Edward Harold Physick (22 results)
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More imagesPublished by Werner Laurie, 1956
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Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.BookMarx Bookstore
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Books shipped within 24 hours. 1st Edition. No marks or writing observed in text. Some light page tanning. Binding sound. Scuffing to back of DJ due to sticker removal. DJ is good with some tanning to spine and minor chips. DJ i…s in protective mylar. . . . . . . . . Edward Harold Physick (20 July 1878 â" 30 August 1972) was an English writer, known chiefly as a critic and authority on John Milton; also a poet and fantasy writer. He used the pseudonym E. H. Visiak from 1910.
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More imagesJoseph Conrad. The Mirror of Conrad by E. H. Visiak, 1955 Hardcover, Literary Criticism, Issued by Werner Laurie in London, Vintage Book with Halftone Photographs. OP
E. H. Visiak (Pen name of Edward Harold Physick, 1878 - 1972)
Published by T. Werner Laurie, 1955
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Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.Brothertown Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is "The Mirror of Conrad" a biography and study of the works of the great Polish / English novelist Joseph Conrad, published in 1955 by T. Werner Laurie. This is the hardcover Second Printing, complete with dust-jacket. The book is bound in red, paper-covered boa…rds, which were given a surface texture to look like cloth. The book is illustrated from photographs ; of interest are the two photographs, one of Conrad's father, Apollo Naleez Korzeniowski; and the other of his mother, Evelina Korzeniowski, née Bobrowska. Excerpted from the jacket write-up : "For E. H. Visiak the mirror of Conrad is that long row of tales and novels which are so astonishing a legacy from the first quarter of this century. It is a mirror in parts crystal clear, and in others clouded and crazed; yet - to find the whole man - it must everywhere be scrutinised with minute attention, and this is what Mr. Visiak has sought to do. Parts of Conrad's works are frankly autobiographical; parts are reputedly so; and parts are 'pure romance' - yet these, too, reflect some essential facets of this strange, impressive, and fascinating genius. For Conrad was, indeed, a man of formidable genius, in his life as well as in his work. This biography is at once a record of that life and a study of the work it produced. E. H. Visiak has studied Conrad's works for fifty years, and some of his earlier criticism upon it was praised by Conrad himself." TITLE : The Mirror of Conrad AUTHOR : E. H. Visiak (Pen name of Edward Harold Physick, 1878 - 1972) IMPRINT : T. Werner Laurie PLACE : London DATE : (1955) EDITION : Unstated Second Printing (bound in paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine, rather than cloth with gilt lettering) STATUS : OP SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : This copy includes the publisher's printed order form, which is still complete, intact, and unused. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; Contains five plate illustrations, including the frontispiece, which is a reproduction of a pencil sketch of Conrad. The illustrations through the text are taken from photographs, and printed on calendered paper (as is the frontispiece); contains a facsimile of a letter sent by Conrad; contains a Preface, a bibliography, and an Index; 255 pages; approximately 4 3/4" x 8 3/8"; bright red, paper-covered boards and spine, with black lettering on spine; pictorial dust-jacket (with portrait of Conrad on rear panel. CONDITION -- BOOK : NEAR VERY GOOD -- JACKET : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Slight compression to spine extremities, else cover is clean and bright; text-block edges display slight weathering, and a touch of foxing (to the fore-edge) where internal foxing extends to the external. BINDING -- Solid INTERIOR -- The end-papers have toning and foxing (offset toning on the front and rear free end-paper); the most noticeable imperfection to the interior is the presence of a good deal of foxing to the paper, quite noticeable on the title page, front material, and the first few leaves, and diminishing til there seems to be none after the last plate illustration (facing page 48). (The prominent foxing is the reason for the condition grade.) The publisher affixed a label (Printed in Great Britain) to the copyright page which has caused toning on the title page; Else the interior is clean and presentable. DUST-JACKET -- Slight foxing to front panel ; a small smudge to rear panel; a tiny tear to the bottom of the front panel - a small split to the foot of the front flap; spine slightly faded; surface rub is mild. Front flap still has publisher's original price. The whole displays well.
