Lionel Britton (30 results)
Language: English
Published by J. & A. Churchill Ltd, London, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: The Raven and the Writing Desk, Ruawai, NORTH, New ZealandThe Raven and the Writing Desk
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good to Worn. No Jacket. Fourth Edition. Cover has some bad marks on the bottom of the front cover.
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson International Authors, London, New York, Sydney, 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: The Raven and the Writing Desk, Ruawai, NORTH, New ZealandThe Raven and the Writing Desk
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good for Age. No Jacket. Age spots and some browning, inscription inside front page, some wear on hardcover.
Published by Hutchinson's
- Hardcover
Seller: steve porter books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdomsteve porter books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is a fiction presented in black boards without a dust wrapper. The contents are largely clean and tight with no inscriptions. There is a some light foxing to the page edges and a couple of incidents at the front asnd back, not interfering with the text.
Published by London Churchill, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: John Trotter Books, london, United KingdomJohn Trotter Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Sl. Scuffed. Clean Unmarked Copy. Good.
Published by London: Churchill, 1947, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, IrelandGlenbower Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. wrappers chipped at top edge. illustrations in colour and b/w.
Language: English
Published by J & A Churchill Ltd, London, UK, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, United KingdomCURIO
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Fifth Edition. Hardback copy in dark blue boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. No dustjacket. 665pp. With 15 plates (10 coloured, including frontispiece, and 71 illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (10/6).
Published by Salvat Editores, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Tik Books ME, Madrid, M, SpainTik Books ME
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Add to basketEncuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. M880. Salvat Editores - 731pp Sello del anterior propietario. Ly A80025.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by G.P. Putnam's, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, CanadaClarkean Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. First edition/printing. Book is in Very Good Plus condition. No dust jacket. Uncommon. "Spacetime Inn (performed 1931; 1932), also a play, expounds a vision of things derived in part from the theories of J W Dunne, though the main dramatic interest lies in the interactions of va…rious Icon figures - Eve (see Adam and Eve), Doctor Samuel Johnson, Napoleon, the Queen of Sheba, Queen Victoria, Karl Marx, William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw - as they deal with two uncomprehending Cockney intruders into the "Eternal Inn" that has become their world. Ultimately it is indicated that, echoing Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (13 July 1890 San Francisco Examiner), the entire action has taken place during suspended Time in the last moments before a road-crash Disaster. A UK theatre licence having been refused because of the inclusion of Queen Victoria, Spacetime Inn has the unusual distinction of being the only play ever performed - or rather read, with Britton himself playing all the parts - in the House of Commons, on 10 June 1931, to a steadily dwindling audience." [JC/DRL].
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Putnam, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd, Southport, United KingdomBroadhursts of Southport Ltd
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Condition Very good: Publisher's original cloth binding shows wear to extremities, with bumping to the corners and edges. Light sunning present, particularly across the front board and spine, but cloth otherwise clean with sharp, well-defined gilt. Spine rolled. Binding slightly loos…e towards the spine's head, but fully secure. Protected by plastic sleeve. Previous owner's notes in pen to front pastedown. Internally, the contents display age-related toning, but are clean and tidy overall. Description First edition, Putnam, 1931. Original cloth-bound hardback. Exceptionally scarce debut novel by Lionel Britton, seldom encountered on the market. Introduction by Bertrand Russell further enhances its collectible appeal, with first novels of this rarity and literary association being particularly sought after by collectors of early 20th-century literature. Hunger and Love presents a powerful exploration of working-class life, charting the struggles, aspirations, and emotional conflicts of its characters against a backdrop of social and economic hardship.
Published by J. & A. Churchill, GB, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: VG. Good DW. Name of owner at front of book. Book is in very good (or better) condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT endpapers spotted. Rather worn DW has some loss. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1400g.
Published by Third impression, 8vo, xi, 705p, 21 cm, ads, Putnam, London & New York, September 1931., 1931
- Hardcover
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Blue cloth, title on on the spine and upper board in white. Lacks dust-jacket. Extremities a little rubbed. A very good copy. A classic of experimental Depression-era proletarian literature narrated in the second person. It was hailed by George Orwell and Bertrand Russell.
Published by Putnam, London, 1931
- Hardcover
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United KingdomThe Bookstore
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second impression, fair used condition, no dust wrapper, owners signature inside, rear hinge straining, some wear & marks, top & bottom of spine and corners of covers are bumped.
Published by PUTNAM, LONDON AND NEW YORK, 1931
- Hardcover
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United KingdomTobo Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Darkened spine, rubbed boards. Inscription to pastedown. Rounded edges. Slightly cocked. A few open and closed tears to pages but doesn't affect the readability. Good reading copy. Book.
More imagesPublished by Harper & Brothers, NY, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.curtis paul books, inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Brown cloth spine over silver boards. Stated first edition with B-F code. Boards are very rubbed, hinges are cracked and loose. Occasional light staining to pages. Published simultaneously to British edition, but more scarce. Needs rebinding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Salvat, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: SOSTIENE PEREIRA, GRANADA, GR, SpainSOSTIENE PEREIRA
Contact seller5-star sellerTapa dura. Ilustrado. Nombre anterior propietario. 731 Medicina.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York & London. 1931. First edition. Introduction by Bertrand Russell., 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United KingdomMuch Ado Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (-), without dust jacket.
Published by Putnam
- Hardcover
Seller: Chapter Two Books, Ammanford, United KingdomChapter Two Books
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket.
More imagesPublished by Harper & Brothers, London, New York, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United KingdomJacket and Cloth
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. DESCRIPTION: Pink cloth spine with silver titles. Silver boards. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Lightly soiled spine cloth with white marks. Heavy rubbing to boards. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and stron…g hinges. Prev owners name to ffep - see provenance. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 623. Size: 8vo 22.5cm by 14.5cm. PROVENANCE: Elisabeth Clarke. "Elisabeth Cook ( - 1967)Daughter of Dr. William Alexander Cook. Married Colin Leiter Campbell and subsequently Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Bt. , son of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Bt. and Elfrida Roosevelt, in 1938. Sir Charles Mansfield Tobias Clarke, 6th Bt. (1939 - 2019). Son of Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Bt. and Elisabeth Cook. Married Charlotte Walter, daughter of Roderick Walter in 1971 and later married Teresa Lorraine Aphrodite de Chair, daughter of Somerset Struben de Chair and Margaret Patricia Field-Hart, in 1984. Named Charles Mansfield Clarke at birth he changed his name to Charles Mansfield Tobias Clarke in 1962. Educated at Eton, Christ Church, Sorbonne and Graduate Business School, New York University. He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Clarke, of Dunham Lodge in 1973. Offices held: Vice-president of the London branch of Bankers Trust Company of New York, editor and founder of The Baronets Journal, Associate director of the Swiss Bank Corporation London and chairman of the Standing Council of the Baronetage. Through his grandmother, Elfrida Roosevelt (Lady Clarke, wife of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, Bt. CBE) he was related to U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt was his first cousin, three times removed. He was also the second cousin, three times removed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Bt. (1906 - 1949). Son of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Bt. and Elfrida Roosevelt. Married, Frances Mary Powys Sketchley, daughter of Major Frederick Powys Sketchley, in 1931 (divorced in 1936). Married, Elisabeth Cook, daughter of Dr. William Alexander Cook, in 1938. Married Constance Elizabeth Gibbs, daughter of Herbert Gray Gibbs, 1947 (divorced in 1953). Educated at Eton and Christ Church. Served with the British Embassy to Washington between 1941 and 1944 and the Foreign Office between 1944 and 1946. Succeeded as the 5th Baronet Clarke, of Dunham Lodge 1949. ". Not signed.
Published by Putnam, London, 1931
- Hardcover
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United KingdomBookcase
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second imp. Ex Library stamps and marks. Rubbed. Spine darkened with faded title. A few scratches to boards. Shaken, gutters cracked. Owner name to ffep, some foxing throughout. The odd small mark and creased page corner, else content generally clean and bright. Size: 12mo. Ex-Library.
More imagesPublished by G. P. Putnam's Sons,, London,, 1932
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 103. Decent copy. SF play by the author of the proletarian novel 'Hunger and Love' featuring such characters as Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Eve, the Queen of Sheba, Karl Marx and Bernard Shaw. GBS is quoted on the sleeve sying of Britton '.a wild young man. You ought t…o know him. He can deliver the goods.' He also said of the play that it was 'the best since Shakespeare.' No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Very good solid clean tight copy with only very slight wear (sl browning of grey printed wraps at spine and slight creasing).
More imagesPublished by Putnam, 1000
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Secret Bookshop, Johannesburg, GAUTE, South AfricaSecret Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Dark green boards with white text. Edges bumped. Small bookseller sticker on rear board. Bottom and fore edge pages delightfully rough cut.Pages browned but clean and tight. Dust jacket not price clipped, chipped and torn as per picture. Not dated, presumed 1s…t edition. Includes a critique pamphlet about his other book BRAIN and a Putnam postcard requesting catalogues.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, London & New York, 1932
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-103 [104: blank], original gray wrappers printed in black. First edition. The second of the three published plays by this British working-class writer. "Play of an afterlife in which famous characters of the past, from Queen Victoria through Marx and Shaw, discuss philosophical and political matters." - Locke…, A Spectrum of Fantasy, pp. 40-1. ". expounds a vision of things derived in part from theories of J. W. Dunne, though the main dramatic interest lies in the interactions of Eve, the Queen of Sheba, Queen Victoria, Karl Marx and George Bernard Shaw, as they explore the interstices of the pub that has become their world." - John Clute, SFE (online). Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). A very good copy. (#146504).
More imagesPublished by Putnam,, London & New York,, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xi, 705. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered pale green on spine and front cover. Proletarian novel set in a bookshop on the Charing Cross Road. Signed presentation from the author in a fine flourishing hand "To Louis Sterling, here is an attempt to sum up…the aims and destiny of man, Lionel Britton.' Louis Sterling was a known collector of books and manuscripts, his money came from the gramophone record industry (Victor / Victrola)). Very good indeed bright clean copy with clean text. Signedes.
More imagesPublished by Putnam, London and New York, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. 8vo., 703pp.; VG; bound in green cloth, white lettering to spine and front board; mild shelfwear; INSCRIBED on ffep by Britton, dated April 19, 1932; HB consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1276219. FP New Rockville Stock.
More imagesPublished by G. P. Putnam's Sons Ltd, London, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, CanadaKarol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 129. Black cloth boards with a blue paper spine label lettered in black, with a spare label at the end. Sci-fi play by the author of the novel 'Hunger and Love.' Light offsetting from jacket flaps to the endpapers, else a fine copy in a ve…ry near fine dust jacket. "A Brain is constructed in the Sahara Desert - presently It grows larger than the Desert-out of pure mechanism, by the whole of the human race, It controls the whole activities and does all the thinking of the world. Ultimately a star collides with the sun while man is still tied within the limits of the solar system. The Brain describes the approaching process, Its helplessness in comparison with Its former omnipotent power over the world. It deplores mankind's delay in not co-operating earlier, which makes it impossible now to escape the catastrophe. It has visions, premonitions of what might have been." -dj flap.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, London & New York, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Bathpool, CORNW, United KingdomLOE BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A fine association copy; the front free end paper carries an inscription by the author "to Sinead Acheson who watched it grow Lionel Britton Sept. 1932"; Also loosely inserted are two original postcards depicting different photographs of Shaws Corner both written an…d addressed in the hand of Lionel Britton to Sinead Acheson, Villa Belvedere, Grand Hotel, Wengen, Switzerland and both postmarked Jan 1937. [Sinead Acheson was a lifelong friend and confident of Britton), one card refers to old Shaw [George Bernhard Shaw] - "Just got down here to see old Shaw to ask him about that blessed Film Bloke. It seems as if there's a change Gaumont British might do it."; pp. 103. Original mottled brown cloth binding with white lettering and publisher's paper advertisting label pasted to the front board, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight. A very good first edition, association copy. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book.
More imagesPublished by Putnam, London, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.curtis paul books, inc.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Original teal cloth titled in cream, green topstain. First published February 1931 stated. Light bumping to corners, slight foxing. Erasure to ffep. The DJ in mylar is toned to spine, slightly foxed, chipped to spine ends/points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" ta…ll; 705,[2] pages.
Published by Putnam, London, Eng., 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB), Port Colborne, ON, CanadaAlphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB)
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. - v - ix - 705 ages, 2p of reviews for " Brain " - 5 page philosophical introduction by Bertrand Russell to this rare British proletarian novel about the grinding poverty of a young, intelligent bookshop assistant caught up in the tyranny of British class s…tructure - signed and dated on the flyleaf in June 1931in a highly calligraphic hand - fine tight copy in god or better dj, chipped at the tips as seen in the scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.
Published by Putnam, London, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 134, [1]pp. Silver boards printed in red. Near fine in very good or better printed silver foil dust jacket with modest flaws and shallow loss at the crown. English dramatists play set to musical themes philosophically exploring human…nature. Exceptionally uncommon.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, Ltd, 1932
- First Edition
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. SPACETIME INN, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Ltd., 1932, first edition, just about fine in vg fragile dust-wrapper with some slight chipping at and near the head of the dust-wrapper spine, tanning to the dust-wrapper spine and outer margins of the front and rear panels and some inner non-stick tape reinforcement along the…inner spine folds. Shaw, Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Napoleon, Queen Victoria, Queen Sheba and Karl Marx all appear in this wonderful fantasy play which was actually read in The House of Commons, making it the first play to ever be read in Parliament. From the library of Forrest Ackerman.
