Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$20.83 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly stained. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 195, [1] pages color frontispiece, illustrations, color plates, 24 cm. Contents; Miss Duveen. -- The bird of travel. -- The tree. -- The map. -- Missing. -- The wharf. -- Maria-Fly. Subjects; Illustrated books British Isles 1931. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
DE LA MARE, Walter. SEVEN SHORT STORIES. Faber & Faber, 1931.
Price: US$25.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition, Hardback, no d/j. Boards with gilt crest on front cover, have a slightly faded and bumped spine with a small nick on front cover at spine, long and bottom outside page edges are rough cut, o/w good. Illustrations by John Nash
Seller: Joan Andrews, Alton, United Kingdom
Walter De La Mare. Seven Short Stories. Faber and Faber, 1931.
Price: US$26.94 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: (UU5) illustred by John Nash; no dj; red cloth boards are slightly marked but overall clean; spine slightly faded; gilt titles on spine visible; ffeps has some foxing; previous owner signature on ffep; darkened fore edges; throughout very clean; photographs upon request
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Walter De La Mare. Seven Short Stories. Faber and Faber limited, 1931.
Price: US$28.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1931. First edition thus. 195 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour illustration plates by John Nash. Prize plate on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to front hinge with netting exposed. Binding loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Boards are slightly bowed.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE, Walter illustrated by John NASH:. Seven Short Stories. Faber and Faber, 1931.
Price: US$30.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition. Light wear to boards with light fading and marks. Content has even toning, writing on the ffep and the previous owners sticker on the front pastedown. No DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$32.74 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly stained. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 195, [1] pages color frontispiece, illustrations, color plates, 24 cm. Contents; Miss Duveen. -- The bird of travel. -- The tree. -- The map. -- Missing. -- The wharf. -- Maria-Fly. Subjects; Illustrated books British Isles 1931. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
De la Mare, Walter. Seven short stories,. Faber and Faber limited, 1931.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, bumped corners, no dj. Pages lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
De La Mare, Walter. Seven Short Stories. Faber & Faber, 1931.
Price: US$37.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: hardback, octavo, red cloth lettered gilt, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed, a good tightly bound copy with an unmarked text, colour illustrations by John Nash, 195pp
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
De La Mare Walter. Seven Short Stories. Faber And Faber, London, 1931.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. 7 Colour Illustrations And Two Small Black And White By John Nash. Internals Has Slight Foxing To Front And Rear Facing Pages. Red Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titles On Spine And Embossed Design To Front - Discoloured Spine And Slight Sun Fading In Strip Against Spine On Front, Slight Fraying Of Cloth 3/4 Inch Top Rear Spine.
Seller: M & P BOOKS PBFA MEMBER, Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. 195, (1) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a matching vignette to the upper board. Frontispiece and 7 plates in colour plus a handful of black and white illustrations in the text. A little spotting to the front endpapers, very good.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Walter De La Mare. Seven Short Stories [Illustrated by John Nash]. Faber & Faber, London, 1931.
Price: US$41.05 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 196pp. Seven stories with colour illustrations by John Nash. Title page illustration also by John Nash. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on sun-faded spine and embossed gilt decoration on front cover. Untrimmed fore edge and lower page edges. Light spotting on front and rear end papers. Light toning to top page edges. Now protected in clear acetate covers. In VG+ condition.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE, Walter. Seven Short Stories. Faber and Faber, London, 1931.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo, red cloth over boards, with gilt lettering, gilt top edge, and deckled fore edge. Collection of seven short stories including Miss Duveen and The Bird of Travel. With color plate illustrations throughout. Scarce in dust jacket. Very good, with light shelf wear.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
walter de la mare. seven short stories. faber, london, 1931.
Price: US$173.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, 196pp, illustd, orig red cloth, spine darkened just a bit , title and gilt good, binding vg clean and tight, contents vg clean and tight, signed and dated ( 1946 ) by the author to the front end paper
Seller: Peter Sexton, arlington, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE, Walter illustrated by John NASH:. Seven Short Stories;. Faber, 1931.
Price: US$256.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 colour lithographs & 2 vignettes; 196 pages, 225 x 155mm; vellum gilt, slipcase (worn); ownership inscription; no.48 of 150 copies signed by author and artist; (with PICTURE)
Seller: BOOKS & THINGS, STROUD, United Kingdom
Price: US$261.67 + shipping
Description: Hardback, 9 x 6.5 inches. Full vellum binding with gilt lettering to spine and design to front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor darkening to spine, a couple of minor handling marks to cover, some light foxing to endpapers, signed page (by author and artist) and inside pages all clean and bright. Colour plates clean and bright. 195pp. With 8 colour plates and 2 b&W vignette illustrations by John Nash.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE, Walter. SEVEN SHORT STORIES With Illustrations By John Nash. Faber & Faber, 1931.
Price: US$318.10 + shipping
Description: First edition. Large 8vo. Number 136 of 170 deluxe copies, signed by author and artist. Publisher's full white vellum, lettered and decorated gilt. A near fine copy, some spotting to endpapers. Gift inscription to front endpaper. Eight colour plates and two black and white vignettes by John Nash.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Walter de la Mare. Seven Short Stories. Faber & Faber, London, 1931.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vellum boards with darkening and mottling to the spine. Gilt titling to spine and gilt motif to front. Light foxing to endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges rough-cut. Ex libris to prelims. 196pp. illus. unmarked and undiscoloured. Binding tight. "This edition printed on Italian handmade paper is limited to one hundred and seventy numbered copies each copy being signed by the author and by the artist and of this number one hundred and fifty copies only are for sale. This copy is No. 104". "104" handwritten. Signed by de la Mare and Nash to limitation page. Eight full page colour illus. A number of the leaves are still uncut. 165 x 230mm.
Seller: Snookerybooks, Philippolis, South Africa
NASH, John (illustrator). Walter DE LA MARE (author).. Seven Short Stories.. , 1931.
Price: US$536.16 + shipping
Description: London, Faber And Faber Limited. 1931. 8vo. Original full white vellum with small gilt vignette to upper cover, lettered gilt to spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, in original card slipcase; illustrated with 8 woodblock coloured plates by John Nash and a couple of other illustrations; an uncommonly fresh copy, both externally and internally, with a little light dusting to spine and a few text leaves slightly carelessly opened at the fore-edge; the slipcase with light edge wear and some dust-soiling; scarce by virtue of a very small limitation alone. First edition de luxe, printed on fine Italian handmade paper and limited to only 170 numbered copies, signed by both Walter de la Mare and John Nash, of which only 150 were for sale.
Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom