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Price: US$55.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NO JACKET. HARDBACK 1929. Limited Edition number 1245 of 1250. Signed by John Galsworthy. Sharp board corners. Bright gilt spine lettering. END PAPERS ARE FOXED. Clean & tight. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref SH40. The Plays of John Galsworthy ----- First Edition Limited to 1250 Signed by John Galsworthy
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
GALSWORTHY, John. The Plays of John Galsworthy. Duckworth, London, 1929.
Price: US$74.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Duckworth, 1929. Octavo, [viii], 1151 pages. Green buckram, lettered in gilt on the spine; top edge gilt, others uncut (and almost entirely unopened); endpapers a little browned and foxed; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper a little sunned, marked and creased with a few short tears. Number 476 of 1275 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Galsworthy, John. The Plays of John Galsworthy. Duckworth, London, 1929.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED by John Galsworthy on the limitation page. Octavo, 1,150 pages. Very good copy of the first edition, first printing of this 27-play collection. Corners lightly bumped. Lacking the dustjacket. This is number 720 of 1,275 copies printed on handmade paper, of which 1,250 copies were for sale. A sales receipt from the Phoenix Book Shop in New York, dated Dec. 5, 1929, is loosely laid in.
Seller: Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA, Hopewell, NJ, U.S.A.
GALSWORTHY, John.. The Plays.. London, Duckworth, 1929., 1929.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Thick 8vo. Original gilt stamped green cloth, t.e.g., others uncut. Original white dust jacket (unclipped). Fine, unopened copy. 1150 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 88 of 1,275 numbered copies, signed by Galsworthy on the limitation page. Printed by The Chapel River Press.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
John Galsworthy. The Plays of John Galsworthy. Duckworth, London, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is Very good with soiled untrimmed fore edge and bottom, which are soiled and gilded top. Spine bottom is gently bumped. jacket is good condition with extensive tape repairs to verso, modest chipping at extremities, spine is darkened as are folds. This signed copy is #822 of 1250 copies, of this extensive examination of Galsworthy plays. A fine collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
Galsworthy, John. The Plays of John Galsworthy. Duckworth, London, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus first edition in very good dust jacket. Limited edition of 1250, this is number 652. Signed by the author on the limited edition page. Plain white dust jacket with text on the spine. Jacket is soiled overall with loss on upper right corner of back panel and both front fore edge corners and numerous chips along the edges. Closed 2" vertical tear along front fold of spine with adjacent 1 1/2" closed diagonal tear across the spine. Reverse side of jacket shows numerous old tape repairs. Sage green cloth covered boards are clean, gold text on spine is clear. Side and lower page edges are uncut; top edges are gilt. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original green cloth, near fine with some off-setting to the endpapers. Plains white dust jacket, printed on the spine. One of 1250 copies signed by John Galsworthy on the colophon page.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$221.85 + shipping
Description: 1150 Seiten, OLeinen (hinterer Rücken minimal beschmutzt), Kopfgoldschnitt, unbeschnitten, das Buch erschien in einer Gesamtauflage von 1275 Exemplaren auf handgeschöpften Papier, wovon 1250 in den Verkauf kamen. Hier das Exemplar 225, von Galsworthy handschriftlich signiert. Gutes Exemplar. Handsigned by the author. Limited, numbered. Fine copy. JG erhielt 1932 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000
Seller: Antiquariat Schröter -Uta-Janine Störmer, Unna, Germany
Galsworthy, John.. The Plays.. London, Duckworth, 1929.
Price: US$226.39 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1150 (1) Seiten der Einband minimal fleckig, für das Alter erstaunlich gut erhalten, eines von 1.275 Exemplaren, wovon 1.250 Exemplare für den Verkauf bestimmt waren, numeriert und vom Autor signiert, hier die Nummer 1011. John Galsworthy (* 14. August 1867 in Kingston Hill/Surrey - + 31. Januar 1933 in London) war ein englischer Schriftsteller und Dramatiker. Seine Romanreihe The Forsyte Saga gilt als ein Klassiker der modernen englischen Literatur. 1932 erhielt Galsworthy den Literaturnobelpreis. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650 Gr.-8°, gebundene Ausgabe, Original grüner Ganz-Leineneinband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. First British Edition von 1.250 Exemplaren.
Seller: Bührnheims Literatursalon GmbH, Groitzsch, SA, Germany
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. One of 1275 copies, of which 1250 were for sale, numbered and signed by John Galsworthy. Uniquely bound in leather, with raised headbands, and leather corners. Marbled endpapers, and marbled covers. Small ding on leather spine. Gilt title on spine. In what appears to be the green dust jacket of the first trade edition. The jacket has protected the book from fading and wear. A scarce and unusual title in this condition.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.