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Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 247 of the first 500 numbered copies of the first printing of The Compact Edition signed by John Galsworthy. An English novelist and playwright, Galsworthy (1867-1933) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Octavo, six volumes. Original pebbled green cloth bindings, with decorative gilt stamping. A fine set in the original green cloth dust jackets, lacking the wooden stand.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. Compact Edition 6 volumes Complete. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Six volumes complete signed by Galsworthy on the limitation page. 1/500 numbered copies this copy #32 Very good in green cloth each with a green cloth, silk lined dust jacket
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Signed by John Galsworthy on the limitation page. Complete six volume set. Green cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panels, lettered in gold on the spines, green cloth dustjackets decorated in gold. Come in the original publisher's wood bookshelf lined with the same green cloth. Small stain to top edge of volume 4, stain to dustjacket of volume 6 affecting spine and front panels. Light toning to endpapers but overall a near fine set in near fine dustjackets. Bookshelf is also in near fine condition with some light wear. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: # 90 of 500 copies of the First printing of the Compact Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR John Galsworthy. In the original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in like cloth dustjackets. Housed in scarce publisher's green leather-grained bookshelf. The books Near Fine, toning at end papers only, in Near Fine jackets a bit darkened at the spines and in a Very Good bookshelf, that is splitting at the seams. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: # 299 of 500 copies of the First Printing of the Compact Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR John Galsworthy. Six volumes finely bound in contemporary half red morocco over red buckram boards, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, unsigned bindings (likely by The Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribner's Sons). Forsyte family folded genealogical table at rear of Vol. 1 is Near Fine, faint crease. Illustrated frontispieces and decorated title pages. Near Fine, discoloration to buckram at rear cover Vol. V, slight foxing at bottom edges of page blocks only. A quite handsome set indeed. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.