Beginning Spring by Fitzgerald Penelope: First Edition (28 results)
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Seller: NorWester, PORTLAND, U.S.A.NorWester
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Mariner edition with full number line plucked from bookstore stock and kept bright, tight, and clean save for a tiny lone spot atop edges of crown. Fine condition. See photos.
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Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, U.S.A.Lazy S Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A novel set in Moscow in 1913. Light edge and other wear. A very good copy.
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Seller: Sooner Books, Oklahoma City, U.S.A.Sooner Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New, 440 pgs.
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Previous seller barcode sticker present at rear; An excellent copy, gently worn; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Seller: Zed Books, New York, U.S.A.Zed Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. 8vo. 187 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Slight wear to jacket, slightest toning to spine.
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Seller: Barksdale Books, Almere, NetherlandsBarksdale Books
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Condition: Good. First Edition. Short-listed for the Booker Prize 'Fitzgerald was the author of several slim, perfect novels. The Blue Flower and The Beginning of Spring both had me abuzz for days the first time I read them. She was curiously perfect.'' Teju Cole, author of Open City 'Writing so precise and lilting it can make y…ou shiver.' ' Los Angeles Times March 1913. Moscow is stirring herself to meet the beginning of spring. English painter Frank Reid returns from work one night to find that his wife has gone away; no one knows where or why, or whether she'll ever come back. All Frank knows for sure is that he is now alone and must find someone to care for his three young children. Into Frank's life comes Lisa Ivanovna, a quiet, calming beauty from the country, untroubled to the point of seeming simple. But is she? And why has Frank's bookkeeper, Selwyn Crane, gone to such lengths to bring these two together? This new edition features an introduction by Andrew Miller, author of Pure, along with new cover art.
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, U.S.A.Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Number 269 in the Everyman's Library series. Introduction by John Bayley. First edition thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark.
Language: English
Published by Alfred A Knopf, NY 2003
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; red c w/gilt titles; satin marker; 440 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue.
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Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Published by Collins, 1988. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with price clipped on left flap. Lovely copy of Penelope Fitzgerald's novel.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent custome…r service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Seller: Jake's Place Books, Clarksville, U.S.A.Jake's Place Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Some slight edge wear on jacket. Spine tight, pages clean. 1st US Edition.
Language: English
Published by William Collins Sons and Company Limited, London 1988
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- First Edition
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 187 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine light grayish green with dark green lettering. Exterior has slight wear including sunning to the spine and minor edge wear. Boards have very slight wear including mild sunning… and light edge wear. Text block has very slight wear. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column X. 1407254. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, CanadaRichard Peterson-Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This Book bound in green boards with bright gilt letters on the spine. There is Very, very light wear on the spine tips. The Contents are clean & unmarked. The Dust jacket has very, very light wear on the top tip of the spine and on the 2 top corners…. Not price clipped but no price on the flap.
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Seller: MW Books, New York, U.S.A.MW Books
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First Edition. Previous owner's inscription. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 187 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: British -- Russia (Federation) -- Fiction. 3 Kg.
Published by Everyman's Library, 2003 2003
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Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, U.S.A.Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, first printing New and bright in like pictorial dust jacket with crisp bright text throughout. Three books in one. Quite attractive.
Language: English
Published by Everyman's Library, London 2003
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Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United KingdomJohnston's Arran Bookroom
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the Everyman's Library omnibus edition. One corner bumped otherwise in as new, unread condition with no marks or inscriptions. The dust jacket has small rubbed patch on back cover.
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Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second printing of the true first edition - Booker Prize short-listed novel. ***Very good in dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Corners sharp. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. T…here is a slight reading lean to the binding and a light vertical reading crease to the spine. Top edge of page-block slightly marked. Fore-edge of page-block has a small indentation affecting the fore-edge of a few pages slightly. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Interior pages clean without any foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £10.95 net. The dustwrapper is complete with no tears or chips, just some light rubbing and creasing at the extremities. There is some fading to the sun-sensitive colour on the spine of the dustwrapper, which extends to the front and back panels near the spine (please see scans). ***223mm x145mm. 187 pages. ***Penelope Fitzgerald was born Penelope Mary Knox at the Old Bishop's Palace, Lincoln, the daughter of Edmund Knox, later editor of Punch, and Christina Hicks, daughter of Edward Hicks, the Bishop of Lincoln, and she was one of the first women students at Oxford. "The Beginning of Spring" is set in Moscow in 1913, and tells the story of a Moscow-born English-educated print shop owner whose English wife has suddenly abandoned him and their three children. The novel was shortlisted for the 1988 Booker Prize. Fitzgerald had a strong interest in Russian literature, and starting in the 1960s took courses in Russian language. She visited Moscow and environs in 1975, which included a visit to Tolstoy's house and a dacha in a birch forest. In the early 1970s, as part of her research on Edward Burne-Jones, Fitzgerald became friends with a Swiss art curator, Mary Chamot, who had been brought up in pre-revolution Russia. Chamot's family had had a greenhouse business in Moscow since the mid-1800s, and they had stayed on for a few years after the revolution. The original title of the novel was to be "The Greenhouse". Later, Fitzgerald considered "Nellie and Lisa", but her editor did not approve and suggested "The Coming of Spring" instead, an idea that the author modified for the published title.' (Wik) ***Second printing of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. Booker Prize shortlisted for 1988. A nice reading copy of the novel. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Previous owner's inscription. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 187 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: British -- Russia (Federation) -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
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Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, U.S.A.Encanto Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine-. First American Edition. Back of d-j has a few small spots. Spine slightly cocked. Flaw on top of front board.
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Seller: Westmoor Books, Bedale, United KingdomWestmoor Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine First Edition, first impression in VG unclipped DJ.DJ is faded to spine and has a little wrinkling to the laminate on the front panel, pages lightly toned.
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Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United KingdomBlackbird First Editions
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition first impression. Booker prize shortlisted, tiny mark to verso of front board and two tiny faint marks to top of text block otherwise Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket with minimal creasing to top of spine, small chip to top of back cov…er and a hint of sunning to spine. A handsome copy which appears to be unread.
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Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Hard Cover. Condition: F-. F-. First Edition. F-/F-. 8vo. original greenboards gilt (a trifle rubbed, leaf edges slightly marked, faintly canted, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed); pp. [ii (last blank)], 188 (last blank). A near fine copy.
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Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, United KingdomLONGLAND BOOKS
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Cloth. Condition: Near Mint. Good/Very Good. First Edition. The book is in mint condition save that there is slight marking/spotting to the top edge of the textblock. The dj is bright with slight shelfear and fading to the spine Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Henry Holt 1988
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Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, U.S.A.The Groaning Board
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first American edition hardcover, white cloth backed over red boards. Jacket fine, no edge wear or fading. Not price-clipped. Winner of the Booker Prize. 187 pages. M07253.
Published by Collins, London 1988
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Seller: Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, U.S.A.Canio's Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. British first edition. DJ, in mylar, is NOT price clipped. There is some foxing on ffep and bottom edge of pages, otherwise in very nice condition.
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Seller: PW Books, Andover, United KingdomPW Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. British edition, third printing, 1988 (same year as first printing). With original unclipped jacket (£10.95). Signed by the author to 'The Sunday Times 1988 Booker Prize shortlist Signed editions' bookplate which is adhered to the front end-paper. Ja…cket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, fading to spine, the odd very small mark, odd small crease/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are near fine with minor pushing/bumping to corners and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are slightly tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Collins, London, UK 1988
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Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United KingdomAshton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Collins, London in 1988. 8vo., dark green boards lettered in gilt to spine with publisher's device to foot; in wrapper with overlaid price sticker of £10.95 net, featuring an illustration by Frederic Cayley Robinson…; The BOOK essentially in near Fine condition, aside from tiny bruises to spine tips and some very light dust soiling to the upper edge; The WRAPPER is in Very Good++ condition, with the lightest creasing to the edges, a small patch of tape residue to front flap and some light fading of colouring to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Mylar cover. This copy signed (without dedication) by the author to a bookplate affixed to the title page. The book comes with a loosely inserted Booker Prize Shortlist 1988 Bookmark, and photocopied correspondence between the author and one Dan Monte on headed notepaper, serving as proof of provenance. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 'The Beginning of Spring' was inspired by Fitzgerald's travels to Moscow in the mid 1970s, during which time she visited Tolstoy's house and a dacha, or country house, in a birch forest. Fitzgerald had always regarded Russian literature highly, and had studied the language in the 1960s. In 1970, she befriended the Swiss art curator, Mary Chamot, whose family owned a greenhouse business in Moscow, and the plot of 'The Beginning of Spring' developed directly from these experiences. Set in the capital city in 1913 just before the Bolshevik revolution, the story follows Frank, an English printer, whose wife has left him, and his subsequent relationship with Lisa, a beautiful Russian woman who he employs to look after his children. The novel was originally titled 'The Greenhouse', but was changed at the request of Fitzgerald's editor. "Reading a Penelope Fitzgerald novel is like being taken for a ride in a peculiar kind of car", author Sebastian Faulks once wrote of her work, "Everything is of top quality - the engine, the coachwork and the interior all fill you with confidence. Then, after a mile or so, someone throws the steering-wheel out of the window." More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Collins 1988
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Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, CanadaMDS BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine book in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author adding the salutation "best wishes" on the title page. Green cloth book has softening to the lower spine and a few soil spots to the upper page e…dges. Ownership signature to the front flyleaf. The author's second of four historical novels, this one set in 1913 Moscow. Short listed for the Booker Prize. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Collins, London 1988
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Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United KingdomTindley and Everett, ABA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Green cloth. Very nice copy in like dustwrapper.
