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LOW, DAVID. WITH ALL FAULTS (Signed Copy). THE AMATE PRESS, TEHRAN, 1973.
Price: US$19.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dark copper moir silk cloth with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x140mm approx, Top edge stained red, xvii + 118pp. b/w frontis plate + 15 other b/w photo. plates as called for. With a 5 page introduction by Graham Greene this an engaging and often humorous volume of reminiscences of the world of booksellers. Inscribed and signed in ink by the author and an antiquarian book dealer on the half title page at an antiquarian book convention Finistere Sept 1978. Very Good/ Very Good (Book- previous owner book plate to front paste down, author insc. as above. Loosely laid in is a card initialed by the previous owner noting the occasion the book was gifted. Jacket- mild general shelf rubbing and soiling with a few small nicks and a tear of 15 mm approx to bottom rear panel, red to title on spine a little faded, non price clipped - cover £3. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Price: US$23.54 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED. Physical description; xvii,118,[9]p. : ill., ports. ; 23cm. Subject; Booksellers Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
(Greene, Graham); Low, David. WITH ALL FAULTS''. THE AMATE PRESS, Tehran, 1973.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8 3/4'' X 5 3/4''. 118pp. with index. With a five-page introduction by Greene. This copy signed by Low, a British bookseller. The fine dust jacket is price-clipped.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Low, David. with all faults'. The Amate Press, Tehran, 1973.
Price: US$26.17 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1973. xvii, 118pp. B&W photos and illustrations. An overview of the "dusty idiosyncratic world " of second-hand bookshops. Introduction by Graham Greene. Contents include, among other chapters, London Bookshops, Some Country Bookshops (Scottish, Irish and Fench), Some American Customers, Women Collectors, Collections, Erotic Literature, The Most Widely Known Bookseller of Our Time, etc . Some light shelf wear to clipped jacket. Gilt titles to spine. Author's inscription and signature to half title page thus, "'mea culpa' David Low. No other inscriptions. Coloured top edge. Book is in near fine condition.
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: xvii, 118p., illustrated with period prints and photos on glazed inserted stock, hardbound first edition in cinnamon-brown openweave cloth boards gilt, and enclosed in the humorous dust jacket. Top edge is tinted maroon, textblock provided with headbands, a nice production in as-new condition, inscribed and signed on the half-title by author Low to a San Francisco bookseller of our acquaintance. With All Faults is a special bookseller's term, but you can use it too. About anything. A funny book that is all too true.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.92 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED. Physical description; xvii,118,[9]p. : ill., ports. ; 23cm. Subject; Booksellers Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LOW, David.:. With All Faults.. Tehran: The Amate Press, 1973.
Price: US$32.71 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Graham Greene. Presentation copy inscribed by the Author to Miss Gardiner of 'Shells and Books' who is mentioned on page 60. With two typed letters signed by David Low to the recipient. 118pp. Illustrated. Near Fine in dustwrapper very slightly tanned on spine, with a small light mark to rear cover.
Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
David Low. With All Faults. The Amate Press, London, 1973.
Price: US$39.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A first edition of this collection of memories from David Low, the bookseller's bookseller, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated with nine plates. Collated complete. A collection of memories from the life of the author and history of bookshops across England. Written by David Low, an English bookseller with a shop in London's Cecil Court. With an introduction by Graham Greene, an English writer and journalist. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
David Low. with all faults'. The Amate Press, 1973.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tehran, The Amate Press, 1973. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A bookseller's memories. Signed & Inscribed. Price-clipped, bookplate. Very Good
Seller: Vandello Books, Member IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Low David. With All Faults'. Tehran, The Amate Press, 1973.
Price: US$52.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed with message to Father Robert Nelson to half-title page. Also included is a signed typed letter from the author to Father Nelson. 118pp. Jacket not clipped.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Low, David. with all faults'. The Amate Press. First English edition., Teheran, 1973.
Price: US$58.64 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Deep into London - streets, markets, bookshops - those places' inhabitants and their exchanges; introduction by Graham Greene; inscribed 'mea culpa' on the half-title by the author. Fine in dustwrapper.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia