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Van Der Post, Laurens. The Face Beside the Fire. Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$4.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards are worn and marked.Minor markings.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Van Der Post, L.. The Face Beside the Fire. Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$4.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: boards are worn, knocked and bumped. tanning, soiling and marks. ownership inscription. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Van Der Post, Laurens. The Face Beside the Fire. The Hogarth Press, London, 1953.
Price: US$4.24 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Van der Post, Laurens. The Face Beside the Fire. The Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 311 pages (complete). Jacket worn, torn, chipped, marked. Boards edge worn, cocked, marked. Previous ownership inscriptions, mild tanning, minor markings. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Van Der Post, Laurens. The Face Beside The Fire. The Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: the boards are marked and a bit worn. minor foxing. one rubber stamp. minor tanning. tightly bound. [P.N.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Laurens Van Der Post. The Face Beside the Fire. The Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$6.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. 2nd impression. 311 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Visible sunning crushing to spine & edges. Gilt lettering is darkened to spine.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Laurens Van Der Post. The Face by the Fire. Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover is worn, scuffed and scraped from use with some small marks to the textblock and covers from use. Edges of the cover are worn. Dust cover is heavily damaged with large sections missing. Hadwriting on endpage.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Laurens Van Der Post. The Face Beside the Fire. The Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$14.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. No edition remarks. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Minor chipping to rear hinge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to spine and rear board. Boards are mildly warped.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Laurens Van Der Post. The face beside the fire (1st ed). The Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$16.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st ed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has light toning. DJ with some edge wear, toning and creasing
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Van der Post, Laurens. The Face Beside The Fire. A Novel.. The Hogarth Press 1953, 1953.
Price: US$18.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Photograph available on request.
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Laurens Van Der Post. The Face Beside the Fire,A Novel(Hardback,1953). Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Face Beside the Fire,A Novel by Laurens Van Der Post, 1953, Published by the Hogarth Press, Printed in Great Britain by Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd, Hardback,has fading to covers and spine, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing, On front cover inside page there is a previous owners name with a message written in Fading Blue Fountain Pen Ink: C.Roger Moss from Daddy, On front cover fly-leaf page there is a date written in Fading Fountain Pen Ink: Easter 1956,
Seller: Codex Books, York, United Kingdom
VAN DER POST Laurens. The Face Beside the Fire. Hogarth Press 1953, 1953.
Price: US$28.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: spine bumped with an old water stain at base, very good in T Ritchie dust jacket with minor edge chipping and two closed tears; 312 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Van der Post, Laurens. The Face Beside the Fire. The Hogarth Press, London, 1953.
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published in April 1953, this is a second impression of later the same month. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE IN GREEN INK 'With my very best wishes Laurens van der Post'. Tipped in compliment slip from the Countryside Restoration Trust with message 'Autographed by Sir Laurens on inside page' and in a different hand and different ink 'Here at last is the return of your book - duly signed. I'm sorry its taken so long'. Jacket sadly tatty, with edge wear, chipping, closed tears and loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top two inches of back jacket torn away, corners and folds rubbed with loss, some overall time staining. Not price clipped (no published price), small previous owner's name to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall an interesting copy. 310pp. This is a novel of exploration of the human heart and artist David Michaeljohn. It is the story of a painter with a great and original talent, and of the people who strongly influenced his life and career. Physically, the action moves from Africa to England and back again. Scarce signed. Sir Laurens van der post's (1906-96),
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Laurens Van Der Post. The Face Beside the Fire. The Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$87.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
VAN der POST, Laurens. The Face Beside The Fire. The Hogarth Press, 1953.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [312] pp. Jacket design by T. Ritchie 1953 VAN der POST, Laurens The Hogarth Press 8.25" x 5.5"
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.