Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$4.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint, 8vo, 294pp, top edge lightly spotted o/w VG Copy in VG DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Roger Lucas Booksellers, Horncastle, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley:. The Old Devils. London Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$5.20 + shipping
Description: Reprint. Hardback. 8vo 9 x 5.5 inches. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. 294 pages. Fine in Fine price-clipped dustwrapper. '.the most outrageously funny Amis novel for many years as well as the most overtly serious.'
Seller: Tom Coleman, Dingwall, ROSS, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$6.50 + shipping
Description: Ink note to one page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Creasing to covers. Clean very tight pages with slightly stained boards, dusty fingered page edges and no bumping to corners. 294pp. Uncorrected Proof of Kingsley Amis novel. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8.5 x 5.25 inches
Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. THE OLD DEVILS. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$6.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two small holes in front of dj
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$11.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1986, third printing of first edition of same year. Size octavo, 294 pages. Tan hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated dust jacket with booker prize banner on lower right corner of front panel. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, else fine, contents very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, edges slightly creased, else fine, not price clipped. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for Fiction. Cover art by Alastair Taylor. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$11.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1986, fourth printing of first edition of same year. Size octavo, 294 pages. Tan hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated dust jacket with booker prize banner on lower right corner of front panel. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, else fine, contents very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, edges slightly creased, else fine, not price clipped. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for Fiction. Cover art by Alastair Taylor. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$11.63 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1986, third printing of first edition of same year. Size octavo, 294 pages. Tan hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, edges slightly curled, spine very slightly faded else fine, not price clipped. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for Fiction. Cover art by Alastair Taylor. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley.:. The Old Devils.. London: Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. 294pp. Small light foxed spot to top-edge, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in price-clipped dustjacket, both in very good condition. First Edition, 4th printing. Opening blank price-clipped 224 pages
Seller: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, United Kingdom
Amis Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson., London, 1986.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for fiction.The Old Devils is the most outrageously funny Amis novel for many years as well as the most overtly serious. Previous owner's name inside.
Seller: Karen Millward, Bantry,Co.Cork., IRL, Ireland
AMIS,, Kingsley.. THE OLD DEVILS.. London, Hutchinson 1986., 1986.
Price: US$16.26 + shipping
Description: [10]+294pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, a near fine copy. First edition.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher: Hutchinson, 1986. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover is in near-fine condition (bumped on the bottom of the spine and bumped on the top and bottom corners of the back cover). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition (crease line down the length of the back cover and edge wear). Brodart protected. 294 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booker prize-winning novel for fiction (1986). Set in South Wales which tells the story of old friends whose lives change when their friends Alun and Rhiannon Weaver return to the country after Alun's long career in London.
Seller: Lotsa Books, Fort Smith, AR, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. THE OLD DEVILS. Hutchinson Ltd, London, 1986.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inside of dust jacket has stain on top edge, small dated gift inscription on front end page, otherwise very clean and well bound. Dust jacket has banner : "Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for fiction." The Old Devils shows the awful and absurd consequences when a group of men and women begin to move out of the comfortable shelter of middle age into a new sense of isolation and loss, of regret for lost opportunity and for destructive selfishness too. Outrageously funny as well as overtly serious.
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
AMIS, KINGSLEY:. THE OLD DEVILS. Hutchinson London 1986, 1986.
Price: US$17.22 + shipping
Description: uncorrected proof in white glossy pictorial wrappers, 294pp, VG+(sl soiled, v sl sunned & v sl wear to extrems)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils;. London, Hutchinson, 1986; 0 09 163790 2, 1986.
Price: US$18.19 + shipping
Description: Reprint 1986 (3 times); Nr Fine/ Dw Nr Fine; 294pp; Tan covers with gilt title on spine; Dust wrapper has price intact. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for fiction. "Outrageously funny"
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley.. The Old Devils.. Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$19.49 + shipping
Description: 294pp Hutchinson, London 1986. 1st edition. Minute nick on rear fold of DW, else VG in VG DW
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$19.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very nice copy in similar DJ designed by Ailstair Taylor. Neat previous owner's name and date on ffep. Ref:06512
Seller: Church Street Books, Lutterworth, LEICS, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$19.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition hardcover with plastic covered unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and page block if slightly tanned. LW
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils. London : Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$21.11 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vii,294p.; 23cm. Not price-clipped. Notes; First published, London: Hutchinson, 1986. Review/s: M. Wynn Thomas, Book News from Wales, (Spring 1987),7-8. Review/s: Jeremy Lewis, LondM, 26/7 (1986), 96-8. Summary; Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize. Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave-sodden wives have one main ambition left in life: to drink Wales dry. But their routine is both shaken and stirred when they are joined by professional Welshman Alun Weaver (CBE) and his wife, Rhiannon. Subjects; Fiction in English - 1945 - Texts. fiction in English - texts. 11030 - fiction in English - 1945- - 60030 - texts. Modern fiction. FICTION / General. Genres; Fiction. text. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils. Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Hutchinson, London, 1986. First Edition, THIRD Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As new. Unread. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils / Kingsley Amis ; by Kingsley Amis. London : Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$23.39 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 294 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Wales ; Fiction. Wales In literature. English fiction 20th century. Amis, Kingsley, 1922- English literature 1945- Individual works. English fiction 20th century Texts. English literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition of Amis' Booker Prize winning novel. A previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, else a FINE book in FINE jacket.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Amis, Kingsley,. THE OLD DEVILS. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$25.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 294pp. A fine copy printed in the same year as the first issue. No price-clipping, inscriptions or marks. Winner odf the 1986 Booker Prize for fiction banner printed across the front right lower corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$27.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: brown cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket unclipped, 294 pp, first edition dust jacket wrinkled.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Price: US$31.19 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London. Hutchinson Ltd/Century Hutchinson. 1986. First edition; fourth impression. Hard Cover. 14 cm x 22 cm. 294 pages. Dark orange boards without wear. Clipped dust wrapper illustrated to both covers. Book and jacket are fine. In this hilarious, outrageous and wickedly funny story of Jake and his lost libido, Kingsley Amis does not pull any punches, but takes some well-aimed swipes at the crankier fringes of psychotherapy and at sex-1970s style. The jacket will be covered with an archival quality, inert removable protective sleeve.
Seller: Libris Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils. London : Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$32.74 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vii,294p.; 23cm. Not price-clipped. Notes; First published, London: Hutchinson, 1986. Review/s: M. Wynn Thomas, Book News from Wales, (Spring 1987),7-8. Review/s: Jeremy Lewis, LondM, 26/7 (1986), 96-8. Summary; Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize. Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave-sodden wives have one main ambition left in life: to drink Wales dry. But their routine is both shaken and stirred when they are joined by professional Welshman Alun Weaver (CBE) and his wife, Rhiannon. Subjects; Fiction in English - 1945 - Texts. fiction in English - texts. 11030 - fiction in English - 1945- - 60030 - texts. Modern fiction. FICTION / General. Genres; Fiction. text. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils / Kingsley Amis ; by Kingsley Amis. London : Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$35.20 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 294 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Wales ; Fiction. Wales In literature. English fiction 20th century. Amis, Kingsley, 1922- English literature 1945- Individual works. English fiction 20th century Texts. English literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson / Century Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$38.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, fourth impression, published later the same year. SIGNED BY KINGSLEY AMIS, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some foxing to page fore edges, slight lean, price clipped, previous owner's name to ffep, internally clean and tight, overall a vg only copy. 294pp. Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave sodden wives have one main ambition left in life, to drink Wales dry. But their routine is both shaken and stirred when they are joined by professional Welshman Alun Weaver (CBE) and his wife, Rhiannon. Kingsley Amis's (1922-95), classic comic novel.
