Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Kingsley Amis. I LIKE IT HERE. Victor gollancz, 1958.
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. Pages are clean, bright and tight. Inscription on f.e.p.
Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz, 1958.
Price: US$8.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service. Full refund if not totally satisfied. 1958 Hardback edition, no dust jacket.
Seller: Books and Bobs, Swansea, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz, 1958.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Although the book is a first edition, the jacket is from the second impression. Slightly cocked, else fine. Yellow jacket is stained on back panel, price-clipped.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Kingsley Amis. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz, 1958.
Price: US$10.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: I Like It Here by Kingsley Amis. 1958. Hardback. UK first edition, first printing. Book and jacket in very good condition. 208 pages. Yellow jacket darkened to spine, hasn't been price clipped, small nick at top right corner to front. Pages have sunned to tips. Clean throughout. Bookseller Inventory #HFB003468
Seller: Hunt For Books, Blackburn, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. I Like It Here: a novel. Victor Gollancz, 1958.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small faded patch at bottom of spine, lettering on spine dulled, slight foxing to edges else very good clean copy, d/w rubbed, chipped with slight loss and darkened on spine
Seller: Idle Booksellers PBFA, Bradford, United Kingdom
AMIS, KINGSLEY.. I LIKE IT HERE.. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958., 1958.
Price: US$16.54 + shipping
Description: 208 pp, fine copy in d/j. First edition.
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
Price: US$16.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True first British printing. No jacket. Red boards with gold lettering to spine are very good with the odd small mark, a little pushing/bumping to corners, minor darkening to spine, the odd small bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages bit tanned. Top of pages slightly dusty. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley.. I Like It Here.. London, Victor Gollancz 1958., 1958.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Edges slightly spotted, bookseller's label on front paste-down, remains of small ink scribble on fly-leaf, o/w good in fair dustjacket browned at the spine, with some closed tears.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
Amis, Kingsley. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. Spots of foxing to the endpapers. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has two short tears and iis darkened on the spine and along the folds. The spine ends are lightly worn, with a small stain at the head. The price, 13/6, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
AMIS, KINGSLEY. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$25.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book condition: Good. Book sellers stamp to front paste down. Pencil price to ffep. Light tanning and light foxing to prelims. small stain to top of page 7 possibly coffee. Dust Jacket condition: Poor Closed tears and small amounts of chipping as well as being price clipped.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Amis, Kingsley. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1958.
Price: US$25.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 208 pages. Rose coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Plain text dust wrapper with black and purple writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Kingsley Amis's third novel. Very minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and light shelfwear to the lower book edges. Heavy browning and foxing to the paper edges. Light browning to the endpapers and previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front endpaper. A few marks to the endpapers. Internally the pages have become quite age toned. Rubbing and chipping, with loss, to the dust wrapper corners. On either side of the top spine, edges there are 0.75 " tears, and there has also been a horizontal tear across the spine width, causing an almost complete severing of that part of the spine. Spine piece still in situ. Chips to either side of the lower spine edge. The dust wrapper panels have become quite dull and a little sun affected and light foxing is also noted. The spine region of the dust wrapper is quite heavily sun affected. Clipping of the dust wrapper , front fold over, lower right-hand corner. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0104402.
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
AMIS, KINGSLEY. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1958.
Price: US$26.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Publisher's pink cloth, titles in gilt to spine, in bright yellow dust jacket with pink and black lettering. First Edition. Book in Fine condition. Dust jacket price clipped and worn with a few chipped corners and at head of spine. Two tears in jacket at base of spine.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Amis, Kingsley. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is now protected in a clear removable sleeve. Fairly light top edge foxing. A nice clean copy internally without ownership inscription or other marking. 208 pages.The author's third novel.
Seller: Blacket Books, PBFA, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
AMIS, KINGSLEY. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$35.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Top edges of the book are a bit soiled. There is a previous ownership signature to the front endpage of Toronto critic Nathan Cohen. Dustjacket a bit soiled, especially the spine panel.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Amis, Kingsley. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz, Ltd, London, 1958.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus first edition book in very good plus dust jacket. Head and tail of board spine are lightly creased and sunned. Small bump to lower right front corner. Book is internally clean and snug. Dust jacket spine is sunned as are folds and al edges but to a lesser degree. Head and tail of spine have small chips and rubs. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Kingsley Amis. I LIKE IT HERE [1/1]. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First impression of the true first edition. ***Very good in salmon-pink boards with gilt titles to the spine. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Tiny bump to fore-edge of front board. Bottom corner of rear board slightly creased. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. Spine tight. ***In a very good standard yellow Gollancz dustwrapper, printed in pink and black, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 13s 6d net. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips or tears. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and discoloured. The spine of the dustwrapper is also slightly discoloured. There is an unobtrusive small nick to the bottom edge of the back panel of the dustwrapper. ***190mm x 128mm. 208 pages. ***First impression of the true first edition of Kingsley Amis's third novel, complete in its original fragile dustwrapper, hard to find in such nice collectable condition. The Gollancz dustwrappers are notoriously thin and fragile, and prone to discolouring, wear and tear. Of interest to collectors of the early works of Kingsley Amis in first edition. **For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley. I Like it Here: A Novel. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First Editon. Octavo. Yellow dust jacket with purple and black lettering. Very good, dust jacket spine darkened, some staining and spotting, edges and pages foxed, pages timetoned.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
AMIS, Kingsley.. I LIKE IT HERE.. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1958.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 208 pp. Tiny owner's ticket to lower edge of rear paste-down; tiny bumps; a nearly fine copy in a nice dust jacket which has a slightly tanned spine, two small internal tape mends and the price corner is clipped. Overall, an attractive copy of the author's third book.
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
Amis, Kingsley. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1958.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Pp 208. Original cloth, lettered gilt to spine. Spine slightly dulled and there is light wear to the edges. The unclipped pictorial d/w shows some darkening to the spine and near the edges. Some general edge-wear including some small tears and tiny bits of loss to the top edge. A little foxing to the edges but internally clean and sound. Date and signature of previous owner to front free endpaper.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
AMIS Kingsley. I LIKE IT HERE. Victor Gollancz LtdLondon 1st Edition, 1958.
Price: US$89.66 + shipping
Description: Hb Original Red Cloth Boards In Original Yellow Dustwrapper (Not Price Clipped) 208pp The Authors 3rd Novel Near FINE In Likewise Dw
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley. I LIKE IT HERE. London: Victor Gollancz., 1958.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Original pink cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with a neat previous owner's signature in blue ink to the front endpaper and the habitual toning of the text block are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly nicked dustwrapper which is darkened to the spine. Not price-clipped (13/6 net to the front flap). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. I LIKE IT HERE. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Author's third novel. 208 pages in very good condition; outer edges a little yellowed. Endpapers clean. Red hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. Yellow DJ with purple titles. Spine and edges darkened. Light wear on corners and edges, jacket lightly soiled. Not price clipped. VG/GOOD
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
AMIS Kingsley.. I LIKE IT HERE.. London: Victor Gollancz, 1958.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 208, original red cloth, dust-jacket.
Seller: J & S L Bonham ABA ILAB PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1958.
Price: US$157.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of this travel adventure novel. In original unclipped jacket in protective sheet. Some minor chipping at corners and at head/tail of spine, all very small. Toning to the spine. Red cloth over boards with gilded lettering on the spine. Solid and square. Former owner signature on ffep. Interior is lightly and evenly toned, otherwise it is clean and clear. Pages:208 Dimensions:7½ x 5 x ¾.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Kingsley Amis. I LIKE IT HERE [1/1 in variant brown cloth]. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First impression of the true first edition - this copy being in the seldom seen variant brown cloth binding. The book is generally found in the standard Gollancz salmon-pink boards. ***Near fine in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. There is a small bump to the top edge of the front board. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. Looks almost unread. Spine tight. ***In a near fine standard yellow Gollancz dustwrapper, printed in pink and black, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 13/6 net. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips or tears. Head and tail of spine just very slightly rubbed. Edges of dustwrapper very slightly rubbed. Spine of dustwrapper remains almost unfaded and bright. Back panel of dustwrapper clean with just the slightest small marks. The large foldover flaps also remain completely uncreased. ***190mm x 128mm. 208 pages. ***A near fine copy of the first impression of the true first edition of Kingsley Amis's third novel, complete in its original fragile dustwrapper. It's extremely hard to find Gollancz editions in such nice collectable condition - the Gollancz dustwrappers are notoriously thin and fragile, and prone to discolouring, wear and tear. This copy is of particular interest to collectors of the early works of Kingsley Amis as it is bound in a seldom seen variant brown cloth binding. Scarce thus. **For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley. I LIKE IT HERE. London: Victor Gollancz., 1958.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. The publisher's file copy. Original pink cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with the publisher's 'file copy' ink stamp to the front pastedown are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper which has the same 'file copy' stamp to the upper panel. Not price-clipped (13/6 net to the front flap). Provenance: From the archive of the publisher Victor Gollancz. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of this comic novel by Kingsley Amis. This novel is about going away from England abroad. The 'here' referred to in the title is England. Sir Kingsley Amis was a popular English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote in many genres including comedy, science fiction and mystery. He was regarded as one of the finest English comic novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Amis won many awards during his time, including the Booker Prize, which he was shortlisted for three times before finally winning in 1986. In the original full cloth binding and held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine as well as to the extremities. Dustwrapper is sunned to the spine. A few small chips to the head and tail of spine. Sunned line across the wrap horizontally. Minor bumping to the extremities of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and generally clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz LTD, London, 1958.
Price: US$198.53 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition copy of this early novel by Kingsley Amis, a semi-autobiographical work set in Portugal. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'I Like It Here' is a loosely autobiographical novel dramatising Kingsley Amis' trip to Portugal to fulfill the conditions of his Somerset Maugham Award.This is an early work by Amis, who went on to have a prolific literary career. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Repair to the reverse of the dust wrapper to the head of the spine. Only a few light handling marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The third novel by Amis, a semi-autobiographical story loosely based on his travels in Portugal while fulfilling the terms of the Somerset Maugham Award he won in 1955 for Lucky Jim, which required recipients to travel abroad in order to enrich their future work. Amis dedicated this work to his children, Philip, Sally, and Martin, who would each follow in their father's literary footsteps. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine in near fine dust jacket (spine panel faintly toned)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
AMIS, KINGSLEY. I Like It Here. Victor Gollancz, London, 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. Amis's third novel, a comic story based on his own visit to Portugal. Very near fine, with one corner lightly bumped, in near fine dustjacket with a short tear at upper spine fold and light stain at upper corner of rear panel. A clean and bright copy.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. I Like it Here. Victor Gollancz LTD, London, 1958.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. [5], 6-208 pp. Pink cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 13/6 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. The third novel by Amis. A very near Fine book with a touch of toning to the textblock in a Near Fine dust jacket with moderate toning to the spine panel.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
AMIS (Kingsley). I Like It Here. A Novel. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1958.
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. 8vo. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full terracotta morocco, the covers with a gilt fillet border on three sides, the spine divided into six panels with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth on purple and bright green morocco labels and dated at the foot on a purple label, hand-marbed endleaves, gilt edges.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom