Scarlet Tree Being Second Volume by Osbert Sitwell (45 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Lightly worn and faded covers, red and gold leather title plate on spine, end papers foxed, owner name, else pages lightly tanned and near very good. Black and white photos and paintings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 318 pp. 6 x 8 . Orange cloth covered boards stamped in gold and black at spine. No dj. Cloth sun-faded at spine, corners bent, slight wear to head/foot of spine. Slight edgewear, cover slightly soiled. A few paragraphs marked with tick marks.

Condition: Fair. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 318 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minimal marks to boards. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Macmillan & Co., 1946. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, viii,319pp, illust. Bookplate, d/j worn and torn with loss. A fair copy. /0.6uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ: Good. 319 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Spine is slightly cocked. White dj, sunned, light edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrated with black & white photographs and plates throughout. Orange cloth. Spine faded and ends a bit rubbed. Small scratch to front cover. A very good copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback reprint, 8vo, 271pp, illustrated, slight foxing on eedges, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0333086066.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1946 Macmillan first edition hardback; Very Good condition, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled as with age; spine partially torn from text. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 334 p, plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Previous ed.: Macmillan, 1946. Subjects; Sitwell, Osbert (1892-1969). Biography. Childhood and youth. Authors, English 20th century. Autobiography. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Left hand, right hand! ; 2. Physical description: 334p, plates : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: Sitwell, Osbert (1892-1969) -- Biography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. SPINE TILTED FORWARD, TANNED ON DJ SPINE AND REAR COVER, WEAR AND TEARS ON DJ EDGES, CHIPPED AT DJ TOP OF SPINE, CLOTH WEAR AT EXTREMITIES, CORNERS KNOCKED, OTHERWISE GOOD. 700 GRAMS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Red cloth, gilt title to small black panel. 327pp. b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket a little worn and stained in places with chips to corners, spine and centre spine. Contents are clean and unmarked and generally in a very good condition.

3rd edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 318 pages, plates : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm. Subjects: Sitwell, Osbert 1892-1969. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.

Book Club Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, 334 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Book 3: Chambers of the East. -- Book 4: The happiest time of one's life. Subjects; Sitwell, Osbert 1892-1969. Sitwell, Osbert Biography. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Authors Writers Novelists Poets Biography Scarborough Yorkshire. Book covers and jackets. 1 Kg.

Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo hardcover (VG-) heavy crack to central gutter; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Red covers are lightly marked. Heavily sunned red spine with black spine-label and gilt lettering. Light wear to corners and spine-ends. Front panel of dust-jacket pasted on half-title page. Dark blue upper text-block edge. Sound binding. Clean pages and illustrated end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 14515121295. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Condition: Very Good. Macmillan & Co 11/19/46 Binding: Unknown 380 pages; orange c Illustrator: BW Illus PublishPlace: London Size: 8 vo.

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled as with age; spine partially torn from text. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 334 p, plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Previous ed.: Macmillan, 1946. Subjects; Sitwell, Osbert (1892-1969). Biography. Childhood and youth. Authors, English 20th century. Autobiography. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Left hand, right hand! ; 2. Physical description: 334p, plates : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: Sitwell, Osbert (1892-1969) -- Biography. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Rubbed and sunned spine. Stained boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Corner clipped, wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges creased and worn, some small rips and nicks, corners and top of spine chipped and worn, surface of covers a little grubby and discoloured with age, back cover more so, some light wear to covers and spine, corners a little worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. A very good hardcover in a good dust jacket, a very nice clean copy. Perfect for a collector or fan. The second volume of Sir Osbert Sitwell's autobiography "carries the life of the author on from his eighth to his eighteenth year, (with) a constant broadening and enrichment of the story in the development of his own experience and interests, in the expansion of other personalities that germinated in 'Left Hand, Right Hand!' and in the sequels that are now given us to various clues. Full of humour, percipience and candour, (it) is a book to be read and re-read, the story of the making of one of the most gifted and cultivated writers of our time.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Third Printing. Book would be fine but for tiny rubs at lower corners of spine. No ownership or other marks. DJ with intact price has multiple closed tears and a few small chips from edges. DJ now in mylar sleeve. Spine is somewhat darkened but still clearly legible. Laid in are a piece of folded blank stationary from Sitwell's Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, and a label from a bottle of chianti from Sitwell's winery in Italy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No dj.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second volume of Sitwell's autobiography. Book very clean and sound, dust jacket with slight tears/sunning to spine, now in a removeable protective sleeve.

3rd edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 318 pages, plates : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm. Subjects: Sitwell, Osbert 1892-1969. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.

Book Club Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, 334 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Book 3: Chambers of the East. -- Book 4: The happiest time of one's life. Subjects; Sitwell, Osbert 1892-1969. Sitwell, Osbert Biography. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Authors Writers Novelists Poets Biography Scarborough Yorkshire. Book covers and jackets. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 334pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. Strong binding. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.