Price: US$9.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear and tear. Pages are tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition, Hardback, Black d/j has nicks at top and bottom of front cover, lightly bumped spine and corners and some scuffing down long outside edge, o/w internally v/g. Illustrations and Decorations by John Austin and an Introduction by W H Davies
Seller: Joan Andrews, Alton, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Description: First thus. 333pp. Very slight shelfwear to bottom edge, otherwise very good plus / large piece missing from top of dust jacket spine.
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.49 + shipping
Description: First edition thus (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xi, 333pp. 16 b&w plates and text illustrations by John Austen. With an iintroduction by W H Davies. Original black cloth, gilt titling and design to the front board and the spine. The front inner hinge is strained, and there is some light bumping of the binding; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.
Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$20.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher - John Lane The Bodley Head, London/Dodd, Mead & co, New York. A new edition with illustrations and decorations by John Austen and an introduction ty W.H. Davies. Very good condition, decorated front board and spine, decorated endpapers, many b/w illus. Mild/moderate shelf wear, dulled spine, some tanning.
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black cloth hardcover with gilt decorations. Wonderful etched plates inside by John Austen. Art-Deco designs. The covers have some wear and light marks on front and back. The spine top and bottom have light fraying. Inside has some light age tonning. Still a good copy overall. Email us for a photo of this wonderful classic book. Size: Tall
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Introduction by W. H. Davies. Jacket chipped at corners and extremities of spine, missing about a quarter inch at head of spine. Size: Large 8vo
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A New Edition: a decent overall copy, firm, clean, secure and square. Free of inscriptions.Just a trifle nudged at spine ends; in a decent dust jacket, trifle loss to spine head; benefitting from a removeable plastic sleeve. 333 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. { Subject: Prostitutes ; Fiction. Repentance ; Fiction. Criminals ; Fiction. John Austen illustrator }
Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom
Price: US$28.22 + shipping
Description: pp334, (6), drawings by John Austen; 8vo, illus. cloth gilt. Foxing, else very good in dust jacket.
Seller: Louella Kerr Books, Petersham, NSW, Australia
Price: US$31.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition without jacket on black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and frontis and gilded image at top of outer front board will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$36.39 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black hardcover with title in gilt on sine and front cover. Condition: Good, covers are generally lightly shelfworn, with the fading to the gilt titling on the spine, but not the front cover. Endpapers are quite foxed. Text and illustrations within volume are clean and bright. Dustjacket condition: Good, with a small area of tiny paint splashes to front of the jacket, general light shelfwear, more so to head and tail of spine with some loss and chipping. 333pp. Beautifully illustrated by John Austen.
Seller: Karen Jakobsen (Member of the PBFA), Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
Price: US$37.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, Stated 1929 publication with no subsequent printings listed. used hardcover without dust jacket. binding remains solid, toning to ffep, no marks to text, boards moderately edgeworn with mild soiling to bottom spine, page edges lightly scuffed and lightly dirty.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION IN THIS FORM, HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL GILT CLOTH BINDING, FRONTIS ILLUSTRATION PLUS NUMEROUS BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS FULL PAGE & AMONG TEXT, ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10.5 x 7 INCHES. SOME BROWNING TO BOTH SETS OF ENDPAPERS, NAME & DATE WRITTEN TO FRONT ENDPAPER OTHERWISE THIS IS A LOVELY COPY WITH GILT TO COVER VERY BRIGHT & PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.99 + shipping
Description: VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN BROWN DECORATED BOARDS. ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY JOHN AUSTEN AND AN INTORDUCTION BY W.H. DAVIES.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1929, 1st. Large Octavo. ix, 333pp plus adverts. Illustrated by John Austen. Publisher's cloth, gilt titles. Spine slightly sunned. Printed end papers, some foxing and browning to first and final few leaves. Slight spotting to text-block. Otherwise a 'Very Good' copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Price: US$43.67 + shipping
Description: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1929. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. Dustjacket. xii 334pp. With frontisp. 15 full-page plates text-illusts. and illust end-papers all by John Austen. Tear on dustjacket spine. Some toning at beginning and end of text otherwise fine.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Introduction by W. H. Davies. ix, 333 pp. With illustrations and Decorations by John Austen. Large 8vo, original black gilt-decorated cloth in dust jacket. Owner's name neatly lettered at top of front free endpaper; extremities of spine and corners slightly frayed; tight and sound in a jacket with several internal clear tape repairs, small chips, and a split along one fold.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A New edition, with illustrations and decorations by John Austen, and an introduction by W. H. Davies. 8vo. 333 pp., illus. Good in black cloth with gilt decorations, binding shaken, rear hinge weak, some wear to spine.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$51.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1929 First edition, first impression. Size quarto,333 pages. Black cloth covered boards with gilt and black illustration and gilt titles to the front cover and spine, illustrated end-papers, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners rubbed and bumped, head and tail of spine rubbed and chipped, spine very slightly faded, offsetting to end-papers, the pages and plates are very clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, corners rubbed, spine ends rubbed and chipped, 1x1cm tear with loss to upper edge of front panel, 6 tiny tears without loss to top edge of front end rear panels, has not been clipped. An attractive 1920's art deco style new edition of Defoe's classic. Finely illustrated by John Austen with monochrome plates, chapter headings, endpapers, cover design and other decorations. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.98 + shipping
Description: Black and White illustrations by John Austen. Very Good (-), without dust jacket. No owner's markings.
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Price: US$58.48 + shipping
Description: First edition thus, large 8vo, (xii), 333, (1) pp. 16 plates. Original gilt titled black cloth, some of the gilt slightly tarnished, d.w. in excellent condition, overall a handsome copy.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$72.39 + shipping
Description: Very good gilt- blocked decorated cloth copy with illustrated boards in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Impressively illustrated with a series of photo-plates. Physical description: 333 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. Subject:Prostitutes ; Fiction. Repentance ; Fiction. Criminals ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$74.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus. by John Austin, 10 x 6.5", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict black cloth, 333pp, extremities bumped and a bit worn, some finger prints to front covers, endpapers unevenly toned, textblock edges toned else a very nice copy in a rubbed and lightly edgeworn dustjacket.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First illustrated edition. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth with gilt decor, decorative endpages, faded green topstain. Spine ends pushed with small fray to spine head, mild insecting to cloth. Endpages toned. Front hinge cracked but holding. The DJ in mylar has some large chips to spine ends/points, rubbing to joints. The slipcase has lost its top edge, and is split along bottom edge, with heavy edgewear. It retains two paper labels, which are toned and mildly worn. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Very good gilt- blocked decorated cloth copy with illustrated boards in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Impressively illustrated with a series of photo-plates. Physical description: 333 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. Subject:Prostitutes ; Fiction. Repentance ; Fiction. Criminals ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover. Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. John Austen (illustrator), monochrome plates. Finely illustrated. 333 pages. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover lightly rubbed along edges, quarter inch of cloth rubbed from bottom rear edge, otherwise fine. Very slight offsetting to eps. Fine DJ has some very light rubbing to bottom of spine. Clean interior and tight, square binding.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black cloth on boards with bright gilt decorations of the Doctor and titling to front and spine, with a fist and torch in gilt at bottom of spine. Illustrated endpapers with drawings by the illustrator of the book, John Austen. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of flaws and markings inside and out - Near Fine. Black kraft paper Dust jacket has same design as boards in aquamarine. Fantastic copy. Complete with the original slipcase, which has both the front and bottom pasted on pictorial title labels to it. Still tight but does have a crack down the spine of the slipcase and some moderate damage to the top. With 16 plates and many decorations
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very attractive illustrated edition, first thus. With 16 b/w plates and in-text illustrations by John Austen. Introduction by W.H. Davies. Black cloth, gilt titles and illustrations, illustrated endpapers, black dustjacket with green illustration and titles. Condition: Very good. Some fading to cloth, compression to edge, on back. Gilt bright. Dj very good+, in removable plastic sleeve. Internally clean and bright. Size: 10x7in / 25x18cm. 333pp. Weight: 990g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$122.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed By John Austen. 1st published in this edition. Boards are clean with a nick on the bottom edge. Content is clean with even toning. Good DJ has chips/tears and marks
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Austen, John. A New Edition. With Illustrations and Decorations by John Austen 333 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt. Fine, in Near Fine black green stamped dust jacket With Illustrations and Decorations by John Austen 333 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Austen, John. A New Edition. With Illustrations and Decorations by John Austen 333, [1], [6, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Black cloth, gilt. Fine, spine slightly sunned With Illustrations and Decorations by John Austen 333, [1], [6, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.