Introduction by Osbert Sitwell (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo in cloth with dust jacket. 616 pp. VG+/G. Moderate wear to jacket; faint stain to rear panel; now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Very light wear to book. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind.…

Condition: Good. 1948. Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, sunned spine and yellowing of pages, otherwise good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. First American Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. A few weak smudges to jacket. Owner address stamp to front end page, top corner of stamp partially removed. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Dustjacket. First Thus. 10 pages of text & 8 tipped in colour plates protected by tissue-guards. Splitting and scuffing of backstrip of spine. Light wear to boards' corners. Pink binding which is age-darkened around edges. Browning to pages with plates - but plates unaffected o/w contents very clean.…

Condition: Good. 1948. Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, sunned spine and yellowing of pages, otherwise good. . . . .

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 303 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Presumed 1st. Cartoons; 4to 11" - 13" tall; DJ smudged with edgewear. Book and contents clean, 8 tissue priotected whimsical color renderings.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Book 2nd printing. Appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, limited edition, this numbered 490 of 1000. Green paper dustjacket is in two parts, split long front edge of spine. Darkened to edges and loss to top of spine and top corners. Green cloth covered boards with gilt impression of garden to front and title to spine. Some fading to edges. Two small previous owners names otherwise internally clean. Very good / fair condition. John Piper (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "First Published 1930" stated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Age-toning to leaves. Only trivial, if any additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.…

Hardcover. xxxi,472p., mild shelfwear, previous owner's nameon pastedown endpaper else very good firstUS edition in green cloth and gilt in unclipped bright dj with light edgewear. The UK edition is Young 1249. The 1949 first printing of 5,046 copies issued 21 November, 1949 according to Benkowitz A12e.On page iv no mention of Coward, McCann. Printed in Great Britain on page 472 and pages [473-480] blank. This with the later "Three Novels" were volumes 1 & 2 of the UK Omnibus editions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Good +. 1st Edition. 113pp + xvi prelims. Printed on cream wove hand-made paper in a limited numbered edition of 1000 copies. This is copy #120. Bound in green buckram with gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration on front cover. Green flecks on top page edge. Untrimmed fore edge and lower page edges. Red and yellow sewn headbands. Illustrations by John Piper, including frontispiece. Tightly bound. Previous owner's book plate on front paste down. Two original book shop labels on rear paste down - W. & G. Foyle Ltd and Selfridges Bookshop (both London). Unclipped light blue dust jacket with red lettering on face and on sun toned spine. Horizontal tear to spine of dust jacket and wear to top and tail of spine. Age toning to dust jacket margins. All now protected in clear archival wraps. John Piper (illustrator). …