Coppard a Lfred E Dgar (8 results)

Octavo, pp. [i-ii: blank] [iii-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1-2] 3-532 [533: colophon] [534: blank], publisher's decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained green, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. Collects thirty-eight of Coppard's stories -- far short of a comprehensive collection as Coppard wrote over 200 of them. NCBEL IV 556. Mild tanning to front endpapers from New York Times obit dated 19 January 1957 laid in, else a fine copy in good dust jacket priced $5.00 on the front flap with chipping at edges and some age tanning. (#177502).…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-305 [306], original maroon cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Mixed collection of short fiction including three fantasies; "Jove's Nectar," "Speaking Likenesses" and "Jack the Giant Killer." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 425. Bleiler (1978), p. 49. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with light edge wear and a shallow chip from crown of spine panel. Overall a nice copy. (#79720). …

First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. Very good plus in very good dust jacket with chips missing from head & heel of spine. (2947).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-320, publisher's decorated boards with black cloth shelf back, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, top edge stained black, other edges rough trimmed. First edition, U.S. issue. The sheets of the 1925 Jonathan Cape edition with Knopf cancel title leaf. Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Old Martin," a ghost story. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 147. Bleiler (1948), p. 84. Not in Bleiler (1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Boards lightly worn at corner tips, a very good copy. (#177503).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-8] 9-331 [332: blank], publisher's decorated boards with gray cloth shelf back, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, top edge stained orange, other edges rough trimmed. First combined edition. Collects twenty-two stories, the contents of ADAM & EVE & PINCH ME and CLORINDA WALKS IN HEAVEN (The Golden Cockerel Press, 1921, 1922), Coppard's first two story collections. ADAM & EVE & PINCH ME "shows Coppard at his best, with original themes, remarkable renderings of the speech and thought of rural England, and a bizarre humor." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 421. CLORINDA WALKS IN HEAVEN includes the well-known title story and "The Elixir of Youth," "both excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 422. Barron, ed., Fantasy Literature 3-87. Bleiler, ed., Supernatural Fiction Writers Fantasy and Horror, pp. 524-26. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 245 and 247. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 544. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 146. Bleiler (1978), p. 48. Reginald 03401 (citing only the Golden Cockerel ADAM & EVE). Boards lightly worn at corner tips, a very good copy. (#177501).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-251 [252-256: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], illustrations by Nancy Bankart Gurney, original light pink cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Children's fantasy. Bleiler (1978), p. 49. Reginald 03404. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Scarce thus. (#90271).…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. First Edition. The first Golden Cockerel Press book to be printed in the 'Golden Cockerel' font, which was specially designed for the press by Eric Gill. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is No. 964. Description: Original green leather spine and decorated boards (designed by Tirzah Garwood). Gilt title to spine. Octavo: 25 × 17 cm; pp. [1], 57, [2]. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Printed on English hand-made paper. With 4 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Enclosed: Loosely inserted is the "Notice to Subscribers" by Moira and Robert Gibbings. Ref.: Cave/Manson 74; Chanticleer 74 Condition: Spine ends show some rubbing, apart from that a very fine, crisp clean and tight copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. A handsomely produced book published by Golden Cockerel Press, designed and with 4 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Limited to 600 copies, of which this is No. 141, hand-numbered on the colophon. Description: Quarter yellow buckram with marbled paper boards, original dust jacket. Octavo: 22.5 × 15.5 cm; pp. [5 (frontispiece, title, dedication)], 56, [2 (colophon)]. Printed from Caslon Old Face on English hand-made paper, all edges uncut. Ref.: Cave/Manson 57; Chanticleer 57 Condition: Dust jacket with very slight edgewear, a few small stains to front and back of the jacket, spine lightly faded. Boards with minor signs of use. Internally, clean and free of marks. A near fine, clean copy. …