Search Results: LITERATURE from Daisyroots Books Ltd

MANNING, Olivia
Artist Among the Missing
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1975, Re-issue of 1949 edition, hardback with dust wrapper, boards brown/gilt, 256 pp.
Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, foxing to edges of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners, price not clipped. Good sound copy.
FICTION, LITERATURE, HARDBACK, OLIVIA MANNING
46449 LIT/M £34.00

Bards of the Gael and Gall
SIGERSON, George
Phoenix Publishing, Dublin, second edition, undated, hardback, gd+, green textured boards with marble effect spine, b/ew frontis, 432 pp. Red page edges. 215x140x50 mm. Some discolouration to boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. IRISH LITERATURE, POETRY
46369 ANTI/Irish Lit £26.50

ISHERWOOD, Christopher
The Berlin of Sally Bowles. Containing Goodbye to Berlin with Sally Bowles and Mr Norris Changes Trains
ISBN: 978071204079
The Hogarth Press, London, 1978, hardback with dust wrapper VG/vg, boards purple/gilt, 583 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gently edge worn, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, pages clean and bright, edges of text block lightly tanned. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, price not clipped, now protected by acid-free archive film. Lovely copy.
LITERATURE, ISHERWOOD, OMNIBUS EDITION, NOVELS, BERLIN, 1930S
46643 LIT/I £16.50

BURNEY, Frances
Camilla or a Picture of Youth (Oxford English Novels) ISBN: 9780192553270
Oxford University Press, London, 1972, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, cloth boards red/gilt, black/gilt spine label, five volumes/ten books. Edited with an introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom. Extensive introduction, 'Chronology of Frances Burney', Fanny Burney Revisions of Camilla and explanatory notes included, 956 pp. Boards clean, gentle bump to spine tail, no inscription, annotations in pencil throughout, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, top edge dust stained, small pale marks to fore-edge. Wrapper clean, browning (toning) to front fore-edge with chips to extremities, not clipped, now protected by acid-free archive film. LITERATURE, FRANCES BURNEY, CAMILLA, 18TH C FICTION, OXFORD ENGLISH NOVEL, REPRODUCTION OF 1796 TEXT, RELATIONSHIPS, EXPERIENCE, ROMANTACISM
HB 77 45869 LIT/B £31.50

MANNING, Olivia
A Different Face
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1975, Re-issue of 1953 original edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/gilt, 219 pp.
Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, light foxing to edges of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners, original price not clipped. Good sound copy.
FICTION, LITERARY, HARDBACK, OLIVIA MANNING
46448 FIC/1ST/M £13.00

Everybody's Boswell - Being the Life of Samuel Johnson abridged from James Boswell complete text and from the 'Tour of the Hebrides'.
BOSWELL, James
C. Bell and Sons Limited, London, 1930, 1st Edition, hardback, GD, boards brown/gilt with small embossed gilt decoration on front board, rear end papers decorated with map illustrating 'Tour of the Hebrides' , 54 pen and ink drawings by Ernest. H. Shepherd, 609 pp.
Boards edgeworn, areas of discolouration to both boards and spine strip, very top section of spine head absent. No inscriptions or annotations, school prize presentation plate on front end paper, binding sound, lean to the spine, pages tanned, light foxing throughout. Good copy.
BIOGRAPHY, SAMUEL JOHNSON, 'TOUR OF THE HEBRIDES', JAMES BOSWELL, ILLUSTRATED, E. H. SHEPHERD
46564 BIOG/J £91.50

Flowers for Hitler
COHEN, Leonard
ISBN: 9780224008412
Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1976, Reprint, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, 154 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, top fore-edge corner of front free end paper missing, light dust staining to top edge. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Good clean copy.
LITERATURE, POETRY, LEONARD COHEN, SINGER, SONGWRITER, POET
46467 LIT/POETRY £21.00

ALLEN, Thomas W. (Ed)
The Homeric Catalogue of Ships
ISBN: 9783487128825
George Olms Verlag, Zurich & New York, 2005, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, 191 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to corners. Excellent copy.
LITERATURE, CLASSICS, THE HOMERIC CATALOGUE OF SHIPS, PART II HOMERS ILLIAD, ACHAEAN ARMY, TROY
46427 LIT/CLASSICS £28.50

Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (Play Adaptation)
EDGAR, David
ISBN: 086036092x
Rex Collins Ltd, London, 1982, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, 79 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Wraps clean and crisp, lightly tanned, rubs to fore-edge corners, reading crease on front cover.
LITERATURE, DRAMA, PLAY, JAIL DIARY OF ALBIE SACHS, SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE TOWN, REPRESSION, INTEROGATION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY, JAIL, PRISON
46237 LIT/DRAMA £14.00

WALPOLE, Hugh
A Prayer for My Son (signed 1st ed.)
Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1936, SIGNED, 1st edition, hardback with blind embossed front board, VG-, boards green/gilt, 359 pp. Signed dedication from Walpole to Wallace dated Nov 1st '36. (see scans)
Boards edge worn, abrasions to edges and either side of spine strip, several small splits to one side of strip, author dedication on front free end paper (see scan) no annotations, cracked spine between pages 22 and 23, otherwise binding sound, lean to the spine, pages tanned, dust staining to edges of text block, rubs to corners and edges, light foxing present on a few pages.
LITERATURE, HUGH WALPOLE, A PRAYER FOR MY SON, SIGNED, 1ST EDITION
46703 LIT/W £21.50

Romantic Slievenamon in History, Folklore and Song
MAHER, James (Editor)
Co. Tipperary, 1954, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, GD/vg-, quarter bound boards green/black, Gaelic supplement included, illustrated from 15 b/w plates, 285 pp.
Boards clean and firm, ex-lib with stamp on rear free end paper, front free end paper missing, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, pages clean, tanned, light foxing to bottom edge of text block. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper, bumps to fore-edge corners, not in acid free archive film. A Tipperary Anthology
IRISH LITERATURE, ANTHOLOGY, 1ST EDITION, HARDBACK, HISTORY, FOKLORE, SONGS, MOUNTAIN, SLIEVENAMON, RELIGION, GAELIC LORE AND LANGUAGE, NOTABLE PEOPLE AND PLACES.
hb 78 46029 IRISH LITERATURE £71.50

Tree by Tolkein
WILSON, Colin
Convent Garden Press, London, 1973, Limited Edition hardback with dust wrapper, GD+/gd-, cloth boards olive green/black, 20 pp.
Boards edge worn, foxing to front board, small impact mark to bottom edge of front, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, end papers foxed.Wrapper grubby, scuff marks to spine. SCARCE TITLE
LITERARY CRITIQUE, COLIN WILSON, ASSESSMENT OF TOLKEIN, CREATIVE UNIVERSE, ESSAYS & STORIES, THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS
46308 LIT CRITIQUE £26.50

RHYS, Jean
Wide Sargasso Sea
World Books, London, 1967, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/gilt, 188 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to spine head and tail, two small impact marks to rear top edge, lightly sunned in places, neat inscription to front free end paper, no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean, lightly tanned. Wrapper clean and clean, rubs to edges and corners, bumps to top edge of back panel in addition to two pale marks, light abrasions to spine strip, 0.5cm split to back top fore-edge corner. Lovely tidy copy.
FICTION, COLLECTABLE, JEAN RHYS, WIDE SARGASSO SEA, BERTHA COSWAY, JANE EYRE, , FEMINIST PREQUEL
46670 FIC/COLL/R £25.50

LAMB, Charles & Mary, Edit. E V Lucas
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 3
Methuen, London, 1903, hardback, VG, EX Britidsh Council library copy wit assopicated bookplate and stamps. 504 pp. Sepia frontis with tissue guard, extensively illustrated with b/w plates of mostly etchings. Smattering of foxing on page edges. No inscriptions. Pages clean, binding sound. This volume includes: Tales from Shakespeare, The Adventures of Ulysses, Mrs Leicester's School, Poetry for Children.
46328 LIT £26.50