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$42.54 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Handsome copy of this prize winning novel.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: True first edition of this Booker Prize winning book. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. THE OLD DEVILS. Hutchinson, London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg, 1986.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for fiction. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. (#110776)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils (First Edition). Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$46.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Printing.
Seller: Fialta Books, St Albans, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. First Edition. First Impression. London. Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$51.98 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London. Hutchinson. 1986. Hard Cover. First Edition. Caramel coloured boards with gilt titles and publisher's device to spine. Book is firmly bound and without wear. Clean text block. No inscriptions. Dust jacket is unclipped and only has a hint of wear at the top rear edge which is hardly noticeable. An extremely attractive copy.
Seller: Libris Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$58.48 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A lovely first edition, first impression copy of Kingsley Amis' Booker Prize winning novel The Old Devils. First edition, first impression copy of this work.The Old Devils explores the consequences of when a group of men and women move out of the comfortable shelter of middle age into a new sense of isolation, loss and regret. The novel won the Booker Prize in 1986.In the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Spotting to the fore edge. In the original unclipped dustwrapper which is smart with some slight fading to the spine. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, UK, 1986.
Price: US$69.75 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Book, " . . . the most outrageously funny Amis novel for many years as well as the most overtly serious." (front flap) About aging ! Book is as new, no imperfections. Unclipped DJ has very slight edge/shelf wear. Book appears to be unread. Bookseller's Inventory # 225838
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
AMIS, Kingsley. The Old Devils. London: Hutchinson (1986)., 1986.
Price: US$77.97 + shipping
Description: Third printing, 8vo, (x), 294 pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page and with a further note in his hand (but using a different pen) on the fly leaf concerning the dust wrapper design. Cloth, d.w., some mild soiling.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils (signed Limited Edition). Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$97.47 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hutchinson, 1986. Booker prize winner, Special Edition 207 of 250 signed copies bound by London Limited Editions, imprinted in linen and marbled covers. Near Fine with slight dustiness to top of textblock and minor bruising to textblock pp.201 - 208 inclusive. Minimal edge toning, faint erasure marks to ffep, original unprinted tissue protector with very slight creasing to top and bottom of spine. Photos available.
Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils (Signed Limited Edition). Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Quarter cloth over marbleized paper covered boards. First edition.294 pp. The author's Booker Prize winning novel. One of 250 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author. A fine copy in fragile cello wrapper which is chipped at the spine crown.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.45. Octavo (22cm); marbled paper-covered boards and russet cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's original glassine overlay (unprinted); [xiv],294pp. A Fine copy in original glassine. Amis's Booker Prize-winning novel, adapted by Andrew Davies for BBC in 1992.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$123.46 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 294. Original light brown boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just the lightest of edgewear. First edition. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize.
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg, 1986.
Price: US$123.46 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition of Kingsley Amis's novel in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper.This Booker Prize winning novel is one of Amis's many satirical works. It centres on Welsh characters and protagonists and provides a commentary on the perception of Wales in wider history and culture. The novel touches on other themes such as age, alcoholism, marriage, and love. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. There is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. To the dust wrapper, there are a few very small closed tears and some light creasing. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$127.36 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A signed first edition of Amis' Booker Prize winning novel, a later impression of this satirical novel set in Wales. The first edition, fourth impression of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Best wishes to Doris Black, Kingsley Amis'.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize.'The Old Devils' centres around a modesty famous writer, Alun Weaver, who moves back to Wales with his wife.Written by the satirical twentieth century author Kingsley Amis, one of the most popular authors of the post-war period. He is also the father of fellow author, Martin Amis. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Author's inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper is lightly edgeworn with a couple of very light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley.. THE OLD DEVILS. [SIGNED]. Hutchinson., London,, 1986.
Price: US$128.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp 294. Signed copy. One of 250 printed as first edition: numbered 35. Attractive binding. No dust jacket. Fine condition. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Seller: Nicola Wagner, aptos, CA, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils. London : Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$139.22 + shipping
Description: Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 294 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Amis, Kingsley. THE OLD DEVILS. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue produced by London Limited Editions of 250 specially bound and numbered copies signed by Amis on the limitation page. Copy #93. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering and decorated paper-covered boards. Glassine dustwrapper. Corners just touched, faint soil on topedge; dustwrapper with edgewear, chipping at spine ends and small perforation on spine fold. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustwrapper with an archival cover. Booker Prize winner. Adapted for the BBC by Andrew Davies.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 294 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth, Gilt, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards. #168 Of A Limited Edition Of 250 Copies Signed By Author And In A Special Binding. Fine. Lacking The Plain Glassine Book Jacket.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The old devils. London : Hutchinson, 1986.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 294 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
KINGSLEY AMIS.. The Old Devils. A novel. (SIGNED). Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$162.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition (first printing) of his Booker Prize winner - this copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 294pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge spotted. Neat name and plate of former owner to the front free endpaper, and an unrelated newspaper clipping neatly pasted to the terminal leaf. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a little fading to the publisher's red spine panel lettering, some internal spotting, and a little creasing to the base of the rear panel where it has been inexpertly re-shelved. "It stands comparison with any English novel of the century" - Martin Amis.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$162.44 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A first edition of 'The Old Devils' by Kingsley Amis. "'The Old Devils' shows the awful and absurd consequences when a group of men and women begin to move out of the comfortable shelter of middle age into a new sense of isolation and loss, of regret and lost opportunity and for destructive selfishness too." "'The Old Devils' is the most outrageously funny Amis novel for many years as well as the most overtly serious." In a brown cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper in an acetate protective covering. Externally, smart. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper has minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
AMIS, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, 1986.
Price: US$166.63 + shipping
Description: Octavo, quarter cloth and marbled boards, 294 pp. A fine copy. One of 250 numbered copies of the first edition of The Old Devils, signed by the author and specially bound.
Seller: Rare Aviation Books, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
Kingsley Amis. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg, 1986.
Price: US$181.94 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A signed first edition, third printing of The Old Devils, Kingsley Amis's Booker Prize winning novel in the original dust wrapper. First edition, third printing of The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis in the original publisher's binding and clipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author.This Booker Prize winning novel is one of Amis's many satirical works. It centres on Welsh characters and protagonists and provides a commentary on the perception of Wales in wider history and culture. The novel touches on other themes such as age, alcoholism, marriage, and love. In the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is some minor wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper. There is some very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson, London UK, 1986.
Price: US$205.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is a first printing and was AS Byatts personal copy as indicated by her name written as "ASByatt" on the front endpaper in ink. This copy is Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. A one of a kind copy! Loosely inserted into four different locations are little pieces of paper to mark pages that AS Byatt had maybe meant to remember.
Seller: Pages 'N Pages Bookstore, Toronto, ON, Canada
AMIS, Kingsley.. The Old Devils.. London: Hutchinson/London Limited Editions (1986)., 1986.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 294 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Fine unprinted tissue dust jacket. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Amis.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils - with wrap-around band and bookmark. London Hutchinson 1986, 1986.
Price: US$292.40 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1986. A fine book (trace of spotting to the top edge) in the fine dust wrapper. With the rare yellow wrap-around band.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$513.32 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First UK printing published by Hutchinson, London in 1986. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and appears unread. A hint of toning to the text-block. Free from inscriptions and internally clean. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Very slight toning of the spine and upper rear edge but barely discernible. A hint of fading to the red lettering to the spine. The 'Booker Prize' shortlist wraparound Band is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition with just a little fading of the yellow colouring to the plain spine portion. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. The winner of the 1986 Booker Prize, with Amis having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice before, for 'Ending Up' (1974) and 'Jake's Thing' (1978). In 2008, The Times ranked Kingsley Amis 13th on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. A very sharp copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom