George Melly Text (8 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. used very good. 2025 octfiled at front of desthis not my cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. y Good. y Presumed First Edition. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981. Book. Illus. by Walter Dorin. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition. 10" Tall x 7.75" Wide. Tribute to some great lovers from history, whose crimes and deficiencies we forgive for the sake of their amorous escapades. 47pp illustrated with earthy and humorous colour drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Slightly musty volume but otherwise good in good unclipped dustwrapper. Walter Dorin (illustrator). Book.…

Hardbound. Condition: Book good. Jacket : small traces of use. First Edition. 47 pp. Coloured illustrations. Jacket a bit yellow on the edges.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 47 pp, 20 colour illustrations. Trace of foxing on the verso of the title page and on the facing Contents page. Blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. The 20 pairs of lovers in this book fall into several categories: the Royal, the Powerful, the Deviantt, the Criminal and include Edward VII and Lillie Langtry; Queen Victoria and John Brown; Oscar and Bosie, Vita and Virginia, Napoleon and Josephine, Bonnie and Clyde. Size: 4to. Walter Dorin (illustrator).…

paperback in very good condition; 160 pages, b/w photos, heavy book which will require excess postage outside Australia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Paintings by Walter Dorin. Text by George Melly. Illustrated in colour throughout (20 full-page paintings with relevant text on opposing page). Paintings of twenty pairs of lovers. With an introduction. Printed in Italy. Bound in original blue boards with bright gilt lettering to spine, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket, light brown endpapers. Slight handling wear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. 47pp. SB-61.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Illustrated:20 Full Colour Plates.No Inscriptions. Walter Dorin (Paintings) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Cloth/dust jacket Quarto. blue cloth, gilt lettering, mylar wrapped dust jacket, unpaginated, inscribed to Elisa Breton, wife of Andre Breton, some discolouring to spine, some tears to dj Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.…