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Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. SIGNED on the title page. Basis for the 1962 film directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Leslie Caron and Tom Bell. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly dampstained on the rear panel, with a small splash on the front panel, and nicks at the corners.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Banks, Lynne Reid. The L-Shaped Room. Chatto & Windus, 1960.
Price: US$353.73 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition published by Chatto & Windus in 1960. A near fine copy. The Una Bishop designed dust wrapper has a small tear to the bottom of the spine otherwise it is quite a crisp example and hasn't been price clipped. There are a few light marks to the lower panel. The book is excellent with very little handling wear. The author has signed her name to the dedication page and has corrected the dedicatee from 'Janice' to 'Jamie' as she often did when signing this book. A near fine book and rare signed.
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Banks, Lynne Reid. The L-Shaped Room : Signed By The Author. Chatto & Windus, London, 1960.
Price: US$379.45 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First UK printing published by Chatto & Windus, London in 1960. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with gilt titling to the spine. Light toning to the spine tips. Light toning and spotting to the text-block. Some light offsetting to the prelims and red end-paper. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some light edge-wear with a few nicks and small closed tears. Light rubbing to the corners with a small area of loss to the lower front spine fold. The Una Bishop wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The author has signed her name to the dedication page and has corrected the dedicatee from 'Janice' to 'Jamie' as she often did when signing this particular book. The author clarified this when she pointed out in a letter to John Baxter, the bibliophile that there is a 'curious little flaw' in the first edition of this book : 'There's a mistake in the dedication', which reads 'For Pat.and in memory of Janice'. All later editions read 'Jamie, who was my father'. A secretarial 'blunder', which caused a terrific row at the time'. The other dedicatee 'Pat' being her mother ( who 'did not approve of the subject matter of the book').' The author's acclaimed debut novel. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Lynne Reid Banks. The L-Shaped Room. Chatto& Windus, 1960.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine copy In Like Jacket.Without Wear.Presentation Copy."Greg Gatenby Kind Regards and thanks for inventing me(Finally)Lynne Reid Banks Toronto, Oct 1996."
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Banks, Lynne Reid. The L-Shaped Room. Chatto & Windus, London, 1960.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Signed by Lynne Reid Banks on dedication page with "Janice" crossed out and corrected to "Jamie," as she typically did with this book. 319 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with faint perfume small, in Near Fine dust jacket, spine panel slightly darkened, worn tips. A coming-of-age novel of a pregnant woman, down-and-out in London, with a prominent gay character. It inspired a 1962 film. The author would go on to pen the popular young adult series The Indian in the Cupboard.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.