Dennis gray stoll (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, so stated. Timely and satiric view of late British colonial India. 307 pages. Some age-darkening and spotting. Dust jacket has some edgewear, small tears. Dust Jacket condition very good. Beige cloth boards, red & green stamped cover & spine. Jacket painting by Conger Metcalf. (illustrator).…

Zustand: Fair. 1957. First Published. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.…

Zustand: Good. 1946. 2nd Impression. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Tiny bump to one corner, still easily fine in fine dustwrapper with the slightest of sunning.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Some slight discoloration and mottling to the covers. Otherwise, Very Good in a slightly edge chipped dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. 1944. No Edition Remarks. 144 pages. Yellow dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Creasing to front board. Marking overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to spine and edges. Light tanning overall, heavier to spine.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. From the author of Comedy in Chains. A fine unread copy in an as new condition. Pages 218. Height 18 cm. In the publisher Gollancz' vulnerable yellow jacket here with a bright and clean front, spine area mildly darkened, some surface dust to the rear. Priced at 8s 6p. Size: 5" + 8" (13.0 + 20.0). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1949 First Edition without Jacket on green cloth - collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a small stain and tear at the bottom of the front panel.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 80 pages. Features: Who Killed Sir Edmund?; Able Baker; A Matter of Time; Last Bus, Last Round; The Short Honest Life of Walker the Talker; The Slow-Porter Torture; Cross-Country Golf; The Unwelcome Return of the Mimsers; "And Then He Heard The Angels Call"; Study in Leadership; Eggy-Sheggy-Ray; Concerning Clothes; Photos of Jayne Mansfield, Martine Carol and Else Hansen - The Norwegian Firebrandand; How to Cheat at Cards; Tyson, Laker and Tribe; Three pages of men's sweater fashions; and more. Pencilled name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. …

First Edition. First impression. Inscribed in ink on front endpaper: "For Louise Thomas with affectionate regards from the Author," dated May 1950. 12mo; red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 159pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled, else a clean, tight copy, Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 8/6 net at base of front flap), toned with a small loss at crown of spine panel just into titling; Very Good. A novel of village life in contemporary West Africa, written by a white author, well-meaning but nonetheless embarrassingly paternalistic, in a way that is neatly embodied in Joyce Cary's introduction: "I wish Africans who read it may be inspired to explore and record the religious life of old Africa before it is utterly lost and forgotten." "Denys Craig" was the pseudonym, apparently used for this book only, of British novelist and composer Dennis Gray Stoll (1912-1987). Signed.…