Macdonnell a G (20 results)

Condition: Good. 1949. Modern Fiction Library. 297 pages. Orange dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Jacket is in removable plastic cover.…

Condition: Good. 1934. Reprinted. 368 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to back pastedown. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. There is a spine lean and the spine is faded and there is fraying at the top and bottom with a quarter-inch tear at the top and some surface creasing. There is one large stain to the centre of the front panel with about twelve smaller stains around this. The rear panel has seven small stains over it and there is rubbing to the corners. Page edges browned with scattered spotting and a little dark marking to the bottom corners. The rear free endpaper has been removed. Browning to the endpapers with some spotting to the first few pages. There is some spotting in a few places through the book but the pages are otherwise generally unmarked. No jacket. First printing.…

Condition: Fair. 1935. No Edition Stated. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1936 second reprint hardback lacks dustjacket. Interior has ex pencil price mark otherwise clean interior and all pages tight in binding, covers clean and unscuffed.

Condition: Good. 1942. Reprinted. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. the copy is much worn and marked. foxing, some damp staining. text remains legible and clear. fair condition. [JK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. hb with d/w, red/brown cloth boards with black titles to spine and front cover, bumping to corners and head and foot of spine, pages a little yellow with age, gift inscription on front fep, in a tattered and torn unclipped d/w with approximately one third of the spine missing [Box 24].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Flight from a Lady is probably Macdonell's most enigmatic work. It is fictional, but hardly reads like a novel. The plot is the story of a very wealthy young man escaping from the clutches of a woman - a woman so determined that the man goes to great lengths to cover his tracks and avoid being trapped by her, the she-wolf. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dust jacket has rubbing and small chips and tears to edges. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction; Inventory No: 280151.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. The red cloth cover has some soiling and discoloration. There are a few chips out of the spine and spine ends are frayed; corners are bumped and end papers are discolored as are pages in the book from age. Also, some fraying at the corners of book cover; First printing in book form; this was originally serialized in a magazine. "The story of the courtship and married life of Cecile, ex-crown princess of Germany. " Before she was discovered as being one of the most notorious forgers of the 20th century, the Polish Princess Catherine Radziwill was a widely influential figure on such matters as the Russian Revolution, World War I, anti-semitism, and European Colonialism. This is a first edition of Radziwill's book. "The Disillusions of a Crown Princess, ". The book was meant to show how European monarchs were undermined by Jews and Communists. Highly Collectible.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green boards, fading to spine, no dj.Neat pencil inscription from 1938.Tight and unmarked with no foxing.

First Edition. No DW. Blue cloth, gilt. Spine sunned and creased, with slight soiling to boards and fraying to head and tail of spine. Endpapers browned, inner hinge cracked o/w contents clean and sound. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. With frontispiece portrait by Arthur Hacker, A.R.A., bearing a facsimile signature, and seventeen illustrations in the text. Original green cloth, gilt lettering and chess-piece device to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Spine a little rubbed with some fraying and wear to the head, light wear to extremities. Patterned endpapers, the rear free endpaper with a large area of browning. Frontispiece with offsetting from the tissue guard; text block clean with only light toning. A good, sound copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 356; 4 ads pp. A near fine, bright copy in very good pictorial dust jacket designed by Eric Fraser, slightly toned on the spine with a shallow chip at crown. An uncommon title in dust jacket. "The theme of this novel is the efficient way in which men arrange the affairs of the world, while women stand back and admire. And it can hardly be ascribed to the discredit side of the masculine arrangers that things do not invariably turn out to perfection. And so naturally the women stand back and admire" - from the dust jacket.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 44 pages. Features: Fantastic War Savings Stamps ad by the National War Finance Committee inside front cover shows silhouette of Hitler whispering into ear of housewife, encouraging her to "Go on, Spend it. What's the difference?"; Nice colour Ritz cracker ad shows serviceman being served by young lovely; News digest includes 'The Case of Madagascar', 'Mr. Churchill's Warning about Gas', and 'Rationing Our Canadian Supplies'; Editorial discusses advertising and wartime rationing; Back Yark Job (short story); The Riddle of Rubber - photo-illustrated article on rubber and synthetic rubber with fascinating photos from Ceylon, Russia and the U.S.; Bermuda on the Hudson (short story); Britannia Rules Beneath the Waves - great photo-illustrated article on Britains submarine forces with photos of the H.M. "Thunderbolt", H.M. "Sea-Wolf", and crewmembers in various scenes; Not Like Nicky (short story); Born Scared (short story); Hollywood photos and news; Fashion article; Delphic Oracle (short story); Pepsodent ad features photos of twins Margaret and Marilyn Rick; On the Kitchen Front - article provides jam and jelly tips, hints for feeding under-fives, hot weather menus, and contest results; Swift's Premium colour-photo ad includes illustration of Martha Logan; Nice half-page illustrated ad for Sisman's Scampers (kids' shoes); Beauty and Fashions article discusses bathing suits and slacks; Woodbury Powder ad features photo of Paulette Goddard; Photo of child submitted by Ann L. Seaton of Port Arthur, Ontario; Rare ad for Hollywood Patterns inside back cover lists the over 600 Canadian stores where they may be purchased; Back cover colour ad for Marboleum Flooring includes illustration of naval corvette at sea; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Heffler, Russell E.; Wills, William; Mastri, Fiore; House, Nathan; Goff, C. Le (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tiny book label on front pastedown, a very good copy in very good dust jacket, with spine evenly browned, with thin chipping at spine ends. Novel of a man esxcaped from a woman with whom he had been in love for a number of years in the form of letters from him to her, as he flies in an aeroplane which he has chartered from a Dutch Air Company, from London to the South Sea Islands, in order to find freedom. (from the dust jacket). Scottish author, journalist and broadcaster, best remembered for his satirical novel *England, Their England* (1933).…

FIRST EDITION, a couple of tiny spots to prelims, pp. [vi], 356, [4, ads], crown 8vo, original red cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt and faded, slight lean to spine, a few spots to endpapers, good. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'For Dolly and Willy, from Archie, With love. Oct. 1936'. A blackly comic novel describing the Hanson family in Kensington - including the daughter Veronica, who returns from Germany full of enthusiasm for the Third Reich.…

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1894. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Pages:- 232, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 232 232.…

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1883. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Pages:- 268, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 268 268.…