When Wind Blows by Frank Sargeson (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG First Australian Edition. Heavy card covers. Octavo. There is a little surface fish work at head of rear board and at bottom outer cnr. of front endpapers. No d/j.

First edition, octavo, beige card boards with black lettering to spine & black lettering in orange panels to front cover, 92pp + 3pp adverts, VG (slight creasing to front cover, foxing to page edges), in d/w, VG- (tanning to interior & exterior, bruising to all edges, corners, flap folds, 2cm hole to lower spine, owner's name in ink to upper front).…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers, with a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 91 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; New Zealand fiction. 20th century. 1 Kg.…

FIRST EDITION, Super octavo softcover (VG) with d/w (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 cost.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers, with a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 91 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; New Zealand fiction. 20th century. 1 Kg.…

8vo, 92pp. A good copy with stiff boards in lighlty tanned dust jacket. . Australian novel.

First edition, super octavo, beige light card covers with black lettering in orange panels to front cover & black lettering to spine, 92pp + 3pp adverts, VG- (moderate tanning to covers & page edges, creasing to front cover upper edge, some foxing to eps, number in black ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy dampstaining & browning, esp to rear & inside, archival tape repair to spine). …

Paperback. Condition: Good. 91 pages. d/j on semi stiff card covers-d/j spine worn and corner stain on back panel of the d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 91 pages. d/j slight spine wear- some age browning.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. firmly attached, slightly tanned page edges. A tidy copy.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 91, [5]. Blue, red and white dust jacket with black lettering. Publisher's off-white card boards with black lettering on red title blocks. Very good, clean and unmarked throughout with some shelfwear at edge of boards. In good dust jacket with some tanning and soiling.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light card boards, black printed lettering to front board & spine, 91 pp, VG ( 3 mm closed tear without loss to top of spine, light bruising, creasing, tanning & chaffing to boards, slight tanning to page edges, small bookshop sticker to fep, v slight foxing to front & rear eps ) in d/w VG- ( 5 mm closed tear with loss to top of spine & 1 cm closed tear with loss to top of rear cover, light soiling, chipping, bruising & tanning to outside & inside of covers ). …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Some rubbing and foxing to dust-jacket. A 10mm tear across centre of dust-jacket spine.; 92, [1 (blank)], [3 (advertisements)] pages. Card covers with black lettering on spine and front board. Orange panels on front board. Dust-jacket printed in blue and red with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 220 x 142mm. First separate publication, previously published in "The Penguin New Writing", Nos. 27 and 28. "In 1945 Sargeson published the first part of a novel-in-progress under the title 'When the Wind Blows.' The complete novel, a study of youth and self-discovery, was 'I Saw in My Dream' (1949), published in England by John Lehman, who had published earlier work by Sargeson in the wartime 'Penguin New Writing'" - William Broughton, in Robinson & Wattie (1998) "The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature." [References: Bagnall S180; McLaren "Caxton Press" 348].…

reprint dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 92pp., Exceptionally nice copy with a fine dust jacket over stiffened boards.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some foxing to dust-jacket. A nice copy of this title, signed by the author.; This copy nicely signed by the author in blue ink on the front endpaper "Frank Sargeson / Oct. '45". Another name in blue ink on corner of front endpaper, possibly "Cole"? 92, [1 (blank)], [3 (advertisements)] pages. Card covers with black lettering on spine and front board. Orange panels on front board. Dust-jacket printed blue and red with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 219 x 141mm. First separate publication, previously published in "The Penguin New Writing", Nos. 27 and 28. "In 1945 Sargeson published the first part of a novel-in-progress under the title 'When the Wind Blows.' The complete novel, a study of youth and self-discovery, was 'I Saw in My Dream' (1949), published in England by John Lehman, who had published earlier work by Sargeson in the wartime 'Penguin New Writing'" - William Broughton, in Robinson & Wattie (1998) "The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature." [References: Bagnall S180; McLaren "Caxton Press" 348]; Signed by Author.…

first edition signed by author [association copy - from the collection of Dennis McEldowney] 92pp VERY GOOD+ (in card wrappers,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.author's sign.to half-title,owner's sign.[McEldowney] to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.).…

Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1945. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, which bear the Reed & Harris Melbourne imprint, with advertisements for their publications on back wrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. Licensed for sale in Australia through Reed & Harris, the scarce Australian variant with advertisements from the publishers of Angry Penguins.…