Published by Humanities Press, New York, 1968
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Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11-14 [15-16] 17-255 [256: blank]. illustrations, cloth. Reprint. UK issue with John Baker imprint on spine panel and UK dust jacket. Text offset from the 1955 Werner Laurie edition. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of dust soiling. (#94705).
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Published by Elkin Mathews, London, 1910
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Small octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-9 [10-11] 12 [13] 14-43 [44: ad], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Violet Helm, title page printed in red and black, original purple cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edges untrimmed. First edition. The author's first book. A presentation copy with signed inscription by the a…uthor on the front free endpaper: "J. Anderson Smith, / from / E. H. Visiak / 6-iv-1915." An important association copy as Smith is the friend to whom Visiak dedicated his masterpiece MEDUSA in 1929. This book also had a paperbound issue as part of "The Satchel Series." Small spot on front cover and faint stain to fore-edge of front free endpaper and fore-edge of frontispiece, otherwise a nice clean copy. (#156864). Signed.
More imagesPublished by Elkin Mathews, London, 1916
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A scarce early poetry collection from E. H. Visiak, warmly inscribed by the author and accompanied by a loosely inserted signed letter. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition.A presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author "To dear Nicola, from E. H. Visiak. O…ct, 1966". With a loosely inserted letter signed from Visiak, written from Tower House Nursing Home in Hove, sending this copy and referring to "two little books of my early poems."A scarce wartime collection issued in Elkin Mathews" Satchel Series, containing poems such as "The Battle Fiends," "The Shipwreck," "The Great Terror," "The Passing of War," and "Everyman," among others. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing to extremities with one or two creases. Front wrap fragile, with closed tearing along the front joint and slight loss to head of spine, nearly disbound. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Endpapers heavily age toned with slight offsetting. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if typically age toned with one or two spots to first and last few leaves. Very Good. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.
Published by Elkin Mathews, London, 1910
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Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Small octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-9 [10-11] 12 [13] 14-43 [44: ad], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Violet Helm, title page printed in red and black, original gray wrappers printed in black. First edition. The author's first book. Published simultaneously in cloth and in paper as part of the publisher's "The Satchel Series,"…this being one of the paperbound copies. Small armorial bookplate of Catherine Stubbs affixed to the half title page. Overlapping edges just a bit creased and nicked, spine panel tanned, a very nice copy of this delicate little booklet. (#156907).
More imagesPublished by John Baker, London, 1968
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A signed first edition of E. H. Visiak's autobiography, delving into his life in touching detail. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'To dear - very dear - Doris, (Diana in this book) from her… affectionate, Harold, alias, E.H.Visiak, Nov 3 1968'.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.The autobiography of E. H. Visiak, the pseudonym for Edward Harold Physick.Visiak was an English author, best known for being a critic and authority on John Milton, and for his novel 'Medusa'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marking to the tail of the boards. Dustwrapper with light edgewear, resulting in a few small closed tears, and some minor discolouration and marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few light marks. Very Good. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.
Published by Derby: Kenneth Hopkins January ., 1943
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Add to basketSingle page printed in black. Signed by the author. Measuring 31 x 20 cms. A very good copy, previously folded across the middle and with some creasing to the edges. Apparently the second impression, printed as such to the lower right corner. Signed by E. H. Visiak in blue ink underneath his printed name. Further details and ima…ges for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Victor Gollancz Limited, London, 1946
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Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. London, Victor Gollancz Limited, 1946 (reissue)/ 1929. Octavo, 160 pages. Cloth; a fine copy with the unclipped dustwrapper slightly marked and unevenly sunned, with the head of the spine and rear panel a little creased, with two short tears. Number 3 in the publisher's Connoisse…ur's Library of Strange Fiction. This new edition features a preface by Professor Denis Saurat.
