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1936réf. 02107THE AFRICAN WITCH Morrow 1936 first American edition vg in a lightly worn but most attractive dust-wrapper. The authors most sought after title. Morrow unknown books
1950réf. 45561London: Michael Joseph 1950. First Joseph edition. 8vo pp. 303. Orange cloth stamped on the spine in silver. Endpapers little foxed o/w a VG tight copy. A novel. Michael Joseph unknown books
1962réf. 96542NY:: Harper & Brothers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. A novel. A reprint edition. Fine in a very good impression from a removed sticker on front flap light staining to rear panel dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Paul Galdone. . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
1936réf. 55241London: Gollancz 1936. First edition. 448 pp. Near fine in full black cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Lacks dust jacket. London: Gollancz, hardcover books
1959réf. 112941New York: Harper & Brothers 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine with some rubbing to the boards in about very good dust jacket with some perimeter creases a few tears and tape reinforced to the interior of the jacket. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1959réf. 168477New York: Harper 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later. Very good in good dust jacket. Name on end paper. Dustwrapper rubbed with a few tears some scratches. Harper hardcover books
1959réf. 4663New York: Harper & Brothers 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Introduction by David Cecil. Slight offsetting to endpapers and mottling to the boards thus very good in very good plus dustwrapper with a tear at the edge of the front panel and some general rubbing. Posthumously published novel and uncommon. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1959réf. 89634NY:: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. A novel. Introduction by David Cecil. An early printing. Near fine in a near fine a few short closed edge tears dust jacket. An attractive well preserved copy. . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
1959réf. 53385London: Michael Joseph 1959. First edition. 316 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket that is lightly edgeworn. Carey’s last novel left incomplete. Introductory note by Winifred Davin. London: Michael Joseph unknown books
1941réf. 570719London: Secker & Warburg / Searchlight Books 1941. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Foreword by George Orwell. Small octavo. 127 1pp. Printed wrappers. Small neat owner name on first leaf stains mostly confined on front wrap very good. Secker & Warburg / Searchlight Books unknown books
1947réf. 502921London: Michael Joseph 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Small bookseller ticket on rear pastedown else about fine in a price-clipped near fine dust jacket with a few short tears along the top edge and a moderately toned spine. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1947réf. 76219London: Michael Joseph 1947. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 63p. Original cloth. dj price-clipped. 20cm. Jacket has some soiling and edge-wear Small dent at top and bottom of front cover. Former owner's name. Poetry. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1944réf. 335611london: Michael Joseph 1944. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Small 8vo terracotta cloth. d.w. London: Michael Jospeph 1944. First Edition. Fine. Cary's dark comedy & wartime story which was the basis for a Alec Guinness film. Michael Joseph unknown books
1944réf. 620305New York: Harper & Brothers 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 311pp. Small dark spot on top of front board a couple scratches and spine ends with some bumping and light wear very good or better. Signed by the author. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh.Burgess 99. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1944réf. 371012London: Michael Joseph 1944. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brick cloth stamped in silver. Fine in very good plus dust jacket tiny chip at foot of spine panel two short closed tears in front panel. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The great wartime novel by Joyce Carey a dark comedy featuring the adventures of artist Gulley Jimson. Filmed in 1978 with Alec Guiness and Kay Walsh. Michael Joseph unknown books
1944réf. 556449New York: Harper & Brothers 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Later printing. Black cloth gilt spine. Faint spotting on endpapers light foxing on topedge near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and creased tears and a chip on the cover affecting text. Signed by the author. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1944réf. 561348New York: Harper & Brothers 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later printing. Gift inscription on front fly referencing the novel "To my own Sara From her eternal Gulley". A very good or better copy save for a 1¼" tear in the cloth at the foredge of the front cover running nearly parallel to it thus about very good in a soiled and worn good only dust jacket with small chips and tears and a corresponding tear at the foredge of the front cover. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1944réf. 232998New York: Harper 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. Book club. Good in good dust jacket. Browning water staining on boards. Dustwrapper rubbed faded worn and torn. Harper hardcover books
1944réf. 27951NY: Harper 1944. First Edition. 8vo pp. 311. A novel. Harper unknown books
1944réf. 53766London: Michael Joseph 1944. First edition. 291 pp. Slight lean to spine else near fine in full cloth with silver stamping to spine. No dust jacket. London: Michael Joseph hardcover books
1946réf. 556714London: Michael Joseph 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Black cloth gilt spine. Faint crease on the spine with slight bumping at the crown near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and a creased tear on the cover. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1950réf. 80781London: Michael Joseph 1950. Second impression. 307 pp. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. London: Michael Joseph unknown books
1946réf. 38216NY: Harper 1946. First American edn. 8vo pp. 309. VG in worn dj. Harper unknown books
1969réf. 29388Walton-on-Thames: Outposts Publications 1969. First edition. 16 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some sunning to spine. Contains thirteen poems lyric in nature. Walton-on-Thames: Outposts Publications unknown books
2012réf. 2337583New York: Simon & Schuster 2012. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x8. First printing. Remainder mark on page base. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2012 Trade Paperback. xxi 535 pp. For almost 500 years human beings have been finding ways to circle the Earth - by sail steam or liquid fuel; by cycling driving flying going into orbit even by using their own bodily power. The story begins with the first centuries of circumnavigation when few survived the attempt: In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan left Spain with five ships and 270 men but only one ship and 35 men returned not including Magellan who died in the Philippines. Starting with these dangerous voyages Joyce Chaplin takes us on a trip of our own as we travel with Francis Drake William Dampier Louis-Antoine de Bougainville and James Cook. Eventually sea travel grew much safer and passengers came on board. The most famous was Charles Darwin but some intrepid women became circumnavigators too - a Lady Brassey for example. Circumnavigation became a fad as captured in Jules Verne's classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Once continental railroads were built circumnavigators could traverse sea and land. Newspapers sponsored racing contests and people sought ways to distinguish themselves - by bicycling around the world for instance or by sailing solo. Steamships turned round-the-world travel into a luxurious experience as with the tours of Thomas Cook & Son. Famous authors wrote up their adventures including Mark Twain and Jack London and Elizabeth Jane Cochrane better known as Nellie Bly. Finally humans took to the skies to circle the globe in airplanes. Not much later Sputnik Gagarin and Glenn pioneered a new kind of circumnavigation - in orbit. Through it all the desire to take on the planet has tested the courage and capacity of the bold men and women who took up the challenge. Their exploits show us why we think of the Earth as home. Round About the Earth is itself a thrilling adventure. Simon & Schuster paperback books
