The White Cliffs by Alice Duer Miller, First Edition (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dixon-Scott, J. (illustrator). First Edition. First UK edition. One page preface by Sir Walter Layton. Originally published in the US by Coward-McCann in 1940. The boards, which are stiff card, have a small mark to the rear panel, yellowing to the spine and some discolouration around the edges but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Page edges are browned. Previous owner's name in pencil to the front free endpaper and there are a few light crosses in pencil at the top of several poems - these could be easily erased. Browning to the endpapers but the pages are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has browning to the spine which is chipped at the top and bottom. The front panel has a two inch closed tear to the top corner with another smaller tear next to it and two other small closed tears towards the top left corner. The rear panel has a half-inch closed tear to the top edge and there is some chipping to the top edge of the rear panel and at the corners. Cover photograph by J. Dixon-Scott. First printing.

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [6],59,[3] p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Miller, Alice Duer. English poetry. 20th century English poetry. 1 Kg.

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [6],59,[3] p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Miller, Alice Duer. English poetry. 20th century English poetry. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A fine unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean, no markings, age toned, wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. Slight yellowing to edges, clean and unmarked; blue paper on boards with dark blue titles. Jacket shows edgewear, yellowing to spine, not price clipped (2s. 6d.). ".a long poem which expresses completely and beautifully what many Americans feel about England in this dark hour". Uncommon British first.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fifteenth Printing. Jacket rubbed with light edgewear. Cover is royal blue with white lettering on the spine and impressed lettering on the front, rubbed at corners and tips. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. PhotoPlay Edition. 8vo; 70 pages; A little browning to the jacket with light rubbing and edgewear. The 1st photoplay edition with Alan Marshal and Irene Dunne on the front of the jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. DJ is Good. 1st Edition, Later Printing. Ex-Libris 'Paul Linderman' library. Dust jacket is price-clipped, with some cracking along spine and age toning on back cover. Blue cloth boards with white lettering on spine. Some foxing to pastedown pages and a small bookstore sticker on back pastedown, otherwise the text is bright and free of markings. Spine is strong and square, paper edge is deckle. 70 pages, 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" * Alice Duer Miller was a feminist writer whose prose actively influenced political opinion at the time. This particular novel tells the story of an American girls who falls in love with an Englishman in the aftermath of World War One. **All Books Are Shipped Within 24 Hours Of Purchase, And Are Packaged Meticulously In Order To Assure They Arrive In The Same Condition As My Description**.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. 24th printing 1940. Wearing and nicks to jacket. rubbing to spine ends and corners. Condition not ideal, price accordingly. 70pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. 1941 special edition limited special paper.

8vo. 70 pp. Blue boards, white lettering (minor soiling, shelfwear, slight bumping to corners), w/ d.j. cover art photo of Irene Dunne and Alan Marshal (minor chippng, edgewear, some scuffing to fore-edges), still G/G copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First photoplay edition of this work of verse which inspired MGM's movie, The White Cliffs of Dover, starring Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, and others.

Hardcover in Slipcase. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Limited Edition, one of 5000 large paper copies bound in silver cloth over grey illustrated paper covered boards, in publisher's grey patterned paper covered slipcase, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase. Glassine dustwrapper browned. Two elegant bookplates to front pastedown. Unpaginated. A narrative poem in 2 sections, which was the basis for a popular movie adaptation [1944] which starred Irene Dunne, Roddy McDowell, Van Johnson, Peter Lawford, and a very young Elizabeth Taylor. On of the all-time popular books of poetry, many times reprinted. The trade edition preceded this limited version. Q10900.

Hardcover. First Edition; 10th impression. Very Good+ in boards. Owner name on front pastedown. Light soiling on front panel.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. 1941 special edition, silver spine with printed decorated boards. With a warm inscription from author to Arthur Halpin. Also laid in with a note from Louis Sherry (founder of Sherry's Restaurant). Slipcase is present but tattered. Book itself VG. First edition. Signed/autographed. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, Sixth Printing. Signed, dated and inscribed by Miller to her "dear friend and collaborator", composer Jerome Kern. Slight tanning to gutters of end papers, otherwise a fine, fresh and unread copy in a very good or better dust wrapper, tanning to the spine and with a few closed edge tears. Jerome Kern was one of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, writing more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". Kern and Miller collaborated on Roberta, the Broadway musical adaptation of Miller's novel Gowns by Roberta. Running for 295 performances between 1933 and 1934, Roberta featured the now classic song "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and starred Bob Hope as well as Sydney Greenstreet (who later appeared in the Maltese Falcon and Casablanca) and Fred MacMurray. Few books were hotter on both sides of the Atlantic than The White Cliffs in 1940. Selling nearly one million copies - an unheard of number for a book of verse - and influencing political thought during the U.S.'s entry into World War II, the book tells the story of an American girl coming to London as a tourist, meeting and marrying a young upper-class Englishman in the pre-WWI period, and deciding to remain in England with their young son after he is killed on the front. The story concludes as WWII commences, and she worries that her son, like his father, will be killed fighting for the country he loves. The poem ends with the lines: .I am American bred I have seen much to hate here - much to forgive, But in a world in which England is finished and dead, I do not wish to live. The book was broadcast and recorded by British-American actress Lynn Fontanne and the story was made into the 1944 film The White Cliffs of Dover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 70 pages. Inscribed by the author on first leaf to writer Hendrik Van Loon. Jacket toned, with loss to head and heel of spine, a few small predation holes, not price clipped; now in a removable archival sleeve. Sunning to head of spine; light foxing to textblock fore-edge. 7.6 x 5.3 inches. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; Tenth Printing. Blue cloth cover has wear at corners and caps otherwise clean and bright and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Inscribed by author on front end sheet: "To my good friend Mrs. English with affectionate thoughts from Alice, Christmas 1940." Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket has wear at the extremities with an abrasion on front panel and stain on back panel, but overal good+. DJ flap corners are clipped but publisher's price of $1.00 on DJ flap still present. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty or improve its appearance. Pictured here without the mylar cover for an accurate visual of it's condition. .; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First UK EDITION. Morale boosting World War 2 poem/story. First UK printing. Publishing details page states 'First Published in 1941' with no details of later printings. Hard cover with photo illustrated dust jacket. Tears and some pieces missing on the edges of the DJ, but the bulk of the DJ survives in good order. Not price clipped. Light blue boards, with illustration on front booard. Flat crease mark on front board. Previous owner inscription(dated 9.3.41) on the front pastedown. Lightly tanned and slightly foxed pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Scarce first UK printing. Location: SG2.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Inscribed by the author to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. From the library of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. The poem opens: "I have loved England, dearly and deeply,Since that first morning, shining and pure,The white cliffs of Dover, I saw rising steeply Out of the sea that once made her secure.". Signed by Author(s).