britton lionel (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Sl. Scuffed. Clean Unmarked Copy. Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Fifth Edition. Hardback copy in dark blue boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. No dustjacket. 665pp. With 15 plates (10 coloured, including frontispiece, and 71 illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (10/6).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Condition Very good: Publisher's original cloth binding shows wear to extremities, with bumping to the corners and edges. Light sunning present, particularly across the front board and spine, but cloth otherwise clean with sharp, well-defined gilt. Spine rolled. Binding slightly loose towards the spine's head, but fully secure. Protected by plastic sleeve. Previous owner's notes in pen to front pastedown. Internally, the contents display age-related toning, but are clean and tidy overall. Description First edition, Putnam, 1931. Original cloth-bound hardback. Exceptionally scarce debut novel by Lionel Britton, seldom encountered on the market. Introduction by Bertrand Russell further enhances its collectible appeal, with first novels of this rarity and literary association being particularly sought after by collectors of early 20th-century literature. Hunger and Love presents a powerful exploration of working-class life, charting the struggles, aspirations, and emotional conflicts of its characters against a backdrop of social and economic hardship.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Second impression, fair used condition, no dust wrapper, owners signature inside, rear hinge straining, some wear & marks, top & bottom of spine and corners of covers are bumped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Blue cloth, title on on the spine and upper board in white. Lacks dust-jacket. Extremities a little rubbed. A very good copy. A classic of experimental Depression-era proletarian literature narrated in the second person. It was hailed by George Orwell and Bertrand Russell.

Tapa dura. Ilustrado. Nombre anterior propietario. 731 Medicina.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 103. Decent copy. SF play by the author of the proletarian novel 'Hunger and Love' featuring such characters as Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Eve, the Queen of Sheba, Karl Marx and Bernard Shaw. GBS is quoted on the sleeve sying of Britton '.a wild young man. You ought to know him. He can deliver the goods.' He also said of the play that it was 'the best since Shakespeare.' No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Very good solid clean tight copy with only very slight wear (sl browning of grey printed wraps at spine and slight creasing).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xi, 705. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered pale green on spine and front cover. Proletarian novel set in a bookshop on the Charing Cross Road. Signed presentation from the author in a fine flourishing hand "To Louis Sterling, here is an attempt to sum up the aims and destiny of man, Lionel Britton.' Louis Sterling was a known collector of books and manuscripts, his money came from the gramophone record industry (Victor / Victrola)). Very good indeed bright clean copy with clean text. Signedes.

First Edition. 8vo., 703pp.; VG; bound in green cloth, white lettering to spine and front board; mild shelfwear; INSCRIBED on ffep by Britton, dated April 19, 1932; HB consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1276219. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A fine association copy; the front free end paper carries an inscription by the author "to Sinead Acheson who watched it grow Lionel Britton Sept. 1932"; Also loosely inserted are two original postcards depicting different photographs of Shaws Corner both written and addressed in the hand of Lionel Britton to Sinead Acheson, Villa Belvedere, Grand Hotel, Wengen, Switzerland and both postmarked Jan 1937. [Sinead Acheson was a lifelong friend and confident of Britton), one card refers to old Shaw [George Bernhard Shaw] - "Just got down here to see old Shaw to ask him about that blessed Film Bloke. It seems as if there's a change Gaumont British might do it."; pp. 103. Original mottled brown cloth binding with white lettering and publisher's paper advertisting label pasted to the front board, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight. A very good first edition, association copy. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 134, [1]pp. Silver boards printed in red. Near fine in very good or better printed silver foil dust jacket with modest flaws and shallow loss at the crown. English dramatists play set to musical themes philosophically exploring human nature. Exceptionally uncommon.