Alfred Gordon Bennett (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition large 8vo, ex library. Mild edge wear to unclipped jacket, good marbled and dark green boards, sound binding, light toning to eps, library stamp to fep and to copyright page, corner loss to ffep, very good internal condition thereafter.…

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Owner's name. Light general soiling to covers. Scattered foxing throughout. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 320 pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition small 8vo. Mildest wear to unclipped jacket, good purple boards, sound binding, author's inscription to fep, a leaflet about the author included with book, pale spotting early and late, occasionally elsewhere, good page condition in the main. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. 316 pages. The title page states that the frontispiece is by George W. Gage. However, there is no frontispiece and it does appear there ever was one? Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st American edition. Macaulay , NY 1926 First American Edition, 316 page hardcover, lacking the dust jacket. Published in England as "The Sea of Sleep" A very good copy with light edge wear, light dust soiling a very small neat short gift inscription on very bottom of the dedication page. Nice copy see photos clph. George W. Gage (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. Macaulay , New York 1924 First edition with no statement of printing. 320 page Hardcover . A lost race novel. A good only copy with edge wear and dust soiling , two rubbed spots to the cloth of the rear board. A nice reading or filler copy Lacking the Dust Jacket . See Photos clph.…

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Editiuon. First printing. Very Good copy. No jacket. In orange cloth covers with black and red lettering on front cover and black lettering on spine. Design on front cover. Clean, square copy. Clean endpapers. Bumping of head and tail of spine. Light spoiling to covers. Thank you for your patronage. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. …

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Good condition with dust soiling to page edges, light toning to pages, in a worn and rubbed dust jacket with light chipping to spine ends and corners. clphE.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. No Jacket. 316 pp, b/w frontis, the book and contents are solid and tight, pages are clean and lightly toned, the covers are tight and have some scattered soil and edge wear, the front upper right corner has a 5/8" worn spot on edge, a solid and usable book. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Voices Off takes as its theme the ancient and indisputable theory tha without sacrifice there can be no true happiness, no true realisation of self, for any man or woman. tiny tear to jacket, slight foxing, 322 pages.

8vo, 24x15.5cm. First edition. 432pp with monochrome photo plates including portrait frontispiece, bibliography, and index; plus 16pp of publisher advertisements. Top edge mauve. Margins of final page of index quite deeply toned, margins of following advertisement leaves lightly so. Fore- & lower edges of text-block moderately toned. Original black cloth, backstrip titled in gilt. Backstrip slightly faded, and a little rubbed, nicked and inwards-curled at head and foot. Slight wear at head of front hinge and at both head and foot of rear hinge. Rear cover a little unsightly - with loss of pigment over rubbed patch of diameter up to 5cm towards upper inner corner, close to which a cluster of off-white specks, and loss of pigment along narrow longish line parallel to backstrip. Cover surfaces elsewheres with just a few spots of minor fading. Lower edges lightly rubbed, single spots of loss at inside of lower edge of front cover and at lower edge of rear. Outer corners of covers lightly bumped and/or slightly curled, tips of upper outer corners with slight wear. No dust jacket. Front endpapers with book token colour illustration by John Nash on pastedown and owner's name of some age on flyleaf. Binding holding firmly, if a little wanting in appearance; contents generally clean and tight. GOOD copy.…

Condition: Fair. 1930. First Edition. 166 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Marbled paper covered boards with a black spine strip. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free end paper. Inserted typed letter from the author and signed with his initials. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Boards are bowed.…

Frontespizio: Traduzione di Rossana De Michele. In-8° (cm 21,5x14), pp. 347. Brossura editoriale bianca, sovraccoperta bianca illustrata con titolo nero al piatto e al dorso. Tracce di polvere e segni del tempo alla sovraccoperta con piccoli strappetti riparati ai margini e mancanza alla testa del dorso. Buone condizioni. Prima edizione.…

1st edition, 1953. Ex-Boots library with crossed out label on lower front board. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Foxing, mainly on endpapers and page edges. Green cloth worn with slight speckled colour loss to boards; spine browned. Black lettering. Used - Acceptable. Ex-lib hardback (no dust jacket).…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+ copy. First edition (variant binding). SF novel. Variant binding of red cloth, black lettering on spine (the first binding is black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, as noted in Locke SPECTRUM OF FANTASY pp. 31) - though this first edition is very uncommon in either binding: ''out of the silence of Africa comes the first whisper of the greatest terror mankind has ever known: A race of gigantic insects, ruled by an intelligence so vast as to be beyond human comprehension, plans to wipe out civilisation, as we know it, from the face of the Earth and extend its sinister dominion to the stars''.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED AND FADED. THE CORNERS ARE SCUFFED AND EXPOSED. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND FADED. BOTH ENDS OF THE SPINE ARE SCUFFED. THE PAGE EDGES ARE YELLOWED AND HAVE FOXING. BOTH INSIDE BOARDS ARE CRACKED AT THE HINGE AND THE BINDING IS EXPOSED. THE FFEP HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE IS SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 92pp. Pink paper covered boards with purple cloth covered spine with bright gilt lettering. Sun faded colour to top and tail of spine. No inscriptions. Untrimmed fore edge. Some uncut pages. Slight foxing to parts of fore edge. B/w frontis portrait of the author. Pale mauve unclipped paper dust jacket with dark purple lettering on face and spine. Price (7s 6d). Dusty front panel edges. Now protected in archival wraps. Lancelot Roberts (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) - this copy inscribed by the author on the front endpaper and dated July 1941. 8vo. 166pp. Cloth-backed decorated paper boards. The base of the boards gently rubbed and the fore edge, endpapers and several preliminary leaves lightly spotted with some light partial browning to the endpapers. A nice crisp copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and just a little chipped at several extremities and with several tiny slivers of loss. Small dealer sticker to the rear pastedown. One hundred and sixteen poems, the author's first collection of verse. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Collected Poems: 1920-1930' is a comprehensive anthology of the poetic output of Alfred Gordon Bennett during a transformative decade in British literature. This collection captures the essence of the interwar period, showcasing Bennett's mastery of verse and his evolving stylistic sensibilities. From lyrical reflections on nature and human emotion to more complex pieces reflecting the shifting social landscape of the 1920s, the poems within this volume offer a window into the creative mind of an author who was deeply engaged with the cultural currents of his time.The work is characterized by its evocative imagery, rhythmic precision, and a profound sensitivity to a changing world. Readers of early 20th-century poetry will find in this collection a rich tapestry of themes ranging from the pastoral to the urban, all unified by Bennett's unique voice. 'Collected Poems: 1920-1930' stands as a significant contribution to the literary heritage of the era, preserving the artistic vision of a writer whose work resonates with both historical and literary value.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Condition: Buone. italiano Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, manca sovraccoperta Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, bruniture.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 432, 16 [publisher's catalogue] pp. Full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. B/w frontis of author. Slight wear/ bumping to extremities and tape marks to endpapers. Internally clean. Film criticism with some contributions reproduced from their original publication in 'Film Weekly'. Alfred Gordon Bennett was fellow of the British Institute of Cinematography and the Royal Society of Arts. 45 b/w illustrations. Large 8vo.…