509 résultats
1950Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, upper board with gilt frame border, gilt back, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. King Penguin 55. A splendid copy of a scarce work in unusual and elegant binding.
1956Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original orange printed wrappers, small label scar on front wrapper else a good, firm copy. Penguin 1131
1957Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece; original printed wrappers, price on upper wrapper else a very good, clean copy. Penguin Guides G16.
19568vo., First Edition thus, page-edges browning slightly; original orange printed wrappers, a very good, firm copy. Penguin 1137. Collects thirteen short stories.
19548vo., First Edition thus, page-edges lightly browning; original orange printed wrappers, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright, firm copy. Penguin 1031. Collects twelve short stories. Kirkpatrick A26b.
1948Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 20 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, clean copy. King Penguin 43.
1952Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with48 pages of plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 63
1959Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 pages of plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 76.
19598vo., First Edition thus, page-edges lightly browning; original orange printed wrappers, a near fine copy. First appearance in Penguin of the author's first novel. Penguin 1344. Kirkpatrick A1f.
1955Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial green wrappers, a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Sloman's translation. The cover roundel is designed by David Gentleman: 'This was one of the first jobs that I was ever paid for by anybody and it was the first thing I did for Penguins…I did a rough in my digs in Battersea at the time and posted it back to [Tanya] Schmoller or John [Curtis] at Penguins and they sent it back more or less instantly and I engraved it at the next weekend'. [John Curtis Memorial Evening, 2006]. Penguin Classics L65.
1954Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 49 plates on 48 and an illustration in the text; paper boards, as issued, a very good, bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin, 72
1989Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial green wrappers, backstrip very slightly browned else a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Wood's translation. Includes The Misanthrope, The Sicilian or Love the Painter, Tartuffe or The Imposter, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, The Imaginary Invalid. The choice of cover roundel disappointed the translator: ';If my opinion of the roundel were sought I should say that by Penguin standards it is no more than very ordinary'. Penguin Classics L89.
1959Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus page edges browning slightly; original pictorial wrappers backstrip lightly faded else a very good bright clean copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series and first publication of Tancock's translation. Penguin Classics L95.
19588vo. First Edition thus neat contemporary signature on half-title; original orange printed wrappers backstrip very lightly age-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. Penguin 1068
19578vo. First Edition page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers a very good bright clean copy. Penguin Classics L73. The cover roundel is an adaptation by Elizabeth Friedlander of the badge of the Discalced Carmelite Order.
19508vo. First Edition thus; pictorial wrappers a very good clean copy. PS 65.
1951Sm. 8vo. First Edition with line illustrations as frontispiece and 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 60.
19478vo., First Edition thus, pages tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright copy. Pelican A155.
1953Oblong 8vo., First Edition; original decorative wrappers, a near fine copy. Penguin SC19.
19508vo., First Edition, with 8pp of coloured maps, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G13.
19608vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece and plans in the text, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G18.
19578vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece and plans in the text, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G16.
19578vo., First Edition thus, with plates; original printed wrappers, a bright, clean copy. Includes stills from Elia Kazan's feature film (1956) starring Karl Malden and Carroll Baker. Penguin I233.
1945Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates, and line illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, clean copy. King Penguin 23. One of the scarcest King Penguins. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19628vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Penguin 1829. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION
