Standish Robert Pseudonym (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The "Radio-Active General and Other Stories" is a very nice collection of entertaining tales by Robert Standish, which was one of the pen names of Digby George Gerahty. Gerahty also used the pseudonym of Stephen Lister. He was an English novelist and short story writer most productive during the 1940s and 1950s, who contributed many stories to the "Saturday Evening Post". His novels, which include the famous "Elephant Walk" (later made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor), often take place in British colonial settings. The dust-jacket blurb: "In this book, the second volume of Robert Standish's acutely-told short stories, the fare is bewilderingly rich. Seven of them appeared in America's leading fiction magazine, 'The Saturday Evening Post', and other top-ranking magazines in the same field. They explain why Robert Standish, who is comparatively little known in his own country as a short story writer, has been hailed in America as an heir to the laurels of Somerset Maugham. "Several of the stories are pure farce, wickedly amusing, and, despite their absurdities, strangely convincing. By contrast -- and it is this contrast which is so telling -- 'The Eye of the Beholder' and 'For Kindness Received' are the gentle products of a sensitive pen, which bring to life with startling clarity the tragedies of blindness and loneliness. 'An Experiment in Democracy' and 'The Common Touch' are biting satires, so amusingly told that their sting is dulled, while in 'Egbert the Adaptable' the author has achieved that most difficult thing, a farcical ghost story which, despite the farce, is curiously sensitive and convincing. Wit is the common denominator running through the volume. There must be a universal appeal in Robert Standish's stories for they have appeared translated into Dutch, French, Italian, the Scandinavian languages, and, surprisingly, Arabic. Several have been adapted as television plays, while others are in the process of adaptation." TITLE : The Radio-Active General and Other Stories EDITOR : Robert Standish (pseudonym of Digby George Gerahty, 1898 - 1981) IMPRINT : Peter Davies PLACE : London DATE : (1959) EDITION : First Edition DUST-JACKET ILLUSTRATION : Biro STATUS : OP - Out of Print PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Trade hardcover; 223 pages; approximately 4 7/8" x 7 1/4"; brown boards with title, etc. in gold on spine; pictorial dust-jacket colored in buff, salmon and red with title wording in black and white CONDITION - VERY GOOD - CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTED: EXTERIOR - Slight compression to spine extremities, and spine has a couple of slight surface irregularities, else clean and presentable; near-negligible wear to boards, else clean; text-block edges are just slightly weathered, but quite clean. There is a slight curve to the boards. BINDING : Solid .pages open easily - none are loose or detached. INTERIOR - End-papers are clean -- a previous owner's penciled signature exhibits on the front free end-paper; text is clean and presentable throughout. DUST - JACKET - VERY GOOD - Clean and presentable with mild wear to edges - a few small nicks, a bit of slight edge curling in a couple of spots -- mild surface rub to front panel; moderate surface rub on rear panel --- displays nicely under protective mylar cover. …

Pp. [iv]+284; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed and soiled; Macmillan, New York, 1953. U.S. edition.

First Edition. Pp. vi+234; top fore-corner of boards bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; with a couple of small damp stains; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Macmillan, New York, 1945. First U.S. edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1stedn, 2nd Printing; 8vo red Cloth Second printing hardback, , with unclipped jacket. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an ex library book. Very good in edgeworn, edgetorn dustjacket Ow NF/vgdj:v+233pp; " A novel giving vivid glimpses into Chinese life and problems, painting unequivocally the best and worst in Chinese character." Zhejiang, Dahu Lake silkworm mulberry orchards, KMT.…