Spell Old Bones by Eric Linklater (23 results)

Condition: Fair. 1949. First Edition. 223 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. From the personal library of previous owner, with expected ownership plates and inscriptions. 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. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, tears and chips. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Moderate loss to jacket edges and corners.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 223 pages (complete). Boards shelf rubbed, cocked, marked. Tanning, foxing, deckle edges, markings. However, it is still a fair copy, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 223 pages (complete). A love-story set in first century Scotland amongst the giants and poets. A much owned copy. The cloth cover has wear about all edges and seams. Ex-library (Escom Staff Library) with consequent usage, marks and wear. The blurb has been affixed to the frontispage. Despite wear the spine is secure and contented. The pages are comfortable, clear, sure, confident and certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Buff hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Some foxing. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 223pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No. Reprint edition. Book is square and binding is tight. Contents are clean and bright. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, markings and shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st printing, 1950. Dj is worn at extremities; a couple of minor interior stains to p.84-92. Very Good+ in dj. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Linklater, Eric. A Spell for Old Bones. London: Jonathan Cape, [1949]. First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5-223 [224: blank]. Original tan cloth, front and spine panels lettered in red, bottom edge ot text block rough-trimmed. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a light stain on rear panel, faint darkening to spine, negligible edge-wear, a nice copy overall. #3757. $25. Novel set in pre-Roman Scotland in the days when giants were still sometimes born (to regular-size mothers) -- and born to cause trouble, especially, as in this case, when two giants lived at the same time. The mundane and marvellous rub shoulders easily here, and the stupendous events are narrated in a nonchalant way characteristic of the author. "Ultimately political satire . Witty and enjoyable. The allegory need not be pursued." -- Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, #1026. Linklater was one of the premier Scottish writers of the early-and-mid 20th century, versatile in his choice of forms but always brimming with vitality and making frequent good use of supernatural motifs in his novels, short stories and plays. Reginald 09085. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 584.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good condition. Beige boards with red lettering. Slight wear to ends of spine. Endpapers tanned and foxed. Minimal wear, no markings in text. Gift inscription on ffep.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. "Political allegory . about the unfortunate conflicts generated by the clumsy giants of ancient Scotland." - Clute and Grant (eds). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 584. Reginald 09085. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Slight spine lean, cloth a bit dusty, a very good copy. (#116500).…

VG+ in Good dustwrapper.

First Edition. A good copy in a good, complete, dustwrapper which is browned on the spine. Foxing to endpapers. 223pp.

New York;: Arno:, 1978. Hardcover, Fine sans dust jacket as issued, 223 pp. Full leather binding. Clean, straight and tight. Hardcover, Fine sans dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Yellow titles to green boards; firm hinges, lightly-bumped corners, clean and unmarked pages/boards. DJ soiled with light wear to corners, spine, light wear along edges. Solid copy. BP/Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Mylared. First American Edition. Original First American Edition Very Good Hardcover Very Good Mylar Protected Dust Jacket Clean 223 pp. Light cover wear and jacket creases else book and jacket Very Good NOT a library copy. Price intact. Scottish and Irish fantasy of Druids, Giants and Bardic political satire. The author is hilarious as well as having been a soldier in the Black Watch. See our Three Geese in Flight Scans.…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5-223 [224: blank], original tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. "Political allegory . about the unfortunate conflicts generated by the clumsy giants of ancient Scotland." - Clute and Grant (eds). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 584. Reginald 09085. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and corners and clipped price. (#162018).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with slightly torn dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown cloth, red titles. Covers unevenly browned. Item Type: Book. No Dust Jacket. Category: Literature & Literary; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 012147.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. 223 pages, 1950 on title page, 1949 on copyright page with First Printing- not sure if first edition. Minor tears to dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light fawn cloth covers, scarlet title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains [vi] 223 printed pages of text. Ink name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight tanning of the paper to the spine, small rubs to the corners, not price clipped 9s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 7 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Hardback. Condition: VG+. VG Pc DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. VG DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Top edge slightly dusty. Top edge of DW is a bit worn. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Top and bottom corners of front flap clipped. Owner name inked on FEP. Small open tears on panel corners, top and bottom rear panel, and spine crown and heel. Foxing on rear panel and text block edges.

Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. In Swedish. First edition, with Michael Ayrton illustrations which are not present in the original UK edition, and a Michael Ayrton bookplate. Interior of book is very good, cover slightly bumped. Ayrton, Michael (illustrator).