Removal of a present without literary one (9)
I believe the answer is:
abolition
'removal of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a present without literary one' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'boon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'literary' becomes 'lit' (short for literary or literature).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'lit'+'i'='liti'
'boon' enclosing 'liti' is 'bolition'.
'a'+'bolition'='ABOLITION'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abolition that I've seen before include "Annulment" , "Removal of" , "Complete ending (of something)" , "Action of doing away with something" , "Action of terminating (a practice)" .)