H erbert e rnest bates (21 risultati)

Octavo, 454 pp., cloth. First edition. A selection of thirty-five stories written over the period 1926-1961, representative of the work of this master of the short story, with an interesting preface by the iconoclastic Henry Miller. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with a few short edge tears internally mended with archival…

Octavo, 204 pp., boards. First edition. Stories of rural English life varying in mood but all marked by the author's famed lightness and sureness of touch. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. Very mild bumps to lower front corner tips, a fine copy in very good dust jacket with mild wear at top of spine panel an…

Octavo, vignette title page illustration and endpaper illustrations by Ronald Searle, original pictorial tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red. First British edition. A novella about a young woman in a bombed-out house in London and her grim family life, culminating in a violent death. The author's stories appeared fr…

Octavo, original red cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Collects a dozen short stories, generally in the dark vein for which he was noted. The prolific Bates was primarily a writer of short stories and in this field he was highly regarded by David Garnett and Graham Greene, among others. His style has been traced…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-10] 11-285 [286-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank] + 8-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original oatmeal and blue patterned cloth, front and spine panels stamped in blue, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Dedicated to Edward J. O'Brien, in whose annual anthology series, BEST B…

Octavo, original terra cotta boards, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Gathers five short stories, one of them rather long. Three are in Bates' usual dark manner; two feature a comically eccentric character. The prolific Bates was primarily a writer of short stories and in this field he was highly regarded by David Gar…

Octavo, small illustrations in the text by Peter Farmer, original green boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A poignant novella about a middle-aged bachelor who lives with his three elderly and crazy sisters and a horde of pets in a shabby Edwardian house, and a young girl from the local dairy who surre…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8-12] 13-315 [316-320: blank] [321-328: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original apple green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. "Collects sixteen stories, several of which touch on the fantastic as a thing created by the human mind, either as an act of…

Octavo, original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The prolific Bates was primarily a writer of short stories and in this field he was highly regarded by David Garnett and Graham Greene, among others. His style has been traced to the influence of Conrad (and thus of Henry James) and Stephen Crane, but his s…

Octavo, original dark blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Fifteen short stories. The prolific Bates was primarily a writer of short stories and in this field he was highly regarded by David Garnett and Graham Greene, among others. His style has been traced to the influence of Conrad (and thus of Henry James)…

Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. First edition. Green cloth. Small 4to. pp. 104. Very Good/Good/Unclipped price in clear archival cover. Ink inscription, foxed eps, edgewear to binding in bright jacket with closed tears, edge chipping, one rear tape repair. A beautiful illustrated book on post-war reconstruction and appreciation…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-10 [11-12] 13-405 [406: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First trade edition. A selection of thirty stories -- about a quarter of his output -- from the five volumes of stories published up until then. With an interesting preface by the author about his evolution as…

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-42 [43-48: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original light brown textured boards with tan cloth shelf back, spine panel stamped in dark brown. First edition, trade issue. A single short story, a dark domestic drama about the bleak life of a poor family that comes from the country to work in…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8-10] 11-286 [287-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original green and orange mottled cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's device blind stamped on rear panel, bottom edges rough-trimmed. First edition. The author's first collection of short fiction, gathering twenty-five short stories. Bat…

Octavo, pp. [1-40] (not paginated), original decorated black cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in gold, top edge stained green, other edges untrimmed, decorated endpapers. First edition. Limited to 285 copies of which this is one of 250 numbered copies signed by Bates and offered for sale. A single short story. The aut…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-320, original maroon cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. The authors' second book and first published novel. The prolific Bates was primarily a writer of short stories and in this field he was highly regarded by David Garnett and Graham Greene, among others. His style has…