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F Scott Fitzgerald. Borrowed Time. Grey Walls Press, London, 1951.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Short stories selected by ALan and Jennifer Ross. Pale blue cloth boards, slightly stained and spine a little faded. Owner's name on fep and remains of book plate.
Seller: Remember Books, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Spine and board edges discoloured, cocked, gutters cracked exposing netting, WHSmith library plate to front pastedown, closed edges foxed, pp clean and bright. Size: 12mo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Borrowed Time. -Grey Walls Press -, 1951.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Description: First edition 1951. 366 pages. No American equivalent. Uncommon. Collects nine of his most acclaimed shorter works. Edges tanned. Red cloth with black spine lettering. Very good in grubby much edge-damaged dustjacket with losses.
Seller: Paul Brown, Ramsgate, United Kingdom
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Borrowed Time. London Grey Walls Press, 1951.
Price: US$91.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First Edition. A clean, tight copy. Binding tight. housed in original red cloth. 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
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, rlight blue cloth, d.w. London: Grey Walls Press, (1951). First edition. There was no equivalent American edition. The book has a slight lean; the dust wrapper is price-intact & near fine, with one small chip.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Borrowed Time. Grey Walls Press, London, 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. First English Edition. Collection of short stories. Dustjacket has light edgewear to corners and spine ends. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$169.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. 366pp. Small octavo in original red cloth and dust jacket. Dust jacket with some minor dust soiling. very good Nine short stories.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Fitzgerald, F. Scott.. Borrowed Time. Grey Walls,, London:, 1951.
Price: US$169.39 + shipping
Description: Hardback. First edition. 366pp. Short stories selected by Alan and Jennifer Ross. Dust jacket design by Peter Curl. Red boards with black titles to spine are faintly spotted to the upper part of the front board and have a couple of faint marks to the back. Faded to the spine. Text is clean. Dust jacket is slightly tanned and somewhat dust marked. Dust jacket is not price clipped but is rubbed with tiny chips to spine ends and to corners and has a short half inch tear to the bottom edge. Good copy in like dust jacket
Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA), Skipton, YORKS, United Kingdom
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Borrowed Time. Grey Walls, 1951.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine copy of the first British editon of this title, no American equivalent. There is a previous owner name and a trace of shading at toning at the outside edge of lower page corners. The dust jacket is a little darkened to the spine, and has a single short closed tear. An attractive copy of an uncommon Fitzgerald title. Collects nine of his most acclaimed shorter works. Published by Grey Walls press in 1951.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
F. Scott Fitzgerald. Borrowed Time. The Grey Walls Press, 1951.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a collection of short stories, "BORROWED TIME" by F. Scott Fitzgerald with its original dust jacket. 1951 1st edition, 1st printing; The Grey Walls Press; London. The book contains nine short stories in all, as follows: The Cut-Glass Bowl; May Day; The Camel's Back; The Diamond as Big as the Ritz; The Rich Boy; Absolution; Crazy Sunday; Two Wrongs; Babylon Revisited. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original price intact on the front flap and comes with a clear, protective sleeve (not shown). From the dust jacket: "This collection takes its title from a short piece he wrote about the 'Jazz Age' in The Crack-Up, 'an age of miracles, an age of art, an age of excess and an age of satire.it had a wild youth and a heady middle age.it ended two years ago [1929], because the utter confidence which was its essential prop received an enormous jolt.it was borrowed time anyhow.' Condition: Clean covers and spine; sharp cover corners. Light foxing at the top and bottom edges of the text block; heavier foxing at the long edge. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The text pages are clean with the exception of occasional light foxing at the outer page edges. The front end paper has dark tanning along the inner edge by the spine, a sticker affixed, and a name/year written in pen; the rear end paper has light tanning along the inner edge by the spine, light foxing, and "May 1951" stamped in ink at the bottom edge; the rear pastedown has an ink stamp at the bottom edge ("The Times Library 42, Wigmore Street, London, W.1."). Overall the book is in Very Good- condition. The dust jacket in un-clipped with the original price intact on the front flap; light foxing to the front cover, spine and flaps; heavier foxing on the back cover; small tears at the top/bottom edges of the spine and at the flap corners.overall the jacket is in Good condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First English Edition. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chip at top spine end.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 366 pp. 12mo, publisher's red boards in dust jacket. Reprinted material. AA 3. A fine copy in an unchipped jacket with a few tiny marks; old pencilled price on front panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$252.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the spine stamped in black. The dust jacket has very minor wear at the extremities.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$291.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 366. A fine in dj (little faded and darkened, lacks a small portion at the top of the spine). Bruccoli AA3. Nine short stories for the first time collected under this title, including "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" and "Babylon Revisited." There is no equivalent US edition.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. Borrowed Time.. The Grey Walls Press, [London], 1951.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: 366 pp. 8vo, publishers cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Top edge a little dusty; else a near fine copy in a bright, unchipped jacket with some light soiling. There was no equivalent US edition. Bruccoli A.a.3.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.