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M. Lambert. When Victoria Began to Reign : A Coronation Year Scrapbook. Faber & Faber Limited, 1937.
Price: US$7.58 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1937. First Edition. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Boards are bowed. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition 319 pp., Illustrations English society and life at the time of Victoria's Accession 1837. Illustrated throughout, Index. Original grey cloth with green title label. No dust jacket. sold Gift inscription on front cover. Cover soiled, backing split on one side, holding. Interior excellent.
Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada
Lyon Ann. Poems. Faber & Faber, London, 1937.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (x), 54pp. Printed on uncut paper by Hague & Gill in Gill's Joanna font designed the same year. Rust-mark from a paper-clip on front end papers.
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
Jones, Harold. This Year. Next Year. Faber, 1937.
Price: US$35.93 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Image shows actual book for sale. Book Condition: Fair; firm binding; contents good; edge-scuffed to spine; no dust jacket. Hard Cover Faber 1937 Poetry
Seller: Sonnets And Symphonies, Bristol, United Kingdom
De La Mare, W. and Jones, H.. This Year:Next Year. Faber and Faber, 1937.
Price: US$38.49 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: FIRST EDITION of this iconic work - some cover abrasion / damage as illustrated, but contents pages all intact and undamaged.
Seller: David Boyd, SEASCALE, United Kingdom
Kitson, Sydney D.. The Life of John Sell Cotman.. Faber and Faber,, London, 1937.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The working copy of ALEC M. COTMAN with his signature and address on the front end-papers. If he is the Alec M Cotman with the years 1907-1981 then he is POSSIBLY John Sell Cotman's great, great Nephew and the son of Frederick George Cotman. The book has his pencil notes in the margins, and on 2 blank pages at the rear.,newspaper cuttings and colour postcards of the paintings illustrated in the book. This is a worn and well used copy with a plastic cover (stuck on). Front hinge cracked, rear hinge re-inforced. Contents clean and tight. 394pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Frances Hubbard Flaherty. Elephant Dance. Charles Scribners, New York, 1937.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Scribner's, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine in Good+ DJ. First Edition. dust jacket with two chips else good under mylar brodart. the book is bright and clean. Red gilt pictorial cloth, gilt lettering and decorative elements, top of text block dyed dark gray. 8vo. 136pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Illustrated throughout with photographs taken by director Robert Flaherty's wife on the set of "Elephant Boy." This is effectively a photo diary (with strong text) during the filming. Note these travel saga was written during the famous production of the Robert Flaherty and Alexander Korda Elephant Boy Film shot on location in India starring Sabu the Elephant Boy who was an actual elephant boy in the stables of a Maharaja in Mysore, Sabu learned English during the film, being limited to his native Hindi or Tamil during the filming. There was a Faber and Faber edition the same year, this edition has the Scribners A meaning this is a true 1st edition unlike most others. Preface by John Collier.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sixth impression of the 1930 reset edition, published in May 1937. The first title in the author's semi-autobiographical 'Sherston Trilogy', which draws heavily on his pre-war life, with riding and hunting being among the favourite pastimes of the author. The book was originally published anonymously by Faber & Gwyer in 1928 ***Very good in light-blue cloth-covered boards with red titles to the spine. The boards are clean, but the edges are faded. The spine is very mottled and faded, but the titles are still clear. The edges of the page block are also foxed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, but there are no tears to the cloth. Corners quite sharp. Very slight reading lean to the book. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Some light sporadic foxing to the first and last few pages, but interior pages clean. ***In a very good original illustrated dustwrapper, that has been price-clipped by the publisher, and has a new printed price of 4/- net. The dustwrapper is largely complete, but there is some loss affecting the top and bottom of the spine, and slight loss also to the top of the folds. The spine of the dustwrapper is browned, and the back panel is slightly marked, but the illustrated front panel is nice and bright. Some creasing and edge wear commensurate with age and handling, with some creasing to the fore-edge of the front foldover flap. There is a Faber 4/- net re-pricing label on the spine of the dustwrapper [with signs of the original 3/6 printed price underneath]. ***344 pages. 195mm x 130mm. ***Contents: I. Early Days, II. The Flower Show Match, III. A Fresh Start, IV. A Day with the Potford, V. At the Rectory, VI. The Colonel's Cup, VII. Denis Milden as Master, VIII. Migration to the Midlands, IX. In the Army, X. At the Front. ***The Sherston Trilogy is the author's most respected prose work. The collected three novels are named after the protagonist, George Sherston; a young Englishman of the upper middle-class, living immediately before and during the First World War. The books are in fact 'fictionalised autobiography', wherein the only truly fictional things are the names of the characters. The story contained within "Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man" is a series of episodes in the youth of George Sherston, ranging from his first attempts to learn to ride to his experiences in winning point-to-point races. The title is somewhat misleading, as the book is mainly concerned with a series of landmark events in Sherston/Sassoon's childhood and youth, and his encounters with various comic characters. "The Flower-Show Match", an account of an annual village cricket match - an important fixture for those involved - in which young Sherston plays a significant part, was later published separately by Faber as a self-contained story. The book as a whole is a frequently humorous work, in which fox-hunting, one of Sassoon's major interests, comes to represent the young man's innocent frame of mind in the years before war broke out. The book ends with his enlistment in a local regiment, the Sussex Yeomanry, and his subsequent transfer, with a commission, to the Flintshire Fusiliers, a battalion of the Royal Welsh which was sent to France. The story is continued in two sequels: "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" and "Sherston's Progress". Much of the material for the novel came from Sassoon's own diaries. [Wiki] ***A sixth impression of the second reset edition, in very good condition. Pre-war copies are very hard to find in their original fragile dustwrappers, and the illustration used for this printing differs from earlier printings. Of interest to collectors of the work of First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Lucey, RM. A Problem A Day. Faber & Faber., London, 1937.