More imagesPublished by Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press., 2010
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Add to basketFirst Centipede Press edition. Original quarter black faux leather over illustrated paper covered boards, with titles in silver to the spine. Red ribbon page marker. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh, with just a touch of rubbing at the corn…ers. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Issued in a limited edition of just 200 copies, this generously illustrated Centipede Press edition prints Visiak's classic novel of cosmic horror in entirety, and adds 13 never previously collected short stories, one essay and an introduction by Colin Wilson. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Centipede Press, [Lakewood, CO, 2010
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Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition (expanded). Octavo, pictorial boards. 200 copies printed. In addition to the novel this editions includes twelve short stories, previously uncollected and an essay ("The Significance of Horror Fiction"). The author's short fiction had been previously published in various U.K. anthologies. New introduction by Colin…Wilson. "Visiak is now remembered by macabre enthusiasts for his genuinely original novel MEDUSA (1929). A weird story of a voyage to unknown waters, it earned a dreadful review from the LONDON TIMES when it first appeared, which helped it sink without a trace (the same paper forty years later in Visiak's obituary referred to the book as 'a tour-de-force')" - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 444. MEDUSA "is a hard to categorize as Lindsay's A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS (1920). The tale moves gradually, in a slow crescendo, from its beginnings in a normal-seeming nineteenth-century England through adventures at sea and finally into a literal pit of fantasy -- a vast circular hole occupied by the eponymous sea monster which eats sexually aware men alive. The protagonist is a young boy who remains sexually innocent, though haunted by other guilts: he survives while his companions perish." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 987. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-352. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1636. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 219. Bleiler (1978), p. 200. Reginald 14688]. A fine copy, no jacket as issued. (35957).
Published by Elkin Mathews, London, 1910
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Small octavo, pp. [1-9] 10 [11] 12-194 [195-196: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], one illustration by N. W. Physick, title page printed in red and black, original maroon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. The author's first novel. Visiak's "best work shadows SF, horr…or and fantasy modes, employing speculative metaphysics in a manner similar to the fiction of his friend David Lindsay. In stories of this sort, the consensual word is argued -- sometimes in passages of considerable length -- as being an expression of the dream world, or world of archetypes. Such texts do not easily fit into template definitions of the various genres of the fantastic . THE HAUNTED ISLAND is clearly fantastic, and engagingly deploys ghosts and magic in a tale of pirates set on a mysterious island in the 17th century." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 987. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 175. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 219 (describing a similar copy). Bleiler (1978), p. 200. Reginald 14687. See Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 444 for a concise summary of Visiak's contributions to the horror genre. Corner tips a bit soft, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. A scarce book. (#171554).
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED To John Gawsworth (Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong), 17 July 1956
VISIAK, E.H. [pseudonym of Edward Harold Physick, 1878-1972]
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Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, CanadaThompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB
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Add to basketAUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, Dated 17 VII 1956, on the author's printed letterhead, return address "21 Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Sussex". 80 words, signed in initials "E.H.V.". "My Dear John, You may have wondered at my silence about my Milton proofs. The explanation is thatthe publication has been postponed until february, and this…has given me the chance of working over and adding to the whole book, with much retyping, alas! - expensive both to pocket and no less failing eyesight. Yet well worth while. I hope very much that you are better. I have been all engrossed - but not forgetting my old friend and helper, As Ever, E.H.V." Folded once for mailing, near fine. E.H. Visiak (pseudonym of Edward Harold Physick 1878-1972); the author of 5 books of poems 1910-1919 (mostly nautical and weird) and the fantasy novels The Haunted Island (1910) & Medusa: A Story of Mystery (1929). Visiak was a scholar, critic and authority on John Milton, the book in question is most likely Visiak's work THE PORTENT OF MILTON: Some Aspects of His Genius (1958).
