Vanities Verities by Mottram (7 results)

Condition: Good. 1958. First Edition. 215 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine. Foxing overall.

Condition: Good. 1958. First Edition. 215 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 216pp, with black and white plate illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards with blue relief and gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. cloth a little pushed at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, faded, a little toned and bumped at edges, a few mild marks and shelf wear visible on verso. In this very human and endearing collection of essays, Mottram shares with the reader his personal store of experience. Well-known and well-loved as a novelist, writer and chronicler of the secluded town of Norwich, Mottram is seen here as an essayist with a range of moods and affections, and his topics range from Norwich to novels, from literary figures to the experience of life.

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Red cloth hardcover in clipped dust jacket. Pp 215. A square, tight, clean copy. contents bright and clean with no previous names etc; some foxspotting on lower foredge. The jacket has some foxspotting and expected aging bit is sound with little edgewear. Images/further information available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition; INSCRIBED COPY; inscribed by the author to literary agent R.P. Watt on the title page. There is also, laid in, a letter to Watt signed again by Mottram. Book is GOOD in GOOD dust jacket; there is light foxing along edges of text block. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates on 8; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.