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Published by JOELLE LOSFELD, 2003
ISBN 10: 2844121756ISBN 13: 9782844121752
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
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Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
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Published by 1999, 1999
ISBN 10: 226401041XISBN 13: 9782264010414
Seller: Book Hémisphères, Kervignac, France
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Condition: Used: Good. Occasion - Bon Etat - 4e tach?e, pass?e ou marqu?e - Boy (1999) - Grand Format.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 2nd Printing. Gray cloth stamped in read and black. 255pp. Slight wear and soiling, small surface stain on back cover. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0233985786ISBN 13: 9780233985787
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. First Thus Edition. Octavo, xiii, xvi, 191 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Exterior shows extremely light wear with small sticker to the lower spine. Boards show minimal wear. Text block has minimal wear to the edges. Illustrated. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column H, ND-H. 1378656. FP New Rockville Stock.
1990 1ST /RPT FINE / FINE.
Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1990
ISBN 10: 0233985786ISBN 13: 9780233985787
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Boy This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Published by Oneworld Classics, 2007
ISBN 10: 1847490069ISBN 13: 9781847490063
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
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Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1946
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. First Edition. 8vo. Paperback. Gray wrappers printed in red & black. 171pp. Cheap paper darkening at edges as usual. Covers bit edge-worn & with a couple tiny chips on rear, else very good.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A gruesome story of the fate of an inarticulate victim, a bold and powerful work of 1930s English literature. Originally printed by the Obelisk Press in 1931, had to be withdrawn four years later when a jury found its publishers guilty of issuing an obscene libel. Sunning to spine and edges of wrappers. Tiny bit of creasing to covers. Clean interior. book.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1946
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Clean and firm inside. The card covers have some edge wear and fading to spine area and slightly to edges.
Published by London: Andre Deutsch, 1990
ISBN 10: 0233985786ISBN 13: 9780233985787
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Fine. First edition thus . Hardcover book . Pale green cloth, and dustjacket designed by Liam Hanley. 224pp.The first unexpurgated edition since the trial in 1934. A novel based on some of Hanley's experiences of life at sea . The book was withdrawn in 1935 after the publishers had been found guilty of obscene libel. Fine in Fine jacket. Pictures available.
Published by Alma Classics, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1847492649ISBN 13: 9781847492647
Seller: Planet's books, Viane, France
Book
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. EDITEUR: Alma Classics Ltd, DL. 2012. AUTEUR: James Hanley. TITRE: Boy with an introduction by Anthony Burgess. RELIURE: 200x130x20mm. 211p. couverture souple illustrée. TEXTE: en anglais. DEWEY: 823 english fiction.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1946
Seller: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust Jacket. "Prior owner's inscription to first blank page. Tanned edge paper. Sunning to spine and edges of wrappers. Tiny bit of creasing to covers. Clean interior. Boy was prosecuted for obscenity. :"The prosecution suggested that the cover of the book and extracts from reviews just inside were most suggestive, and that the purpose was to pollute young people's minds". Subsequently Boy was republished, by the Obelisk Press in Paris, in 1936, 1938 and 1946. The book on this sale is from the last print in Paris.".
Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO40038380: 1948. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Manque en coiffe de pied, Quelques rousseurs. 315 pages, traduit de l'anglais par Jean Perier. Adhésif au dos. Dos légèrement frotté/fané. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.
Published by The Obelisk Press, 1946
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Good. 1946 printing. Spine and wrappers creased and lightly toned, pencil name on front flyleaf, pages faintly toned. 171 pp. "Arthur Fearon is nearly thirteen, and in the eyes of the law, that makes him a man. He wants to study to become a chemist, but his family cannot afford for him to continue school. The thought of a life working the docks makes Fearon break down in front of his classmates, but there is no time to cry. This boy has to get to work. The docks are hellish, and Fearon?s first day is his last. He hops a steamer to Alexandria, looking for a better life on the sea, but everywhere he goes, he finds cruelty, vice, and the crushing weight of adulthood. He will not be a man for long.
hardback in dustjacket, both in fine condition, 191p. Introduction by Anthony Burgess. The first unexpurgated edition since the trial in 1934. Young's no 1694 "Boy", published in 1931, had to be withdrawn four years later when a jury found its publishers guilty of issuing an obscene libel. This even, which modern readers will surely find astonishing, is described in the present edition in a foreword by James Hanley's son Liam and an introduction by Anthony Burgess. The novel tells of thirteen-year-old Arthur Fearon who, driven by his unhappiness at home, stows away on a merchant ship bound for Alexandria. Hanley himself went to sea as a boy. He wrote Arthur's story from personal observation and in a rage of indignation agains the romanticizing of life at sea. He portrays ignorant men, raised in poverty and trapped in the frustrating narrowness of that life, made helpless against their own brutality; dangerous beings to a highly strung boy. They assault him sexually, exploit him sentimentally, bully him, and finally land him in a situation far beyond his managing. The men "don't mean it", they boy's pathetic courage flickers on to the end -- James Hanley's understanding and compassion embrace all of them except for the representative of authority who brings the affair to its terrible end. And T.E. Lawrence expressed the matter exactly when he wrote Hanley in 1934: "Parts of Boy are very painful: yet I think your sanity and general wholesomeness stick up out of your book a mile high." As Anthony Burgess remarks: "Now readers have the opportunity to be shocked directly, rather than through notoriety. They will undoubtedly be shocked, but the shock will have nothing to do with the titillations of the pornographic." In Richard Aldington's opinion "Boy" is "One of the most genuinely pathetic novels of our time.It should be read, if only to discover what man has made of man." TE had a typescript draft, a Boriswood presentation copy and a Boriswood 1934 edition in his library at Clouds Hill cottage in Dorset along with nine other books by Hanley. Letter Nos. 556 and 581 in David Garnett's "The Letters of T.E. Lawrence" were sent to K.W. Marshall of Boriswood in connection with the case against Boriswood for issuing an obscene libel.
First edition thus. Hardcover. Top edge slightly foxed, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket (sterling price intact). This novel of merchant seaman life was first published by Hanley in 1931 in a small limited edition of 145 copies, and republished in 1934 in a cheap edition which was withdrawn because of police/court action. This 1990 edition is in fact the first trade unexpurgated edition.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1932
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated. Full black cloth binding with red lettering, in black & red DJ, 7-3/4" tall, 255 pp. + colophon. Only flaw to book is fading to top 1/4" of spine; dust jacket missing corresponding top 1/4" of spine panel, some fading to black as expected. Overall, a very nice copy. Hanley's writing explored the lives and struggles of working-class people, often in stark and realistic terms. His experiences growing up in poverty in Liverpool and working in a variety of jobs gave him firsthand knowledge of the conditions faced by working-class people, and this informed his writing.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover, edition not stated, slight lean, light sunning to spine and fore-edge, light rubbing and light creasing to covers, otherwise solid, a VG copy with a number of signatures uncut.
Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0233985786ISBN 13: 9780233985787
Seller: David's Bookshop, Letchworth BA, Letchworth Garden City, HERTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First unexpurgated Edition. Dust-jacket and book unmarked, unused and carefully preserved.
Published by Paris The Obelisk Press 1946, 1946
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Paperback, 171pp, all edges untrimmed. Clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Browning to edges, covers a little sunned and edgeworn, foot of spine rather rubbed. A Good, Sound copy overall. (Shelf 200 IBIS) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Published by Andre Deutsch, 1990
ISBN 10: 0233985786ISBN 13: 9780233985787
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. The author's second novel. This is the first unexpurgated edition since 1934, when the publisher, Boriswood, was prosecuted for obscene libel, paid a hefty fine, and ultimately closed. Introduction by Anthony Burgess. First edition thus. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. With a folded and creased copy of the publisher's perspectus laid in, on the back of which is a typed letter signed (TLS) by Hanley's friend and biographer, Frank G. Harrington (to whom Hanley dedicated the limited edition of Lost). The letter is addressed to Linnea Gibbs, author of James Hanley: A Bibliography. Both Harrington and Gibbs are mentioned in Burgess' introduction.
Published by Boriswood Limited London, 1931
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; VG. First Edition. This hardcover book is Very Good, being square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear; save a 1/3 inch tear at the lower edge of the rear spine. There are some smudges on the boards. The spine has moderate darkening with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. There is a prior owner name penned on the free end page. No jacket. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.
hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. NY (Knopf) 1932. Internally fine copy, but covers somewhat foxed and spine dull.
Published by London: Boriswood (1932). 3rd imp, 1932
Seller: Elysium Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
This controversial novel about a stowaway youth aboard a tramp freighter was seized and destroyed by British authorities upon publication. This edition contains re-written passages "expurged" from the first edition. A very good copy in orange boards, small water stain to front board, good jacket with only minor edgewear, browning to spine, small closed tear. With the penciled ownership signature of Brian Reade on endpaper. Young 1694.
