V S Pritchett Intro (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Stated First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. Book is in fine condition, as is jacket; Giacomo Hardcover in dustjacket. Puccini's La Boheme adapted by V. S. Pritchett, with an introduction and an essay by William Mann. Foreword by Anthony A. Bliss. Blue cloth boards, gilt title, pristine. Book is part of the Metropolitan Opera Classics Library. Book is firm in binding, with numerous color photographs, unread, crisp interior. Protected, unclipped, dustkjacket is bright and sharp. 172 pp. Including discography. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Metropolitan Opera Classics Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Soft Cover. Condition: vg+. Portuguese classic; 8" tall; 324 pages; white cover with b/w portrait of the author on the cover. Paperback.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: good. 11.25" tall; 196pp; color plates; tan cover with orange decoration; slipcase has some sunning slit along edge. Rene Ben Sussan (illustrator). Hardcover.

Paperback. pp. xvii, 246. 8vo. Light shelfwear, creasing to spine, previous owner's name in ink to ffep; very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xiii, 387pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative cloth over boards. Blind stamp to half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Slipcase is clean and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Pritchett skilfully evokes the tiny acts of courage, betrayal and deception that make up the petty tragedies of ordinary life. In his dense, many-layered tales, whole vistas exist just beyond the story's confines; characters and plot linger in the mind long after the final page is turned. Hilda in 'When My Girl Comes Home' is feared dead in a Japanese POW camp. Only her mother keeps faith, and slaves to save money for her lost daughter. Hilda returns at last, well-groomed and sleek, talking of the man who will write a book of her life. Is she a fantasist? A whore, as other women whisper? Or a loving daughter desperate for a chance of freedom and happiness? In 'The Camberwell Beauty', the beautiful but damaged Isabel has married an elderly antiques dealer: 'He likes to look at me. I am the most precious thing he has'. 'That isn't love,' cries the narrator, but his own passion mirrors the antique dealer's lust to possess another's 'treasure'. Pritchett inspired generations of short-story writers, and William Trevor is one of many to acknowledge a debt. Trevor has personally selected and introduced 25 stories for this collection, taken from every stage in Pritchett's luminous career.(Publisher). 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xiii, 387pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative cloth over boards. Blind stamp to half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Slipcase is clean and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Pritchett skilfully evokes the tiny acts of courage, betrayal and deception that make up the petty tragedies of ordinary life. In his dense, many-layered tales, whole vistas exist just beyond the story's confines; characters and plot linger in the mind long after the final page is turned. Hilda in 'When My Girl Comes Home' is feared dead in a Japanese POW camp. Only her mother keeps faith, and slaves to save money for her lost daughter. Hilda returns at last, well-groomed and sleek, talking of the man who will write a book of her life. Is she a fantasist? A whore, as other women whisper? Or a loving daughter desperate for a chance of freedom and happiness? In 'The Camberwell Beauty', the beautiful but damaged Isabel has married an elderly antiques dealer: 'He likes to look at me. I am the most precious thing he has'. 'That isn't love,' cries the narrator, but his own passion mirrors the antique dealer's lust to possess another's 'treasure'. Pritchett inspired generations of short-story writers, and William Trevor is one of many to acknowledge a debt. Trevor has personally selected and introduced 25 stories for this collection, taken from every stage in Pritchett's luminous career.(Publisher). …

Soft Cover. Condition: vg. 8" tall; 302pp; stiff wraps will crack if not opened carefully; hole punch bottom back cover. Paperback.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No date [1990s?]. Dark-blue hardcover with gilt to front and spine. 130 x 208 x 25mm. 350pp. Several full-page b/w illustrations; silk ribbon page-marker. Cover shows a few minor signs of wear (very light soiling); internal contents immaculate throughout. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive. Michael Charlton (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First English edition 8vo. Mild wear and marks to unclipped jacket, good wine--red boards, sound binding, very good page condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. New York: Heritage Press (1958). Hardcover with slipcase. In fine condition. Some tanning to spine. An otherwise clean, tight copy. Slipcase has some shelfware and fading. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Colour illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. 4to. Publisher's decorative cloth, spine a touch darkened, with red leather label, housed in a shelf-worn slipcase, ex-libris bookplate to front paste down, a smart example of this Southey translation of El Cid. xxxiv, 196pp. Rene Ben Sussan (illustrator).…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. [Salisbury, Wiltshire]: Michael Russell, [1982]. First Edition Limited to 150 signed copies of which this is no. 28. Slim 12mo; publisher's green cloth, pictorial paste-on to upper cover, in original glassine dust jacket; 48pp.; woodcut frontispiece, illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, glassine a bit wrinkled, else a Fine example. Signed by Pritchett and Theroux on limitation page. Reynolds Stone (illustrator).…