Williamson sp (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. New York: Mackinnon-Fly Publications, 1931. Quite worn but complete issue with bizarre cover art. Covers shelf soiled and chipped at the edges, additional chipping to spine, magazine exchange stamps on front cover and first page, pages age-browned and a little brittle, first page (advertising) a little stuck to the front cover at the inner margin, binding basically sound with no loosened pages, no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 406pp. Orange cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board with a double blind border and an ornate black-stamped rule. Publisher's disclaimer slip tipped to the head of the first text leaf, as issued. Backstrip ends gently bruised and the free endpapers lightly spotted. A very good copy of the author's uncommon fourth novel. No dust wrapper. Mais' novel includes a thinly-veiled portrait of his old friend Henry Williamson, who appears as 'Brian Stucley', a poet living in North Devon and shares characteristics not dissimilar from some that Williamson's friends found so lamentable in himself. Nearly a decade later Williamson responded in kind, depicting Mais as 'Masterson Funicular Hengist Zeale' ("the only man in England who, having written nearly a hundred books, still has an adolescent enthusiasm for literature") in his 1935 novel 'Devon Holiday': an altogether less unkind portrait.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "J.W.Lister, Librarian of Home Library. A slight token of respect in return for an act of amazing kindness to a total stranger. D.d. S.P.B.Mais, May 1926". 8vo. 406pp. Orange cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board, with a double blind-stamped border and ornate rule. Publisher's disclaimer slip tipped to the head of the first text leaf, as issued. Backstrip ends very gently bruised, and the top- and fore edge lightly spotted. Some fox-spotting throughout. A very good copy of the author's uncommon fourth novel. No dust wrapper. Mais' novel includes a thinly-veiled portrait of his old friend Henry Williamson, who appears as 'Brian Stucley', a poet living in North Devon and shares characteristics not dissimilar from some that Williamson's friends found so lamentable in himself. Nearly a decade later Williamson responded in kind, depicting Mais as 'Masterson Funicular Hengist Zeale' ( the only man in England who, having written nearly a hundred books, still has an adolescent enthusiasm for literature") in his 1935 novel 'Devon Holiday': an altogether less unkind portrait. Inscribed by Author(s). …