Books - "literature"
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Twilight Dreams being Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature
first edition 80pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.burgundy/white dec.stamps to top board,rubbed and stained w.losses of colour,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep and rfep,owner's inscr.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: cassell new york [1891]
KEYWORDS: literature arts poetry
Britain and the Bleiburg Tragedy
first edition 76pp ills.[col.] quarto hardcover VG+ in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: leon auckland 1998
KEYWORDS: arts literature history suzanne brooks-pincevic
Second Officer
first edition 310pp+ads. VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature taffrail dorling
Why France Collapsed
first edition proof copy 382pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained,sunned,owner's inscr.to prelim.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968
KEYWORDS: history literature proof copies guy chapman
Sgrepan Pererin
first edition 132pp [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] NF (pink cloth,minor shelf wear) in G+ d/w (mod.rubed and soiled,price sticker to front cover,2x2cm loss to head of front cover/spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: llyfrfa'r m.c. caernarfon 1971
KEYWORDS: lewis jones biography history literature wales welsh
Runemarks
first edition proof copy 536pp Fine in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies joanne harris
Written in Bone
first edition proof copy 348pp NF (in glossy wrappers,publisher's label to title page)
PUBLISHER: bantam london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies simon beckett
A Little Book of Dogs
[first edition] 92pp ills.[b/w + 8 tipped-in col.plates] VG (grey illustr.paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed edges v.sl.foxed,plates clean and bright,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: foulis london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature dogs natural history scotland john brown carton moorepark
A History of New York from The Beginning of the World to The End of the Dutch Dynasty
first edition thus 299pp ills.[8 b/w ills.by maxfield parrish] VG+ (brown paper boards w.red cloth spine,b/w/gilt plate to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: john lane london 1900
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature washington irving maxfield parrish
Areopagitica
first edition thus limited [150 copies] 55pp VG (marbled paper boards w.blue cloth spine,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,title label from spine missing,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john milton politics history
The Euffe Inheritance
first uk edition 340pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown w.owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many losses incl.holes to sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1948
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gabriel chevallier
Vendetta for the Saint
first edition 192pp NF (black cloth,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature leslie charteris
The Saint in Europe
first edition 192pp NF (burgundy cloth,minor sunning to head/foot of spine,minor foxing to content edges) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature leslie charteris
Kiki of Montparnasse
ex-lib.first edition 222pp VG+ (green cloth,tape stains to boards w.libr.mark to spine,tape stains to eps,usual libr.stamps w.label removed from rfep) in VG d/w (libr.marks to spine w.tape stains to upper/lower edges)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968
KEYWORDS: history biography literature kiki montparnasse frederick kohner
The Peacemaker
first edition thus 158pp NF (burgundy cloth,minor foxing to eps) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature forester
Within the Orbit
first edition numbered [92 of a limited edition] 48pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,covers detached from text block but tidy)
PUBLISHER: kenwood publishing auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: history literature theology dorothy clinkard
The Moment Under The Moment
first edition 260pp F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature russell hoban
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, and The Honourable Miss Byron
2 vols.
first edition thus 2 vols.[mr.hogg's new novelists magazine vols.ii/iii] 928pp+2pp ads.ills.[b/w copperplates all appear to be dated 1793] G (possibly original marbled paper boards w.half-leather poorly rebacked,rubbed and stained w.adhesive tape applied to spines,chipping and wear to extrems.,labels removed from front pastedowns,contents sl.foxed/soiled,plates also sl.foxed,spines cracked)
PUBLISHER: alex hogg london 1793
KEYWORDS: literature samuel richardson hoggs new novelists
Memoirs of Charles Lamb
ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [110/150] initialed by publisher [large paper edition] 291pp ills.[b/w portraits] VG (beige cloth w.gilt to top board,rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.,browned spine w.some small holes,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,numbered colophon to prelims.)
PUBLISHER: gibbings london 1892
KEYWORDS: biography history literature charles lamb talfourd
Towards Another Summer
first edition numbered/limited [750 copies made] 206pp Near FINE in Near FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: vintage auckland 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame