Books - "literature"
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Some Nineteenth Century Scotsmen
first edition 456pp VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: oliphant,anderson edinburgh 1903
KEYWORDS: history literature scotland biography william knig
Sure Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Lif
fifty-fourth edition 146pp [frontis.] VG (red cloth w.gilt-on-black title label to spine,rubbed and soiled and mod.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.browned w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george arthur williams cheltenham [nd]
KEYWORDS: sociology literature lewis cornaro health
Eutychus
the future of the pulpit
first edition 142pp+ads. VG+ (burgundy paper boards w.cream title labels to spine and front cover,sl.soiled wminor bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled,tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.6cm split to foot of upper hinge)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london 1928
KEYWORDS: history eutychus theology sociology literature to-
Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo
first edition 318pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,teg) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1915
KEYWORDS: history biography literature victor hugo juliette
Imperial City
first edition 672pp VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.sunned spine,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1937
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elmer rice
Augustus John
first edition 30pp+35 plates [b/w] VG+ (grey paper boards w.blue cloth spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.sl.nibbles to head of rear board,paste action to eps) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: ernest benn london 1923
KEYWORDS: arts biography literature albert rutherston august
Charles Shannon
first edition 30pp+35 plates [b/w] VG+ (grey paper boards w.blue cloth spine,sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: ernest benn london 1924
KEYWORDS: arts biography literature albert rutherston charle
English Sects
an historical handbook
first edition 244pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.rubbed,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: mowbray london 1921
KEYWORDS: history theology arthur reynolds literature
Black Welcome
first edition 256pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in G+ d/w (large section of lower spine and rear cover missing,sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london [1961]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature collins crime club
Drake in California
ballads and poems
first edition 89pp VG+ (green cloth,eps and edges sl.foxed,paste action to eps,teg,tight) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: fifield london 1912
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry herman sche
Songs of the South
second series
first edition 199pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,unevenly sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed edges mod.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: ward,lock london 1895
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john bernar
Searching for Caleb
ex-lib first edition 309pp VG (blue paper boards w.cream cloth spine,tape stains to boards and eps,sl.wear to extrems.,usual stamps,spine cracked and cocked) in VG d/w (tape stains w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,flaps trimmed)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anne tyler
Celestial Navigation
ex-lib first edition 276pp VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to boards w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,lower board sl.shaky,spine cracked and cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,gum stains to trimmed edges)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anne tyler
A Modern Treasure Hunter
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,eps and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: temple london 1958
KEYWORDS: history biography nautical literature harold t.wil
Considerations on Edmund Gosse
[first edition] 162pp [frontis.] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,sl.paste action to eps,edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,insect nibbles and holes to flap hinges)
PUBLISHER: drane's london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature history biography edmund gosse patrick
Madame Sousatzka
ex-lib first edition 224pp VG+ (purple cloth,v.sl.sunned w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,spine cracked and cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping to extrems.w.several 3cm closed tears,price-clipped but 18s net still present)
PUBLISHER: eyre & spottiswoode london 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bernice rubens
The Pothunters
Later printing (1924); octavo red cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front, VG (moderate to light tanning, light foxing, prev owner's details in ink (and crayon) to fep)
PUBLISHER: black london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern literature p.g.wodehouse
The Red Rooster
first edition inscribed by author 96pp NF (beige cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,author's inscr.to ffep) in NF d/w (sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: constantia cape town 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature freda linde
Who is to be Master of the World?
an introduction to the philosophy of friedrich nie
second impression numbered and limited [718/1000] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,browned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps sl.browned,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london [nd,c.1909]
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy nietzsche anthony m.ludovici
The Clock Winder
ex-lib first edition 312pp VG+ (brown cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anne tyler