clark porteous (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The cover is white with raised, brown lettering. Four chapters; b/w photos; blue figures. The book has laid on something that left a light printing of handwriting on the back board. Scans e-mailed upon request.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Very good condition. This is a 12 pages special edition newspaper containing all Elvis Presley stories and pictures published in a five day period. Newspaper is folded in half and has a sharp vertical crease.

A first edition, first impression of South Wind Blows, published in New York in 1948, representing Clark Porteous' contribution to post-war American literary fiction. Issued by Current Books, Inc. under the A. A. Wyn imprint, the novel reflects the period's interest in psychologically driven narrative and socially conscious themes. Offered here in notably fine internal condition, this is an attractive surviving example of a comparatively uncommon mid-twentieth-century first edition. South Wind Blows, by Clark Porteous. Published by Current Books, Inc. / A.A. Wyn, New York, 1948 first edition, first impression. A fine red cloth hardback with printed title to spine. Housed in a good dustjacket with some wear to extremities and some small losses to upper and lower edges. Some rubbing and light soiling. The jacket now housed in removable, clear, protective plastic. Text is clean and bright throughout. All soundly bound. No spotting at all. Text in English. 192pp. Dimensions: approx 209mm high x 148mm wide x 25mm deep. Weight: approximately 338g (unpacked).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DJ. BROWNING TO FEP.