Winifred bryher (31 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1963). 320pp. VG/VG copy; dust jacket lightly edge worn with small closed tear to front top edge, small chipped losses to spine ends, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. Light blue paper covered boards over white cloth spine. 119 pp. Illustrated with photographs of Paestum by Islay de Courcy Lyons. Fine, touch of fiant foxing to the spine cloth. In very good dust jacket. A novel set among the greying ruins of the columned temples of Paestum, an other of the author's series touching significant moments in history when mankind has faced the dissolution of an epoch. The daughter of the wealthiest man in England at the turn of the 20th century, Ellerman adopted the pen name "Bryher" when she entered the famed 1902s literary world of Paris whose epicenter was Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Co. bookshop. She was a friend of Hemingway, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Hilda Doolittlew and others of that period; openly lesbian in Paris, she entered into a marriage of convenience with Robert McAlmon in order to hide her sexuality from her family in England. They divorced after her father's death in 1927. She used her wealth to suppor many new or struggling authors, artists of the Dadaist and Surrealist movements, the "little magazines" of Montparnasse and beginning around 1930, became interested in filmmaking.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. A short parable of people who try to escape fascism and join a utopia, by the author best known for her historical novels of life in ancient Rome. Bryher was married for a time to Robert McAlmon, and later to Kenneth Macpherson, with whom she published the influential cinema magazine *Close Up*. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, light shelf wear. Binding tight. PO's initials on ffep, text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; not clipped, a little toned, edges worn with chips. Fic. RGR.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers clean, spine sunned, mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Two tape marks on front pastedown. Text unmarked. Fic. RGR.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, light shelf wear. Binding tight. PO's initials on ffep, text unmarked. DJ is GOOD ; not clipped, a bit sunned, splits to front spine fold, edges worn and chipped.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good +. good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers clean, spine and edges sunned, mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Front pastedown discolored. Text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; mildly rippled, rubbed, mild edge wear. Fic. RGR.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 217 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked, including small tears and chips. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine is cocked. Page block is lightly tanned and blemished. Spots of foxing on the half-title and title page. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Used.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 119pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Light foxing on the spine and the endleaves, near fine in a lightly toned and foxed, very good dust jacket, with modest wear along the topedge.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photograps by Islay deCourcy Lyons. Near fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with slight toning and light edgewear. A novel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper.

First Edition. Good cloth copy (some damage) in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-stained dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xi, 240 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; Historical fiction. Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. Fiction. Greece Commerce Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in brown cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 192pp. Not library copy, name/date in ink to ffep. (37/5).

FIRST EDITION 8vo. clothbound hardback in dust jacket. 126pp., illustrated with b/w photographs by Islay de Courcy Lyons. Rubber-stampped "62" to ffep. No other markings or inscriptions. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Light toning to endpapers only. Some wear and soiling to dust jacket with a few faint, small red and blue biro scribbles. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY in Sound dust jacket. (Shelf 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 240 pages. Red quarter cloth with bronze titles, edges lightly faded, top and base of spine are lightly bumped and worn, text is clean, binding is tight, Very Good. White dust jacket with black and blue titles, covers lightly faded, top and base of spine bumped with a few small chips, top edge lightly worn, small 1 cm tear to base of rear jacket, large chip (1 cm x 6 cm) missing from top edge near spine, a few small tears, Fair. Book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering in a VG price-clipped d/jacket, now mylar-protected. Fine internally, no inscriptions. 202pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 190 pages. Red cloth covers with gold titles, light wear to top and base of spine, corners, otherwise covers and text are clean, binding is tight, VG+. Purple and red dust jacket with black and white titles, edges worn, top and base of spine, corners lightly bumped with a few small chips, spine faded, some light rubbing, Good. Book.…

First edition. 201 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with faint toning to spine. The story of a young Elizabethan actor's apprenticeship. Young 498.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. First Edition. XI+240 pages. NearFine Soft cover. 7.1"x4.25". be2x.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Bound in black quarter-cloth with silver lettering to spine, over illustrated paper-covered boards. The jacket is fine and complete, in a brodart protective sleeve. 219pp.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. A smart first US edition of this wartime novel from Bryher, the pen name of English novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman. First US edition. Set in London during the Blitz, this novel follows a collection of tenacious characters in crisis. Being a story of recent history and the civilian involvement in total war, this is beautifully wrought story of a London neighbourhood whose hearth is in the teashop where their lives converge. Written by Annie Winifred Ellerman, known by the pen name Bryher, an English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor of the Ellerman ship-owning family. She was a major figure of the international set in Paris in the 1920s, using her fortune to help many struggling writers, and helped to evacuate Jews from Nazi Germany from her home in Switzerland. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the spine. The odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A smart collection of six first edition novels from Bryher, the pen name of English novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman. Six volumes. First edition. Written by Annie Winifred Ellerman, known by the pen name Bryher, an English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor of the Ellerman ship-owning family. She was a major figure of the international set in Paris in the 1920s, using her fortune to help many struggling writers, and helped to evacuate Jews from Nazi Germany from her home in Switzerland. This set contains: The Fourteenth of October, 1954. Set in 1066, this is the story of Wulf, a Saxon boy who was swept away as a hostage in previous years during the destruction of his father's home by Danes, and his tragic predicament. The Player's Boy, 1957. Apprenticed to one of the great Elizabethan actors, James Sands is enthralled by the performance of the exciting new plays until his imagination is carried away by the glittering courtiers who patronise the theatres. Gate to the Sea, 1959. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. The moving story of Harmonia, the priestess and guardian of Poseidonian relics, as she faces the increasing power of the Lucanian conquerors and the disintegration of her people. Ruan: A Novel, 1961. Young Ruan, nephew of the High Priest, is destined for priesthood himself. Restless for adventure, he feels caged in his home and schooling and longs for the high seas. This January Tale, 1966. Exploring the fates of the followers of Harold and the Godwins after the Battle of Hastings, when the city of Exeter was besieged and the only way out was by open and stormy sea. The Days of Mars: A Memoir 1940-1946, 1972. A sequel to her earlier autobiography, this work explores the war years of Britain. Leaving her house and her dogs in Switzerland, Bryher joined her embattled friends in London to share their hardships. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original dust wrappers are unclipped other than Ruan which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book. …

First edition. Octavo. 140 pages. Nine essays, on Kuleshop, Pudovkin, Eisenstein, the Wufku, educational films, sociological films etc. The last piece is the title essay. Many black and white photographs, mainly stills from various films - they were selected and captioned by Kenneth MacPherson. Red cloth faintly mottled towards top edges. Very good indeed in very good, slightly nicked dustwrapper with a closed tear at fold of rear flap and a shallow chip to head of spine. A bright copy and scarce thus.…

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, from the English sheets, spotting to prelims, pp. xvi, 187, crown 8vo, original burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt and a little rubbed at ends, edges and endpapers a little spotted, good. Lowell's Preface, appearing for the first time here (added to the second English edition in the same year), concludes in adulatory terms: 'No better study of the growth of the artist's mind has been written, I think'. Bryher had published a 'Critical Appreciation of Amy Lowell' two years earlier. The book takes its epigraph from the author's partner, the poet H.D.; a semi-autobiographical narrative, continued by 'Two Selves' in 1923 (a work given the provisional title of 'Adventure' at the close here).…

FIRST EDITION, light spotting, pp. [vi], 152, crown 8vo, original grey wrappers, backstrip browned with lean to spine, a few marks to front (the fore-margin of which also browned), edges spotted, good. Printed in Dijon by Maurice Darantiere, the work carries an inversion of the normal disclaimer regarding its basis in reality as part of its desire to emphasise the war-contribution of the titular group.…

FIRST EDITION, occasional faint spots, one early leaf with paper restoration to fore-margin (not touching text) where once crudely opened, pp. [vi], 152, foolscap 8vo, original wrappers, restoration evident to the upper joint, edges untrimmed and largely uncut (the reader seems to have given up following a slip of their paper knife, see above), a few spots to edges and endpapers, crease to top corner of flyleaf, good. A scarce book. Printed in Dijon by Maurice Darantiere, the work carries an inversion of the normal disclaimer regarding its basis in reality as part of its desire to emphasis the war-contribution of the titular group.…