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Forester, C.S.. Marionettes at Home.. Michael Joseph, 1936.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library book, usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Marionettes at Home. Michael Joseph, 1936.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1936. First Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. New pastedowns and end papers. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Plates are bright and clear. Front free end paper excised. Some occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Silver lettering is darkened. Splits to joints at spine head with some fraying to cloth. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text with 12 monochrome photographs over 8 pages. Hint of foxing to the end papers. Very Good condition book, in only Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with the bottom third of the front cover missing, chips to the spine ends. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. TOY & MODEL MAKING
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Marionettes at Home. Michael Joseph, 1936.
Price: US$160.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Orange boards and slightly faded spine, the latter lettered in black. Soiled, tanned, foxed and chipped jacket frayed around head and base of spine with 3 cm x 1 cm loss. Significant foxing to text block edges. Internally name written on front paste down. Occasional foxing spots in text
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Marionettes at Home. Michael Joseph Ltd.,, London:, 1936.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First printing Near fine in brick red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and light yellow end papers. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8" tall by 5" deep. The end sheets, preliminaries and fore edge of the text block show mild spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 192 pages of text illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and 11 black and white photographs. A very uncommon early title by Forester which focuses on his hobby of marionettes.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
FORESTER, C.S.. Marionettes at home. Michael Joseph, 1936.
Price: US$212.74 + shipping
Description: Owner's inscriptions on both free end papers; binding tight; orange cloth a little faded on spine, with small areas of colour loss; dust jacket worn & fragile, with discoloured & stained spine; creased tear in front pane; small loss at foot of spine; '3/6 net edition' on dj spine. dj protected in removable clear film Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair price-clipped dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. MARIONETTES AT HOME. Michael Joseph, London, 1936.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scarce. 12 b/w illustrations. 192 pages, clean and clear. Yellow endpapers, with light foxing. Brown cloth cover with silver titles on the spine. One corner bumped, faded spine, stains on the back cover. VG+
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Forester, C.S.. Marionettes At Home.. Michael Joseph, London, 1936.
Price: US$288.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. Cloth, dust jacket without "3/6 net" on the spine. Occasional light foxing, previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper, the dust jacket is lightly soiled and chipped at the head, heel, and extremities affecting a few letters at the head of the spine. A very good copy of one of Forester's non-fiction titles.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
C. S. Forester. Marionettes at Home. Michael Joseph Ltd., 1936.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Marionettes at Home" by C. S. Forester 1936 - Scarce, First Edition, First Printing Antique Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" 192 Pages The jacket is in good minus condition with edge tears, chips and some wrinkling in the front. The jacket has the correct 3/6 net on the spine. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition free from rips, tears, bends, and writing. There is a tiny crack at the gutter on the front end page and there is minor foxing on the page edges and on a few pages. All black and white illustrations are present. The boards are in good minus condition with light edge wear and a bubble on the front board. The binding is tight and square. Inspired by a marionette show he saw, C.S. Forester, a novelist and theatre lover, decided to create his own puppet theatre at home. In Marionettes at Home, first published in 1936, he shares his experience and enthusiasm for amateur puppeteering and takes the reader step-by-step through the stages of creating one's own theatre; from stage construction and puppet making, to acting and production.
Seller: Dara's Library, Wilmette, IL, U.S.A.
FORESTER, C. S.. Marionettes at Home. Michael Joseph, London, 1936.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The jacket has a few areas of chipping at both ends of the spine. The top right corner has a very small chip as well as the lower left corner on the rear cover. Price-clipped. With the 3/6 price on the spine of the jacket. Still a very nice copy of a difficult book to obtain in any condition. Very Good / Good.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.