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Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1929.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No. 693 (or 643) of 1,030 copes. Bound in full cream vellum, gilt borders and titles. Vellum has some soiling and warp. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cloth on top and very slightly marked, otherwise very fine in a very good jacket, spine and edges slightly sunned. This is a very fine limited edition ( 741/1030) inscribed by the author to K. " Faith unfortunately cures itself) John Galsworthy. This is the second Trilogy of The Forsyte chronicles, and the first book ( The White Monkey) of the Modern Comedy series. Three books were published in this trilogy.Book includes a flawless fold out section of the Forsyte family tree. Unopened book is beautifully bound in full velum with guilt lettering on a faded spine, with gilt embellishments. Book has nice silk page holder. Original tissue wrap in very fine and protected in Mylar Highly collectible. Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize in 1932. Size: 7.5x5.25
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; full vellum, in slipcase. Limited editon copy #1012 of 1030 copies signed by the author. Galsworthy has additionally added an autograph quotation (as he has in some other copies); our quotation relates to "The English". Although nothing here explicitly indicates as much, this book from the estate of Galsworthy's friend, the publisher, Nelson Doubleday, to who he had dedicated his book "Swan Song" a year earlier. Doubleday purchased a controlling stake in the English publishing house, Heinemann, in 1921.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. A MODERN COMEDY. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Number 459 of 1,030 SIGNED copies, this one additionally INSCRIBED BY GALSWORTHY with a quote from one of his poems--"Of Errantry:/ For who would live so petty and unblest/ That dare not tilt at something ere he die"--beneath his signature on colophon page. His sequel to "The Forsyte Saga." Vellum-like covers lightly soiled and a bit wavy otherwise near fine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Number 834 of 1030 copies, Signed by Author with this quote, "Of Hate: 'I never could hate Properly-it's a confounded nuisance.'". 1 vols. 8vo. Signed, With Good Quote. Original full vellum. Fine in repaired slipcase First edition, Number 834 of 1030 copies, Signed by Author with this quote, "Of Hate: 'I never could hate Properly-it's a confounded nuisance.'".
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$128.64 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1929, 1st. Presentation copy - inscribed by the author on f.f.e.p. Publisher's compliments slip loosely inserted. Octavo. xvii, 1088pp. Family tree frontispiece - slightly mis-folded so standing a little proud of text-block. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles, bright copy. In the printed dust jacket, spine faded, minor edge wear. In clear plastic wrap-around. Binding square and tight. A 'Very Good+' copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
GALSWORTHY, John. A Modern Comedy. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1929, 1929.
Price: US$140.17 + shipping
Description: 12mo, 19cm, the first edition, xvii,1088p., folding frontis chart, in contemporary full dark green crushed morocco grain calf, raised bands, elaborated gilt and blind stamped borders and decorations and gilt titles on the spine and upper cover, repeated in blind on the bottom board, t.e.g., fine signed binding by Banks of Cheltenham Ltd., beautifully decorated in Art Deco style, a near fine copy (ho2.2). ~ The sequel to The Forsyth Saga in three-parts: The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon & Swan Song. With folding genealogical chart of the Forsyth Family.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, 1929.
Price: US$141.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Modern Comedy, John Galsworthy. 1929. London: William Heinemann. 8vo. First edition, second impression, printed in the same month as the first print. This copy inscribed by Galsworthy at ffep, To [-] from John. There was a signed limited edition printed simultaneously as the first, so signed and inscribed copies are much scarcer. This is likely an association copy, given the author has used his first name. From the library of George C Hopkinson, a Yorkshire textile businessman and very keen supporter of Yorkshire artists and writers, and an editor of the Heaton Review. Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket, price to spine panel, some loss at spine head, smaller chips at forecorners and other edges, the spine and other panels quite harshly toned. Green cloth clean with a few minor bumps, green topstain bright. Binding tight and square. Internally clean, a little offset toning at ffep, small bookseller sticker. First twenty or so pages with a faint crease at corner, else fine.
Seller: Deep Neutral Books, York, ENGLA, United Kingdom
Galsworthy, John. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). xvii,1088pp. 841/1030. Signed with quotation "never met a man yet . position" by author on limitation page. Tan vellum covers, t.e.g., boards and pages bowed/rippled with insert of Forsyte family tree and ribbon present. In faded leather and cloth custom made slipcase.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. William Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$205.82 + shipping
Description: A lovely signed, limited edition of all three books in John Galsworthy's A Modern Comedy trilogy. A limited edition copy of this work, with only 1030 copies being printed. This volume is number 474 and is signed and inscribed by the author.A Modern comedy is the second trilogy of The Forsyte Chronicles. This volume contains the three books which make up A Modern Comedy, The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon and Swan Song. The Forsyte Saga chronicles the lives of the members of an upper-midlde-class English family.John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 for the Forsyte Saga.With a folding Forstye family tree to the beginning of the volume.In the original slipcase. In a full vellum binding. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards and spine. Slipcase has some tape to the head and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. Heinemann, London, 1929.
Price: US$321.59 + shipping
Description: A signed limited edition of Galsworthy's 'Modern Comedy'. With an illustrated plate of the Forsyte Family Tree. This is the 69th copy of 1030 printed which are signed and inscribed by the author. The inscription to this copy is a quote from Galsworthy's play 'The Mob', 'To fight to a finish knowing you must be beaten, is anything better worth it?'. The character More says this line in act IV of the play. With a letter from actor Ronald Simpson tipped in to front pastedown dated 19 May 1947 saying 'With best wishes and many thanks for your kind appreciation of my performance in 'In Chancery' Ronald Simpson'. Simpson acted as the lead Soames in a BBC adaptation of Galsworthy's second book of the Forsyte series, 'In Chancery'. John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include 'The Forsyte Saga' and its sequels 'A Modern Comedy' and 'End of the Chapter'. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. 'The Forsyte Saga' chronicles the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large commercial upper middle class English family, similar to Galsworthy's own. Slipcase is in a good condition. In a vellum binding, with gilt stamping to spine and board edges. Externally, very smart. Some marks to the boards and spine. Boards are cockled slightly. Slipcase is rubbed, particularly to the top and bottom. There is a hole to the top of the slipcase at the spine and the top edge is lifting. A letter from the actor Robert Simpson tipped to front pastedown. Signature of Eliza Board to recto of front endpaper dated Easter 1943. Internally, the book is firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Ribbon bookmark present. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom