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The Literature category is still being written, please review after a period! Meanwhile, here are the first drafts ... Some best-selling writers and modern works may be found on the Fiction page.
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| Used, out of print and rare Literature |
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Portrait of Max. An Intimate Memoir of Sir Max Beerbohm
Behrman, S N (Random House) NY, 1960
1st US edition, 1st printing, out-of-print hardback in pale blue cloth/gilt, 317pp with index, portrait frontis + b/w illustrations, boards faded with mild edge rub, spine cocked, no inscriptions, no foxing. VG-. [NB. 1; : UK 3.50, 4.50, 5.50, 6.50; non-standard item for delivery] [DD* 25634] £4.00 ($6.00) |
Song in My Heart. Oran-a-Chree. [signed copy] A fourth and final selection from 60 years of Poem & Song by the author of 'Ten Irish Love Songs' (1936), 'Celts and other Poems' (1946), & 'Green Silver' (1977)
Bell, Sydney (Braid & Moyola Books) Antrim, 1991
Published for the author's 84th birthday, AUTHOR SIGNED COPY, out-of-print softback in pictorial glossy card covers, stapled binding, Roy. 8vo slim volume, 32 pp, signed by the author on title page, corner crease o/w virtually unblemished copy. NF. NB at time of writing we have another X books of poems in the poetry section on our website & Abe. [LP 33204] £15.00 ($24.00) |
Everywhere for Wales. An Autobiography
Bennett, Phil & Martyn Williams (Stanley Paul) London, 1981
2nd impression, AUTHOR SIGNED COPY, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [super-bright photo jacket in Wales colours, tiny edge-fold nick o/w unblemished, not price-clipped], 176pp, b/w photo illustrations, red cloth/silver, signed dedication by author on ffep, no other inscriptions, covers & contents immaculate, fine book. [DD* 25636] £16.50 ($26.00) |
Greeks Overseas. The Archaeology of their Early Colonies and Trade
Boardman, John (Penguin) London, 1975
2nd edition, out-of-print paperback, 273pp with index, illustrations with 7 maps, 24plts & 78 txt figs, small abrasion/creasing to rear panel, spine edges rubbed, light pg-brown o/w: VG. [LG 15872] £4.50 ($7.00) |
Greeks Overseas. The Archaeology of their Early Colonies and Trade
Boardman, John (Penguin) London, 1975
2nd edition, out-of-print paperback, 273pp with index, illustrations with 7 maps, 24plts & 78 txt figs, small abrasion/creasing to rear panel, spine edges rubbed, light pg-brown o/w VG. [DD* 25645] £4.50 ($7.00) |
Short Modern Plays [see description for playwrights]
Boas, Guy (ed) (Macmillan) London, 1937
4th impression, out-of-print hardback in embossed dark green cloth/gilt, Foolscap octavo over 6.5x4.5inches, xiii + 242 pp with notes plus questions, clean bright boards, owner's name or signature inscribed on pastedown, bright unblemished textblock. VG+. {authors: O'Casey, Saki, Yeats, Bell, Gilbert, Hardy, Francis, Squire, Dane, Jacobs, Andreyev (trans [LL 27494] £8.95 ($14.00) |
Selections from the Brownings
Boas, H O'B (Methuen) London, 1933
First edition UK thus, out-of-print hardback in decorative blue boards, Foolscap octavo over 6.5x4.5inches, 216pp with notes, mild shelf-soil & spine darkening, endpapers browned, textblock nice & clean, occasional pencilled notations, no inscriptions. near VG. [LL 16682] £19.95 ($32.00) |
Selections from the Brownings
Boas, H O'B (Methuen) London, 1933
First edition UK thus, out-of-print hardback in decorative blue boards, Foolscap octavo over 6.5x4.5inches, 216pp with notes, mild shelf-soil & spine darkening, endpapers browned, textblock nice & clean, occasional pencilled notations, no inscriptions. near VG. [DD* 25646] £16.50 ($26.00) |
Lantern Slides. The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter 1904-1914
Bonham Carter, Mark & Mark Pottle (eds) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) London, 1996
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [edge-sunned, not price-clipped], Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 461pp, clean bright burgundy boards/gilt, b/w photo illustrations, no inscriptions, slight lean o/w: NF/VG++. [LL 16390] £9.50 ($15.00) |
Lantern Slides. The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter 1904-1914
Bonham Carter, Mark & Mark Pottle (eds) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) London, 1996
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [edge-sunned, not price-clipped], Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 461pp, clean bright burgundy boards/gilt, b/w photo illustrations, no inscriptions, slight lean o/w NF/VG++. [NB. 1+; : UK 4.50, 5.00, 5.50, 6.50; non-standard item for delivery] [DD* 25647] £7.95 ($13.00) |
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[ Last updated 02 February 2012 ]
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