Seren / Poetry Wales Press 1993
KEYWORDS: religion religious poetry poems verse literature R S Thomas literary criticism
In Memoriam
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: Ave Maria Press 1980
KEYWORDS: grief death Henri J M Nouwen writings literature
Intimacy: Essays in Pastoral Psychology
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: Harper & Row 1981
KEYWORDS: pastoral psychology essays prose writings literature Henri Nouwen theology religion religious catholic
Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life
Octavo softcover (VG-) some highlighting to text; 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: Darton, Longman and Todd 1982
KEYWORDS: Christianity religion theology compassion literature
English Reprints
Sm octavo hardcover (VG-) some pencil markings throughout; 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: Alex, Murray & Son 1868
KEYWORDS: English literature reprints series John Milton Hugh Latimer Stephen Gosson
Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom
Super octavo hardcover (G) very scruffy copy, poor condition; 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: Hamish Hamilton 1941
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature China Chinese culture Carl Crow
Flower Shadows Behind the Curtain
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: Pantheon 1959
KEYWORDS: Chinese literature English translations novels fiction
Letters from a Traveller
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: William Collins Sons & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Pierre Teilhard de Chardin letters correspondence geologist geology paleantology expeditions
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time
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: HarperCollins 2001
KEYWORDS: Christian bible literature literary criticism Christianity scripture studies
The Enfield Conspiracy
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & blue lettering to spine, 502pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Seaburn Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature historical fiction novels modern first editions signed Ken Brewer
We Are the Makers of Dreams
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 336pp, VG (light fading & rubbing to board & spine edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing all over)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels William Blake
The Bloom of Candles: Verse from a Poet's Year
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated, VG (moderate bruising/creasing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, string binding sl wobbly) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate overall creasing)
PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1947
KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Laurie Lee
The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale
Octavo, blank/plain grey light card covers, deckled page edges, unpaginated prelims + 75pp + unpaginated catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, heavy creasing to spine with 2.5cm loss to base, moderate tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light soilng & foxing to pages throughout- largely unobtrusive, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle-Street 1815
KEYWORDS: verse poetry poems literature Lord Byron