Price: US$61.29 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A 1937 publication which takes a problem for every day in the year, not forgetting Leap Year; along with solutions. Marked, tanned and edgeworn jacket with a few nicks. Minor sunning and wear on the hardcover. Foxing on the page block. All content is clear.
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Gill, Eric. Trousers & The Most Precious Ornament.. Faber & Faber, London, 1937.
Price: US$72.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: From the library of Will Carter, founder of the famous Rampant Lions Press. ¶ Description: Sewn as issued in publisher's printed paper wrappers. Duodecimo: 20 × 13 cm; pp.: 21, [1] and 1 illustration (frontispiece) by Denis Tegetmeier. ¶ Provenance: Small rectangular bookplates of Will Carter and Sebastian Carter to front wrapper verso, ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto: Will Carter 1937. ¶ Condition: Covers marked, slightly nicked and browned at the edges. Internally in generally very good condition. ¶ Notes: This pamphlet comes from the library of Will Carter, or rather his son Sebastian (*1941). Will Carter (1910-2001) founded the famous Rampant Lions Press, which supplied Cambridge with all kinds of printing and letterpress work. The Rampant Lions Press has been the leading English private press of the postwar period, following handsomely in the tradition of the Golden Cockerel and Nonesuch Presses. The Rampant Lions location in Cambridge and its close ties to the university guaranteed a stream of jobbing work in the early years - supporting it financially and spreading its reputation, as well as making it the obvious choice of printer for many books conceived within academia's groves. ¶ Please note: Due to the low weight, the shipping costs may be lower than indicated. Please inquire with us about the actual shipping costs before ordering. ¶
Seller: Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints, Zürich, Switzerland
POUND, Ezra. The Fifth Decad of Cantos. Faber and Faber, London, 1937.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with a touch of wear at the foot, lacking the dustwrapper. Author, editor, and publisher Robie Macauley's copy with his ownership signature dated in the year of publication.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Birren, Faber. Functional Color. The Crimson Press, 1937.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, bound in red cloth. Cover has fading throughout, including on the spine. There appears to have been some sort of spill on the front cover. Corners are not bumped and there is no shelf wear. Binding is tight and clean. Overall, good condition. Title page is dated 1937. Copyright page is dated 1937. 124 pages. Foxing has started to occur on the pages throughout the book. Otherwise, the pages are free of any markings. Previous owner inscribed on the front attached end paper with their name and the year 1937.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
De La Mare, Walter ; Harold Jones, Illustrator. THIS YEAR: Next Year. Faber & Faber, London, 1937.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial boards. Foxing to the covers, endpapers and first and last couple of leaves. Foxing also to the page edges. The dust jacket is also foxed to the verso and obverse. There are a few small tears of 1" or less. Light wear to the spine ends and corners. Not price clipped. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
De La Mare, Walter. THIS YEAR: NEXT YEAR. Faber & Faber, 1937.
Price: US$148.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Text surrounded by colour boarder. Small splits to top and tail of spine on both sides, with chipping and some loss. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss; some foxing and marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
De La Mare, Walter. THIS YEAR: NEXT YEAR. Faber and Faber Limited, London, United Kingdom, 1937.
Price: US$165.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition, First Print. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) in a very good price clipped jacket with edgeware and loss to corners, top and bottom of the spine, Loss to bottom front edge. A near fine unread copy, internally gift inscription to front end page, pages clean and unmarked. A bright and unfaded copy. Uncommon and especially so when the jacket is present. The jacket is uncommon.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1937. Illustrated throughout in colour by Harold Jones. Publishers full colour pictorial printed cloth, very small amount of foxing to the rear board, and with some very light rubbed around the edges, else lovely clean bright copy. The dustwrapper has a few very small chips to the top and bottom of spine and corners. Rubbed at the edges and somewhat age toned. Some light marking, mostly to the back panel. One closed tear. Still a good unclipped dustwrapper. Unusual to find this book in this condition. A beautifully produced book. Printed by The Baynard Press.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.57 + shipping
Description: First edition. Introduction by Julian Thomas. Octavo. 152 pages. On the front pastedown is a small bookplate inscribed, ''Allen Freer, Norwich, 25.iv.46''. Freer was a painter, writer and collector of British art; he was 20 years old at the time he acquired this book.Endpapers very slightly spotted. Fine in very good, slightly nicked dustwrapper a bit creased at the top edge and faded at the spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
De La mare, Walter. This Year: Next Year. Faber & Faber (1937), London, 1937.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated cloth. #33/100, signed by the author and illustrator. Wear to the corners and spine ends. Some chips to the lower spine. There is some staining to the rear endpapers and single small stains to the fore edge of the last couple of leaves. Very tight. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Original pictorial boards with image replicated on the excellent and unclipped dust-jacket. Fully illustrated in colour by Harold Jones. Illustrated endpapers. Jacket has a couple of short nicks to top edge and some very mild toning to the rear panel. An about fine copy of the first book illustrated by Harold Jones (1904-92), containing 32 verses for children.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE, Walter illustrated by Harold JONES:. This Year Next Year;. Faber, 1937.
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: numerous colour lithographs; no pagination, 255 x 190mm; pictorial boards; no.44 of 100 copies signed by the author & artist; (with PICTURE)
Seller: BOOKS & THINGS, STROUD, United Kingdom
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Description: First Edition, first impression, of this delightful book of children's verse, illustrated in vibrant pastel colours by Harold Jones. Presentation copy from Harold Jones, inscribed on verso of the titlepage, "To Denis Collins, with every good wish, Harold Jones, Christmas 1987" Good, strong, and clear signature in blue ink. Original pictorial boards with image replicated on the excellent and unclipped dust-jacket. Fully illustrated in colour by Harold Jones. Illustrated endpapers. Jacket spine slightly toned, spine a touch rolled, a few spots of foxing in places, short closed-tear at foot of one leaf. An about fine copy of the first book illustrated by Harold Jones (1904-92) containing 32 verses.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Description: , 34 unnumbered pages, collection of childrens poems, signed by author and illustrator on limitation page Limited edition, 85th of 100 copies. , corners lightly rubbed, spine sunned, light foxing on endpapers and occasional pages, inscription in ink on front free endpaper, book in very good condition. , foxing on dustwrapper inside and out, light rubbing to cornres, very good condition. , bound in printed cloth with titles on spine, illustrated endpapers, yellow edges , 26x16cm Hardback SIGNED by the author and illustrator ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE, Walter and JONES, Harold. This Year: Next Year. Faber & Faber, 1937.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956) JONES, Harold [illustrated by] Faber & Faber 1937 10" x 7.75" In the rare dust wrapper This Signed Edition is Limited to One-Hundred Copies, of Which This is Number 27 Signed by Both Authors This charming book of children's verse made a name for the young illustrator Harold Jones (1904-1992), who went on to illustrate books by C. S. Lewis, Kathleen Lines and Lewis Carroll.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Women Must Love" by Julia Ann Lyon, pseud of Ann [Myfanwy] Thomas. Publishers proof copy, 1937. 8vo. 11-384pp. galley proof with manuscript corrections and numerous typed and manuscript corrections by the author and by Henry Williamson in his familiar hand and his often used red ink, lacks sheets 35(a) and 51(a). Myfanwy 'Ann' Thomas, writing under the pseudonym Julia Hart Lyon, gives a fictionalised account of her long affair with Henry Williamson, with this proof copy annotated by him: these corrections appeared in the final published work. Many of the events of the novel are reflections of what is known about their affair, from her early days as his secretary, to birthing one of his children. Annotations by Williamson at points steer the narrative to be more sympathetic to his character. However, despite Thomas'/Fair's evidently deeply complex love for Williamson/Scotforth, she does kill him off at the end of the novel. This is the only novel by Myfanwy Thomas, her other work a memoir of her childhood with parents Edward (poet) and Helen (memoirist) Thomas, ending a few short years before meeting Williamson.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
[DURRELL, Lawrence, writing as:] Charles Norden. Panic Spring. Covici-Friede, New York, 1937.
Price: US$1399.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition of Lawrence Durrell's uncommon second novel, set on an imaginary Greek island reminiscent of Corfu, to which Durrell and his young wife had relocated from England in 1935. Crown 8vo (203 x 129mm): 372pp. Publisher's beige cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in red and stamped with green leaf device, top edge stained green; illustrated dust jacket priced $2.50. About Fine (top edge mildly faded, spine very lightly toned), tightly bound and virtually pristine (lightly read, if at all). About Fine jacket (archivally mended short closed tears to back spine and flap folds), crisp and bright. Potter & Whiting 14. Originally published the same year, by Faber & Faber in London; the publisher suggested the pseudonym, because Durrell's conventionally autobiographical first novel, Pied Piper of Lovers, had been a failure. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.