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1970ref. 947M22New York: Albondocani Press 1970. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Fine. 8.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A lovely limited edition copy of Joyce Carol Oates's modern retelling of Cupid and Psyche signed by the author. No. 6 of 200 limited edition copies printed on Hayle paper in Palatino type in the publisher's original paper wraps with the original hand-sewn unclipped dust wrapper decorated with French marbling. Signed by the author to the limitations page. A modern retelling of the classical story of Cupid and Psyche by the award-winning American author Joyce Carol Oates. In the publisher's original paper wraps with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent. A couple of faint marks to the title label and to the reverse of the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine Albondocani Press unknown
1936ref. 950Z34London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1936. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of Joyce Cary"s third novel set in Nigeria in the interwar period and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition first impression. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Set in Nigeria against the background of a struggle for supremacy between different factions Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial administrator Joyce Cary presents a study of the clash of tradition and modernity in a rural village when a ten-year-old is accused of witchcraft. An early work from Cary whose most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth. In the publisher"s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only slight tape marks to the endpapers. The wrap is generally smart with sunning to the spine closed tears and chips to the extremities and minimal handling marks. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover
ref. 6401688250Taylor & Francis Group . Papeback. New. pp. 236 1st edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP Taylor & Francis Group unknown
ref. 115488London Michael Joseph 1944. . First edition first printing; 8vo; flecking to wartime page stock light spotting to endpapers bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; publisher's red cloth silver lettering to spine with the price-clipped dust-jacket by A.E. Barlow some spotting and light toning slight rubbing to extremities else very good. First edition of the great wartime novel featuring the adventures of artist Gulley Jimson. Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film starring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh. London, Michael Joseph, 1944. hardcover
ref. 116695London The Egoist 1917. . First English edition from American sheets; 8vo; bookplate to front pastedown some offsetting to endpapers else unmarked internally; publisher's dark green cloth upper cover titled in blind titles to spine gilt very slightly bumped at spine ends else an unusually nice copy; housed in custom green cloth folding box. A very sharp copy of this core work by Joyce here in the earliest London edition using American sheets from the Huebsch printing as English publishers refused to print the text. With the bookplate of George Heron Milne 1887-1948 who was a librarian at the Library of Congress or 39 years and was chief of the Congressional Reading Room from 1937 to 1948. Slocum & Cahoon A12. London, The Egoist, [1917]. hardcover
1949ref. 929Y63London: Michael Joseph 1949-1959. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 5". None. A set of four first edition novels from Anglo-Irish author Joyce Cary including the second and third parts to his 'Second Trilogy'. A bright selection of four titles from celebrated writer Joyce Cary including the second and third volumes to his 'Second Trilogy' carrying out his Firsts' style of having each volume narrated by one of three protagonists. Second impression of 'Captive and the Free' published in the same month as the first. All other volumes are first editions first impressions. With the publisher's original dust wrappers 'Except the Lord' being the only one clipped. The Second Trilogy centres on the career of a volatile politician Chester Nimmo and is told through the additional perspectives of his wife Nina and her cousin Jim. 'Except the Lord' 1953 recounts Nimmo's childhood and youth in the West Country detailing his poor circumstances and his sister Georgina's support for the family after their mother dies.'Not Honour More' 1955 centres more on Jim Nina's cousin. Set during the General Strike of 1926 Jim is married to Nina but living in an uncomfortable situation as Nimmo has moved in with them and clashes with his politics. The other two novels included in this set are:'A Fearful Joy' 1949 which covers the very full life of an English woman's life across two centuries. 'The Captive and the Free' 1959 Cary's last novel that explores the nature of belief and persuasion following a suspected fraudster Reverend Walter Preedy. In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers 'Except the Lord' being price-clipped. Externally very smart with only shelf wear to 'Except the Lord' and 'Not Honour More'. With a few damp stains to the boards of 'Fearful Joy' and 'Captive and the Free'. Dust wrapper for 'Fearful Joy' is largely chipped to the front with a few tape reinforcements over additional closed tears. Other dust wrappers are very smart with edge wear most notable to the spine heads and tails. Marks and spots to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good Michael Joseph hardcover
1953ref. 929Y62London: Michael Joseph 1953-1955. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first editions of 'Except the Lord' and 'Not Honour More' the second and third instalments of Joyce Cary's Second Trilogy. The first editions of these works. Both with the publisher's original dust wrappers 'Not Honour More' being clipped. 'Except the Lord' and 'Not Honour More' mark the second and third novels of this Second Trilogy from Anglo-Irish author Joyce Cary's.The series centres on the career of a volatile politician Chester Nimmo whose story is told from different points of view including his wife Nina and Nina's cousin Jim. 'Except the Lord' recounts Nimmo's childhood and youth in the West Country detailing his poor circumstances as the son of a stableman and his sister Georgina's support for the family after their mother dies. 'Not Honour More' centres more on Jim Nina's cousin. Set during the General Strike of 1926 Jim is married to Nina but living in an uncomfortable situation as Nimmo has moved in with them. With clashing politics within the household Jim works as a "special" during the General Strike trying to control the radicals. In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers 'Not Honour More' being price-clipped. Externally very smart with minor rubbing to both works' extremities and rubbing to the extremities of 'Except the Lord'. Dust wrappers are smart with only edge wear to 'Not Honour More'. Tape reinforcements to the spine head of 'Except the Lord' with a large closed tears running down the front hinge. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed Michael Joseph hardcover
2000ref. mon0003618796Routledge 8/2/2024 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Like New. 1.1800 10.0000 7.0000. Routledge hardcover
ref. 110483London Faber & Faber Limited 1966. . First Burgess edition first impression casebound issue; 8vo 22.5 x 14.5 cm; publisher's green cloth gilt spine original typographic dust-jacket price-clipped very minor wear to cloth extremities edges of jacket slightly frayed peeling with areas of loss; 278pp. Joyce's masterpiece revised by the satirist and literary critic Anthony Burgess 1917-1993. Published simultaneously in paperback this hard back issue was done principally for libraries. As a consequence copies like this are very uncommon. 'Anthony Burgess has cut down Joyce's masterpiece to its bare essentials and has provided a sort of waking commentary as well as a long and enlightening introduction. He hopes that readers of this small labour of love will be tempted to proceed to the whole big uncut book and learn to revel in its humour and homely profundity. It is one of the great works of the age as well as one of the funniest. We ignore it at or peril' blurb. London, Faber & Faber Limited, [1966]. paperback
1944ref. 932Y38New York : New Directions 1944. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this early version of James Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'. First edition first printing of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Stephen Hero' is an early version of 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by Irish novelist James Joyce which traces the religious and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus Joyce's alter ego. This first version differs extensively from the published text including many characters and incidents that were later cut. It is also more autobiographical rather than an objectivised novel. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally with fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper is in two separate pieces with the spine missing. With sunning and heavy edge wear to the wrap. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good New Directions hardcover
ref. 112465London Faber & Faber 1939. . First edition first impression trade issue; large 8vo; toning to the first and last leaves from the endpapers as always; publisher's burgundy cloth titles to spine gilt with the unclipped dust-jacket dust-jacket with some slight loss at head of spine slight rubbing to extremities spine a little toned else very good; housed in green morocco gilt solander box. One of 3400 sets of sheets for the trade edition of Finnegans Wake which were printed for Faber. Of these 2255 were bound and sold at 25 shillings 950 were destroyed by the publisher and the remaining were gratis copies. It is possible that the 950 discarded sets of sheets remained unsold because of the price which Joyce believed was too high. 'A way alone aloved alost along the ' If Finnegans Wake is a key book it is a key which needs a key' Connolly. 'His work is enriched by such large resources of invention and allusion that its total effect is infinite variety' Harry Levin. Slocum & Cahoon A47; Connolly The Modern Movement 87; Harry Levin James Joyce: A Critical Interpretation. London, Faber & Faber, 1939. hardcover
2012ref. DADAX1781393117Benediction Classics 2012-10-10. hardcover. New. 6.69x1.81x9.61. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Benediction Classics hardcover
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2013ref. DADAX0802120997Mysterious Press 2013-01-08. First Edition. hardcover. New. 5.75x1.00x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Mysterious Press hardcover
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2012ref. DADAX0820341002University of Georgia Press 2012-02-28. paperback. New. 6.00x0.57x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Georgia Press paperback
1947ref. 927P44London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1947. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". None. The third unlimited edition of James Joyce's monumental modernist novel a sought after early edition of this important work. An early edition of 'Ulysses' the third Unlimited Edition published by the Bodley Head.'Ulysses' is the modernist novel of the twentieth century a parallel to the 'Odyssey'.This novel was an important development in the modern novel a controversial work with a complex publishing history.Written by the Irish author James Joyce who is best known for this novel. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart. A little light rubbing to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few very light marks to the boards. Spine is a little faded. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned and clean. Very Good Indeed John Lane the Bodley Head hardcover
1955ref. 885Z40London : Michael Joseph 1955 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5" . None stated . The first edition of this political fiction work by Joyce Cary in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written by Joyce Cary an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. This work is the conclusion to a trilogy of novels including; 'Prisoner of Grace' and 'Except the Lord'. The work tells the story of Nimmo a former Cabinet Minister hoping for a comeback Jim the head of the emergency civilian police and Nina who feels trapped in between. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd slight mark to the boards. The wrap is very smart with slight marks to the rear very small closed tears to the head of the spine and a very small closed tear to the front of the wrap. The odd spot and mark to the verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and lightly age toned pages with the odd page unopened and a bookseller's label to the front blank. Very Good Indeed Michael Joseph hardcover
ref. 0007140290.Gspiral_bound. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
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