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Price: US$21.20 + shipping
Description: card covers As New small octavo 8pp., illusts.,
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
PRIESTLEY, J.B.. The Happy Dream. Whittington Press, Gloucestershire, 1976.
Price: US$48.62 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered quarter black cloth over yellow patterned boards. Vinyl wrapper and black cardboard slipcase. This edition limited to 400 copies signed by the author. This is copy #255. Nice produced item. Vinyl chipped but o/w fine.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$59.82 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 400 copies. This copy feels unread and has no faults. The slip case has some minor rubbing. This is copy 118. Signed by Priestly. Publishers compliment slip laid in.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
J. B. Priestly. The Happy Dream. The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, 1976.
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound with a black buckram cloth spine and shoulders, with gilt lettering, yellow and grey marbled cloth boards.Top edge gilt, with fore and lower page edges untrimmed. Black endpapers.[viii]35[36-40]pages.6 X 8 inches. In black paperbound hard slipcase.This is from the limitation page at the end of the book: "One of 400 copies hand-set in Caslon type and printed by John and Rosalind Randle and Tim Jollands at Whittington Court on mould-made paperfrom St Curhbert's Mill, Wookey Hole, and bound by Hunter and Foulis.Printing completed April 1976. This copy no. 72". Signed by J. B. Priestly.Fine book in a very good slipcase.
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: Fine first edition hardback in a lightly worn slipcase. Copy No. 139 of a limited edition of 400 signed at the end by the author]. [8] + 35 + [3]
Seller: Gage Postal Books, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Priestley, J.B.. The Happy Dream. An essay.. The Whittington Press, Andoversford, 1976.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: ONE OF 400 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 4to, pp. [viii], 35, [3]. Original quarter black cloth, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original black slipcase. A few faint marks to slipcase and binding, else fine. The signed and limited edition of one of J.B. Priestley?s (1894-1984) final works of prose, differentiating and exploring the various types of dreams.
Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Priestley, J.B.. The Happy Dream. An essay.. Whittington Press,, 1976.
Price: US$70.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Happy Dream. An essay. Signed and limited edition of one of J.B. Priestley's final works. 35/400. Fine copy in a Fine slipcase
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Priestley, J.B.. The Happy Dream. An essay.. Whittington Press,, 1976.
Price: US$70.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Happy Dream. An essay. Signed and limited edition of one of J.B. Priestley's final works. 71/400. Fine copy in a Fine slipcase
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. pp 35. Original publisher's black cloth overlaid in marbled paper lettered gilt on spine. No. 57 of 400 copies. Signed on back page by the author. Fine in fine thin black card slipcase.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
HARRISON, Tony.. TEN POEMS FROM THE SCHOOL OF ELOQUENCE. (SIGNED). Rex Collings,, London,, 1976.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Wraps. pp 16. Number 5 of 150 copies, this signed by Tony Harrison, Christmas 1976. Printed at the Whittington Press. Poetry. Loosely inserted printed slip from Rex Collings with note in red ink wishing the recipient a happy Christmas. Very faint tanning else very good indeed. Decent copy.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, limited edition book in near fine slip case. Signed by the author on the limited edition page. This is #263 of 400. Yellow and gray marbled paper covered boards; black covered spine; gilt lettering on spine. Upper external page edges are gilt. Side and lower page edges are untrimmed. Minimal scuffs to edges of slip case, else fine. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
PRIESTLEY, J B. The Happy Dream. The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, 1976.
Price: US$89.66 + shipping
Description: Number 109 of edition of 400 copies. Signed by J.B.Priestley. pp [8] + 35 + [1] A near mint copy in a slightly scuffed slip-case Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
PRIESTLEY, J. B.. The Happy Dream. The Whittington Press 1976, 1976.
Price: US$91.20 + shipping
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION- ONE OF 80 NUMBERED (#39/80) DELUXE COPIES (DETAILS STATED AT REAR) IN FULL LEATHER WITH GILT TOOLING, sm octavo, maroon leather boards, raised bands with gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt lettering & tooling to front board, teg, deckled page edges, marbled eps, 35pp, VG+ (sl fading to spine, v sl chafing & soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG (light scuffing & soiling with some light fading)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Full burgundy morocco decoratively gilt, slipcase, small square 8vo., (iv), 35, (1) pages. Of 400 copies printed at Whittington from handset Caslon type on handmade paper from St. Cuthbert's Mill in Wooky Hole, this is one of 80 specially bound copies. Signed by Priestley. Rubs to two of the raised bands, else a fine copy in a fine burgundy cloth-covered board slipcase.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No.207 of an edition of 400 copies hand-set in Caslon type and printed by John and Rosalind Randle and Tim Jollands at Whittington Court on mould-made paper from St Cuthberts Mill, Wookey Hole, and bound by Hunter and Foulis. 195 x 150mm, marbled paper over boards, black cloth spine lettered & ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, fore- & tail edges untrimmed, pp.[viii] 40, black endpapers. Signed by the author on colophon page. Loosely inserted Whittington Press publicity card. Black paper-covered slipcase.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No.216 of an edition of 400 copies hand-set in Caslon type and printed by John and Rosalind Randle and Tim Jollands at Whittington Court on mould-made paper from St Cuthberts Mill, Wookey Hole, and bound by Hunter and Foulis. 195 x 150mm, marbled paper over boards, black cloth spine lettered & ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, fore- & tail edges untrimmed, pp.[viii] 40, black endpapers. Signed by the author on colophon page. Loosely inserted Whittington Press publicity card. Black paper-covered slipcase.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No.217 of an edition of 400 copies hand-set in Caslon type and printed by John and Rosalind Randle and Tim Jollands at Whittington Court on mould-made paper from St Cuthberts Mill, Wookey Hole, and bound by Hunter and Foulis. 195 x 150mm, marbled paper over boards, black cloth spine lettered & ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, fore- & tail edges untrimmed, pp.[viii] 40, black endpapers. Signed by the author on colophon page. Loosely inserted Whittington Press publicity card. Black paper-covered slipcase.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
PRIESTLEY,J.B.. The Happy Dream. whittington press andoversford [1976], 1976.
Price: US$118.55 + shipping
Description: first edition thus limited signed by author [69/80 limited to 400 copies] 35pp FINE (full burgundy leather w.gilt stamps and lettering,minor soiling,marbled eps,author's sign.to numbered colophon at rear) in NF slipcase (burgundy cloth,minor shelf wear) superb copy of the deluxe edition in full leather and numbered/signed by author
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Association copy. No.208 of an edition of 400 copies hand-set in Caslon type and printed by John and Rosalind Randle and Tim Jollands at Whittington Court on mould-made paper from St Cuthberts Mill, Wookey Hole, and bound by Hunter and Foulis. 195 x 150mm, marbled paper over boards, black cloth spine lettered & ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, fore- & tail edges untrimmed, pp.[viii] 40, black endpapers. Signed by the author on colophon page. Loosely inserted Whittington Press publicity card & a ticket to the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of J B Priestley, O.M.' held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, 2 October 1984. . Black paper-covered slipcase.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Association copy. No.210 of an edition of 400 copies hand-set in Caslon type and printed by John and Rosalind Randle and Tim Jollands at Whittington Court on mould-made paper from St Cuthberts Mill, Wookey Hole, and bound by Hunter and Foulis. 195 x 150mm, marbled paper over boards, black cloth spine lettered & ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, fore- & tail edges untrimmed, pp.[viii] 40, black endpapers. Signed by the author on colophon page, and inscribed by him on half-title to his long-time secretary and friend: "For Rosalie Batten". Loosely inserted Whittington Press publicity card. Black paper-covered slipcase.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: Limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm, [7], 35, [1] pp. John Randle of the Whittington Press said of this book "J. B. Priestley, who had written this account of his extraordinarily vivid dream especially for us, took a keen interest in its design and produdion. He suggested the format, binding style and text margins, and the end result is a credit to his typographic instincts" - from David Butcher's Bibliography of the Press. Hand-set in Caslon type , printed on handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill, Wookey Hole. Copy No. 250 signed by J.B. Priestley. Fine in Fine slipcase.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$179.32 + shipping
Description: Limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm, [7], 35, [1] pp. John Randle of the Whittington Press said of this book "J. B. Priestley, who had written this account of his extraordinarily vivid dream especially for us, took a keen interest in its design and produdion. He suggested the format, binding style and text margins, and the end result is a credit to his typographic instincts" - from David Butcher's Bibliography of the Press. Hand-set in Caslon type , printed on handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill, Wookey Hole. Copy No. 119. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
PRIESTLEY, J B. The Happy Dream. Leominster The Whittington Press, 1976.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Description: Signed Limited Edition, No. 17 of 80 copies in full morocco (320 further copies cloth backed with paper covered boards), 8vo., 20 x 15.3cm. The Whittington Press maroon full leather binding with gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front. Three raised bands with gilt stamped titles and publisher's device in three of the four compartments. Top edge gilt with gilt ruled turnovers, marbled endpapers, vi 35pp (1) limitations page signed by the author, with Whittington Press compliment slip laid in. Maroon slip case. The boards have been well protected by the slip case and are at least very good plus, having a hint of rubbing to the raised bands only. Internally, the book is very clean without marks. The slip case is very good, unrubbed but with what are believed to be a few light glue marks and some minor bruising to one shoulder. A beautiful limited edition on fine handmade paper. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
PRIESTLEY, J. B.. The Happy Dream ; An Essay. The Whittington Press, Andoversford, 1976.
Price: US$198.51 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 200 x 153mm. [8], 35, [5] pp. Bound in maroon calf, banded spine with gilt lettering, gilt decoration to front board, gilt internal borders in a matching maroon cloth slipcase. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt and deckled edges. Numbered and signed by J. B. Priestley. Slipcase gently used, head and tail a tad bruised with 2mm nicks at each end, closed 45mm and 20mm tears to cloth at base, spine is lightly sunned; gilt on spine a little dull and two of the three bands are a bit worn; a binding error visible on spine as the word âthe' in the title has been blind stamped overlapping each other, gilt only fills the correct placement of the word; blank endpapers slightly toned towards edges, otherwise clean and bright throughout. Number 36 in a sequence of 80 Deluxe Limited Signed Editions from a total edition limited to 400 copies. John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
Seller: Archives Fine Books (ANZAAB, ILAB), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Description: De luxe limited edition of 80 specially-bound copies signed by the author, from an edition limited to 400, Full morocco, gilt cover decoration, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm, [7], 35, [1] pp. John Randle of the Whittington Press said of this book "J. B. Priestley, who had written this account of his extraordinarily vivid dream especially for us, took a keen interest in its design and produdion. He suggested the format, binding style and text margins, and the end result is a credit to his typographic instincts" - from David Butcher's Bibliography of the Press. Hand-set in Caslon type , printed on handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill, Wookey Hole. Copy number XII.Signed by J.B. Priestley. Fine in Fine slipcase.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Priestley, J. B. The happy dream: An essay. Whittington Press, 1976.
Price: US$359.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom