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Burgess, Anthony. Time for a Tiger. William Heinemann, London, 1956.
Price: US$501.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, pp (viii), 214, (ii). light blue boards with lettering in gilt on the spine, illustrated paper jacket. Corners are lightly bumped and with light foxing to the edges of the leaves. The jacket is price clipped, a little edgeworn and with a 1cm vertical tear at the foot of the front cover, some small chips at the head of the front cover towards the spine and a 5mm abrasion above the letter 'a' of the title, a few fox marks on the verso. First novel by Anthony Burgess, set in Malaya where he lived and worked in the 1950s. His first three novels. Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket and Beds in the East were all written while Burgess was teaching at Malay College and then Malay Teacher's Training College. They became known as the Malayan Trilogy and were later published together in one volume as The Long Day Wanes. Burgess is perhaps most well known for his 1962 dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange which was made into a film by Stanley Kubrick.
Seller: Archives Fine Books (ANZAAB, ILAB), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Burgess, Anthony. TIME FOR A TIGER. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1956.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression. Octavo (19.25cm); blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],214,[2]pp. Trivial wear to base of spine, with faint dust-soil to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 13s.6d. net), lightly edgeworn, with a small diagonal crease to lower corner of front flap, and some scattered soil and foxing to the spine, rear panel and flap fold, most noticeable on the verso; still a bright, Very Good+ examples. The author's first novel, and the first volume in his Malayan Trilogy. Boytinck 812; Brewer A27.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Burgess, Anthony. Time for a Tiger. Heinemann, London, United Kingdom, 1956.
Price: US$932.51 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good for year hardcover The book is in good readable condition but there may be slight folding, tanning, marks, wear to covers etc.
Seller: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$1411.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A collection of the three books of the The Malayan Trilogy all with dust jackets. The tales relate the story of the characters of Victor and Fenella Crabbe in Malaya. Included with a label of the author's signature. All original boards with unclipped dust jackets. All 8vo. Time for a Tiger: Signature on the front paste down. Chipping and loss/tears to the spine ends. Stained jacket. 214 pp. The Enemy in the Blanket: Browning and spotting of contents and jacket. Chipping on the cover and darkened spine. 221 pp. Beds in the East: Bright and clean book and jacket. Darkened spine. Chipping on the spine ends. Three small tears on rear top edge of jacket. 237 pp. Included with the books is a loose label with the author's signature.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1624.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Impressions of the author's first published fiction. Crown 8vo (196 x 128mm): [8],214; [6],221,[1]; [6],237,[1]pp. Original publisher's French blue (first and third installments) and navy blue cloth, spines lettered in gold or silver; illustrated dust jackets by R. F. Micklewright and John Rowland, priced 13s / 6d and15s. Tiger: lightly faded to spine and spine panel, dust-soiled top edge, about Fine. Enemy: bookstore ink stamp to fly-leaf, else Fine. Beds: very tightly bound, apparently unread. A gorgeous set. In 1954, Burgess left England for Malaya as an education commissioner in the British Colonial Service. The Long Day Wanes, his early trilogy, uses the experiences of a young British teacher to illustrate the decline of British imperial prestige and the conflicts between European values and local traditions and practices. "The trilogy is remarkable for its portrayal of the cultural melange of Malaya in the years immediately before independence. Burgess avoids the trap of portraying the colony solely from the colonist's point of view, and offers instead an informed, insider's impression of the final days of British rule in Malaya, interwoven with the lives of a large cast of colonials, Tamils and Chinese, that is remarkable both in terms of its authenticity and its narrative skill." (Literary Encyclopedia) The Long Day Wanes, the trilogy's American title, chosen by Burgess, is taken from Tennyson's poem Ulysses: "The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: / The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep / Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, / 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world." 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.
Burgess, Anthony. Times for a Tiger. Heinemann, London, 1956.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Proof Copy. 1 vols. 8vo. PROOF COPY OF HIS FIRST BOOK. In original wrappers, printed in red. About fine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.