WARNER, RexABAA
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1938Best.-Nr. 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
1938Best.-Nr. 09574THE WILD GOOSE CHASE Knopf 1938 first American edition vg/near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear. An allegorical fantasy. Knopf unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. Q-0850453585Osprey Publishing 1980-06-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Osprey Publishing paperback
1937Best.-Nr. 929P23London: Boriswood 1937. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 9" by 6.5". None. The first edition of this intriguing dystopian novel by Rex Warner in the original dust wrapper. The first edition first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'The Wild Goose Chase' is dystopian novel following three brothers as they searched for the eponymous goose. They find themselves in a sealed-off town of a neighbouring country which is ruled by dictators who have enslaved their people. Written by Rex Warner a classicist and author. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Light discolouration and a few minor marks to the cloth. Very small chip to the head of the spine. Spots to the fore edge. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn with tape repairs and repairs to the reverse. Label to the tail of the spine. Wraps are age-toned with light rubbing and handling marks. A couple of small tidemarks to the reverse of the dust wrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Boriswood hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 172943New York: Knopf 1938. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Ex-library. Front hinge cracked. Clippings pasted onto front pastedown and FEP. Knopf hardcover
Best.-Nr. 252115London: Boriswood: September 1937 First Edition Cloth that is hard covers pp. 442. Dystopian novel. Lower edge uncut. A little foxing to edges; light offsetting to free front endpaper; otherwise fine or thereabouts in very good dust-jacket which is blue and white the white parts of which on the spine are moderately browned. hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 66439NY: Knopf 1938. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Light foxing to prelims else a very good hardback in an unclipped slightly darkened and rubbed jacket that has an internally tape repaired closed tear to the top of the rear joint. Knopf hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 66438London: Boriswood 1937. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Light foxing to prelims else a very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed lightly chipped jacket that has a dampstain to the edges of the front panel and top corner of the rear. Boriswood hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 590135London: Boriswood 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Gutter starting small bookstore label on rear pastedown spine ends lightly bumped else a near fine copy in a very good age-toned dust jacket with small chipping and minor loss on the spine ends. Author's first book a dystopian novel. Boriswood hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 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
1938Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 0571243207.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1937Best.-Nr. 277645London : Boriswood 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 442 p. ; 23 cm. Subject; English fiction 20th century. London : Boriswood hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 09574THE WILD GOOSE CHASE Knopf 1938 first American edition vg/near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear. An allegorical fantasy. Knopf unknown
1937Best.-Nr. 90799London: Boriswood 1937. First edition of Warner's first novel. Presentation copy from the author inscribed on the front free endpaper: "H. W. Bolt from Rex Warner." With loosely inserted autograph letter signed from Warner to Bolt; Harold W. Bolt b. 1901 was chairman of the Farnham Constituency Labour Party and stood for Huddersfield West in 1950 and 1951. "This strikingly original work made an immediate impression. His tale of three brothers and their quest in an unnamed country for the wild goose symbol of hope and personal regeneration was rightly seen as akin to the work of Franz Kafka; but it drew also on elements of classical mythology and even of fairy tale in a manner genuinely new in English fiction" ODNB. In the letter Warner writes that he is keen to meet Bolt but that he will not be able to speak at a proposed meeting: "It's on manning night at our A.A. guns & having managed to get a bit of leave lately I hardly like to apply for more. Also I increasingly dislike the sound of my own voice". During the war Warner served in the Home Guard in Surrey. Octavo. Original light blue cloth spine and front cover lettered in yellow. With dust jacket. Bookplate of John Clute b. 1940 author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature designed by Judith Clute b. 1942. Rear cover spotted and slightly bowed edges prelims and endpapers lightly foxed; unclipped jacket with damp stain to spine lower portion of panels and head of rear panel archival repairs to chipped spine ends a few nicks and chips: a good copy in good jacket. hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 31366London: Boriswood 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Warner Rex. THE WILD GOOSE CHASE. A Novel. London; Boriswood 1937. First Edition. 9vo. 442pp. Light blue cloth stamped yellow on the upper cover & spine. A near fine or better copy in like dustwrapper showing light use. An extremely good example of the author's first adult book; considered one of the first books to demonstrate the influence of Kafka on the english novel; a radical dystopian fantasy in which a tyrannical government is overthrown in a heroic revolution. Three brothers set off to find freedom & discover a strange country "where space and time follow a mad logic of their own." Blieler p. 279. see Burgess 99 Novels for Warner's The Aerodrome 1941. Boriswood hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 6534London: John Lane/The Bodley Head 1944. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth with gilt decoration to front board and to spine. Inscribed by Warner on the first free endpage. John Lane/The Bodley Head Hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 8937Boriswoood London 1937. Unncorrected Proof Copy. Hardback. Paper-labeled proof wraps encased in a green buckram title-labeled clam shell box very slightly edge dulled. Rare.; 247 pages; Description: 442p. 23cm. Subjects: Warner's famous utopian allegory for adults in the tradition of Swift. Boriswoood, London hardcover
Best.-Nr. 143951London Boriswood 1937. 442pp. 8vo. Original decorated cloth in chipped dustwrapper. Light offsetting to endpapers. Edges uncut. Bookplate loosened from front pastedown revealing ink name. A very good copy. . First edition. Distopian novel. London, Boriswood, 1937. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0554366274.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1434629945.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9781533164742Paperback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. ria9781026122365_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Wide Wide World pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials designed for deeper engagement with this classic."The Wide Wide World" by Susan Warner is a classic of 19th- paperback
Best.-Nr. 9363055833.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1851Best.-Nr. FB3823 /11Brown cloth binding with gilt title plate on the spine. A very prized edition which was once mistaken as a first edition of £2500 value The Wide Wide World is an 1850 novel by Susan Warner published under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. It is often acclaimed as America's first bestseller. "Published at the end of 1850 The Wide Wide World by Susan Warner went through fourteen editions in two years and may ultimately have been as popular as Uncle Tom's Cabin with 19th-century American readers". Although it was first rejected by many publishers Warner's first novel became an instant sensation among its readers. The novel paints an excellent picture of the Victorian era of the United States and so the readers of the time appreciated its relevancy to their own lives. Jo March reads the book in Little Women. Pushing Christian values and themes The Wide Wide World was a guide to young ladies of the time who were encouraged to have submissive and humble attitudes towards their elders especially men. The novel also portrayed a part of the author's own life: While Ellen's mother died when Ellen was young Warner's mother had died when Warner was nine years old. Warner then went to live with her aunt who was much kinder than Ellen's Aunt Fortune. In 1987 the Feminist Press published a new edition including the concluding chapter which had been left out by the previous publishers. The Wide Wide World is a work of sentimentalism about the life of young Ellen Montgomery. The story begins with Ellen's happy life being disrupted by the fact that her mother is very ill and her father must take her to Europe requiring Ellen to leave home to live with an almost-unknown aunt. Though Ellen tries to act strong for her mother's sake she is devastated and can find solace in nothing. Eventually the day comes when Ellen must say goodbye to her mother and travel in the company of strangers to her aunt's home. Unfortunately these strangers are unkind to Ellen and she tries to leave the boat on which they are traveling. An old man sees Ellen crying and tells her to trust in God. He teaches her about being a Christian as her mother had done and asks her if she is ready to give her heart to Jesus. After talking with the man Ellen becomes determined to become a true Christian which gives her strength for the rest of the journey to her aunt's place in Thirwall. On Ellen's first night in Thirwall she learns that her father forgot to inform her aunt that she was coming so a "Mr. Van Brunt" escorts her to her aunt's home. This aunt Fortune Emerson proves to be quite different from Ellen's loving mother: she treats Ellen unkindly and refuses to let her attend school. Ellen hates living with Fortune and comes to find comfort in the society of Mr. Van Brunt and other neighbors as she becomes more familiar with her new surroundings. One day discovering that her aunt withheld a letter from Mrs. Montgomery Ellen runs crying into the woods. There she meets Alice Humphreys the daughter of a local minister. Alice is kind to Ellen and invites her to tea the next day to give Ellen a chance to tell her troubles; maybe Alice would be able to help. The girls become fast friends and Alice adopts Ellen as a sister offering to educate her and guide her spiritually teaching her to forgive others and trust in the Lord. Alice and her brother John who is away at school much of the time treat Ellen like family even inviting her to spend Christmas in the nearby town of Ventnor with them and their friends the Marshmans. While there Ellen meets another Ellen Ellen Chauncey. She also gets better acquainted with John Humphreys who comforts her many times after the other children tease her. Ellen comes to realize that if she hadn't needed to be separated from her mother she might never have met Alice and John. About a year later one day when Ellen visits town she overhears from some ladies' conversation that her mother has died. Devastated she turns to Alice and her Bible for comfort. She stays with Alice and John until Aunt Fortune becomes ill and Ellen must look after her. Eventually Aunt Fortune recovers and Ellen returns to Alice and her other friends. After Mr. Van Brunt's mother dies he decides to marry Aunt Fortune; soon after Alice tells Ellen that she is very ill and will soon be "going home" to Heaven; Ellen is not to grieve for her but to trust in God. She also invites Ellen to take her place in the Humphreys household. Ellen immediately moves in and begins by nursing Alice through her final weeks. After Alice dies Ellen turns to John for guidance. He takes over as her tutor spiritual advisor and guiding light. By the time a Humphreys relative dies in England and John must travel overseas to handle the family's business Ellen though sad to see him go is a stronger person. One day Nancy visits Ellen bringing letters she has found while cleaning Fortune's house. They are for Ellen from her mother and express the wish that Ellen goes to live with relatives in Scotland; after sharing the letters with Mr. Humphreys Ellen decides she must honor her parents' wishes so the Humphreys send her to Scotland to live with the Lindsays: her grandmother and uncle Lindsay and Lady Keith. They welcome her into their home and find her delightful but they become very possessive of her and force her to denounce her identity as an American and as a Montgomery. Mr. Lindsay even makes Ellen call him "father" and refers to her as his "own little daughter." The Lindsays also discourage Ellen's faith as they don't see religion as being important to someone Ellen's age. Ellen finds it hard to live without her daily hours set aside for studying religion but still tries hard to live by her faith and everything that John and Alice taught her. Ellen misses John more than anything and during a New Year's Eve party at the Lindsays' he shows up asking for her. The Lindsays try to keep them apart but they are unsuccessful. During their emotional reunion John reminds Ellen to keep her faith; in a few years when she will be able to choose where she lives she can return to America and live with him. When Ellen introduces John to the Lindsays they actually become fond of him. John must soon return to America but not without promising Ellen that they will be together forever soon. In an unpublished chapter at the end of the book Ellen returns to America as Mrs. John Humphreys. Susan Bogert Warner pen name Elizabeth Wetherell; July 11 1819 – March 17 1885 was an American Presbyterian writer of religious fiction children's fiction and theological works. She is best remembered for The Wide Wide World. Her other works include Queechy The Hills of Shatemuck Melbourne House Daisy Walks from Eden House of Israel What She Could Opportunities and House in Town. Warner and her sister Anna wrote a series of semi-religious novels which had extraordinary sale including Say and Seal Christmas Stocking Books of Blessing 8 vols. The Law and the Testimony. James Nisbet & Co. hardcover
