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WHITE, T H (ASTON, James). First Lesson. London Chatto & Windus, 1932.
Price: US$224.57 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 12.3 x 19.2 cm. Yellow cloth with red stamped titles to the spine. Top edge red, pp [viii] 267[1] 8, Phoenix Library adverts. The boards are dust marked and the spine sunned with five small rubs in the cloth half way down the spine. there is also some light rubbing to the joints. Light pushing to the spine tips and corners and a bruise half way down the upper board at the fore edge. Internally, there is a faded ink ownership name and a book plate for the historian Hugh Brogan on the front pastedown together with a hint of spotting to the edge of the text block and the endpapers. First edition, first impression of the author's fourth book, the second that he published under the pseudonym James Aston. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
WHITE, T.H. (as James Aston).. First Lesson.. Chatto and Windus, London., 1932.
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 267. Four pages of publishers' adverts in the rear. The author's fourth book and the second of two under this pseudonym.Spine slightly creased. Very good in very good, nicked and chipped dustwrapper, designed by C.W. Bacon, with a few short tears repaired on the reverse. .
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
WHITE, T. H. James Aston.. First Lesson. A Novel.. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$834.12 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression of the author's fourth book, and the second that he published under the pseudonym James Aston. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, red label to spine lettered in gilt, top edge red. With dust jacket. Spine slightly rolled, a little darkening to spine ends, some light scattered foxing to contents. An excellent copy in the jacket with some minor loss to spine ends, and a few shallow chips to extremities, a couple of small tape repairs to verso.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
[White, T.H.]; Aston, James. FIRST LESSON. Chatto & Windus, London, 1932.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this tale of a Cambridge Don's oft-wacky adventures on the Mediterranean, its publication leading to a "minor scandal" (Gallix) after the parents of one of his students read it. FIRST LESSON resulted from T. H. White's experiences at Cambridge and in Italy, although one doubts he got up to quite the level of shenanigans as his wayward Mr. Belfry. White's fourth published work, it represents a period of genre experimentation before his great success with THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. Even in these early days of his career, THE GUARDIAN praised him for "extract[ing] abundant amusement" from his characters. But FIRST LESSON caused White trouble, even published under a pseudonym: after complaints from parents, the headmaster at the school where White taught asked White to "give him a written recantation promising that he would no longer write such books" (Gallix 8). 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original yellow cloth binding with red spine label. Original unclipped (7s. 6d.) pictorial dust jacket. Red topstain. [8], 268 pages with 4 pages of ads to rear. Bookseller's stamp to front flyleaf, " John H. King Books, Detroit." Jacket with edgewear, some chipping; tiny closed tear to front flap joint. Jacket price crossed through in ink. Binding with small spot on rear board, light bumping to head and tail of spine. Bright and clean. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
T.H. White / James Aston. First Lesson. Chatto & Windus, 1932.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [White (T.H.)], "James Aston". First Lesson, first edition, original cloth, some shadowing to upper cover from jacket, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, very light surface soiling, light rubbing to extremities, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1932. ? T .H. White's second pseudonymous novel with its macabre dust-jacket designed by Cecil Walter Bacon.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
WHITE, T. H. ASTON, James.. First Lesson. A Novel.. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$1251.18 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression of the author's fourth book, the second that he published under the pseudonym James Aston. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, gilt titles on red cloth label to spine, red top-stain. With dust jacket. Gentle roll to spine, in the dust jacket with a touch of wear to extremities, mild toning. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom