Silver collar boy von wright constance (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1934. First Edition. 150 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good hardcover. Text clean. Spine faded on burgundy cover. Rubbing to boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated by Rex Whistler. Tiny hole on spine and a little rubbing on the boards, very good or better in very good dust jacket with age-toning and a small corresponding hole on the spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good - Cash. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. Stated first edition. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. DJ has heavy edge chipping and fold rubbing/chipping, as well as yellowing/tanning. P/o name and date written inside. DJ has some discoloration from age and possibly the sun, with some general age soiling. TExt seems to be unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Zustand: VERY GOOD. Early printing. Wright's first novel, set in 18th-century London, is a fantasy/ghost story about an aristocratic woman and the spirit of her African slave, killed while still a child during a storm, given a lavish funeral, but who, over the years, appears to the woman's descendants as a "banshee" bringing a warning of death within 3 days. Illustrated by Rex Whistler with a frontispiece and 4 full page drawings at the beginning of each section. Fantasy title missed by Bleiler of an aristocratic woman whose African slave returns after his death to haunt the woman's descendants. Kirkus Reviews commented that this is a book that some will find "rather charming and different. The story behind a portrait of a lady of fashion in 18th century London, and the mysterious little black boy at her knee" wearing a silver collar engraved "My name is Pompey, to Belliza, I am slave." An association copy warmly INSCRIBED by Wright to Manhattan architect, Percy W. Darbyshire "in long friendship and with gratitude for encouragement, understanding." Although Wright went on to write one other historical novels and several well-received biographies, books signed by her are very scarce. 150 pp. Very good in a good dust jacket (some wear to the edges of the boards, several small chips and other edgewear to the dj) .…