Rose Name by Carson Anthony (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Excellent condition book. Cover is clean, with no creasing, and contents are tight, bright, and clean, with no inscriptions and no foxing. An excellent condition book for age. 173pp. (11x18cm). Please contact us for any more information.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Silver lettering and creasing to spine, lightly rubbed head and tail of spine and corners of cover, light spotting to back cover, minor creasing to top corners of pages 113-118, nibbles to top corners of pages 119-154 (with no obstruction of text), small tears to bottom edge of pages 157-162, otherwise text is clean, bright and tight throughout. Used.

paperback, page edges browned, text clean and tight, covers browning and slighly creased, Good condition.

First Edition. Condition: vg++. vg++ to fine 1st Penguin 1847 1962 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Separate. 3/6 edition. No. 1847. Penguin orange and white livery. Firmly bound and clean inside.Some tanning to pages and covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Flat uncreased spine.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 173 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned. Name on ffep.

8vo, 192pp. A good, foxed hardback copy with tapemarks and offsetting to endpapers. In a good, lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Previous owner's name.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Vintage Penguin First Edition. #1847. A Rose by Any Other Name is a thoughtful and engaging work in which Carson explores the subtle beauty of the natural world and the human connections we form through memory, place, and perception. With her signature clarity and poetic insight, she reflects on how names, labels, and language shape our understanding of natureâs quiet wonders. The book offers a gentle blend of observation and reflection, making it appealing to readers who appreciate lyrical nonfiction and environmental writing. This edition is a lovely find for collectors or admirers of Carsonâs influential voice.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Some tanning to pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. reprint. boards are worn, chipped and knocked. thorough foxing and marks. old tape residue. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Both jacket and boards are a bit edge worn, cocked and marked. Previous ownership inscription inside front board crossed through. Tanning throughout the pages. However, it is in good condition, excellent binding. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Second printing. Hardcover. Edges moderated browned and foxed, otherwise very good in very good dustjacket illustrated by Tomi Ungerer (sterling price intact).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19 × 12.5cm, 192pp. A series of autobiographical sketches by Anthony Carson, the British journalist and travel writer. "Here we see the small English schoolboy, Anthony ex-Falkenhausen Carson, transmogrified into the familiar larger-than-life adventurer, travelling to New Zealand to broaden his mind in a house named Kia Ora; thence, after an abortive attempt to land in the Far East, to Europe, love in a cottage, a film studio from which even the swans were eventually sacked, the army, and finally a job as courier for the Magic Carpet travel agency." Condition: A very good copy, with some light wear to the wrapper and spotted foxing to the page edges.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus. Top edge bit browned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1962 Penguin Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with Fabulous Quentin Blake cover as shown.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smart selection of Penguin Book paperbacks, including works from Anthony Carson, Joanna Jones and William Cooper. A charming selection of Penguin Books paperback titles, comprising works first published from 1950-1960.Including Roger Longrigg's first novel, John Bowen's novel about a 200-year flood (adapted into a play in 1966) and an anecdotal story following the life of a Victorian district nurse by Joanna Jones.In the the original classic orange Penguin covers, with illustrations to the fronts.The entirety of this set includes the following titles:No. 1527 'Scenes from Provincial Life' by William Cooper (1961, orig. published 1950)No. 1592 'Nurse is a Neighbour' by Joanna Jones (1961), orig. published 1958)No. 1634 'After the Rain' by John Bowen (1961, orig. published 1958)No. 1676 'A High-Pitched Buzz' by Roger Longrigg (1962, orig. published 1956)No. 1847 'A Rose by Any Other Name' by Anthony Carson (1962, orig. published 1960)No. 1687 'The Ever-Interesting Topic' by William Cooper (1962, orig. published 1953) In the publisher's original paperback. Externally, smart. With rubbing and marks to the extremities. Sunning to the spines, with paper coming away to the spine tails of 'Nurse' and 'After the Rain'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned (as is common with these editions), however generally clean throughout. With damp slightly affecting the pages of 'After the Rain'. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper of 'High-Pitched Buzz'. Very Good. book.