Stiff Upper Lip by Durrell (72 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Light green baords. Boards mottled. Jacket soiled, edge-worn, not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Light green boards. Boards tanning under jacket. Jacket dust-soiled on back cover, frayed at extremities of spine. Price-clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover, some creases and signs of age. We ship fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Nicholas Bentley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Minor chipping to top of dust jacket spine. Minor tears to jacket as well. Now preserved in mylar sleeve. 94 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). First U.S. Edition. 1st US edition. Hardbound in clipped dust jacket. Wear to boards & corners of dust jacket, otherwise very good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Acceptable.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: VG-. somewhat worn mass market paperback edtion. light shelfwear, a bit of scuffing and light creasing to the covers. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight otherwise. no marks to the text or other serious flaws. pages a bit discolored with age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ has edge wear on all folds and is price-clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Some schmutz on cover and slight edge wear at top.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. clean and tight throughout except remnant of erasure at title page and flyleaf which has one corner curled. Cover is shelf worn and dusted but title is still bright.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Nicholas Bentley illustrated this title with images in black-and-white. The spine to this volume is not creased, however, there is a longitudinal crease to the middle of the front cover. The cover also has small bend to the upper right corner and some edge wear. A previous owner's signature is ink on the half-title page. There is some light toning to the page edges but there are no marks to the interior of the volume. The back cover shows some light soiling.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. General wear. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. 96 page hardcover with some drawings by Nicolas Bentley. More winning Antrobus stories. Dust jacket has a chip at spine top corner and light wear. Full cloth exterior with title in yellow on spine. Interior has an unsigned inscription and date on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean.

paperback. VG+ mass market paperback with slight spine roll, Dutton D78, 1st printing. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. London, Faber and Faber, 1958. 1st edition. Clipped DJ, faded near spine, corners a bit chipped. Green whole cloth covers, in very good condition. Foxing on the ffep, pastedowns and half-title page. Rest of the book clean. The Book Cellar & Henschel.

20 x 14 cm, Leinen. Condition: Gut. Nachdruck der Erstausgabe von 1958. 94 Seiten mit sw Illustrationen. Kanten etwas bestoßen, Oberkante des Vorderdeckels fleckig, Name am fliegenden Vorsatz. ; ziemlich gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

First Edition. First Edition. Very Good condition. No dustjacket.

21 cm, Leineneinband (cloth). Erstausgabe. 94 S., In English. In englischer SPrache. Mit Stempel auf Titel. Vorsatz fehlt. Deckel und Rücken stark fleckig, berieben und etwas angestoßen. Rücken mit Klebestreifenspur. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 350.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Frayed DJ. Bentley, Nicolas (illustrator). First American Edition. 87 pp. Illustrated. Tales from a diplomatic corps officer.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bentley, Nicolas (illustrator). Unclipped DJ is colorful, ruffled at corners & spine ends, some sunning & soil from age; now protected in mylar. Light tanning on endpapers, otherwise clean, sharp pages throughout.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's green hardcover cloth with yellow title lettering to spine in a Good Dust-Jacket with one 1.5 cm chip to the top edge of the upper cover,rubbed to spine tips.Not price clipped with NO previous inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Illustrated in b&w by Nicolas Bentley,8vo 94pp First Edition 1st Impression [1958].

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Shows wear from reading and storage.

Condition: Fair. 1958. First Edition. 94 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed. Boards are slightly bowed. Prominent forward lean to text block. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Moderate loss to jacket edges and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Nicolas Bentley, Illustrator (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. Small sticker at base of cover (Boots Booklovers Library) - no other writing or names to cover, pages or edges. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. 94 pages. Dust jacket has edge chipping and short closed tears; not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Stiff Upper Lip (1976) by Lawrence Durrell, Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571067220 Condition: Good Sold by: Crappy Old Books Behold: Stiff Upper Lip , Lawrence Durrell?s 1976 offering from Faber and Faber, and yes, it really is called that, because sometimes the British psyche can only be explained through facial muscles and suppressed feelings. If you?ve ever wondered what happens when repression gets bored, puts on a blazer, and decides to have a bit of fun, this is the book for you. Durrell, best known for being gloriously serious in a Mediterranean, incense-and-existentialism sort of way, here turns his gaze to the absurdities of Englishness with the kind of amused precision that suggests he?s both insider and delighted anthropologist. The title promises restraint. The reality, as ever, is that restraint is merely the wrapping paper for something far more chaotic underneath. Imagine manners as a lid on a saucepan that?s been boiling since the Edwardian era. This isn?t a book that tiptoes. It glides in, raises an eyebrow, and quietly points out that the whole civilised performance is held together by habit, denial, and the firm belief that saying nothing is the same as being fine. You?ll get the flavour of the era too: a Britain still wearing its ?we mustn?t grumble? cardigan while the seams creak, and Durrell gently tugging at the threads just to see what happens. Our copy is in Good condition, which is the natural habitat of a Durrell paperback that?s lived an actual life. Expect the usual honest wear, the faint suggestion of having been read in a chair that was slightly too upright, and perhaps a general aura of ?I?ve seen your emotions and I?m not impressed.? Nothing precious, nothing fragile. This is a book you can actually read, which is handy, because Durrell has a way of making you want to underline lines and then pretend you didn?t. ISBN 0571067220 , because unlike the truly antique stuff, this one can be traced. Not that it?s going anywhere. It?s exactly the sort of book that sits on your shelf looking quietly superior, like it?s about to offer you a sherry and then judge you for how you hold the glass. Sold by Crappy Old Books , naturally. We deal in the gloriously imperfect: books with history, character, and the faint suggestion that they?ve been in the room during at least one awkward conversation. If you want pristine, buy a decorative hardback you?ll never open. If you want something sharp, sly, and quietly hilarious about the theatre of British composure, Stiff Upper Lip is ready to keep a straight face while everything else unravels. Take it home. Try not to laugh too loudly. That would never do.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine condition. Spine tight, pages clean. Aging to pages and small price sticker adhered to back.