Mountebanks Tale by Michael Redgrave (17 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by the author, with a brief inscription to the former owner. 134 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1960]. First American edition, first printing; Review copy with publisher's printed & typed-in slip, laid in. The author and multi-award-winning CBE actor, draws on his extensive knowledge of actor life, and the theater, for this mystery featuring a famous actor who disappears. Fine and quite tight in red linen over polished silver-gray linen boards with black embossed titles to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with art by Anita Walker, with minor rubs to the upper and lower spine edges; original printed $3.00 price and 0360 date code still intact to the front inner flap.

Condition: Good. 1959. First Edition. 133 pages. White jacket over grey cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. The Mountebank's Tale by Michael Redgrave (First U.S. Edition) A firm, square copy. Two owner's stamps, one on front paste down behind jacket flap, and one on back of front endpaper. Two small tears to top front cover. Minor edge wear. Slight foxing to back flap hinge. Not price-clipped. A First U.S. Edition copy of Michael Redgrave's mystery novel. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 134 pages, 8vo. Jacket price unclipped. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, a few small tears and small missing pieces along edges and spine, tanning along edges. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. DJ in Good conditon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A novel set in California with a theatrical background. Original cloth in dustwrapper which is a little marked and nicked, but is complete with original price. All books are tracked. All books outside the UK are sent airmail. Paypal accepted. All dustwrappers are film protected.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Cloth covers peripherally sun-toned, with text edges faintly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 133 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; English fiction -- 20th century. Actors -- England -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Cloth covers peripherally sun-toned, with text edges faintly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 133 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; English fiction -- 20th century. Actors -- England -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback edition (with no dust cover). Published by Heinemann. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

1959, 1st American Edition. (hardcover) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 134pp. 8vo. Red quarter cloth over grey smooth cloth boards; lettering in black to spine, publisher's device in silver at bottom corner of top board. Dust jacket lightly age toned, lightest edgewear; not price clipped, showing $3.00; handsome in protective mylar. Dust jacket with all points present: No.9551A and 0360 at foot of front flap, No.9552A at foot of rear flap, No.5909 at foot of rear panel. Internally bright and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition. Very good in a fair only dustwrapper with several chips and tears with internal repairs. An interesting copy, the American publisher Harper and Row has pasted an "uncorrected proof" label on the front endpapers, apparently using this English edition to promote the American edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Minor rubs on dustwrapper edges and corners, minor discoloring on dustwrapper back.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket by Michael Harvey (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, some slight yellowing to white parts of jacket, some faint spotting to page fore edges, not price clipped (13s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 134pp. Actor Sir Michael Redgrave's (1908-85), literary masterpiece is 'The Mountebank's Tale', a book coloured by his immersion in German literature. Redgrave was a complex man, bisexual, alcoholic, demon driven and his story, which concerns the disappearance of a famous Austrian actor Joseph Charles, explores in nightmarish fashion the age old question of the true identity of actors. The book is dedicated to his daughter Vanessa. Quite a scarce book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of 'The Mountebank's Tale', an exciting novel exploring the final days of an actor. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Mountebank's Tale' explores the life of a great actor, Joseph Charles, who is living his last days in California.Written by Michael Redgrave. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dustwrapper with minor edgewear, resulting in small closed tears. Light discolouration and minor marks to the wraps. Small chip to the dustwrapper, and a tape repair to the tail to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover tiny chips. Inscribed by Author(s).