My Uncle Silas by Bates H E, First Edition (16 results)

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. First printing of this Penguin reissue edition, with "1" as the lowest number in print number line on copyright page. Mass market paperback. Printed in England. Slight handling wear, small bump/tear to top edge of front cover, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 155pp. SB-89.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Thus. 8vo. dark green cloth hardback, maroon title label, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 190pp. With many delightful b/w full page and vignette illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. Very light foxing to foredge and prelims. Light soiling to dust jacket including an ink mark to top edge of dust jacket (please see photos) and a couple of small closed tears. A Very Good Copy in Good+ Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Re-set Edition/First Printing published by Jonathan Cape, London 1947. With Drawings by Edward Ardizzone. VG Clean and tight condition. Previous owner's name and contemporary date to top of ffep. Browning to endpages. Dustjacket not price clipped. Protected in archive covers. Slight darkening and small loss to top of spine.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Originally published in the UK by Cape in hard covers in 1939. First printing of the first UK paperback edition. Spine a little darkened with quite heavy reading creasing. Reading creasing down the left side of the front cover. light edge wear to covers. Previous owner's name in ink to the first page. Browning to the pages which are otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Re-set Edition/First Printing published by Jonathan Cape, London 1947. With Drawings by Edward Ardizzone. VG Clean and tight condition. Previous owner's name and contemporary date to top of ffep. Browning to endpages. Dustjacket not price clipped. Protected in archive covers. Slight darkening and small loss to top of spine.

1st edition thus. Hardcover. Fine green boards, with very clean pages, short ink inscription on fep, in a cream but now rubbed dustjacket, with some extremity wear and short splits in the spine and front folds. Full-page drawings throughout by Edward Ardizzone. These 14 short stories about the eponymous 'rural reprobate' were first published in 1939, and this reprint is quite scarce itself.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Hardback. No Dust jacket. Bound in Green Cloth covered boards with gold gilt lettering on spine and black ink illustration on front cover. First Printing. Very Good Condition. Tight sound copy with slight bowing to boards, small owner's inscription on endpaper, top edge faded toward spine, lightly bumped corners, minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edward ARDIZZONE (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. DJ browning, chipped and taped. Prior owner's autograph. Some foxing to the endpapers. Slightly bowed. Initial price intact (10 s, 6 d). Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Good in Good DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). 1st Edition. 191pp. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and a vignette by Ardizzone in black to the front cover. Spine badly worn and frayed but complete, edges bumped and worn and a couple of marks to boards. Light foxing to eps, ink inscription to ffep o/w contents clean, tight and bright. Not a bad copy apart from the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. this is a first edition with Green boards which have plastic protection No dust jacket. lots of drawings by Edward Ardizzone.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First edition. This uncommon first edition, first impression of H. E. Bates' richly illustrated collection of short stories about an elderly Bedfordshire man, in the original pictorial cloth boards. The first edition, first impression of the work, with no further impressions stated.With more than 40 charming monochrome vignette illustrations, including a frontispiece, by the British painter, printmaker, and war artist Edward Ardizzone.Uncommon.H. E. Bates was a British author known for his realistic short stories and novels that generally focused on life in early-to-mid-twentieth-century England. Bates' work often also reflected his fond experience of being raised in the countryside. My Uncle Silas is an excellent example of this, as a collection of short stories about a roguish elderly man from rural Bedfordshire. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some handling marks and light rubbing, in addition to a touch of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Neat gift inscription to the recto of front first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages, barring light toning and the odd minor mark and age spot. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1939. Wonderful drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Endpaper foxed. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. Rear and spine lightly soiled/age toned. Small loss to spine tips. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18076.

192 p. Illustrated throughout. First edition. No dustwrappper. Publisher's green pictorial cloth binding showing light wear on the corners. Internally a bright copywith an inscription dated 1943.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1939. Variant wrapper without red bordering to front picture. Wonderful drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Book is very good+ and bright. Corner bump affecting internal pages ad front top edge. Contents good. Endpaper foxed. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. Rear and spine lightly soiled/age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18076.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK Printing published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1939. Large 8vo., bright green boards with vignette by Ardizzone printed in black to upper board; lettered in gilt with decorations in gilt to backstrip, including publisher's device to foot; housed in the unclipped pictorial wrapper (10s. 6d. net), printed in black and pink; with frontis replicating upper board; title vignette, and a further 27 full-page drawings by Ardizzone; The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Some light toning and spotting to the end-papers with some minor bubbling to the lower paste-down; a few faded light green splash marks to the upper text-block which have not encroached onto the pages ; boards a trifle rubbed along edges, with some dark spots and bruising to the spine tips; previous ownership inscription to foot of front end-paper; the Very Good WRAPPER evenly toned, a couple of small spots and stains and light nicks to ends of the folds; one slightly larger chip to head of spine, but not involving ant lettering; some marginal light red staining along the front flap fold; unlike many copies, no loss of pink colouring to the upper panel. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First UK edition, with a H/W letter by Ardizzone loosely inserted. Dated 13th Feb 1948, the illustrator writes that 'I am pleased that you like my work' , that he is going away, but the lucky recipient will receive a drawing from him once he returns: 'when I come back I will go through what small drawings I have + find you one'. A book of short stories by H. E. Bates, loosely based on Joseph Betts, the husband of his maternal grandmother. Betts was a humorous, pithy character, with many quirks, and the tales are drawn directly from Bates experiences growing up under his care, and listening to his stories, in the Northamptonshire countryside. Some of the stories had previously appeared in various other books and periodicals, but 11 were written and published here for the first time, accompanied by Ardizzone s charming illustrations. Five of the stories see the title character relating past escapades to his rapt nephew, while others simply describe wild adventures, such as Silas winning athletic matches through trickery. In all, 'they reveal a racy old countrymanone of the most delightful creations in modern literature, a character rich and full-flavoured as the wine he loved, an embodiment of all the independence, cunning, and passion for the earth which characterises the English peasant' (wrapper blurb). The character of Silas later resurfaces in stories such as those collected together in the 1957 Sugar for the Horse, and the 1961 publication The Vanished World. My Uncle Silas was the fifth work that Ardizzone had illustrated for another writer, and was published still relatively early on in his career, after the publication of his popular Tim books, but before his great success as a war artist. Scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

First edition, first printing of My Uncle Silas by H. E. Bates, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1939, with drawings by Edward Ardizzone. This is a near fine copy, in original publisher's green cloth boards with gilt title to the spine and vignette in black by Ardizzone to the front cover, minor pushing to the head and foot of the spine and corners, the edges bumped and lightly worn, the text blocks with browning and minor spotting to the fore edge and bottom edge and with green top stain, internals free from inscriptions, minor spotting to the front and rear free end papers. The unclipped wrapper with some browning, chips to the head and foot of the spine and tear on front panel by the spine, chip to the lower edge and small tears to the top edge of the front and rear panels. Uncle Silas by H. E. Bates is a captivating novel revolving around the adventures of a young boy, Edward, and his enigmatic uncle, Silas. Set in the English countryside, the story unfolds with mystery, charm and a touch of nostalgia. Silas, with his unconventional ways, introduces Edward to a world of wonder and excitement, creating a bond that transcends generations. Bates' masterful storytelling captures the essence of youth, family and the magic of rural life.