john calder london uk (18 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Softcover. Item is a second impression and was published in 1990. Opera Guide 14. Former owner's name is penned on first title page. Covers are slightly faded. Minor wear to spine ends and leading corners. Binding is sound; pages are tight and clean; contents are clear. AF. Used.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Reprint. Grey boards, gilt title. 270pp. b/w illus. Spine very slightly bumped and minor shelf wear to jacket. A lovely clean copy which appears hardly read. Overseas orders may require additional postage.

Yellow Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good ++. 191 pages. Orange background paperback. Modrerate wear to covers' corners and edges and 1 inch or so abrasion to spine0junction to front cover. B&W illustrations. Clean and tidy pages.

hardback in protected dustjacket, both in fine condition, 220pp. Translated by Donald Watson. Brilliant novel that takes the lid off New York with a realism that bites deep into that city of the night, of gay anonymous encounters in parking lots, of muggings, cockroach infested apartments, casual murders, lust and sometimes love.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. xxx, 418pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded board edges. Top text block edge foxing, all edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, price clipped.

Light Green Cloth. Condizione: GOOD (BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. This is the first Great Britain edition. Brown fore'edges. Foxing (brown marks) to free endpages. Stained outer cover binding spine and to cover binding too. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Published in association with English National Opera; Clean, tight, unmarked; light crease to lower inside corner; otherwise absolute minimal wear; See how the drama is turned into laughter', comment the chorus, as they witness the destruction of a marriage and a friendship. Benedict Sarnaker analyses the extended love duet - the kernel of the score, and the pivot of the action. Harold Powers looks at the laughing chorus and at the quicksilver character of Os.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 232pp. various black and white photographic plates. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Boards sun-faded where there is dust jacket loss, lightly rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge slightly dusty, remaining edges just starting to tan. Free endpapers starting to tan, some soiling to front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has large loss to rear, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

Grey Cloth (Faded Spine). Condizione: Good (BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. This is the first edition. Last Rear free endpage is brown in colour. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed. HARDBACK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Thus. xviii, 462pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on black printed spine label; map endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed corners; rubbed spine ends, shelf number label taped to spine; tape residue to boards. Top text block edge tanning, remaining edges starting to tan. Endpapers starting to tan with tape residue on pastedowns; lender's stamps and markings on verso of front free endpapers and early front prelims; pages ageing, volume quite loose. Otherwise, internally neat and clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. viii, 224pp, 58pp. Cyan cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, taped on shelf number; rubbed spine ends, tape reside on boards, rubber stamp on front. Top text block edge starting to fox and tan, remaining edges just starting to tan. Lender's stamps and markings on front endpapers, title and copyright pages. Otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight on the inside.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. The dust jacket has a bit of wear, with a clipped front inside flap, creases, scuffs, and has been wrapped in a clear plastic protective cover. The page edges are evenly tanned. 222 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine. This is a true UK first edition / first printing, with the correct dates on the copyright page. A very nice copy of this highly-original novel, following a gay man's odyssey through a violent, filthy and lustful New York. With a David Hockney drawing (of the author) on the back cover. First published in France in 1973 as 'Les Loukoms'. Not price-clipped. No inscriptions or marks. A little fading to the jacket. We protect all our books with a removable plastic cover, and send them with care.

Hardcover. First Complete English Language Edition (1964), so stated. Good+ to Very Good in Good+ to Very Good DJ: The Book shows moderate shelving wear to the lower extremities; several tiny spots to the top edge of the green cloth covered boards; faint foxing to the top edge and fore-edge of the text block; the binding leans slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing some wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. The DJ shows some mild rubbing and faint consequent soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; some short closed tears and creases to the baclstrip and some noticeable rubbing to the front corner tips; the price has been clipped; mylar-protected. Remains attractive, but not without flaw. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.85 x 5.75 x 1.35 inches). 379 pages. Glossary. Illustrated with engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Translated from the original German edition of 1669 by Hellmuth Weissenborn and Lesley Macdonald. Language: English. Weight: 27.6 ounces. Hardback with DJ. First Complete English Language Edition (1964), so stated.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A scarce first edition, first state of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller. Including the erratum stating the chapter pages errors on pages 259 and 288. With clipped dust jacket. Original grey cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Tape residue on the front and rear free pages. The rubbed dust jacket has light chipping. 8vo 318pp.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good, without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. A first UK edition of the classic novel, Black Spring, which was first published in Paris in 1936 and banned elsewhere for many decades. Bright yellow boards with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Lightly darkened spine and bumping on the spine edges. Light stains on the page ends. The unclipped dust jacket has tears and folds. Rubbed cover. 6cm tear on the front flap. Two internal sellotape repairs. Two small areas where the colour is rubbed, one affecting the image of Henry Miller on the rear cover.