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Walter De La Mare. The Connoisseur and Other Stories. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1926 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 358 pages. Tan paper covered boards with tan cloth spine section. Gilt titles and vignette illustration to the front cover and gilt titles to the spine, page edges rough trimmed. No dust jacket. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, offsetting to end-papers, small gift inscription to front end-paper, 3 spots to title page else contents very clean. 'Disillusioned', 'The nap', 'Pretty-Poll', 'All hallows', 'The wharf' and 'The lost track'. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
De La Mare, Walter. THE CONNOISSEUR and other stories. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, London, 1926.
Price: US$28.22 + shipping
Description: 358pp. Original tan boards with a tan buckram spine, gilt. Almost fine with no wear but a trifle sunned to the boards top edges. Attractive gilt pictorial block to front board. End-papers browned. Rear end-papers has pencil notes [easily removed] Size: 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Walter de la Mare. The Connoisseur and Other Stories. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$29.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Connoisseur and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare.Hardback, 1926, first edition, published by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 358 pages.Measures around 8 1/4" by 5 3/4". Ex-library book with usual stamps and markings. Quarter brown cloth binding and paper on card boards. Embossed gilt design and lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Scuffing, denting and marking to boards, with chipping at edges. A little marking to spine. Bumped and torn corners. Binding firm. Page edges browned, very slightly jagged form having been cut but generally neat. Library bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers but page surfaces generally clean apart from the odd mark and the library markings, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information. 358 pp.
Seller: GN Books and Prints, Inverness, United Kingdom
De La Mare, Walter. THE CONNOISSEUR. W. COLLINS SONS & CO LONDON 1926, LONDON, 1926.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Bright tight condition hardback 1st trade edition
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Walter De La Mare. THE CONNOISSEUR and Other Stories.. W. Collins and Son., London, 1926.
Price: US$33.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 358 pages. Printed on hand made paper, 2 edges uncut. A firm book in a browned and faded dust jacket. Small worn hole on edge of last endpaper.
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
De La Mare, Walter. The Connoisseur and Other Stories.. London, W. Collins Sons & Co 1926., 1926.
Price: US$38.12 + shipping
Description: (10), 358 pp. Publisher's decorated, cloth-backed boards. Small stain to upper cover, otherwise very good. Book-plate. Printed in a limited edition of 250 copies, this is no. 156, signed by the author.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
DE LA MARE, Walter. The Connoisseur, and other stories. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. (1926)., 1926.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, no. 174 of 250 copies signed by the author, 8vo, 357, (1) pp. Attractive contemporary bookplate, slightly later inscription to fly leaf. Original lined backed boards, spine with mild browning, morocco label with an old repair.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
De La Mare, Walter. THE CONNOISSEUR AND OTHER STORIES. Collins, London, 1926.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collects nine fictions. Lower corners bumped, rear hinge cracked, a very good plus copy. (7222)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
De La Mare, Walter. THE CONNOISSEUR and Other Stories. Collins, London, 1926.
Price: US$63.01 + shipping
Description: Pp. [vi]+358; qr. tan buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, brown papered boards, upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed, the upper board slightly silverfished; fore and bottom edges uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Collins, London, 1926. First edition. *Collection of nine short stories, some previously unpublished.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$71.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition, First Print. Limited edition, one of 250 signed copies. Rough-trimmed pages, clean with light staining to end pages. Original green cloth, gilt decorated boards, light edge wear. No jacket as issued. Signed and numbered by Walter De La Mare to the limitation page. Gift bookplate to verso of front board.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: NF/NONE. A FEW TINY ABRASIONS TO THE BOARDS BUT OTHERWISE A FINE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-357 [358], original pictorial tan boards with orange cloth shelf back, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained tan, other edges untrimmed. First edition. Collects nine stories including "All Hallows," one of de la Mare's best supernatural tales. "Also present is 'Mr. Kempe,' a horror story of a mad recluse near Porlock ." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 504. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 65-6. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 288. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 117-21. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-86. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 175. Bleiler (1978), p. 58. Reginald 04026. Early owner's inked signature on front free endpaper and period bookplate (of same person) affixed to front paste-down. A bit of foxing to endpapers, else a fine copy. (#75343)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by author. Inscribed on free endpaper. This collection includes "All Hallows", one of de la Mare's best supernatural tales. Original tan cloth-backed pictorial boards, stamped in gilt, edges browned. Illustrated dust jacket, pieces missing along upper edges. A very good copy in a worn jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Walter De La Mare.. The Connoisseur and Other Stories.. W. Collins Sons & Co., London 1926, 1926.
Price: US$160.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition. Hardback. Signed limited edition of 250 copies. Original cloth slightly worn, spine slightly faded with a couple of small holes and slight chipping to leather spine label, a few pages roughly opened, otherwise very good. No jacket.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Price: US$203.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition, First Print. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with Copyright 1926 to the verso of the title page. Rough-trimmed pages, clean with heavy off setting to end pages. Original brown gilt decorated boards, sharp and bright. The jacket is fair only with tape repairs to the rear, chipping and loss to the extremities. Uncommon original purple jacket, featuring exotic bird to front and a tree to the rear panel.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
De la Mare, Walter. The Connoisseur and other stories.. W. Collins Sons & Co., London 1926, 1926.
Price: US$224.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardback. Signed limited edition of 250 copies. Original cloth with gilt illustration to front, black leather spine label with gilt titles. Slight mottling to cloth, spine label chipped and spine ends slightly nicked, otherwise very good with clean contents. No dust jacket.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Walter De La Mare. The Connoisseur and Other Stories. W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, London, 1926.
Price: US$224.47 + shipping
Description: A singed limited edition of this collection of short stories by the notable author Walter de la Mare. First limited edition of this work. Limited to 250 copies. Signed by Walter de la Mare to limitation page. Number 122. Textblock is unopened. A collection of nine short stories, including 'Mr. Kempe', 'Missing', 'The Connoisseur', 'Disillusioned', 'The Nap', 'Pretty Poll', 'All Hallows', 'The Wharf', and 'The Lost Track' - six of these stories were previously unpublished. 'All Hallows', included in this collection, is known as one of the best subtle psychological horror stories ever written. Written by Walter de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist best known for his works for children. In the original brown quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front dated 1934. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Walter de la Mare. The Connoisseur and Other Stories. W. Collins Sons and Co. LTD, London, 1926.
Price: US$230.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A signed limited edition selection of short stories by the noted author Walter de la Mare, including his renowned supernatural tale 'All Hallows'. The first limited edition of this work, limited to two-hundred and fifty copies; this copy is out-of-series.Signed by Walter de la Mare to the limitation page.Textblock is unopened.A collection of nine short stories by Walter de la Mare, including 'Mr. Kempe', 'Missing', 'The Connoisseur', 'Disillusioned', 'The Nap', 'Pretty Poll', 'All Hallows', 'The Wharf', and 'The Lost Track' - six of these stories were previously unpublished.The anthology includes some of de la Mare's best horror and supernatural stories.'All Hallows', which is included in this collection, is known as one of the best subtle psychological horror stories ever written.Walter de la Mare was a notable poet, best remembered today for his works for children, and 'Memoirs of a Midget'. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, with a tide mark to the head of the boards and spine. A few other lighter marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Textblock unopened. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
De La Mare, Walter. The Connoisseur and Other Stories. London: Collins, 1926.
Price: US$247.26 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a good but edge torn and dust dulled dw, prelim edges foxed. Despite this, remains quite well preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Dw mylar sleeve protected. ; 358 pages; Description: 358 p. 20 cm. Contents: Mr. Kempe. --Missing. --The connoisseur. --Disillusioned. --The nap. --Pretty Poll. --All Hallows. --The wharf. --The lost track. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
De La Mare, Walter. The Connoisseur and Other Stories. London: Collins, 1926.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a good but edge torn and dust dulled dw, prelim edges foxed. Despite this, remains quite well preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Dw mylar sleeve protected. ; 358 pages; Description: 358 p. 20 cm. Contents: Mr. Kempe. --Missing. --The connoisseur. --Disillusioned. --The nap. --Pretty Poll. --All Hallows. --The wharf. --The lost track. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
De La Mare, Walter. The Connoisseur - And Other Stories. W Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1926.
Price: US$346.32 + shipping
Description: Hardback with Dust Jacket. Book in Very Good condition, Dust Jacket Poor. Brown boards with orange cloth spine. Gilt lettering to front and spine with a vignette of a man in middle eastern dress carrying a staff and having a halo around his head in gold relief to the front boards. 358 Pages. Browning to endpapers. Untrimmed page edges. Signed by the author to the title page. No other inscriptions. Purple Dust Jacket showing an exotic bird with elaborate head and tail feathers to front and a tree to the back. The jacket is chipped and torn to edges with a small tear to top front and a longer tear to the bottom front (repaired). Small area to head and heel of spine missing and the remains of a small label to front.Now in clear protective covering. Apart from Broomsticks, a book of stories for children, this is the first collection of short stories that Mr de la Mare has published since' The Riddle'. All the stories contained in it have been written during the last two years. These tales of true enchantment are manifestly the work of a poet who is also an acknowledged master of prose. Indeed Mr de la Mare can truthfully be credited with the invention of a new genre of short story in which the curious ineffable atmosphere that, suggested rather than conveyed, surrounds each story, is all-important. From the common place setting of city teashop or country tap-room one passes, almost without perceptible change, to the realm of high romance in which strange inexplicable events may happen. Always present are that delicate artistry and sure sense of the beauty of phrase that lend distinction and charm to everything that Mr de la Mare writes. Of the stories included in this volume, 'Mr Kempe' and 'Pretty Poll' have appeared serially in the London Mercury and 'The Wharf' in the Queen.
Seller: Rhos Point Books, Conwy, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD D.J. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN SOME MODEST FOXING TO THE EDGES OF THE TEXT BLOCK. D.J. HAS HAS 2 1/2" CHIPS AT THE TOP OF THE SLIGHTLY COLOR-FADED SPINE PANEL, SOME CORNER WEAR, A FEW SMALL EDGE TEARS AND NICKS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE CLEAN, BRIGHT, COPY OF A BOOK SELDOM ENCOUNTERED IN D.J. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
DE LA MARE, Walter. The Connoisseur.. London W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1926, 1926.
Price: US$378.39 + shipping
Description: First edition, limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. 8vo., original cloth backed boards, upper board with gilt block, spine with leather label. A very little browning to cloth, a few pages towards the back a little clumsily opened, with a couple of resulting repaired tears, generally a very good bright copy. Collects nine stories including "All Hallows," one of de la Mare's best supernatural tales. "Also present is 'Mr. Kempe,' a horror story of a mad recluse near Porlock." (Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction) De la Mare's supernatural horror writings were a favourite of H. P. Lovecraft, who in his classic study Supernatural Horror in Literature remarked that "he is able to put into his occasional fear-studies a keen potency which only a rare master can achieve", especially praising his short stories "Seaton's Aunt", "The Tree", "Out of the Deep", "Mr Kempe", "A Recluse" and "All Hallows", along with his novel The Return.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
de la Mare, Walter. The Connoisseur and Other Stories. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Walter de la Mare with all good wishes June 1926". Very Good, bump to fore edge of rear board, toning to end pages only, prior owner name front paste down hidden by front flap, small crease to cloth at head of spine. In Very Good Minus dust jacket, large triangular chip rear panel detached but present, small chips and tears and edge wear. laid in a contemporary newspaper clipping , presumably a London newspaper, with a review of the book. Consists of nine tales written in the previous 2 years with all but 3 unpublished previously. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.