Peter davison editor (18 Ergebnisse)

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper that is rubbed mildly, xvi + 315pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Little writing on front endpaper. Pages clean and tight. Very edges of cover sun-faded. Spine ends lightly bumped. Solid book. Dustwrapper price clipped. A couple small nicks on bottom end of dust jacket spine.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

xvi+316pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A near fine copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 597 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 184 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 624 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Series; Orwell, George 1903-1950. Works. 1997. Physical description; x, 258 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects; George Orwell (1903-1950) Correspondence. Eileen Orwell Correspondence. Authors, English 20th century Correspondence. Authors' spouses Great Britain Correspondence. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 560 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. Octavo; papered boards; a fine copy with the slightly sunned dustwrapper. With the pictorial bookplate, designed by Katharine Stafford, of G.A.Stafford.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo., 137 pp. lightly browned foredges with some light foxing, very good in original grey paper wraps, light shelf wear, very good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, but remains whole and intact. Likewise for the boards. Internally, there is some light tanning about the edges throughout, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. Securely bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. Very heavy indeed, will incur additional postage fees outside of South Africa. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Roy.8vo, (247x168mm), xvi,315p. 3 illustrations, An excellent copy in original blue hardback boards, dustjacket. Bookplate. Contributions include: Julian Roberts The Bibliographical Society 1942-1992, John Bidwell, The Study of paper as Evidence, Artefact, and Commodity, Mirjam Foot The Future of Bookbinding Research, McKitterick, Book Catalogues: their Varieties and Uses, Peter Isaac & Michael Perkin The British Provincial Book Trade, D.F. McKenzie History of the Book, &c. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if necessary the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email.…

Roy.8vo, (247x168mm), xvi,315p. 3 illustrations, An excellent copy in original blue hardback boards, dustjacket. Contributions include: Julian Roberts The Bibliographical Society 1942-1992, John Bidwell, The Study of paper as Evidence, Artefact, and Commodity, Mirjam Foot The Future of Bookbinding Research, McKitterick, Book Catalogues: their Varieties and Uses, Peter Isaac & Michael Perkin The British Provincial Book Trade, D.F. McKenzie History of the Book, &c. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if possible the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email.…

Hard Cover. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Octavo, pp. x, 258. Illustrated with 4 plates of black and white photographs. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the publisher's unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust-jacket. Peter Davison, an eminent authority of Orwell's life and work, compiles a treasure trove of recently discovered material including letters and documents.…

dj. First Edition. First edition thus. Over 40% of Orwell's handwritten fourth draft is reproduced in facsimile with a typescript, including corrections, on opposing pages. According to Orwell's second wife, Sonia (as quoted in Peter Davidson's introduction), "George always threw away all his [manuscripts], letters etc., so his actual working methods are very badly documented." His manuscripts that have survived are generally typescript, making this facsimile of the original handwritten manuscript particularly interesting. Folio grey linen boards, gilt-stamped spine; 381 pages. About very good with covers bright but showing a few edge dings, spine slightly sprung and text block just beginning to fall away, pages age toned with foxing to edges extending somewhat to margins; in bright, near fine dust jacket with minor creasing and slight tanning along front spine fold.…

[Modern Literature] COMPLETE EDITION, first thus, in the original publisher's box. Complete in 20 volumes. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, and orange typographic endpapers. With the purple and orange typographic dust-jackets, unpriced. Held together in the original publisher's card delivery box, lined with polystyrene. Original Gardner's price of £750 affixed to box. A fine, as-new set, showing expected heavy wear to outer mailing box. 'The Complete Works of George Orwell endeavours to publish all that can be recovered of its author's writings. Every item published has been re-examined against original materials and has been augmented by the inclusion of all that was not then selected for publication or has come to light since.'.…

dj. First Trade Edition. Quarto (35cm); full maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; publisher's plain card slipcase; xx,381,[3]pp. Fine in a Fine (unclipped) dustjacket, lacking the original card slipcase. Handsome edition of Orwell's towering dystopian novel, reproducing to scale the only extant manuscript for any of Orwell's works. The manuscript originated with Orwell's widow, who offered it to a charity auction, and ultimately ended up in the vault in the rare book room of Scribner's Bookstore in New York, where it was acquired by bookseller and publisher Dan Siegel, who offers a lengthy preface to this edition. With an introduction and notes by professor and Orwell scholar Peter Davison, who transcribed the manuscript. FENWICK A.12.M8; LEWIS, p.139; BOOKER, pp.208-213.…