John rodker (52 Ergebnisse)
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Reissue Edition. 347 pages; underlining on a few pages. B&W illustrations. Previous owner's name on the half-title page. Light creasing, some sticker residue, and minor shelf wear on spine. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free return…s and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
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Paperback. Zustand: Fine.
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Verlag: Liveright
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Zustand: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Limited edition, copy #765/825. Boards soiled. Rear hinge cracked. (Romance, French Literature).
Verlag: Boriswood, London 1934
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Buff hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition with dust jacket. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 455pp.
Verlag: Dover, New York 1952
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Verlag: London, J. Cape [1943] 1943
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First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 231 pages; An excellent collection. Description: 231 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Short stories, Russian --Translations into En…glish. 3 Kg.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Dover 1952
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. New York, 1952; glossy illustrated paper covers; mild edge and corner wear; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on inside of rear cover; Interior is clean and unmarked; 347 pages.
Verlag: The Bodley Head, London 1956
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover in very good condition, with clipped dust jacket by Charles Mozley in good condition for its age. Jacket is sunned. Edges are creased and nicked, with small tears and chips noted. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block and…page edges are lightly tanned. Two of the upper page corners are dog-eared. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Used.
Verlag: Cape 1943
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hardcover. Zustand: Good. Second Impression1943 on orange cloth.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape 1943
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Zustand: Good. 1943. 2nd Impression. 231 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to pastedowns and front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Clip…ped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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Softcover. Octavo, 196 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine white and blue with black and white lettering. Rubbing to boards. Bumping to board corners. Creasing to spine hinges. Large dent to spine. Age toning and foxing to textblock. Mild scratching to textblock. Age toning to boards. Shelved Literary Criticism. 1413569.…Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Publisher's Edition, First Printing.
Verlag: Éditions du sagittaire 1926
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Zustand: Good. Envoi rapide Bon Etat. in8. 1926. Broché. 130 pages. Dos légèrement frotté intérieur très bon signature en page de garde blanche. Good.
Verlag: Editions du Sagittaire. Vers 1926 1926
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Récit d'un objecteur de conscience anglais. Édition originale numérotée sur vélin. Traduit par Ludmila Savitzky. Les cahiers nouveaux. Broché. 125 pages.
The Lion and Crown: Fall, 1932 (first issue)
Leippert, James (editor); Jacques Barzun, Conrad Aiken, Frances Frost, Frances Fletcher, Charles Reznikoff, Cark Rakosi, Forrest Anderson, Basil Bunting, Jesse Loewenthal, John Rodker, Joseph Rabinowitch, Gerard P. Meyer and Jerry Reisman (authors)
Verlag: Lion & Crown, New York 1932
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 4to (10.5"x7.5"). 46pp. Tan typographic wraps. Sun-darkened wraps, lightly soiled. Edgewear: creased edges with several short closed tears. Signature starting, to page 34. Last page severed at gutter, loose. Quarterly magazine, published at 25 cents a copy. Covered in seller's mylar.
Verlag: Dover
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Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Verlag: New York, New York: Dover Publications Inc 1952
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Zustand: Good. 8vo. Softcover. 347 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good, slight wear to top and bottom of binding.
Verlag: New York, New York: Dover Publications Inc 1952
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Zustand: Good. 8vo. Softcover. 355 pp. B&W Plates. Good, tear on top right corner of front cover and wear along edges.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: Editions Du Sagittaire 1926
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Zustand: Buone. Francese Condizioni dell'esterno: copertina leggermente logorata e leggermente macchiata Condizioni dell'interno: Ingiallite e tratti di umidità.
Verlag: Paris Editions du Sagittaire, coll. "Les Cahiers Nouveaux" 1926 1926
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Zustand: Bon état. in-16, broché, couverture rempliée, non coupé, 124 pp., fac-similé en frontispice. Edition originale française numérotée sur vélin de Rives. Couverture un peu défraîchie, sinon bon état.
Weitere BilderVerlag: éditions du sagittaire 1926
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Couverture souple. Zustand: Très bon. Edition originale. broché ex 564/750 sur vélin de rives 1926 John Rodker (1894-1955), est un écrivain, poète et éditeur britannique. John Rodker grandit à Londres où il rejoint un groupe formé de jeunes artistes et écrivains anglais vivant tous dans le quartier de Whitechapel. Durant la Prem…ière Guerre mondiale, il est objecteur de conscience ; arrêté en 1917, il passe les derniers mois du conflit dans la Prison du Dartmoor. En 1919, il crée la maison d'édition Ovid Press ; pendant un an, il publie T. S. Eliot et Ezra Pound, ainsi que quelques recueils de dessins de Wyndham Lewis, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska et Edward Wadsworth. John Rodker n'est pas seulement éditeur, il publie de nombreux poèmes entre 1914 et 1932, et traduit en anglais l'uvre de Lautréamont.
Weitere BilderTHE BODY'S RAPTURE (First edition in English - 126/1000 copies limited edition - in the dustwrapper)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Boriswood Limited, 59 Frith Street, Soho Square, London W.1. 1933
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition in English. First printing of the first edition in English, published in a limited edition of 1000 copies for subscription, printed on specially-made paper, this being numbered 126. This copy includes the original publisher's publicity leaflet a…nd order form, loosely inserted, which is creased and foxed. Translated from the French by John Rodker. The book was originally published in French under the general title of "Psyché". The individual parts were entitled: "Lucienne", "Le dieu des corps" and "Quand le navire". ***Very good in buff cloth-covered boards with dark red titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Lower corner of front board slightly creased. Top edge of page block stained dark red by the publisher. Fore-edge and bottom edge of page-block untrimmed (rough-cut). One or two fox-spots to the fore edge of the page block. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also very good, with a neat contemporaneous literary word-reference and date: "Personification" 1/XII/1933. written in ink on the front free endpaper. Very light off-setting to the endpapers but interior pages clean - printed on nice quality paper. No creases or tears. ***In a very good buff-coloured printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 21s. The dustwrapper is complete, with just with tiny loss to the corner tips. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, rubbed and nicked. Spine of dustwrapper darkened. Slight shadow stain to top of front and back panels near the spine. Inside of dustwrapper neatly reinforced with tape at head and tail of spine - not visible on the outside. ***455 pages finely printed on specially-made paper. Full Demi 8vo. 226mm x 160mm. ***'***Jules Romains (pseudonym of Louis-Henri-Jean Farigoule) was a French novelist, dramatist and poet and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement.' (Wiki) ***Part I. Lucienne's Story; Part II. The Body's Rapture; Part III Love's Questing'. ***'If this remarkable book, which has sold over 5,000 copies in France, is to be regarded as the French "Lady Chatterley's Lover", it is with this difference: the turgid romanticism of Lawrence's masterpiece gives place here to writing limpid as a stream, to a sobriety of thought and feeling in every way worthy of the loftiest intelligence, and to an unflinching scrutiny of the deepest sources of our being. ***Part I may be regarded as an Annunciation. Lucienne meets Pierre. The man and the woman are revealed in a condition of extremed psychological tension, vibrating to the presage of the cardinal moment in their lives, through which they are about to live. ***Part II describes the marriage. it is the word made flesh - the flesh by which the spirit lives. In the words of a well-known critic: "Beautiful in its sometimes breath-taking intimacy and in its style; notable and pure despite that intimacy." ***Part III becomes the most affecting, the most original and surprising part of the book. It is Psyche's questing, the yearning of the spirit to re-establish the links of the flesh. And through the psychic they at last find new vitality, new roots, new hope for the future in the regions of the spirit.' ***'M. Romain's genius has never flown higher than in this great work. Here the master of the Unanimiste school triumphantly reconciles every manifestation of both body and soul.' (Quote and review quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A beautifully produced true first edition in English, limited to 1,000 copies - very hard to find now in the original dustwrapper, especially so with the original publisher's flyer. ***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.
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Zustand: Good. No dust jacket. Cover good condition with small scuffs and light staining. The content is in good condition with tanning/foxing throughout.
Verlag: T Cooper, London 1739
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Blue paper cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Some staining to pages. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 40pp.
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Verlag: Dover Publications, New York City 1952
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Burgundy buckram covers are mostly clean, with silver title at spine. Boards show some edgewear. Corners are scuffed. See photos. Spine has silver text and is bright with softened ends. Binding is strong. Pastedowns and feps have some toning. Aut…hor signature at front end paper. See photos. Frontispiece, a black and white photo image, is present. Illustrations are bright and clear. Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some marginal toning. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have publisher's ink at head. DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper. Close examination of DJ reveals light edgewear including possible bumps, rubbing, and/or tiny closed tears, some small chipping at spine ends, a little soiling. See photos.** PS2026.0527** 348 pages. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches** New American edition, augmented. Signed by Ozenfant on the front end paper. Translated from the French by John Rodker. Publisher's burgundy buckram with silver title at spine. With original unclipped dust jacket, beneath archival Mylar sheath. A little exposure along the periphery, but condition is overall Very Good Plus with a Very Good dust jacket. Interior is unmarked, binding is firm and square.** Amedée Ozenfant (1886-1966), was a French painter and founder, with Le Corbusier, of the art movement Purism. His theoretical work Art was first published in French in 1928, and then translated in English as Foundations of Modern Art in 1931. In it, Ozenfant argued that great art transcends specific eras. He sought to isolate the underlying constants that connect all significant human endeavors across the centuries. In 1952, Dover Publications issued the first American Edition, augmented.** First American Edition, augmented. Signed by author on free end paper.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010481"**. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: New York: Dover. 1952
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Zustand: Good. 8vo. 347 pp. Very Good. Soft Cover. Illustrated stiff paper wraps. Minor shelf wear, and a few small chips on wraps. Previous owner's name handwritten on half title page. B&W plates throughout.
Weitere BilderLes Ecrits nouveaux. Tome IX. N°7, juillet 1922.
FAY (Bernard). GIRAUDOUX (Jean). MALLARME (Camille). GRAU (Jacinto). SUARES (André). RODKER (John).
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Paris, éditions Emile-Paul. Directeurs: Emile-Paul et Maurice Martin du Gard. Comité de rédaction: Edmond Jaloux, Valery Larbaud, André Germain et Philippe Soupault. Gérant: Paul Budry. Fascicule 16,8x25,5cm broché de 80 pages. Couverture légèrement poussiéreuse sinon bon état. Bonne revue littéraire fondée par l?éditeur et crit…ique Paul Budry et soutenue par le mécène André Germain, Les Ecrits nouveaux comptent 60 livraisons jusqu?en décembre 1922 avant de devenir la Revue Européenne.«Bénéficiant de la présence de Philippe Soupault au comité de rédaction, Louis Aragon et André Breton apportèrent à la revue une contribution régulière, entretenant de l?évolution des préoccupations de la jeune génération et des derniers exploits en date du mouvement dada.»(Lacroix, catalogue revues, février 2019. n°207). Livres.
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Original Wraps. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. First UK Edition. First printing of the first UK edition, published in an edition of 2,000 copies. Translated by John Rodker. Please note that this is a fair copy only - ex-library from the Express Lending Library & Bookshop. ***A fair copy in dark-green cloth-covered boards with red tit…les to the spine. The boards are heavily marked, faded and worn, particularly on the spine, but there are no significant tears to the fragile cloth. Top of page block darkened. No reading lean. Spine tight. Internally, the book is complete, but there is quite a lot of heavy staining and thumb marks affecting some of the pages. There are also some old violet ink library stamps on various pages. No serious creases or tears, and importantly all the text pages are present and complete. No dustwrapper. ***186mm x 130mm. 263 pages. ***'"Hell" (French: L'Enfer) is Henri Barbusse's second novel, written in 1908, in which the unnamed narrator spies on his fellow house guests through a peephole in his wall. The narrator, unmarried and friendless, books a room in a Paris boarding house. By chance he finds a hole in his wall, through which he can see the adjoining room and its inhabitants. From the other side, he witnesses lesbianism, adultery, incest, thievery, vicious proselytizing and death, musing to the reader on the philosophical implications of the events he witnesses. His voyeurism eventually convinces him to quit his room and find a fulfilling life of his own, but as he attempts to leave he is crippled with backache and blindness. "Hell" was notably popular and widely discussed in France, selling more than a hundred thousand copies in 1917 alone. Colin Wilson gave considerable attention to Barbusse's novel in his influential work "The Outsider". "L'Enfer" has been translated into English several times, first as "The Inferno" by Edward J. O'Brien for Boni and Liveright in 1918 in a heavily abridged form, then again as "Inferno" by John Rodker for Joiner & Steele in 1932, and then in full as "Hell" by Robert Baldick for Chapman and Hall in 1966.' (Wiki) ***Henri Barbusse (May 17, 1873 - August 30, 1935) was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party. He was a lifelong friend of Albert Einstein. Barbusse first came to fame with the publication of his novel "Le Feu" (translated by William Fitzwater Wray as Under Fire) in 1916, which was based on his experiences during World War I. By this time, Barbusse had become a pacifist, and his writing demonstrated his growing hatred of militarism. "Le Feu" drew criticism at the time for its harsh naturalism, but won the Prix Goncourt. ***A rare hardback first edition of Henri Barbusse's classic work "Inferno", in only fair condition, so a good reading copy. ***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.***.
