Charles Gibbons Illustrator (2 results)

dj. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing. 254, [2]pp. Bound in publisher's khaki colored cloth, spine and front board stamped in black. Fine with very light foxing to the top edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear, one small abrasion to the front wrap near spine, small area of offset from the extremely rare red belly band that still resides with this copy. The belly band remains bright and beautiful, with two small nicks to its bottom edge. Stella Gibbons was a poet, journalist and novelist whose career spanned 40 years. Remembered now for her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm, she suffered the misfortune of producing a quirky, mischievous and utterly charming story that captivated the reading public and whose success was never duplicated. First published in London in 1932, it was made into a movie in 1995.…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Stella Gibbons on the front free endpaper and dated May 1976. 254, [2]pp. Bound in publisher's khaki cloth-affect paper-covered boards, spine and front board stamped in black. Near Fine with light reading wear and sunning to extremities. In a Very Good dust jacket, worn, with sunning to extremities, light soiling, and minor dampstaining at upper edge. The first American edition of Cold Comfort Farm was published over thirty years after the first British edition captivated its readers. Gibbon's novel, which was adapted into a successful 1995 film starring Kate Beckinsale, was a satire of the "loam and lovechild" English rural novels popular in the 1920s. The parody made her instantly famous, but she wasn't free with her signature, and signed copies of this title are rare. Signed.…