WARNER, RexABAA
12 922 résultats
1938réf. 512178New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition A fine copy in fresh bright dust jacket. Publisher's reply card laid in. Author's first adult novel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1913réf. 513119Newark New Jersey: The Carteret Book Club 1913. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slim octavo. 20pp. Spine faintly toned else fine in a soiled very good dust jacket with a neatly repaired short tear at the crown. Copy 12 of 100 numbered copies. The Carteret Book Club hardcover books
1930réf. 516874London: The Cresset Press Limited 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition signed issue. Illustrations in Dry Point by I.R. Hodgkins. Quarto. 107pp. Quarter vellum gilt and marbled paper-covered boards Attractive Tiffany & Co. engraved bookplate of Joan Whitney on front pastedown Edges of the boards moderately rubbed along fore-edge else a near fine copy in publisher's matching marbled paper-covered slipcase worn at the extremities. Limited to 350 numbered copies Signed by Sylvia Townsend Warner of a total edition of 380 numbered copies. The Cresset Press Limited hardcover books
1938réf. 515909New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. A fine bright copy in dust jacket with a small tear on rear panel else crisp and bright. Author's first adult novel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1895réf. 295018New York: Harper & Brother Printers & Publishers 1895. First Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Good binding. Signed. 8vo; 7 1/2” x 5 1/8” rebound in 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to the edges; 346 pages with frontispiece and other illustrations throughout; the front hinge has been very discreetly reinforced.~~Tipped in is an ALS from Charles Dudley Warner with interesting content regarding the naming of a character in the book. The letter is addressed to Eleanor Kilham a person of interest in her own right. A medical doctor engaged in private practice in New York at the outbreak of World War I she sailed for France on the first ship out after the sinking of the Lusitania. For her work in France she received the Medaille d’Honneur and the Medaille de Reconaissance d’Honneur. After the war she devoted herself to welfare work in New York see New York Times April 6 1937.~~The letter is dated Hartford Aug. 10 1893. It reads: “Dear Elenaor A thousand thanks for your suggestion about Jane Brown. I always did hate it. The confounded plebeian “ sound of it hampered me. Your word has given me the stimulus “ to eradicate it. Can you suggest a fitting name How would Ellen Leigh or Emiliy Leigh do It must be as un- common and yet dignified.”~~The protagonist is in fact named Ruth Leigh and one supposes that Eleanor Kilham had something to do with that.~~~~. Good binding. Harper & Brother, Printers & Publishers unknown books
1943réf. 463290London: Chatto & Windus 1943. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 220pp. Spine sunned and corners bumped a worn but presentable good or better copy in a curiously pleasing about fine hand-decorated homemade DIY stiff paper dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "Inscribed for A.A. Rappaport by Sylvia Townsend Warner 1954." An uncommon collection of short stories seldom found signed. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
2000réf. 448915San Diego: A Harvest Book / Harcourt 2000. Softcover. Near Fine. First Harvest edition. First published by Jonathan Cape in 1998. Trade paperback. Light crease on bottom corner of rear wrapper else fine. A novel depicting the sexual adventures of Catholic school choir girls in Scotland. A Harvest Book / Harcourt unknown books
1950réf. 427826London: Longmans Green & Co. / The British Council and the National Book League 1950. Softcover. Near Fine. First Edition supplement to British Book News. Octavo. 32pp. Printed wrappers. Scattered foxing crease on top corner of frontispiece portrait and bottom corner of front wrapper slight age-toning on edges about near fine. Longmans, Green & Co. / The British Council and the National Book League unknown books
1992réf. 417705Minneapolis: New Rivers Press 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition one of two thousand copies printed. Trade paperback. Spine sunned near fine. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco from the author. The 1990 Minnesota Voices Project Winner. New Rivers Press unknown books
1947réf. 212496New York: Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Foxing cloth soiled ends of darkened spine lightly worn very good lacking the dustwrapper. Collection of short stories by poet and novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner. Viking Press hardcover books
1930réf. 398396London: Cresset Press 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Illustrations in drypoint by I.R. Hodgkins. Quarter Japanese vellum and marbled paper over boards. Paper rubbed along the foredge else very good or better in about very good slipcase. copy number 131 of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author. Cresset Press hardcover books
1946réf. 399362London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1946. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good lightly faded dustwrapper with small chips on edges. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1907réf. 395489Boston: Little Brown and Company 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Gray pictorial cloth stamped in color gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens. Cloth modestly soiled extremities a bit worn still very good lacking the scarce dust jacket. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1905réf. 386802Boston: Little Brown and Company 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition October 1905. Tan publisher's decorative cloth. Four full-page illustrations designed by Decorative Designers. Some rubbing to the boards and edges else near fine. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1928réf. 380374Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Cloth with paper spine label. Unintentional drawings by Mayo Dyer Hersey. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper slight spotting on the boards and near fine in near fine dustwrapper with light offsetting on the front panel. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1919réf. 382584New York: Temple Scott 1919. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by E.L. Blumenschein. Blue cloth gilt. A little foxing on the foredge and a little rubbing on the boards very near fine. Uncommon WWI novel. OCLC locates nine copies. Temple Scott hardcover books
1928réf. 365000New York: D. Appleton and Company 1928. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. A few pages roughly opened resulting in chips to the margins of a couple of pages rear board dampstained with mildew a good only copy in a good only age-toned dustwrapper with corresponding dampstain and mildew. A novel set in London about the lost chapters in the lives of men and women. Bellah is best known for the western movies that were based on his stories including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Fort Apache and Rio Grande as well as several screenplays he wrote including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1997réf. 351537New York: The Overlook Press 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition and first hardcover edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Welsh with a snapshot photo of him at the book signing. The Overlook Press hardcover books
1898réf. 140313New York: The International Society 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Charles Dudley Warner edition limited and registered. Complete in 45 volumes. Quartos. Green cloth boards with paper spine label untrimmed pages and top edge gilt. The set has toned spine labels and light touches of scattered wear; two volumes have abraded corners and two others frayed at the crown still a very nice near fine set. The International Society hardcover books
1908réf. 330091Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1908. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Advance Review Copy with publisher's promotional ticket laid in. Near fine in decorative publisher's cloth with slight soiling else fine. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and black & white plates by Paul K. M. Thomas with decorative borders printed in violet around each page of text without dustwrapper. Small, Maynard & Company hardcover books
1987réf. 297722Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill hardcover books
1988réf. 310293London: Chatto & Windus 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Pages are a little age toned else fine in a fine dustwrapper. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1937réf. 311653London: Boriswood 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Boards a little warped else near fine in modestly age-toned near fine dustwrapper. Prospectus for other books by this publisher laid in. Boriswood hardcover books
1969réf. 103544New York: Columbia University Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with a small tear on the rear panel. Columbia University Press hardcover books
1996réf. 108169New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1996. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer. Fine in wrappers. Farrar Straus Giroux unknown books
