cummings bruce frederick (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. A LAST DIARY BY W.N.P. BARBELLION. I am pleased to be able to offer a nice copy of: A Last Diary, by W.N.P. Barbellion, a sequel to his earlier work The Journal of a Disappointed Man. Although the Preface of this book (about 48 pages in length), written by his brother, Arthur J. Cummings, is extensive and explains the Author and his work, I was also able to find a short reference to him on Wikipedia, a portion of which I cite here for your fuller information: Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion was the nom-de-plume of Bruce Frederick Cummings (7 September 1889 22 October 1919), an English diarist who was responsible for The Journal of a Disappointed Man. It has been called "among the most moving diaries ever created," and is considered a classic of English Literature. This small hard cover book (5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, 148 pages) was published by George H. Doran Company of New York, undated. The book is bound in a tan tweed cloth with a paper paste-down title panel on the spine. Words only, no illustrations! Condition: This book is in very good condition. The hard covers are slightly dust-dulled but without any real soiling with the exception of what appears to be a small ink smudge on the paper title label of the spine. The boards are barely bumped. Inside, I believe someone has removed the first blank page as the book now opens with the half-title page and one can see a torn edge in the gutter. The endpapers are foxed, probably from the effect of the binding glues but fortunately this does not extend into the interior pages. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. Red paper over boards with gilt stamping on front cover and spine. Title and copyright pages dated 1974. 312 pages. Head of spine bumped. Some scratching to rear covers, but otherwise they remain clean and tight. Two small droplet stains along fore edge. Pages otherwise are free of marks or tears. Binding is strong. Barbellion was the pseudonym of naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, who wrote frankly of his life in this diaries, including his struggle with MS.

Milano, Bompiani, 1947 (giugno), Prima edizione italiana. Strappo al piatto anteriore della sovracoperta e lievi bruniture marginali, per il resto un ottimo esemplare. Conserva la scheda bibliografica. in 8°, piena tela con sovracoperta illustrata (particolare di «Fiori in un interno» di Filippo De Pisis), pp. 336 [4]; sguardie mute. Prima edizione italiana. Strappo al piatto anteriore della sovracoperta e lievi bruniture marginali, per il resto un ottimo esemplare. Conserva la scheda bibliografica. piena tela con sovracoperta illustrata (particolare di «Fiori in un interno» di Filippo De Pisis),

Milano, Valentino Bompiani, 1947, in-8, privo della br. editoriale, pp. 436, (4).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An early impression of this collection of the journal entries of Bruce Frederick Cummings, giving an insight into life with multiple sclerosis. The first edition, fourth impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, published 13th November 1919, the same year as the first impression. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1920. The Journal of a Disappointed Man is the first volume of the published journal entries of English naturalist and diarist Bruce Frederick Cummings, under the pen name of W. N. P. Barbellion. This work became the best known personal account of multiple sclerosis. Some regarded it with contempt, believing the work was immoral, while others acclaimed it as a work of genius. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though spine is a little cocked, with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with black titles on paper label to spine. The paper label is worn with some loss. Top edge stained green by the publisher. Fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block untrimmed (rough-cut). Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Spine tight. With two interesting period bookplates on the front pastedown and front free endpaper. With the contemporary ownership name in pencil 'R. N. Green-Armytage' 1919. The bookplate on the pastedown is from the same original owner, and is designed by G. H. Holloway 1915. ***R. N. Green-Armytage was an English lawyer. He and his wife had a life long interest in the arts, including both writing about and performing in the theatre in the Bristol, Clifton, Weston super Mare area. There is also a date stamp in violet ink '20Nov1919' to the rear pastedown, showing the purchase date of the original owner. ***The bookplate on the front free endpaper is from a second owner Ann Ridler. Small stains to the front and rear endpapers otherwise the internal pages are clean [see scans]. No dustwrapper. 246 pages. 194mm x 138mm. ***Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion was the pen-name of Bruce Frederick Cummings. He published his diary-style essays in the book "The Journal of a Disappointed Man" in March 1919, seven months before he died, apparently, of multiple sclerosis. An editor's note at the very end of the book claimed that Barbellion died on 31 Dec 1917, but Cummings in fact lived for nearly two more years. He died on 22 Oct 1919 at home in Camden Cottage, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, having recently approved the proofs of his second short volume of memoirs, "'Enjoying Life and Other Literary Remains"; a third brief volume of his very last entries, "A Last Diary", appeared in 1920. His identity was made public through his obituaries in various newspapers, at which point his brother Henry R. Cummings gave a newspaper interview providing details of the life of "Barbellion". The strong early sales and the admiration received by 'The Journal of a Disappointed Man' are largely forgotten by the wider reading public today, but the book has been frequently reprinted in paperback and is regarded as a classic of English literature. [Wiki] ***Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1919), was an English diarist. Ronald Blythe called "The Journal of a Disappointed Man" "among the most moving diaries ever created". The diary is a literary classic and Bruce Frederick Cummings' modernist style of writing has been compared to that of Franz Kafka and James Joyce. The diary is also read by people affected by multiple sclerosis and by those who want to know more about MS, as it contains a well-portrayed account of his symptoms. [Wiki] ***First impression of the true first edition of "Enjoying Life and other Literary Remains", the sequel to "The Journal of a Disappointed Man". With two interesting period bookplates. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Fourth impression of the true first edition published November 13, 1919. (The first impression was published March 31, 1919). Introduction by H. G. Wells. ***Good in dark blue cloth-covered boards with green titles and rules to white paper label to spine. Green stained top edge of text-block (as called for). Fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block untrimmed (rough-cut) as called for. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Minuscule holes to the outer cloth of front edge of spine. Spine tight. Contemporaneous owner's initials G.W.R. P. 3/20' in black fountain pen ink to front free endpaper. A later typed plain book label: Henry Paine, 67, Pitcairn Road, Warley Woods, S. Staffs' to front pastedown. No foxing to pages. A very few underlinings and notes in soft pencil to text (can easily be erased). A hint of foxing to a very few page margins. Most pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a good plain buff colour dustwrapper with green titles to spine and front panel. Dustwrapper rubbed, darkened and discoloured. Small chips to corners of dustwrapper. Shallow chips to head and tail of spine of dustwrapper. Very shallow 2mm loss along top edge of dustwrapper. Contemporaneous owner's initials G.W.R. P. 3/20' in black fountain pen ink to front panel of dustwrapper. Edges of dustwrapper rubbed and creased with small closed tears and nicks. 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. 198mm x 140mm. 312 pages including synopsis and index of names to rear. ***Also loosely inserted to the fore is a rare contemporaneous, wartime Edwardian [circa 1914-1918] pink two-page leaflet, separated along its perforated edge of postal form, advertising The National Service League - illustrated with a reproduction of a black and white sketch cartoon: 'None So Deaf' from the magazine Punch. ***Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion was the pen-name of Bruce Frederick Cummings. He published his diary-style essays in the book "Journal of a Disappointed Man" in March 1919, seven months before he died, apparently, of multiple sclerosis. An editor's note at the very end of the book claimed that Barbellion died on 31 Dec 1917, but Cummings in fact lived for nearly two more years. He died on 22 Oct 1919 at home in Camden Cottage, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, having recently approved the proofs of his second short volume of memoirs, 'Enjoying Life and Other Literary Remains'; a third brief volume of his very last entries, 'A Last Diary', appeared in 1920. His identity was made public through his obituaries in various newspapers, at which point his brother Henry R. Cummings gave a newspaper interview providing details of the life of "Barbellion". The strong early sales and the admiration received by The Journal of a Disappointed Man are largely forgotten by the wider reading public today, but the book has been frequently reprinted in paperback and is regarded as a classic of English literature. [Wiki] ***Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1919), was an English diarist. Ronald Blythe called 'The Journal of a Disappointed Man' "among the most moving diaries ever created". The diary is a literary classic and Bruce Frederick Cummings' modernist style of writing has been compared to that of Franz Kafka and James Joyce. The diary is also read by people affected by multiple sclerosis and by those who want to know more about MS, as it contains a well-portrayed account of his symptoms. [Wiki] ***Fourth impression of the true first edition, very rare to find complete in its original 1919 dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.