Books - "literature"
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The Pollock - Holmes Letters : Correspondence of Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr Justice Holmes 1874 - 1932
Two volume set. Octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Cambridge University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: Sir Frederick Pollock letters Justice Holmes history literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray
NORTON CRITICAL EDITION. Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: W W Norton & Company 2007
KEYWORDS: Oscar Wilde fiction literature Michael Patrick Gillespie literary criticism
The Cambridge Companion to Kafka
Super octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Cambridge University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: Cambridge Franz Kafka literature academia criticism essays
The Sound and the Fury
NORTON CRITICAL EDITION, SECOND ED. Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: W W Norton & Company 1994
KEYWORDS: William Faulkner David Minter literature literary criticism
William Faulkner : The Yoknapatawpha Country
Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Yale University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: William Faulkner Cleanth Brooks literature literary criticism culture religion =
The Novels of Jane Austen (Volume V)
Third edition. THIS VOL ONLY. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: R W Chapman Jane Austen fiction literature novel
I Am a Camera
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing to pg edges, light tanning), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1954
KEYWORDS: John van Druten plays play theatre literature modern first edition
The Dark Room
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, violet cl boards, spine lettered in grey, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling, prev owner's inscription to ffep), in d/w, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with chipping, light soiling & tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Japan Japanese literature
Panic and The Runaway
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, purple card boards, spine lettered in grey, VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrem), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, some tanning & soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: University of Tokyo Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Takeshi Kaiko Japan Japanese literature modern first edition
Between Life and Death
FIRST UK EDITION. Ex-library. Octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrem, soiling, adhesive reside from tape to boards & eps, library stamps & paste-ins, front hinge cracked--repaired with tape), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping, moderate soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Nathalie Sarraute 20th century French literature
Literature of the Lost Home: Kobayashi Hideo--Literary Criticism, 1924-1939
Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. Octavo softcover, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature literary criticism interpretation
Deadly Dialectics: Sex, Violence, and Nihilism in the World of Yukio Mishima
Super octavo softcover, VG+ (sl soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Mishima Yukio criticism interpretation philosophy Japanese literature
An Introduction to Tsugaru Studies in Japanese and English
Super octavo softcover, VG+ (sl scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hirosaki Daigaku Shuppankai 2008
KEYWORDS: Tsugaru Japan Japanese literature literary criticism
The Tale of Genji
Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, tanning to pg edges & text). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Murasaki Shikibu criticism interpretation Japan Japanese literature first edition
Aginast the Current: Selections from the novels, essays, notes, and letters of Konstantin Leontiev
Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, adhesive markings from tape to feps), in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Weybright and Talley 1969
KEYWORDS: Konstantin Leontiev literature modern first edition letters correspondence
Beyond the Palisade
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green card boards, spine & front board lettered in black, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & throughout, bookplate to ffep). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1944
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Jew's House
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine & front board ruled in blind & lettered in gilt, frontis., VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep, sm tear to pp. 281-2). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. 1911
KEYWORDS: Fergus Hume modern first edition literature fiction
Shingle-Short and Other Verses
FIRST EDITION, scarce. Octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, frontis., VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps--esp reps, foxing to prelims/terminals & throughout, bookplate & prev ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs n/d
KEYWORDS: B E Baughan New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Rose of the Elkhorn
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Octavo, green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, front board ruled in black, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, tanning, author's inscriptions to feps (3 pgs) & pp. 56, 100, 182 & 243, light cracking to front hinge). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: H. L. Young 1907
KEYWORDS: Thomas Watson New Zealand literature modern first edition
Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (colonial edition). Octavo, grey cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt & decorated in black/green/red, photo, viii + 331 + [1] + [4 (advts)], VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to front & central gutters). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson and Co. 1889
KEYWORDS: Julius Vogel modern first edition 19th century sci fi science fiction New Zealand literature