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Isherwood, Christopher. Sally Bowles. Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition of Isherwood's novella, published by the Hogarth Press, and later incorporated into "Goodbye Berlin" and "The Berlin Stories". Wear and discoloration of the spine, with a half inch tear to the blue cloth along the upper rear joint. 150 pages, slightly darkening with age. 6.75 x 4.25"

Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles. The Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. 16mo (6.75" x 4.25");150pp. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with some scuffs down joints, a couple waterspots to cloth, and general light smudging / soiling to surface. Spine darkened and a bit cocked. Light foxing to endpapers, with faint creasing at the bottom corner of pages 15-18. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Isherwood's novella based on cabaret singer Jean Ross, republished later in his novel Goodbye Berlin. The character of Bowles would be taken up in other works, including the play and film versions of I Am a Camera (1951 / 1955) and Cabaret (1966 / 1972), and was an influence on other writers' characters, such as Capote's Holly Golightly. [Westby & Brown p. 6; Woolmer 411].

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Isherwood, Christopher. Sally Bowles. The Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket. Spine slightly darkened, with rubbing to cloth at extremities. Previous owner name stamped to front free end paper. A lovely First Edition.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles. Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937.

Price: US$260.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 16mo (6.75" x 4.25");150pp. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelf worn with some scuffs down joints, darkening to spine, and general light smudging / soiling to surface. Front board just a bit bowed. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Inside two tiny brown marks, otherwise a very good copy. Isherwood's novella based on cabaret singer Jean Ross, republished later in his novel Goodbye Berlin. The character of Bowles would be taken up in other works, including the play and film versions of I Am a Camera (1951 / 1955) and Cabaret (1966 / 1972), and was an influence on other writers' characters, such as Capote's Holly Golightly. [Westby & Brown p. 6; Woolmer 411] Size 17 x 11cm. (6.75 x 4inches)

Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom

Isherwood, Christopher. Sally Bowles - Inspiration for 'Cabaret' - Handsomely rebound in full leather. The Hogarth Press 1937, 1937.

Price: US$455.06 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Handsomely re-bound in full black leather with raised bands and marbled end-papers - a superb copy A first edition, first printing published by The Hogarth Press in 1937. Internally a very clean copy indeed without inscriptions, marks or stamps. Absolutely no foxing whatsoever to the pages or the page edges. Rebound in full black leather with four raised bands to the spine. Gilt titles to the red leather label. Marbled end-papers. The basis for the show 'Cabaret'.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

ISHERWOOD, Christopher.. SALLY BOWLES.. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1937., 1937.

Price: US$513.57 + shipping

Description: First edition, 12mo., pp.150, blue cloth lettered in black; very slight foxing to fore-edges, light rubbing to extremities (noticeable at headband), else fresh and near-fine, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has loss to head and foot of spine (apx. 6mm at head of spine, and up to 1cm irregularly at foot of spine), as well as small enclosed area of loss to spine, 2.8cm closed tear to front upper margin and 1cm closed tear to front lower margin, toning and water-marking to spine, light chipping to other extremities, nevertheless largely complete and otherwise very good - now in a protective cover.

Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom

Isherwood, Christopher. Sally Bowles. Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: 1730 copies printed. Blue cloth stamped in black. Slight lean, a little spotting to the top edge, very good, in lightly used dust jacket. Inscribed "John with love from Pat," this copy is from the library of the journalist and cricket commentator John Arlott, whose third wife was Patricia Hoare. Woolmer 411.

Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles (in rare dust jacket). Hogarth, 1937.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 'Sally Bowles" by Christopher Isherwood. Hogarth Press, London. 1937 first UK edition first printing. Book in very good condition in rare first issue dust jacket, with ink ownership inscription of John Rayner to endpaper, slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, slight browning to spine, spine chipped at foot, portion of spine at head torn, some light marking and surface soiling to panels, a very good copy overall of Isherwood's masterpiece.

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

Isherwood, Christopher. Sally Bowles. Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$1799.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Blue cloth first edition titled in black at spine. Mild rubbing to the edges and slight softening to bottom forecorners. Nearly invisible soiling to boards. Boards are very slightly bowed. Tiny stain to text block edge. The DJ in mylar has a small stain and a short scrape to front panel. Negligible edgewear. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

ISHERWOOD, Christopher.. Sally Bowles.. The Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: 150 pp. 16mo, publisher's bright blue cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Small bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown; some minor foxing to endsheets; else a bright, fresh, unworn copy. The backstrip of the dust jacket has been darkened by tobacco smoke, but is still easily legible. There are few very shallow chips to the top edge. A nice copy of an uncommon book in dust jacket.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles (signed by author). The Hogarth Press, 1937.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Sally Bowles" by Christopher Isherwood. The Hogarth Press, London. 1937 first UK edition first printing, signed by the author on the title-page (crossing through his name), publisher's light blue cloth, a light soiling and rubbing at edges but generally very good. Signed copy of the book which was inspired by Isherwood's experiences in the Weimar Republic and his intimate friendship with the nineteen-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross. In 1939 Isherwood incorporated the novella into the longer novel Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration for the film Cabaret with Liza Minnelli memorably playing the role of Sally Bowles.

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

Isherwood, Christopher. Sally Bowles. The Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$4800.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Christopher Isherwood and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth boards with spine lettered in dark blue; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with wear to spine ends and slight loss to corners at the top end. Spine cloth darkened.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Isherwood, Christopher. Sally Bowles. The Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in darker black. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light toning to spine and light soiling. A very sharp and bright copy of a book and jacket not normally seen in such nice condition.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles (signed in rare dust jacket). The Hogarth Press, 1937.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Sally Bowles" by Christopher Isherwood. The Hogarth Press, London. 1937 first UK edition first printing, signed by the author on the title-page (crossing through his name), publisher's light blue cloth, with original first issue dust jacket (soiled, split at upper joint, small loss to foot of spine). Signed rare first edition copy with dust jacket, of the book which was inspired by Isherwood's experiences in the Weimar Republic and his intimate friendship with the nineteen-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross. In 1939 Isherwood incorporated the novella into the longer novel Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration for the film Cabaret with Liza Minnelli memorably playing the role of Sally Bowles. This copy comes from a house associated with the Strachey family.

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

ISHERWOOD, Christopher. Sally Bowles. Hogarth Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$6000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in lightly spine-toned else fine dust jacket with an internal repair at the crown and a small spot on the rear panel. Signed by Isherwood on the title page. An attractive copy of a fragile volume which was the genesis of the musical and film *Cabaret*.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles (inscribed by author). Hogarth, 1937.

Price: US$6000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: "Sally Bowles" by Christopher Isherwood. London: Hogarth Press, 1937 first UK edition first printing, half title, a few faint marginal spots, all edges gilt, recent fine purple morocco by James Brockman, Oxford, covers with marbled onlaid vellum, curved white lines and gilt star design, contained in a cloth solander box, 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper "For the Mop, 'It sheltered once our infant might, when all ahead seemed dark as night.' With love from Christopher, October 1937." With a note of provenance tipped-in opposite. From the library of Olive Mangeot. Isherwood affectionately refers to Olive Mangeot as 'the Mop' and 'My darling Mop'. Unique copy in beautiful binding.

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles, signed first edition with jacket. Hogarth Press, 1937.

Price: US$7736.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Sally Bowles, Christopher Isherwood, first edition, Hogarth Press, 1937. Signed by the author on the title page, with a line through his printed name. Original blue cloth lettered to the spine in black, toning to the spine, edges rubbed; a few marks to the cloth and spine. Light spotting and foxing to the endpapers. The scarce dust jacket is lightly browned to the spine, with light spotting on the panels; split to the head of the lower joint and to the upper fore-edge, closed edge tears and small chip to the top edge of the upper panel, one closed edge tear to top edge of lower panel, two very neat tape repairs to verso of jacket; light chipping to jacket spine tips and corners. A good-looking and signed copy of Isherwood's famous novel that introduced its eponymous cabaret singer, in a very good example of the scarce jacket.

Seller: April Star Books, Banstead, United Kingdom

Christopher Isherwood. Sally Bowles (signed first edition in rare dust jacket). The Hogarth Press, 1937.

Price: US$14000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Sally Bowles" by Christopher Isherwood. The Hogarth Press, London. 1937 first UK edition first printing. Signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spotting to panels, small portion of loss to head of spine, foot of spine and corners a little chipped, split to foot of lower joints, a few neat tape repairs to verso, a very good example of a scarce and delicate jacket, [Westby and Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life. Rarely is Isherwood's masterpiece seen signed with first issue dust jacket.

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands