Bookshop by Fitzgerald Penelope, First Edition (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! British SOFT COVERED first edition, third printing. Virtually no wear to covers. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Intro by Frank Kermode. 472pp. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Photos on request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

First edition - First US printing, a trade paperback. A small gem of a novel originally published in 1978 in the U.K., but not in the U.S.until this edition almost 20 years later. It takes place in a small Sussex seaside town, which by 1959 is virtually cut off from the outside English world - a town "defined chiefly by what it doesn't have. It does have, however, plenty of observant inhabitants, most of whom are keen to see Florence Green's new bookshop fail. But rising damp will not stop Florence, nor will the resident, malevolent poltergeist (or "rapper," in the local patois)." Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 123 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to pages).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unread condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 'The Bookshop' by Penelope Fitzgerald. This book is a paperback. Flamingo. UK. 1989. First thus. Originally published 1978. This is a first in this format. A smart little copy. Covers have light crease to tips and a little fade to spine but clean and glossy. Contents: name and a number to front otherwise no other writing etc. Light sunning to edges but overall very good. Made into a film in 2017 , this book was originally published in 1978 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 1978 Gerald Duckworth hardcover first edition, first impression. Light reading wear, slight fading to dustjacket over the spine, slight scuff to blank endpaper else very good condition. The book is housed is a custom slipcase showing an image from the front cover of the book, covered with tweed-green bookcloth and lined with cream acid-free paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Run of nine first editions, first printings and one early second impression; one signed; in Fine or Near Fine condition: The Golden Child, 1977; Offshore, 1979 (Winner of the Booker Prize); Human Voices, 1980; The Bookshop, 1980 second impression; At Freddie's, 1982; Innocence, 1986; The Gate of Angels, 1990 (signed to the title page by the author without dedication; The Blue Flower, 1995 (short stories); The Means of Escape, 2000. No previous owners' marks throughout; all in original cloth bindings with largely hard spine tips and sharp corners; very clean and tight end papers and text blocks throughout; not price clipped. Heavy set of 9 books will need additional postage. Signed by Author(s).

Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gilt lettered green boards in Yellow and Green price clipped dust jacket. Some slight spotting to top edge and slight fade to spine of the dj o/w a near fine copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

First edition, 8vo., pp.118, green hardcover, gilt; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, slight mustiness, else clean and very good, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has slight sunning to spine, and adhesive plastic covering.

1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Sharp, darkly comic novel of the misadventures of Mrs. Florence Green, a widow who determines to set up a bookshop in a village in Suffolk in the late 1950s; she sells hundreds of copies of the Olympia Press Lolita but the local powers and minor aristocracy turn against her. Fitzgerald's second novel. A finalist for the Booker prize. Green boards titled in gilt. Fine in near fine dust jacket (slightest fading to spine panel of dust jacket). Uncommon.

A first edition, first printing published by Duckworth in 1978. A near fine book without inscriptions, in like unclipped wrapper, a little faded to the spine, with a small nick to the head of the front flap. "The Bookshop" is a poignant and subtly humorous exploration of the human spirit and the love of literature. It paints a vivid picture of the social dynamics and challenges of a small English town while delving into the life of a strong-willed woman who refuses to conform to societal expectations. The novel is known for its spare, economical prose and has been praised for its wit and insight into the human condition. It's a relatively short but powerful work that has garnered critical acclaim and is considered one of Penelope Fitzgerald's most notable novels.