Introduction by George Moore (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition. 416 pages. 7.70x0.80x5.10 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition. 416 pages. 7.70x0.80x5.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 86 pages, a near fine hardback, publisher's original dark brown paper covered binding with paper labels to the spine and front cover. Absolute minimal evidence that this is an ex-library book. Balderston went on to write in Hollywood, penning Dracula with Bela Lugosi and other horror films. A play about World War I.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third printing. 182pp. Black cloth with printed paper spine label. Lacking rear fly, spine label chipped, cloth a bit mottled, thus a good only copy.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Soft Cover. Wildstorm 2007. 1st Edition. Book condition: NF - Near Fine. Full Colour illustrations. FROM THE LIBRARY OF COMIC LEGEND DAVE GIBBONS! For decades, children all across the British Isles thrilled to the comic-strip exploits of their favourite heroes - The Spider, The Steel Claw, Captain Hurricane and more. But the comics, and their heroes, disappeared Now Danny, a young student, and Penny, who claims to be the daughter of a forgotten hero, are investigating the disappearances. Meanwhile, in an isolated castle, a group of jailers watch over "criminals" with peculiar pasts and bizarre names and abilities. Is it all real? Are Danny and Penny delusional? Who has all the answers? From the mind of British comics legend Alan Moore, and featuring a brand new introduction by Neil Gaiman, comes the return of the heroes that made Britain great! This comes from the personal collection of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons and features a certificate of authenticity! 144 pages. Size: 7" x 10" (170mm x 260mm). (1.2). Shane Oakley, George Freeman (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First, Limited Edition. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1924. Number 180 of a first, limited edition, signed by the author on the copyright pabe. Selected poems by various authors bound in blue-gray boards with off-white Japan vellum spine, printed gray dustjacket. The book has light wear, firm binding, light musty odor, slightly age-toned but clean pages with no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is age-darkened with edgewear, mainly minor chips to the spine ends, little paper loss. Signed by the Editor. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Letters of George Moore, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1942). The book contains an Introduction by John Eglinton, to whom the letters were written. The book lacks a date of publication, but an accompanying newspaper review of the book written by Desmond MacCarthy contains the pencil date of 18/10/42. Book in very good condition, without a dust jacket (as issued). The book has very slight bumping to the spine ends, with some ageing/ foxing to the inside covers and page edges. The boards show just a little shelf wear. A very good, tight copy, especially for a book of this age. (See pictures).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first American/British printing, 1929. No glassine (clear plastic) jacket. Signed by George Moore in black ink directly to half-title page without dedication. One of 668 copies - this being number 417. Grey boards with beige binding with original paper label to spine are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small mark, a little browning to/near spine, odd spots of foxing, the odd minor bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/slight fraying to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Rough cut page edges and bottoms have the odd small mark/spot of foxing. Pages slightly tanned. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hbk, xxiii, 198 pages 22 cm. A clean unmarked copy in very good condition, dust-wrapper also in very good condition. Contents : The habits of Mr. Waddy -- Muriel -- Mr. Chitterlow -- Cut adrift -- Little Lord Fauntleroy -- A full account of this Mr. Kipps, his parentage and upbringing -- Ann Pornick -- How Mr. Kipps became a draper and a fickle soul -- The last endeavor -- Postmortem -- The anxieties of Mr. Kipps -- Mr. Kipps hears astonishing things -- The golden dawn -- Esau and Jacob -- Chitterlow raises the siege -- Mr. Kipps at Ostend -- Mr. Chester Coote -- At Turnbridge Wells -- Mr. Kipps -- and fate -- Chitterlow redux -- Atropos -- Vanished! -- The marriage of Mr. Kipps -- The honeymoon -- Mr. Kipps faces the music -- Projects -- Varne Prospect -- Mrs. Chudleigh Mornington -- The rule of Mrs. Chudleigh Mornington -- The anaemic Binyon -- Collaboration -- The play gets launched at last -- The revolt of the Kippses -- Mr. Walsingham makes a fitting end -- Ruined -- L'envoy. d1032 / m15523.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 87 pages. 12.00x9.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY CLEAN 1920 EDITION (Lists Latzko, Men at War ML#88; Does not list Pater, Marius ML#90.) BROWN LEATHERETTE 82 Titles Listed at Back make this 1919. Brodzky Endpapers, Gold BL logo and Lettering on spine, brown topstain. STORY: In writing style The Confessions of a Young Man is presented as a novel, with a hero named Dayne, but the reader assumes in essence it is an autobiography, a true "confession". Dayne (i.e. Moore) went to Paris as a teenager, and almost becomes a full Parisian nearly forgetting the English language after 15 years.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Ed. 331pp, smaller octavo hardcover in green cloth, gilt titles, top page edges gilt, side and bottom edges deckled. minor wear to book edges, boards clean, light lean to book when laid flat yet binding solid and strong, interior clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE, DIFFICULT TO FIND. DJ is Bright Yellow and Navy Blue; has 159 Titles listed on back; 95 cents on front flap; Per Scott Kamin: has Dostoyevsky's Brothers K, does not have Chaucer title, making this Spring 1929; chips on top near spine and tiny chips of bottom spine edge. BOOK: covered in Green Balloon cloth; Spine 5; gold torchbearer on front is leaping right; gold authors name and title with large grape-tree on spine; Kent Endpapers; green topstain; previous owners name on front endpaper, "John Smoddy", neatly written. STORY: In writing style The Confessions of a Young Man is presented as a novel, with a hero named Dayne, but the reader assumes in essence it is an autobiography, a true "confession". Dayne (i.e. Moore) went to Paris as a teenager, and almost becomes a full Parisian nearly forgetting the English language after 15 years. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF.…