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Wren, Christopher Percival [Helen McKie (illusts.)]. Beau Geste. John Murray London 1927, 1927.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 1st ed. thus 1/4 cloth Nice Copy octavo 579 + (4)pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, No. 293 of the De Luxe limited edition of 1000 signed by P. C. Wren. With nice Helen McKie illustrations tipped-on to heavy card stock. Quarter bound in red cloth over blue boards. Prize inscription tipped on to free front end paper o/w a nice copy
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
WREN, Percival Christopher. Beau Geste. John Murray, London, 1927.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Edition de Luxe. Octavo. Half binding with red and blue fabric. Signed edition. Limitations copy, 370/1000. Portrait of author in front endpages. Black and white, as well as colored, illustrations by Helen McKie. An adventure nocel about three English brothers who enlist in the French Foreign Legion after the theft of precious jewels from their relative's country estate. Very Good. Small chip to back endpaper. Slight rubbing to spine head and tail. Aging as expected. Text block clean.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Wren, Percival Christopher. Beau Geste. John Murray, 1927.
Price: US$297.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in a worn dust jacket and edge worn slip case. 1st Thus. No 157 of 1000 copies of the Deluxe Edition signed by Wren. Illustrated by Helen McKie. This is not an ex-library copy. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition.
Seller: Novelty Shop Used & Rare Books, Novelty, OH, U.S.A.
Wren, Percival Christopher. Beau Geste. John Murray, London, 1927.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Edition DeLuxe; No. 464 of 1000 copies, signed by the author. Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. FINE COPY. The deluxe edition of this instant classic, source for the famed movie, with "The Song of the Legion: March Theme of the Paramount Picture" at the end. Ronald Colman's starring role in Beau Geste, filmed in the Arizona desert in 1926, caught the fancy of millions. The film was one of the most profitable pictures of the silent era and paved the way for the actor's memorable successes of the 1930s. Original red and blue cloth, printed spine label, t.e.g., others uncut, Fine in original slipcase Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo Edition DeLuxe; No. 464 of 1000 copies, signed by the author.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Wren, Percival Christopher. BEAU GESTE. John Murray, London, 1927.
Price: US$1009.02 + shipping
Description: With illustrations by Helen McKie. Pp. [xii]+580(last blank)+[4](music & lyrics to Song of the Legion, dated 1926, the theme for the Paramount Pictures film of the book), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plus 20 hand-tipped plates (4 coloured, on brown card), lettered guards, 9 headpiece illustrations, the title page printed in red & black; thick med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, with printed paper title label on spine, light blue buckram boards, the spine cloth slightly spotted; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips, the backstrip quite discoloured and torn; upper hinge starting, pp. 36/7 browned at upper margin near hinge, outer leaves and edges foxed; Murray, London, 1927. De luxe edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. *Presentation copy, with the author's armorial bookplate on the upper pastedown; the bookplate inscribed and signed by Wren and his new wife, Isabel, 'With love to Madge & Peter'. Isabel was P. C. Wren's second wife, and had previously been married to Cyril Graham Smith, a civil engineer with the Indian educational service at Poona. In 1927 Smith filed for divorce, citing Wren as co-respondent. 'Madge & Peter' were Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Parkes. (Alfred Herbert Parkes, who disliked his baptismal name, was customarily called 'Peter' by family and friends). The Parkes met the Wrens on a cruise, probably in 1927, and began a long-standing friendship. This copy of Beau Geste, Wren's most famous book, is the first of many volumes the author presented to the family over the years - usually to their son Francis Patrick, who was Wren's godson.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Wren, Percival Christopher. Beau Geste. John Murray, London, 1927.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Edition deluxe, no 628, signed by the author. Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4, printed music] pp. 1 vols. 4to. SIGNED. Handsomely bound copy of the deluxe edition of this instant classic, source for the famed movie, with "The Song of the Legion: March Theme of the Paramount Picture" at the end. Ronald Colman's starring role in Beau Geste, filmed in the Arizona desert in 1926, caught the fancy of millions. The film was one of the most profitable pictures of the silent era and paved the way for the actor's memorable successes of the 1930s. Black morocco gilt, a.e.g., for Asprey. Fine Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4, printed music] pp. 1 vols. 4to Edition deluxe, no 628, signed by the author.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Percival Christopher Wren [P. C. Wren]. Beau Geste. John Murray, London, 1927.
Price: US$1549.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated throughout by Helen McKie, this is an excellent copy of the Limited Edition signed Edition de Luxe of P. C. Wren's celebrated adventure novel. An exceptionally bright copy of the signed Edition de Luxe of Percival Wren's enormously popular adventure novel 'Beau Geste', in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Of one thousand copies of this Limited Edition produced, this is numbered four-hundred and eighty-seven, and signed by Wren.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, four tipped in colour plates, and sixteen monochrome plates from British artist and illustrator Helen McKie. Collated, complete.First published in 1924, Wren's enormously popular adventure novel about three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Set prior to the first world war, it has been adapted for the screen several times.With the inscription of John Howard to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Front hinge strained but holding firm. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip lightly age toned, with light marks to front wrap. Light edgewear to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to first and last few pages, otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1549.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: John Murray, 1927, Numbered Limited Edition de Luxe, number 574 of 1000 printed. vi, 579pp, [v, The Song of the Legion]. Beautiful full blue Asprey morocco leather with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine. Leather turn-ins or strip to the paste downs, with Asprey in gilt to the base of the front paste downs, marbled end papers. Limited Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, 1927. Limited to 1000 COPIES of which this is No. 574. Twenty superb tipped-in illustrations by Helen McKie four in colour on brown card & 16 Black and White, all with titled tissue guards, plus 9 Headpieces. Frontispiece of Wren in uniform, also tissue-guarded. Title page printed in red & black. A beautiful binding. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt tiles, five raised bands, very minor marks. Joints good condition very gently worn. Corners good condition very gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition full morocco with a gilt border, very minor wear and marks. Page edges good condition all edge gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition secure. Paste downs good condition leather border (turn-in) with Asprey in gilt to the leather border of front paste down. End papers good condition marbled with 2 additional end papers added by the binder. Pages good condition tanned with minor foxing. Binding good condition attractive. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1909 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom