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Published by Holt McDougal, 1972
ISBN 10: 003001946XISBN 13: 9780030019463
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Bard Books, Avon, 1974
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fair. 1974. 1st Bard Printing. 768 pages. White pictorial paperback. Stamps to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Nicks and tears to page edges. Corners are dogeared in places.Hinges and guttering are cracked. Binding is loose. Paper cover is moderately rub worn and thumbed with noticeable shelf wear to edges and corners, creases to corners and spine. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Top corner of rear cover is missing.
Reprint edition, 1972 date supplied, copyright 1966 (first U.S. edition was 1938). Hardcover. Condition: very good with very good dust jacket (spine color changed). ISBN 003001946X.
Published by Angus & Robertson, London . Sydney, 1974
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine, clean and tight hardcover copy in a near fine+ jacket/brodart covered. First British Edition. Modest edge wear to top edge of jacket. No tears to jacket. Jacket is bright and clean. Jacket is priced clipped. No bumped corners to book. No ownership signatures. A very nice copy. *** WE BOX AND SHIP ALL BOOKS WITH USPS TRACKING. *** WE HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING USED BOOKS FOR OVER 37 YEARS.
viii+[4]+787pp. 8vo. Original cloth with dustwrapper. A very good copy. First A&R edition. From the collection of Australian scholar and academic, John Barnes with his signature,
Published by Angus & Robertson, 1974
ISBN 10: 020795531XISBN 13: 9780207955310
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Foxing to the pages.
Published by Avon (Bard), 1974
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. Collectible good with some wear, please inquire for details.
Published by Holt Rinehart and Winston. Second American edition, New York, 1966
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. The author s fourth and longest novel. A sequence of one hundred and four scenes, introduced by sixteen quotations, from eight of its characters; and chronicling the downfall of a private bank in Paris. Spots of foxing to extremities, very good in dustwrapper. book.
viii+[4]+795pp. 8vo. Original rubbed cloth , a very good copy. Third impression of the first edition. A savage satire on brokers, bankers and the world of finance. Set in Paris .
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1938
Seller: Bellcourt Books, Hamilton, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 795 pp. Original tan cloth. Christina Stead's 1938 gripping portrayal of financial world success. Set in an exclusive European bank in the heady days of the early thirties, Stead weaves a remarkable tale of greedy, devious and shady characters, all brought together by their love of money. The director of the bank, Jules Bertillon, leads these gamblers, crooks and prospectors on a treacherous journey navigating political and natural disasters, and using both to his advantage. House of All Nations has never been more relevant, as Stead's remarkable work speaks loudly about the modern markets.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Orange cloth boards with brown lettering to spine. One or two minor marks to boards. Corners bumped and worn. Slight wear to edges. Spine has bumping to top and bottom. Some foxing to endpages. Previous owner's mark. Both inner hinges are cracked but holding. Textblock is in good condition, clean and bright. 795 pp. Colonial edition, first edition second printing. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1015g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. We expect a parcel of this weight to cost between £15.50 (Europe) and £31.85 (USA) to ship using Royal Mail's International Tracked Service. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 019160:15(2b)) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall 1015 G. Book.
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd, London * Sydney, 1974
ISBN 10: 020795531XISBN 13: 9780207955310
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Heavy octavo, "First Published by Angus & Robertson (U.K.) Ltd 1974" -- though in fact there was an earlier edition, in 1938. Very good in a "near fine," price-clipped jacket. Dated "Stanhope 3rd May 1976" and signed by the author to the title page. Financial intrigue in the Paris of the 1930s. This was the third novel by the Australian Marxist, who penned "Seven Poor Men of Sydney" (1934); "The Beauties and Furies" (1936), "House of All Nations" (1938, based on her years working at a banking house in Paris) and most notably "The Man Who Loved Children" (1940, apparently based on her own childhood with a domineering father.) She taught "Workshop in the Novel" at New York University in 1943 and 1944, and also worked as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1940s, contributing to the Madame Curie biopic and John Ford's "They Were Expendable." Her sixth novel, "Letty Fox: Her Luck" (1946) was banned in Australia as "amoral and salacious." It was not until the poet Randall Jarrell wrote the introduction for a new American edition of "Man Who Loved Children" in 1965 that the novel began to receive a larger audience. In 2005, Time magazine included that work in their "100 Best Novels from 1923-2005," and in 2010 American novelist Jonathan Franzen hailed that 1940 novel as a "masterpiece" in The New York Times. Signed copies of any of her works are scarce. 787 pp. Reduced from $480. Signed by Author(s).
HARDCOVER. 1938, Second US printing. A very good copy in lightly rubbed and tanned blue cloth boards. Lightly age tanned edges. The contents are fine and unmarked. Scans available if required.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1938
Seller: Nighttown Books, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition Second Printing (stated) in full blue buckram with gilt spine titles blocked in red with red and gold caduceus device stamped to front panel, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, boards show only light rubbing with slight fade to spine & softening to the spine ends, binding tight pages bright & unfoxed, small blacked out name & date (July 1938) to endpaper, else Fine copy of this very early printing of the First Edition, lacking the scarce dust wrapper; thick 8vo; (xii) 795pp.
Publication Date: 1938
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
London: Peter Davies 1938. Thick 8vo. Original cloth. xiii 796pp. Endpapers a little toned. 1st edition: 2nd printing. NOTE: Interestingly Morris Miller erroneously claims that the UK edition of "House of all Nations" is titled "The Revolving Hive" evidently missing this edition. Rare.
Published by Simon & Schuster Inc., New York NY, 1938
Seller: Morocco Books and Collectibles, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Second printing: octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles on a red label and an upper board decoration; 796pp., top edges dyed red. Mild wear; covers a little rubbed; spine sunned and gilt tarnished; spine head pulled; text block edges toned and top edge dusted; mild offset to the endpapers; signed in ink by the author to the flyleaf. No dustwrapper. Very good. Stead rarely signed any of her works; autographed copies are extremely hard to come by. Signed by Author(s).