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Lewis Carroll. For the Train, Five Poems and a Tale. Denis Archer,, 1932.
Price: US$15.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Feb 1932 First Edition, Second Printing. Hardback No Dust Jacket. Good condition, tanned edge paper, Discolouration to the spine, shelf wear. Published by Denis Archer, London. Inv u5A41.
Seller: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Entertaining fantasy owing much, as the author acknowledges, to Lewis Carroll (consciously), Compton Mackenzie, and Sellar and Yeatman (unconsciously). In general good order throughout. A little occasional faint finger marking, but generally clean and bright. Gift inscription to toned fep. Green cloth a little dulled and worn to edges. 12mo. 123pp
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United Kingdom
Price: US$21.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True first British printing. Firs thus. No jacket. Arranged and with a preface by Hugh J. Schonfield. Illustrated by C. H. Bennett and W. McConnell. The frontispiece of the author has been neatly removed. Red boards with black lettering to spine and gold design to front are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, fading to spine, the odd small mark, odd small bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/slight fraying to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Neat gift inscription and date in pen to front end-paper. Paper inside back board is a little wrinkled (a production fault). Pages bit tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$22.17 + shipping
Description: Octavo, xxii+76pp, illustrated, frontis portrait of Carroll, original cloth, a very good copy. Second impression from the year of first publication.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Lewis Carroll; Hugh J. Schonfield. For the Train: Five Poems and a Tale. Denis Archer, London, 1932.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published in this edition, stated. No indication of later printings. Maroon cloth with gilt titles. Boards clean with minor shelf wear, lower corners gently bumped. Spine lightly sunned, heel gently bumped. Binding firm. Old bookseller sticker along lower gutter on front end paper. Gift inscription on front end paper, else unmarked. Contents clean. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$23.19 + shipping
Description: Sm. 8vo.76pp. With ten illus. inc. photo frontis. Orig red cloth gilt. Mark to front cover. Uncommon.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Lewis Carroll. For The Train: Five Poems And A Tale. Denis Archer, 1932.
Price: US$25.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition, Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and a little worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, inscription to a previous owner on front paste down
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$29.56 + shipping
Description: Octavo, xxii+76pp, illustrated, frontis portrait of Carroll, original cloth, a very good copy. First edition.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
CARROLL, Lewis. For The Train. Archer, London, 1932.
Price: US$33.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Five Poems and A Tale. Being Contributions to "The Train," 1856-1857.Arranged, with a Preface, by Hugh J. Schonfield. Small 8vo. London: Denis Archer, 1932. First Edition. A Centenary Tribute. Second impression, published one month after the first.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Early Printing. 5 x 7.25in. xix. 76pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE. Shows the spine lightly rubbed and toned, one endpaper with marginal thumbing, else Fine/As New. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Carroll, Lewis. For the Train: Five Poems and a Tale. Denis Archer, London, 1932.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 76 pgs. Red cloth ruled in blind, titled in gilt, spine gilt darkened, sporadic light foxing. Selected early writings from the periodical, The Train. Size: 12mo
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 76pp. In red boards with blind border and gilt publishers logo to front and faded gilt titles to spine. Some minor edge wear to corners and spine head and tail. Previous owners signature in pencil to ffep. Illustrated in b&w from the original publication. Overall a Very Good copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Lewis Carroll. For the Train , Five Poems and a Tale. Denis Archer, London, 1932.
Price: US$41.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Being Contributions to "The Train," 1856-1857, with the original illustrations by C. H. Bennett and W. McConnell; together with some Carrollean Episodes concerning Trains. Arranged, with a Preface, by Hugh J. Schonfield. xix, 76 pp. Illustrated. 12mo, publisher's crimson cloth in illustrated dust jacket. First edition. The cloth is very, very slightly darkened at the spine and sunned at the top of the headcap; dust jacket foxed with with chips at the extremities of the spine (affecting title lettering at the top) and corners.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Limited edition 64/100. Flat signed by Hugh J. Schonfield. General wear to boards with toning. Content has light toning with foxing. No DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$59.26 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; endpapers lightly spotted, label scar on rear paste-down; original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible), edges lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy. Uncommon in this condition. Williams & Madan (Green), 307.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$135.27 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece portrait and the original illustrations from "The Train" by C.H. Bennett and W. McConnell One of 100 numbered copies, signed by Schonfield Spine and covers just a little darkened and small circular spot on upper cover, otherwise a very nice copy
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
CARROLL, Lewis. For the Train: Five Poems and a Tale. Denis Archer, London, 1932.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. Illustrated by C.H. Bennett and W. McConnell. Arranged, with a Preface by Hugh J. Schonfield. Brown cloth gilt. Slightly age-toned, else near fine. Copy number 99 of 100 numbered copies Signed by Schonfield. Published on the centenary of Carroll's birth.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Description: Hb in Original pictorial Dustwrapper 76pp frontisplate and illustrations by C.H.Bennett and W. McConnell Contributions to The Train 1856-1857 together with some Carrollean Episodes concerning Trains Pencil inscription to inside flap of Dw O/w A Near Fine/Fine Copy
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$430.91 + shipping
Description: London, Denis Archer 6 Old Gloucester Street W.C.1, 1932. 8°. XIX, 76 Seiten. (iii). Rotes OLeinen mit vergoldeter Deckelprägung. Original red cloth with gilt imprint. Erste Ausgabe in Buchform. - Sehr frisches und sauberes Exemplar. - Sehr selten. First edition in book form. Bright and clean excellent copy. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria