Ellerman annie winifred (31 risultati)

Softcover First Printing. Near fine.

Very Good to Fine. Price-clipped dust jacket, 12mo., 118 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1963). 320pp. VG/VG copy; dust jacket lightly edge worn with small closed tear to front top edge, small chipped losses to spine ends, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (great britain, history, hastings, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. Light blue paper covered boards over white cloth spine. 119 pp. Illustrated with photographs of Paestum by Islay de Courcy Lyons. Fine, touch of fiant foxing to the spine cloth. In very good dust jacket. A novel set among the greying ruins of the columned temples of Paestum, an other of the author's series touching significant moments in history when mankind has faced the dissolution of an epoch. The daughter of the wealthiest man in England at the turn of the 20th century, Ellerman adopted the pen name "Bryher" when she entered the famed 1902s literary world of Paris whose epicenter was Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Co. bookshop. She was a friend of Hemingway, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Hilda Doolittlew and others of that period; openly lesbian in Paris, she entered into a marriage of convenience with Robert McAlmon in order to hide her sexuality from her family in England. They divorced after her father's death in 1927. She used her wealth to suppor many new or struggling authors, artists of the Dadaist and Surrealist movements, the "little magazines" of Montparnasse and beginning around 1930, became interested in filmmaking.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth with spine titles in gilt. Octavo. Stated First edition. 190 pages, index. Nice bright copy in a complete dust jacket with original price on inside flap. Jacket has scuff to front cover and some light edjewear. Original price on inside flap, jacket is in a mylar protector. Ships in box. …

Condizione: New.

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. A short parable of people who try to escape fascism and join a utopia, by the author best known for her historical novels of life in ancient Rome. Bryher was married for a time to Robert McAlmon, and later to Kenneth Macpherson, with whom she published the influential cinema magazine *Close Up*.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. xii, 190 pp. Very good in original red cloth boards and gilt titling to spine, with toning to endpapers and light foxing to head of text block, and very good pictorial dust jacket with sunning to spine. The sequel to Bryher's earlier autobiography, The Heart to Artemis. Features her relationship with the poet H.D. and the hardships of World War 2 in London.…

dj. First Edition. Cloth and decorated boards. First edition, preceding the British publication. Poet Ralph Hodgson's copy, with his ownership signature and date. Offset to endsheets from clipping, otherwise a nice copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. 119pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Light foxing on the spine and the endleaves, near fine in a lightly toned and foxed, very good dust jacket, with modest wear along the topedge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1964 reprint, Collins 1st hardback with 256 pages. Hardback without wrapper with boards clean showing gentle signs of use. Pages clean with no folds or creases looking carefully read with a little light natural tanning to edges. Clean, lightly used copy. d1. Nita Sowter (illustratore).…

Condizione: New. The Heart To Artemis: A Writer's Memoirs (Hardback or Cased Book).

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photograps by Islay deCourcy Lyons. Near fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with slight toning and light edgewear. A novel.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper.

Condizione: Near fine. dj. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Gilt green cloth. First edition, preceding the UK edition by a year. Bryher's powerful historical novel depicts the struggle between an emerging barbarian power and an old culture, it pitted a Roman army of mostly farmers against the highly trained officers of Carthage. Near fine in very good, pictorial dust jacket. Bryher (1894 - 1983) was the pen name of the English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor Annie Winifred Ellerman, who supported many artists, writers, and friends with the proceeds of a fortune derived from the Ellerman ship enterprises. She was a major figure of the international set in Paris in the 1920s, her friends being the usual suspects. With her lover Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) and the Scottish writer Kenneth Macpherson, she launched the film magazine Close Up, which introduced Sergei Eisenstein's work to British viewers. From her home in Switzerland, she helped to evacuate Jews from Nazi Germany, and then became a popular historical novelist. .…

dj. First Edition. Cloth and boards. First edition (preceding the British printing). Photos by Islay de Courcy Lyon of the present day (1958) Paestum. With a gift inscription from novelist Francis Parkinson Keyes to a friend with whom she apparently spent a day in Paestum (Italy). Very good in lightly foxed and frayed dust jacket. Bryher (1894 - 1983) was the pen name of the English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor Annie Winifred Ellerman, who supported many artists, writers, and friends from a fortune derived from the Ellerman ship enterprises. She was a major figure of the international set in Paris in the 1920s, her friends being the usual suspects. With her lover Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) and the Scottish writer Kenneth Macpherson, she launched the film magazine Close Up, which introduced Sergei Eisenstein's work to British viewers. From her home in Switzerland, she helped to evacuate Jews from Nazi Germany, and then became a popular historical novelist, as exemplified by this novel that brings to life a ruined city in Italy populated by three ancient Greek temples of the Doric order. "The Gate to the Sea is always the way to freedom." -- quoted from the upper fold-in. .…

First edition. Hardcover. A touch of edge foxing, otherwise very good in very good dustjacket. A historical novel set in Jacobean England. Jacket handsomely illustrated by Dick Hart.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 316 pp. Very good in original orange cloth boards that have some rubbing along the bottom edges, top edge gilt, and a near fine illustrated dust jacket. This copy bears an Advance Copy insert from early 1962.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. Publisher Collins, London 1964. First edition. 1st ed. Good condition. In blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Corners bumped, slight wear to ends of spine. Pages tanned and edges foxed. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings or inscriptions. Original pictorial unclipped d/j in fair condition, tanned and foxed, several small tears. …

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering in a VG price-clipped d/jacket, now mylar-protected. Fine internally, no inscriptions. 202pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. First Edition. XI+240 pages. NearFine Soft cover. 7.1"x4.25". be2x.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition (preceding the English edition). Octavo, one quarter black cloth over illustrated orange paper over boards, silver lettering on spine, illustrated dustjacket. Historical novel. Near Fine, some foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at front panel, darkening at rear panel.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Bound in black quarter-cloth with silver lettering to spine, over illustrated paper-covered boards. The jacket is fine and complete, in a brodart protective sleeve. 219pp.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. A smart first US edition of this wartime novel from Bryher, the pen name of English novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman. First US edition. Set in London during the Blitz, this novel follows a collection of tenacious characters in crisis. Being a story of recent history and the civilian involvement in total war, this is beautifully wrought story of a London neighbourhood whose hearth is in the teashop where their lives converge. Written by Annie Winifred Ellerman, known by the pen name Bryher, an English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor of the Ellerman ship-owning family. She was a major figure of the international set in Paris in the 1920s, using her fortune to help many struggling writers, and helped to evacuate Jews from Nazi Germany from her home in Switzerland. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the spine. The odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. None (illustratore). book.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 212. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1920 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 212.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. A smart collection of six first edition novels from Bryher, the pen name of English novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman. Six volumes. First edition. Written by Annie Winifred Ellerman, known by the pen name Bryher, an English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor of the Ellerman ship-owning family. She was a major figure of the international set in Paris in the 1920s, using her fortune to help many struggling writers, and helped to evacuate Jews from Nazi Germany from her home in Switzerland. This set contains: The Fourteenth of October, 1954. Set in 1066, this is the story of Wulf, a Saxon boy who was swept away as a hostage in previous years during the destruction of his father's home by Danes, and his tragic predicament. The Player's Boy, 1957. Apprenticed to one of the great Elizabethan actors, James Sands is enthralled by the performance of the exciting new plays until his imagination is carried away by the glittering courtiers who patronise the theatres. Gate to the Sea, 1959. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. The moving story of Harmonia, the priestess and guardian of Poseidonian relics, as she faces the increasing power of the Lucanian conquerors and the disintegration of her people. Ruan: A Novel, 1961. Young Ruan, nephew of the High Priest, is destined for priesthood himself. Restless for adventure, he feels caged in his home and schooling and longs for the high seas. This January Tale, 1966. Exploring the fates of the followers of Harold and the Godwins after the Battle of Hastings, when the city of Exeter was besieged and the only way out was by open and stormy sea. The Days of Mars: A Memoir 1940-1946, 1972. A sequel to her earlier autobiography, this work explores the war years of Britain. Leaving her house and her dogs in Switzerland, Bryher joined her embattled friends in London to share their hardships. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original dust wrappers are unclipped other than Ruan which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. None (illustratore). book. …

1st [and only] Ed. 140pp. Numerous ills. from photos. From the Library of C.A. and Anthony Lejeune, from the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, some light browning, gilt lettered red cloth, some discolouring and fading mainly to spine with sm. stain to head and tail, d/w. sl. stained and with loss across head. A pioneering, pro-Soviet analysis of early Soviet cinema written by British novelist and poet Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman) and published by the Pool Group. The book advocates against British censorship of Soviet films, explores the role of women in socialist culture, and features photographs chosen by her husband, Kenneth Macpherson. US$668.…