Thacker Eric Earnshaw Anthony (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing stated. A very good copy with some light staining on the outside covers in a good DJ that is bright but has some edgewear and interior soiling and a few closed tears but $6.00 price point present, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #115.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition, First Printing (stated), 1968. Tightly bound in paper boards with brown cloth spine and cover illustration. Cover show creasing and slight edge wear, remains Very Good. The contents are unmarked except for spots in the margins of final two pages. The unclipped dust jacket has edge wear and vertical creases to the front and rear inner flaps, still Very Good.

1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original cloth-backed paper-laid boards (prelims spotted - otherwise VG). Pp. 159, with b&w illus throughout (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. - 1st Trade Edition. Pale green marble boards with lettering to the front and gold lettering to the brown cloth spine. Bend to the front board. Top of the closed page edges sprayed purple. Clear mylar dust jacket which has chips and slits to the top and tail of the spine. No inscriptions, 160pp, clean and bright pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. Trade edition Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. Some spotting to end papers and page ends. Owner name to end paper. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Glassine cover a little rubbed. Several copies are available. 102 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size G: 10"-11" Tall (254-279mm).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 160 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Tan cloth spine with gilt lettering. Remainder spray, top edge. Chipping to edges. Water damage to bottom corner of last half of pages. #458 of 500 copies. Tight copy. Record # 855831.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First trade edition. Small quarto. Boards slightly bowed, light foxing on the endleaves, and one corner with a tiny split, very good or better, in a very good clear acetate dust jacket, with a few cracks along the edges, and a small publishers sticker on the front fly. A surrealist graphic novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Limited Edition. Hardback. Large 4to.pp. 160. Limited edition of 500 copies: this being No.255. Fiction. Fantasy:"Musrum condemned an adulteress to the electric blanket. Musrum is lying in wait for you inside these covers. Musrum's first important invention was the Crispine alphabet. It consisted of only one character which has not as yet been deciphered." Title page illustration of many mushrooms. Surrealist-style illustrations by Anthony Earnshaw in black and white throughout. /Eric Thacker was an English surrealist, jazz enthusiast, and clergyman - a lifelong friend of artist Anthony Earnshaw. Very good-minus. All edges rubbed. Slight fading. Sound. Used.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Limited Edition. Signed by both authors with No: 245 of which 250 were signed out of 350 copies Limited Editions. Light rubbing and faint dusting of a little soiling to cover. Light sunning strips to front & rear cover head margin & along spines front margin.1cm small divot to lower front cover. Maroon head edge. Extremely faint tiny smudge to fore-edge. Very clean content, b&w line drawings, binding tight. 160p Large folio 26cm x 35cm. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. There is minor tanning along the edges of the book. There is a clear plastic acting as a dust jacket. Several copies are available. 159 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

Hardcover. folio. 33cm, (printed in England), 160p., numerous illustrations, limited to 500 numbered copies, this being #389, bound in quarter tan linen and wood-grain patterned boards, gilt spine titles with paper label (indicated 1969) on the upper cover, a fine clean copy (agc).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York, 1968. First edition, first printing. 4to. Cloth, dj. 159 p. ; illus., maps ; 26 cm. Binding firm, leaves bright. Gentle warp, with some chipping, to dj at extremities. Musrum concerns the demigod by that name, king of Intersol, and the hunt spanning the musroid cosmos for his rival, Weedking. Earnshaw was a British surrealist painter who met Thacker, a Methodist minister, in the 1940's. Their collaboration also yielded a sequel, Wintersol, exposing the depredations of Father Christmas.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. GP-556. Illustrated. Stated first printing. Near fine in a very good (short closed edge tear on rear panel, a bit of light foxing on verso) dust jacket.; 160 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition Beige cloth backed boards, purple wood-veneer sides, printed paper title label to front, top edge dyed purple, beige endpapers. , an excellent copy of the 350 limited edition copies. Musrum is an extraordinary piece of late-60s mythography with a small cult following - it starts as a semi-Biblical and highly lysergic creation myth centered around its eponymous hero, Musrum, and proceeds into an epic conflict against his ruthless adversary, the Weedking. It was produced via an exchange of letters between the author Thacker, a Methodist minister from a town outsider Rotherham, and the illustrator Earnshaw, a teacher at Bradford College of Art (and an atheist).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Folio. Measuring approximately 10½" x 13¾". Cloth and papercovered boards with printed cover label and spine gilt. Boards with some sunning and spotting on the edges, corners and a couple of small areas on the board edges just worn through, very good, possibly lacking a dust jacket. The text is fine. Copy 419 of 500 copies printed. A surrealist graphic novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1968 Grove Press. Good solid copy, mild to moderate reading/age wear, no DJ if issued, may have some light markings or exowner inscription. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

4to. 160pp. Illustrated with drawings by Anthony Earnshaw. Presentation drawing & inscription from the author to a former owner on paper attached to ffep. Quarter brown cloth with cream flecked paper boards and title label in protective plastic sleeve. A near fine copy.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Anthony Earnshaw (illustrator). First edition. The first trade edition of this well regarded fantasy book written by Eric Thacker and Anthony Earnshaw. The first trade edition.In the original publisher's glassine wrap.A cult classic fantasy book by Eric Thacker and Anthony Earnshaw, telling the story of Musrum's kingdom and his battle with Weedking.Illustrated throughout by Earnshaw. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, in the original glassine wrap. Externally, fine. A few light marks to the glassine wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited. 159, [1] pages. This one of the limited edition numbered 49 of 250. Signed by the authors. Bound in wood effect paper covered boards and buckram spine. The boards are unevenly faded. Just light signs of use. Book.

1ST EDITION. A FINE HARDBACK COPY WITH BROWN SPINE AND GREEN BOARDS. SIGNED AND DATE BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Anthony Earnshaw (illustrator). First edition. The scarce sequel to 'Musrum', this is a comical tale about Father Christmas, an uncorrected proof copy and the first edition. The uncorrected proof copy, and the first edition.A scarce work.The sequel of 'Musrum', 'Wintersol' tells the story of the secret criminal nature of Father Christmas.Illustrated throughout by Earnshaw.By Eric Thacker and Anthony Earnshaw, who collaborated on their 1968 cult classic 'Musrum'.Without the original glassine wrap. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, proof is in the original paper wraps. Externally, smart. Light spots to the wraps of the proof copy. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.