Beginning Spring by Fitzgerald Penelope, First Edition (27 results)

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (casing with slight lean, small mark on front free endpaper - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 187 (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Green boards with gold lettering to the spine. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust jacket, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 187pp. Clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New, 440 pgs.

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.

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. There 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.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Cloth. First edition thus. First printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight copy, new and unread, without any marks or defects. Dust jacket is clean and bright with price of $23 intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free.

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.

Hardcover. 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.

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

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 customer 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.

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.

First edition, first printing New and bright in like pictorial dust jacket with crisp bright text throughout. Three books in one. Quite attractive.

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 front end-paper. Jacket 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).

Hard 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.