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Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy : Swan Song. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$3.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The third and final volume of ' A Modern Comedy' which is a continuation of the Forsyte Saga; pull-out family tree at front; green top edge; green boards with gold titles and decorations, slightly bumped; no inscriptions
Seller: Bemrose Books, Otley, United Kingdom
Price: US$4.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1929. Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and to upper board. Blind stamped publisher's device to lower board. Top edges decoratively stained green. Forsyte family tree inserted between second front free endpaper and half title page. 1088 pages. No dustjacket. Top corner of fore edge of lower board lightly bumped. Front free endpaper creased. Rear free endpaper lightly tanned. Top corner of fore edge of pages 871 and 873 missing, whereabouts unknown. 1 cm tear to top edge of page 871. 2 cm closed tear to bottom edge of page 871. Bottom corner of fore edge of pages 977 to 985 lightly creased. Overall, the book is in a good to very good condition.
Seller: Cotswold Valley Books, Tetbury, GLOS, United Kingdom
Price: US$11.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume 13 of the Grove Edition of the works of John Galsworthy. Volume II of III of The Forsyte Saga. Bound in blue leather with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine. Spine worn at ends; lightly sunned. Book block in excellent condition.
Seller: The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$11.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume 14 of the Grove Edition of the works of John Galsworthy. Volume III of III of The Forsyte Saga. Bound in blue leather with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine. Spine worn at ends; lightly sunned. Book block in excellent condition.
Seller: The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In green cloth with gilt titles and emblem to front and titles to spine. A contemporaneous newspaper photo of Galsworthy has been pasted to inside of front board. Forsyte family tree complete and folded in facing title page. Pages and binding in good order. Some spotting to page edges and light tanning to end papers.
Seller: Mister Pernickety, Ludlow, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John. A MODERN COMEDY. William Heinemann Ltd, London, England, 1929.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First edition. 8vo., 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. xviii, 1088. Quarter-bound in dark-green morocco over light green-on-tan marbled boards, single-ruled in gilt. Five raised bands (six panels) to spine, with gilt lettering: Title, Author, Date. Fold-out genealogy chart of Forsyte family at front. Rubbing to extremities and a few rubbed spots to leather. Improperly cut pages, pgs. 781-784. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Solid, bright copy.
Seller: Blackwood Bookhouse; Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$15.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HB. Green cloth boards. Gilt titles front + spine. Fold out Forsyte Family tree in o/ps. Second part of the Forsyte Chronicles in 3 books:- The White Monkey. The Silver Spoon. Swan Song. 1088 pages. Condition: Spine cover slightly stunned, slight top/bottom spine, minor corner wear. Pages discoloured on outer edge collectively with age. Clean. Tight binding. Little wear. Good Colour. VGC. Please note heavy book.
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
John Galsworthy. The Forsyte Saga. Vol. 1: The Man Of Property. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$15.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green decorated cloth; gilt lettering to front board & spine; folded family tree; Grove Edition Volume 12; reprint 1929; foxing mainly to end pages
Seller: B and A books, Banff, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.08 + shipping
Description: 3rd. Impression. pp. xvii, 1088. Top edge gilt. In full dark blue leather. Gilt titled spine. Gilt titled front board with gilt JG monogram. The spine is faded. The genealogical chart has been slightly mis-folded. This apart a very good plus hardback copy in the original plain paper covered slip case.
Seller: Richard Roberts Bookseller., KILMARNOCK, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Navy Blue Limp Calf full leather with gilt blocked titles to spine and front, top edges gilt,175 x 110 mm approx. 3 Vols 2nd Printing 1929 in the pocket Grove Edition. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good ( Spines faded, minor general shelf wear ink gift insc.- same - to prelim. blank/ half title in ink. No other notable defects).
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
John Galsworthy. The Forsyte Saga. William Heinemann Ltd., London, United Kingdom, 1929.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An excellent, clean and tightly bound reading copy.
Seller: Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Galsworthy, John (1867-1933). A modern comedy. London : W. Heinemann, Ltd, 1929.
Price: US$24.09 + shipping
Description: Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvii, 1088 p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20 cm. "First published, August 1929; new impression, August 1929."; Contains: The white monkey; The silver spoon; Swan song. Subjects: Forsyte family - (Fictitious characters) ; Fiction. Domestic - fiction, English. Families - England ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$31.80 + shipping
Description: , xvii, 1088 pages, with folding Forsyte Family Tree at the front First Edition , covers a little rubbed at edges, bookplate on front pastedown, tears to folds on family tree, very light foxing to edges of some pages, a nice copy in good condition , Brown morocco, with gilt crest and decorative title 16mo, 19 x 12 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John (1867-1933). A modern comedy. London : W. Heinemann, Ltd, 1929.
Price: US$36.34 + shipping
Description: Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvii, 1088 p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20 cm. "First published, August 1929; new impression, August 1929."; Contains: The white monkey; The silver spoon; Swan song. Subjects: Forsyte family - (Fictitious characters) ; Fiction. Domestic - fiction, English. Families - England ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. xvii + 1088 pp. Bound in purple limp soft leather, gilt, with gilt block of author's initials. Top edge gilt. A very good copy. Gift inscription on first free endpaper. Illustrated by folding frontispiece, Forsyte Family Tree. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. Early reprint in the year of first publication of the collected edition of the second trilogy of The Forsyte Saga, by John Galsworthy (1867-1933), novelist and playwright. With a new introduction by the author, it takes the story up to the General Strike year of 1926 and includes the three books of the Saga, The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon and Swan Song with the two Interludes, the three titles originally published separately, and a family tree. In an attractive soft leather binding. ART / LITERATURE NOVELS LIT. FICTION 20TH CENTURY FINE BINDING ART / LITERATURE
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
John Galsworthy. A MODERN COMEDY. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1929.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This copy is in as new condition bound in full tan calf covered boards with embossed black and red titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square.There is a fold out Forsyte family tree tipped in to the half title. There is a neat signature to the front endpaper. There is a clear removable acetate dustwrapper. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. John Galsworthy OM (14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called The Forsyte Saga, and two later trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. This trilogy includes 'The White Monkey', 'The Silver Spoon' and 'Swan Song' Ref JJ 3
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John:. A Modern Comedy (2. Teil der Forsyte-Chroniken).. London, Heinemann,, 1929.
Price: US$38.41 + shipping
Description: XVII, 1088 S. Einband berieben. Innen sauber. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 19 x 12 cm, Leinen ohne Schutzumschlag
Seller: Göppinger Antiquariat, Göppingen, Germany
John Galsworthy. The Forsyte Saga. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later printing. Light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and a bit more to the jacket which has a couple of closed tears, previous owner's name and address stamp to the front free endpaper. First published in collected form with a new introduction in 1922. This one is the twenty-second printing of that edition. Pull out genealogical table. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
Seller: The Book Shed, Benson, VT, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$49.83 + shipping
Description: F/F-. 12mo. original green cloth gilt in dustwrapper (spine toned, slightly rubbed & nicked); pp. xviii (last blank), 1088, with folding family tree. A near fine copy. The first issue, with uncorrected errors on p. 141.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Galsworthy, John:. A Modern Comedy. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929.
Price: US$50.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover book , First limited edition of 1030 copies of which this is No. 940. Signed by Galsworthy with inscription concerning "what'll be his position if he wins * as a stain on his character" Cream vellum covers with gilt tooling and top edge. Indian paper pages. Page 137 has a short closed tear. Enclosed in a very worn slipcase. The second part of the Forsyte Chronicles . A Very Good copy. Pictures available.
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
GALSWORTHY, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (19cm.); original cloth in green decorative dust jacket; [2],xvii,[1],1088pp.; folding family tree bound in front. Jacket spine and extremities toned to tan, clean tears to bottom half of jacket flap folds with some old tape repair on verso; three small losses not affecting text; Fine in about Very Good, fragile jacket. First complete collection of Galsworthy's trilogy, the first of two sequels to The Forsyte Saga (completed in 1922). Includes the novels The White Monkey (1924), The Silver Spoon (1926), and Swan Song (1928).
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, J.. A Modern Comedy.. William Heinemann Ltd., London, first edition, 1929, 1929.
Price: US$61.06 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition of 1030 copies, numbered and signed by the Author. Limp vellum, gilt lettered, gilt ruled borders, teg, 8vo, india paper, xvii, 1088 pp, 1 foldout plate (Forsyte family tree). The second part of the Forsyte Chronicles, containing: The White Monkey; The Silver Spoon; Swan Song. Inscribed by the author, on the limitation page below his signature: "Of Time: Then what is Man's so brittle life!". Vellum somehwat darkened and fingersoiled, slight spotting to endpapers, otherwise Good.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, J.. A Modern Comedy.. William Heinemann Ltd., London, first edition, 1929, 1929.
Price: US$71.23 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition of 1030 copies, numbered and signed by the Author. Limp vellum, gilt lettered, gilt ruled borders, teg, 8vo, india paper, xvii, 1088 pp, 1 foldout plate (Forsyte family tree). The second part of the Forsyte Chronicles, containing: The White Monkey; The Silver Spoon; Swan Song. Copy No. 100. Inscribed by the author, on the limitation page below his signature: "Of Deceit: To deceive requires a course of training". Corner of front free endpaper creased, a Very Good copy.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John (1867-1933). A modern comedy. London : W. Heinemann, Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$71.33 + shipping
Description: Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The Forsyte chronicles ; 2. Physical description: xvii, 1088 p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20cm. Subjects: Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) ; Fiction. Domestic fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$71.33 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 3 vols; folded maps. Contents: The Man of Property -- Awakening to Let -- Indian Summer of a Forsyte In chancery. Subjects: Forsyte family (Fictitious characters); Fiction. Domestic fiction, English.Families England; Fiction. Forsyte family (Fictitious characters). English fiction 20th century. Family England; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. English literature 20th century.Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 English literature 1900-1945 Individual works. Summary: The Forsyte Saga is Galsworthys enduringly popular masterpiece. Initially, the plot centres on Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor living in London with his beautiful wife, Irene. A pillar of the late-Victorian upper middle class, wealthy and well-connected, he seems to lead an enviable life. But beneath the respectable exterior lie acute tensions and frustrations. The marriage of Soames and Irene culminates in sexual violence and recriminations. The consequent feud within the family will be long-lasting, with ironic and dramatic outcomes.In The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy analyses the achievements, confusions and hypocrisies of an era. This renowned chronicle of a divided dynasty, repeatedly filmed and televised, has engrossed audiences internationally. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Galsworthy, John. Four Forsyte Stories. The Fountain Press. London; Wm. Heinemann, New York, 1929.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Number 771 of 850 copies, signed by the authir. Printed by James Hendrickson and Earl Widtman at the Press of M.J. Widtman, Utica, New York in August 1929. 112, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed on half-title. Quarter black cloth and red boards. Spine slightly faded else fine First edition, Number 771 of 850 copies, signed by the authir. Printed by James Hendrickson and Earl Widtman at the Press of M.J. Widtman, Utica, New York in August 1929.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Modern Comedy comprises three novels and two short " tales" which make up the second part of the Forsyte Chronicles. With the publication in 1922 of the Forsyte Saga, the first part of The Fo0rsyte Chronicles , the foundation was laid for what is thought to be the " most impressive achievement in modern English literature (1929). Taking nothing away from this great literary tome, there have been a few great achievements since then. This is a story of upper middle class society beginning with farmer Jolyon Forsyte in the early 18th century and completing in the early twentieth century. Very fine fold out family tree is tipped into this very fine copy. Book is bound in fine green cloth over boards and spine lettering and front cover lettering and blind stamp are gilt. Priced (8s 6d.net) jacket is very good with several chips on the front cover and at the top of spine. A fine collectible by a Nobel Prize winning English author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cloth on top and very slightly marked, otherwise very fine in a very good jacket, spine and edges slightly sunned. This is a very fine limited edition ( 741/1030) inscribed by the author to K. " Faith unfortunately cures itself) John Galsworthy. This is the second Trilogy of The Forsyte chronicles, and the first book ( The White Monkey) of the Modern Comedy series. Three books were published in this trilogy.Book includes a flawless fold out section of the Forsyte family tree. Unopened book is beautifully bound in full velum with guilt lettering on a faded spine, with gilt embellishments. Book has nice silk page holder. Original tissue wrap in very fine and protected in Mylar Highly collectible. Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize in 1932. Size: 7.5x5.25
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John (1867-1933). A modern comedy. London : W. Heinemann, Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The Forsyte chronicles ; 2. Physical description: xvii, 1088 p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20cm. Subjects: Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) ; Fiction. Domestic fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 3 vols; folded maps. Contents: The Man of Property -- Awakening to Let -- Indian Summer of a Forsyte In chancery. Subjects: Forsyte family (Fictitious characters); Fiction. Domestic fiction, English.Families England; Fiction. Forsyte family (Fictitious characters). English fiction 20th century. Family England; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. English literature 20th century.Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 English literature 1900-1945 Individual works. Summary: The Forsyte Saga is Galsworthys enduringly popular masterpiece. Initially, the plot centres on Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor living in London with his beautiful wife, Irene. A pillar of the late-Victorian upper middle class, wealthy and well-connected, he seems to lead an enviable life. But beneath the respectable exterior lie acute tensions and frustrations. The marriage of Soames and Irene culminates in sexual violence and recriminations. The consequent feud within the family will be long-lasting, with ironic and dramatic outcomes.In The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy analyses the achievements, confusions and hypocrisies of an era. This renowned chronicle of a divided dynasty, repeatedly filmed and televised, has engrossed audiences internationally. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1929. 34 stories. Hardback. Dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In white and pink pictorial (photograph of the author) dust-jacket. **Inscribed and Signed By John Galsworthy to fly-leaf: 'For Cecil Palmer - Stacy's friend Presented from John Galsworthy + C.S. Graws, Nov. 1929'.**. No other markings. Bright, tight and clean. Internally clean throughout. Minor wear and a few minor marks to binding. In chipped and worn jacket with tears (majority complete). GOOD in average jacket; now in an archival quality clear protective sleeve. Scarce in its jacket. (xii), 644 pages. Only 5 libraries hold copies in the UK: no copy in Cambridge or Trinity College Dublin. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. STACY AUMONIER (1877-1928) was a British writer, sometimes mistakenly credited as Stacey Aumonier. Between 1913 and 1928, he wrote more than 85 short stories, 6 novels, a volume of character studies, and a volume of 15 essays. It was as a short-story writer that he was most highly regarded. Nobel Prize winner (and Forsyte Saga author) John Galsworthy described Stacy Aumonier as 'one of the best short-story writers of all time' and predicted that, through the best of his stories, he would outlive all the writers of his day'. James Hilton (author of Goodbye, Mr Chips and Lost Horizon) said of Aumonier: 'I think his very best works ought to be included in any anthology of the best short stories ever written'.Asked to choose 'My Favourite Short Story' for the March 1939 edition of Good Housekeeping, James Hilton chose a story by Aumonier, 'The Octave of Jealousy' (included in this collection), which the magazine described as a 'bitterly brilliant tale'. His short stories were published in 6 volumes during his lifetime, and in at least 25 different U.K. and U.S. magazines. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
GALSWORTHY, John. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Folding table frontispiece. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered, top edge stained green; in the printed dust jacket; in a green cloth chemise and slipcase. First trade edition of the sequel to 'The Forsyte Saga'. Small chip to jacket at top of spine, a few smaller chips at edges, but a very good plus copy
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. A MODERN COMEDY. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Number 459 of 1,030 SIGNED copies, this one additionally INSCRIBED BY GALSWORTHY with a quote from one of his poems--"Of Errantry:/ For who would live so petty and unblest/ That dare not tilt at something ere he die"--beneath his signature on colophon page. His sequel to "The Forsyte Saga." Vellum-like covers lightly soiled and a bit wavy otherwise near fine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$101.76 + shipping
Description: In good condition, on lightly aged and creased paper. Galsworthy writes: 'Dear Evans | Here is the MS. Price £300 [amended from 315] less half your Commission £30. = £285. nett. | Sincerely yours | John Galsworthy'. For such a short message, the manuscript shows signs of indecision: the latter part, from the word 'less', has clearly an addition, and the word 'half' has been inserted with a caret. While the manuscript referred to may well be the second collection of Forsyte Novels, 'A Modern Romance', published by Heinemann's in 1929, Galsworthy's price does seem rather cheap.
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4"), green cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover, foldout Forsyte genealogical tree at front, Mylar-protected light green lettered dust jacket (unclipped), top edge stained green for dust protection, xvii + 1088 pages. Sequel to The Forsyte Saga. Contents include: The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing, Passers By, and Swan-Song. John Galsworthy OM (1867 - 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906-1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. SUPERIOR COPY with tight, bright, clean contents (though a bit of original printer's ink at edges of half title). Dust jacket is Fine though with slight sunning to backstrip.
Seller: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.17 + shipping
Description: Finely bound by Henry Sotheran in half blue leather over cloth boards with decorated gilt title over a uniformly ribbed spine. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvii, 1088 p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) ; Fiction. Domestic fiction, English. Families England ; Fiction. Domestic fiction, English. Families. Forsyte family (Fictitious characters). Fiction in English. Family England Fiction. Forsyte family (Fictitious characters). England. England Social life and customs Fiction. Genres; Domestic fiction. Fiction. Novels - England - 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Galsworthy, John (1867-1933). A modern comedy. London : W. Heinemann, Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$137.17 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy uncommonly in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: The Forsyte chronicles ; 2. Physical description: xvii, 1088p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20cm. Subjects: Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) ; Domestic fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
GALSWORTHY, John.. A Modern Comedy.. London, William Heinemann Limited, 1929., 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (so stated). 8vo. Illustrated with folding genelogical plate of The Forsyte Family. Original gilt stamped green cloth, top edge stained green. Original dust jacket (unclipped; few small chips). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. "The present volume brings the history of the Forsyte family to the present day." (dj).
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$152.64 + shipping
Description: The first edition of this fictional work from the 'Forsyte saga' series by John Galsworthy. The first edition.In a green half morocco with cloth to the boards. Raised bands and gilt details to the spine.Bound by Charles J Sawyer Bookseller with signature to the front blank.With a folding frontispiece Forsyte family tree.This work was written by Nobel prize winning author John Galsworthy. This work is part of the author's 'Forsyte Saga' and follows the main character Fleur Forsyte as her new marriage is haunted by the ghost of a past love affair. In half morocco with cloth to the boards. Externally very smart with only light fading to the spine and the odd minor mark. Light spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and spotting to the front and rear blanks. Spotting to the fore edge. Binder's signature to the front blank. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John (1867-1933). A modern comedy. London : W. Heinemann, Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy uncommonly in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: The Forsyte chronicles ; 2. Physical description: xvii, 1088p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20cm. Subjects: Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) ; Domestic fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Finely bound by Henry Sotheran in half blue leather over cloth boards with decorated gilt title over a uniformly ribbed spine. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvii, 1088 p. : fold. geneal. tab. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) ; Fiction. Domestic fiction, English. Families England ; Fiction. Domestic fiction, English. Families. Forsyte family (Fictitious characters). Fiction in English. Family England Fiction. Forsyte family (Fictitious characters). England. England Social life and customs Fiction. Genres; Domestic fiction. Fiction. Novels - England - 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). xvii,1088pp. 841/1030. Signed with quotation "never met a man yet . position" by author on limitation page. Tan vellum covers, t.e.g., boards and pages bowed/rippled with insert of Forsyte family tree and ribbon present. In faded leather and cloth custom made slipcase.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$203.52 + shipping
Description: A lovely signed, limited edition of all three books in John Galsworthy's A Modern Comedy trilogy. A limited edition copy of this work, with only 1030 copies being printed. This volume is number 474 and is signed and inscribed by the author.A Modern comedy is the second trilogy of The Forsyte Chronicles. This volume contains the three books which make up A Modern Comedy, The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon and Swan Song. The Forsyte Saga chronicles the lives of the members of an upper-midlde-class English family.John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 for the Forsyte Saga.With a folding Forstye family tree to the beginning of the volume.In the original slipcase. In a full vellum binding. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards and spine. Slipcase has some tape to the head and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Galsworthy John. The Forsyte Saga. William Heinemann Ltd London, 1929.
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Description: 8vo(19.4x11l*) HB 1104pp wth frontis photo of Galsworthy. Crimson with gilt lettering & design, moderately sunned spine but still clear, minimal edge wear else v.good+. Lt blue marbled endpapers, neat inscr to top of pafe following ffep-else internally near fine. (705g)
Seller: Bentfinger Book Services, Loughborough, United Kingdom
GALSWORTHY, John. The Forsyte Saga. Heinemann, London, 1929.
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Condition: Near Fine
Description: Photographic frontispiece portrait, folding Forsyte family tree. 1104 pages, top edge gilt, 8vo, rebound by Riviere 3/4 blue polished calf over blue cloth, decoratively gilt stamped spine with raised bands, (spine toned to grey but evenly and still looks very attractive on the shelf) marbled endpapers. London: Heinemann, 1929. A near fine copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
GALSWORTHY, John. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Photographic frontispiece portrait, folding Forsyte family tree. 1088 pages, top edge gilt, 8vo, rebound by Riviere 3/4s blue polished calf over blue cloth, decoratively gilt stamped spine with raised bands, (spine toned to grey but evenly and still looks very attractive on the shelf) marbled endpapers. London: Heinemann, 1929. First edition. A near fine copy. Sequel to "The Forsyte Saga"
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$318.01 + shipping
Description: A signed limited edition of Galsworthy's 'Modern Comedy'. With an illustrated plate of the Forsyte Family Tree. This is the 69th copy of 1030 printed which are signed and inscribed by the author. The inscription to this copy is a quote from Galsworthy's play 'The Mob', 'To fight to a finish knowing you must be beaten, is anything better worth it?'. The character More says this line in act IV of the play. With a letter from actor Ronald Simpson tipped in to front pastedown dated 19 May 1947 saying 'With best wishes and many thanks for your kind appreciation of my performance in 'In Chancery' Ronald Simpson'. Simpson acted as the lead Soames in a BBC adaptation of Galsworthy's second book of the Forsyte series, 'In Chancery'. John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include 'The Forsyte Saga' and its sequels 'A Modern Comedy' and 'End of the Chapter'. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. 'The Forsyte Saga' chronicles the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large commercial upper middle class English family, similar to Galsworthy's own. Slipcase is in a good condition. In a vellum binding, with gilt stamping to spine and board edges. Externally, very smart. Some marks to the boards and spine. Boards are cockled slightly. Slipcase is rubbed, particularly to the top and bottom. There is a hole to the top of the slipcase at the spine and the top edge is lifting. A letter from the actor Robert Simpson tipped to front pastedown. Signature of Eliza Board to recto of front endpaper dated Easter 1943. Internally, the book is firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Ribbon bookmark present. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
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Description: A Wonderful Example of Miss Currie's Work FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. GALSWORTHY, John. A Modern Comedy. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. With a very fine fore-edge painting by Miss C.B. Currie of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire (from The Forsyte Saga). Inserted limitation leaf at front "This is No. 160 of the Books/with Fore-edge Paintings/by/Miss Currie/The Painting under the gold/is a view of/Mapledurham./Signed/ C.B. Currie" First edition. Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 180 x 117 mm.). [ii, Miss Currie signed limitation, verso blank], [i]-xxvii, [i, blank], [1]-1088 pp. Inserted folded "Forsyte Family Tree" (small neat repair to one fold). Bound ca. 1930 by Rivière & Son for Henry Sotheran. Full dark blue straight-grain morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt and blind, and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt -ruled board edges, gilt decorated turn-ins, gray endpapers, all edges gilt. A very fine example housed in a custom made felt-lined black cloth clamshell case with black leather label on spine lettered in gilt. "The miniature painter "Miss C.B. Currie" (b. December 12, 1849; d. April 2, 1940) was one of the most prominent fore-edge artists in the twentieth century. A master of the art of miniature painting, she excelled as a copyist working for Henry Sotheran Booksellers, London. She became famous for her miniature paintings applied to two art forms. First on ivory, mounted on Rivière bindings and named by her employer as "Cosway" bindings. Later she expanded her work into the art of painting on the fanned edge of a book -- called a fore-edge painting. Most of these paintings were signed and numbered by the artist. Whereas fore-edge painting history is replete with unknown artists, Currie is a notable exception. Even today, many fore-edge artists remain anonymous. In the book world, the name Miss C.B. Currie is widely recognized, yet her personal life and real name remained guarded and unknown until now. It turns out her name was, in fact, partly a pseudonym. Though her work is highly prized, there is no known published biography. Her correct full name was recently discovered to be Caroline Billin Curry. During her entire artistic career Curry used the slightly altered version of her name "Currie". Her true full name is not to be found in any published record of her work from Sotheran's. Her private affairs remain mostly unknown to us, and sadly no portrait photograph is known. The earliest year Currie fore-edge paintings appear in Sotheran catalogues is a 1913 supplemental leaf, and after that not until 1924 (see Currie 20). Since nineteen fore-edge paintings were made prior to 1924 and none of these appear in the Sotheran catalogues available to me from 1910-1923, it is unclear as to when the fore-edge painting effort really began. She may have made a few fore-edge paintings from ca. 1911 to 1914, and then discontinued until after the war. The number 172 was reached by 1931 and it seems unlikely that many more were done after that date." (Weber. Catalogue Raisonné (2010) p. 273. . Provenance: Sotheran's catalogue 819 supplement, item 1690, illustrated; Christie's, London, 29th Ocotber, 1969, lot 19, purchased by E. Joseph, London; Brauun Rasmussen 6th December 2005; New England Book Auction 18th April, 2006 purchased by Jeff Weber; Sold to Randall Moscovitz (2007). Weber. Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting. Catalogue Raisonné No. 160 (p. 344 with photograph).
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.