Hand Clapping by Kell Joseph (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. The book is all there but only with the assistance of some sellotape holding the spine together.Some one has written 1/6don the covera long time ago. Somewhat dull but complete.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. THIS BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION * SLIGHT EDGE-WEAR *YELLOWING TO THE PAGES * PUBLISHED IN 1963 BY CORGI BOOKS * IT IS A SMALL SIZED PAPERBACK.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Anthony Burgess writing as Joseph Kell, ex-library usual stamps, dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn and chipped and a piece missing 2"*1" top of front panel, scarce, 205pp, G/G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Charles Gorham (illustrator). First Edition. (price-clipped) [very light foxing to top edge, otherwise a nice fresh copy with no significant wear; jacket has one tiny chip at top of front panel, also torn with a bit of paper loss at top rear hinge and bottom front hinge, one additional small closed tear at top of rear panel, minor edgewear elsewhere]. Early novel by Burgess, the first of two published under this pseudonym. Satirical novel about a young married couple, "the husband having a sort of brain good an winning quizzes, so he wins The Big Money on a TV quiz and then puts the money on horses and he becomes a rich man. And so then they have the best of everything, like a mink for her and staying at posh hotels [etc.] . but there's always been something niggling in him all the about the world being a rotten place and not even money can buy anything to make the world a less rotten place and so he suggests that they do themselves in." Burgess supposedly limited the novel's vocabulary to just 800 words, part of his message about the dumbing-down of modern media culture -- but he made up for this atypical restraint with "A Clockwork Orange," published the following year. It was reported well over a decade ago that Francis Coppola had acquired the movie rights, but that would seem to have gone into deep turnaround. NOISBN.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. TRULY NEAR-FINE BOOK - CLEAN, BRIGHT BOARDS, STRAIGHT CORNERS, BRIGHT SPINE LETTERING, CLEAN INTERIOR, NO WRITING OR MARKS. ONLY FLAW IS A COUPLE OF TINY SPOTS OF FOXING ON PAGE EDGES. PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET IS VERY GOODWITH LIGHT EDGE WEAR, CLEAN PANELS, AND ONE SMALL TRIANGULAR CHIP AT TOP OF FRONT PANEL. NO SPINE FADING.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 126 p. 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 205 p. 19 cm. Orange cloth in mylar-covered blue dustjacket. Jacket has chipped spine ends, small tears to edges. Front flap price-clipped. This novel was intended as an indictment of what Burgess saw as the degradation of contemporary Western education and culture. He deliberately toned down his trademark love of vocabulary for the story, and the entire vocabulary in One Hand Clapping amounts to approximately 800 words. A strange tale by one of the strangest of English authors.

First edition. Original yellow and red spotted cloth in light blue pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a very good, publisher price-clipped, dustwrapper, which has a short closed tear to the front panel. Joseph Kell is a pseudonym that Anthony Burgess used for two of his novels, the above and Inside Mr. Enderby. Both are scarce. Burgess reviewed this novel himself for the Yorkshire Post (unbeknown to them), and consequently lost his job.

First edition. Original yellow and red spotted cloth in light blue pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a very good, publisher price-clipped, dustwrapper, which has a small chip to the back panel and a little wear to the head of the spine and corners. Joseph Kell is a pseudonym that Anthony Burgess used for two of his novels, the above and Inside Mr. Enderby. Both are scarce. Burgess reviewed this novel himself for the Yorkshire Post (unbeknown to them), and consequently lost his job.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 502 pages. Pages clean and white except when book is closed the side edge has three tiny marks. Yellow cloth with dots of red; blue titles on spine. Book is sharp in colour. Blue DJ with illustration of hands on front cover; price-clipped, also sharp in colour, no fading. VG+/VG+. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition. First Impression. The Dedication Copy, inscribed by the author under his pseudonym to his wife, Hazel (Lynne) Burgess, on the front endpaper in blue ink: "To Hazel / for her birthday / 28th Sept, 1961 / Joseph Kell"-beneath which Burgess has added, in red ink, the revealing note: "Joseph Kell is / Anthony Burgess." This is the second of only two novels published under the "Joseph Kell" pseudonym and among the scarcest Burgess titles to appear with an authorial presentation. The association could not be closer: Burgess dedicated the book to Hazel (Lynne), his first wife, to whom he would dedicate many of his works during their marriage, making this an extraordinary copy in every respect. A very good example, showing some foxing and evidence of use in the publisher's nubby yellow and red spotted cloth, with metallic blue spine lettering. Housed in a near fine, bright blue pictorial dustwrapper (price-clipped, and likely supplied). Burgess (1917-1993), best remembered for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1962), published the year after ONE HAND CLAPPING, was one of the most versatile literary figures of the 20th century. This novel-written under the Kell pseudonym-reflects his early exploration of cultural decline, materialism, and the "dumbing down" of society, themes that would continue to haunt his work. A true high point for any Burgess collection. Signed by Author.

First edition of this work by the author of A Clockwork Orange. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, āTo dear Si with affection 'Joeā(Anthony/John.ā The recipient, Si Litvinoff was the executive producer for Stanley Kubrickās film A Clockwork Orange that was based on Burgessā 1962 dystopian novel. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel, with Litvinoff's signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Charles Gorman. An exceptional association.

A first edition, first printing of 'One Hand Clapping' published by Peter Davies in 1961. A near fine book without inscriptions (previous owner's bookplate to pastedown) in a clipped wrapper (price sticker over original) which is near fine and unblemished aside from some rubbing to the corners. Famously reviewed by Burgess for the Yorkshire Post who claimed the novel as one of the best he'd ever read - well you would though. He was promptly sacked. Excessively scarce in nice condition.