Published by The Obelisk Press,, 1946
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italy
Book
brossura, Paris, The Obelisk Press, 1946, Minimi difetti perimetrali, per il resto ottimo esemplare. Ultima edizione per questo editore. in 8°, brossura, pp. 171 (5). Minimi difetti perimetrali, per il resto ottimo esemplare.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1932
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First American Edition; First Printing. ; Gray cloth cover appears to have been varnished and is toned with modest wear to corners and spine caps but in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Drug store stamp on end sheets and paste downs. Pages are lightly toned with light thumbing but in very good condition. Dust jacket has is heavily tattered, torn, and chipped with multiple tape repairs on underside. Publisher's price of $2.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).
Published by The Obelisk Press, 16, Place Vendome, Paris, 1946
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Thus. First postwar edition, published by the Obelisk Press, Paris in 1946. Published in wrappers as a paperback original. ***Very good in grey thin card wrappers. The wrappers are very fragile but complete. Edges of wrappers are creased and rubbed with small closed tears. The very fragile spine is also complete, with just very small loss at the bottom. Priced at 'Frs 175' on the bottom of the back wrapper. No significant chips or tears. Light reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. The fore-edge of the page block is untrimmed, i.e. rough-cut. Internally very good with a neat ownership name to the top of the first blank leaf. Top corner of the last few pages slightly creased. The last couple of leaves are also uncut at the top edge. Pages clean but tanned with age. ***194mm x 144mm. 171 pages plus Epilogue at the back of the book. ***'"Boy" had a very interesting publishing history. In brief - first published in unexpurgated form in the UK by Boriswood, in an edition of just 145 signed copies. An expurgated trade edition was also published at this time. When it was reprinted in 1934, in a cheap (second) edition with a "scantily dressed" belly dancer on its cover, "Boy" was prosecuted for obscenity. The court case followed a complaint to the police by someone who had borrowed the novel from The National Library, in Bury, near Manchester, Lancashire: "The prosecution suggested that the cover of the book and extracts from reviews just inside were most suggestive, and that the purpose was to pollute young people's minds". Boriswood "were advised that, owing to the book's reference to 'intimacy between members of the male sex', any defence against prosecution was futile'". In March 1935 Boriswood pleaded guilty of "uttering and publishing an obscene libel" and paid a substantial fine. Subsequently "Boy" was republished, by the Obelisk Press in Paris, in 1936, 1938 and 1946. Jack Kahane was a noted publisher of banned books in English, including Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" and D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover". However, it appears that Hanley did not agree to the republishing in Paris, and that only Boriswood received royalties. Furthermore, according to Hanley's son Liam, his father "firmly rejected" any "overtures from publishers to reissue "Boy" during his lifetime. [Wiki] It didn't appear in print again until 1990, when the unexpurgated version was republished by André Deutsch in the UK. ***'Boy is the grim story of an intelligent thirteen-year-old boy, Fearon, from Liverpool who is forced to leave school by his parents so as to help support the family, by working "on the docks as a boiler-scaler".[5] Hating this job and after being beaten by his father, Fearon stows away on a ship. When he is discovered, as the ship is shorthanded, he is signed-on to the crew. Fearon's suffering continues on board where he is sexually assaulted. When the ship docks in Alexandria, Egypt, Fearon has his first sexual encounter with a woman, in a brothel, where he contracts syphilis. On the return voyage this disease rapidly develops. The novel concludes with the captain smothering Fearon to put him out of his misery and his body given to the sea. [Wiki] ***A later printing of this work, which was originally published in the UK by Boriswood, London in 1931. First published by the Obelisk Press in Paris in 1938, after the book had been banned in the UK - this is the first postwar edition and is uncommon. The production is so fragile, it is unlikely that many copies have survived the last 75 years. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Knopf, 1932, 1932
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st U.S. edition (the first British, published the previous year, was withdrawn) Very good plus/very good plus (the book is in excellent shape, with a bit of soiling to the top and bottom edges of the textblock, and some sunning to the extreme edges of the boards; there is a previous owner's name on the front pastedown completely hidden by the front flap; the dj, which is not price-clipped, has some very minor chipping at the top of the spine, and the dj spine is a little lightened).
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Trade. Orange cloth, darkened. School library ink stamp on free-fep, withdrawn and date written in biro over the ink stamp, also and ink stamp on one of the prelims. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.