Where Nothing Sleeps: The Complete Short Stories and Other Related Works - Hardcover
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Two slipcased hardbacks of 380+xvii and 390 pages.
Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in yellow wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands.
500 sets. Preface by James Methuen-Campbell.
This definitive collection of seventy-six short stories and related autobiographical writings, presented in the two volumes of "Where Nothing Sleeps", is suffused with the paradoxical appeal of Denton Welch: his self-obsession and Gothic morbidity of outlook, ranged against his dogged individualism and ability to charm and fascinate the reader with the 'freshness and pinpoint detail of his perceptions'. Admired by literary luminaries as diverse as William Burroughs and Edith Sitwell, Welch, author of "Maiden Voyage", was only thirty-three at his death in 1948. An Old Boy of Repton and Goldsmiths' College, he had a memorably idiosyncratic personality and never lost his feeling of being excluded from society in general, perhaps because of his early childhood in China and, as he became aware later in life, his homosexuality. But the fact that he was able to rise above severe physical infirmities inflicted by a tragic road accident when he was twenty to create some memorable writing and artwork, demonstrates that he also possessed a remarkable strength of character.
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WHERE NOTHING SLEEPS: THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES AND OTHER RELATED WORKS. VOLUME ONE ONLY.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvii, 390. Frontis portrait. Jacket has a colour illustration fro his "By the Sea.' Short stories and related autobiographical writings. VOLUME ONE ONLY. Limited edition of 500 copies ISBN: 9781872621944 Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C80630
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Where Nothing Sleeps: The Complete Short Stories (and Other Related Works)
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1st Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Hardbacks. Very good in near very good, edge worn, marked and faded on spine, d/ws; in near very good, bumped and marked slipcase. Heavy set, will require extra postage - please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts. Seller Inventory # 12563
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Where Nothing Sleeps The Complete Short Stories (and other related works) [2 volume set]
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Tartarus Press, North Yorkshire, 2005
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Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited. This definitive collection of seventy-six short stories and related autobiographical writings, presented in the two volumes of Where Nothing Sleeps, is suffused with the paradoxical appeal of Denton Welch: his self-obsession and the Gothic morbidity of his outlook, ranged against his dogged individualism and ability to charm and fascinate the reader with the 'freshness and pin-point detail of his perceptions'. Admired by literary luminaries as diverse as William Burroughs and Edith Sitwell, Welch, author of Maiden Voyage, was only thirty-three at his death in 1948. An Old Boy of Repton and Goldsmiths' College, he had a memorably idiosyncratic personality and never lost his feeling of being excluded from society in general, perhaps because of his early childhood in China and, as he became aware later in life, his homosexuality. But the fact that he was able to rise above severe physical infirmities inflicted by a tragic road accident when he was twenty to create some memorable writing and artwork, demonstrates that he also possessed a remarkable strength of character. James Methuen-Campbell is the author of the biography Denton Welch, Writer and Artist (Tartarus Press, 2002) and has also written on classical music, specialising in the history of piano playing. His book, Chopin Playing (Gollancz, 1981) has appeared in three editions. In recent years he has developed his interest in art, ranging from the Old Masters to Modern British Painters. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 390pp, 380pp. Bibliography. Two volume set, bound into yellow cloth, in dust jackets and slipcase. Limited to 500 sets. Ribbon markers. Frontispiece photo of the author in each volume. There are some gouges to the slipcase. The books are fine. Seller Inventory # 83550
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Where Nothing Sleeps: Complete Short Stories (The) Volumes I & II RARE SLIPCASED Set (2 Books) UK LIMITED FIRST EDITION
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. You are purchasing a RARE SLIPCASE SET of TWO BOOKS. The SET is comprised of: Where Nothing Sleeps: Complete Short Stories (The) (and Other Related Works), Volume One and Volume Two. Tartarus Press. Coverley House, Carlton, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 4AY, United Kingdom, 2005. VOLUME ONE. Hardcover. Sewn Binding. pp 380+xvii. UK FIRST EDITION. AS NEW and an UNREAD copy. One of 500 LIMITED EDITION copies. Full Print Run Limited to 500 copies. Presented in a yellow cloth hard Slipcase stamped in copper. SLIPCASED EDITION OUT OF PRINT. Edited and Preface by James Methuen-Campbell. Printed lithographically on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press yellow wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with copper silk ribbon marker, head and tailbands and d/w. Illustrated. Fine book in Fine dust jacket and Fine Slipcase. Please see the photographs attached to my listing to verify the condition of this edition. VOLUME TWO. Hardcover. Sewn Binding. pp 390. UK FIRST EDITION. AS NEW and an UNREAD copy. One of 500 LIMITED EDITION copies. Full Print Run Limited to 500 copies. Presented in a yellow cloth hard Slipcase stamped in copper. SLIPCASED EDITION OUT OF PRINT. Edited and Preface by James Methuen-Campbell. Printed lithographically on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press yellow wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with copper silk ribbon marker, head and tailbands and d/w. Illustrated. Fine book in Fine dust jacket and Fine Slipcase. Please see the photographs attached to my listing to verify the condition of this edition. Where Nothing Sleeps: Complete Short Stories (The) (and Other Related Works), Volume One and Volume Two Synopsis: CONTENTS: VOLUME ONE: 'Preface' by James Methuen-Campbell, 'I Can Remember', 'Narcissus Bay', 'At Sea', 'The Happiest Time', 'The Coffin on the Hill', 'I First Began to Write', 'The Barn', 'The Trout Stream', 'Mr Clarke', 'Some Memories Evoked by Music', 'A Visit to my Bois Relations', 'A House Lost in the Darkness and Wintry Fields', 'At Sir Moorcalm Lalli's', 'The Packing-case House and the Thief', 'Mrs Hockey', 'A Child Meets Church and State and Poetry in Strange Places: Lady Astor', 'The Death of My Mother', 'The Big Field', 'An Afternoon with Jeanne', 'When I was Thirteen', 'An Old Boy Takes me Out at Repton', 'Ghosts', 'The Earth's Crust', 'The Youth Rang the Bell', 'An Encounter by the River', 'Back to Repton as an Old Boy', 'I Left my Grandfather's House', 'A Free Ride', 'When I was an Art Student', 'A Novel Fragment'. CONTENTS: VOLUME TWO: The Judas Tree', 'Strange Discoveries', 'In Brixham Harbour', 'A Party', 'Sickert at St Peter's', 'A Picture in the Snow', 'Evergreen Seaton-Leverett', 'A Fragment of a Life Story', 'Leaves from a Young Person's Notebook', 'Faces at the Stage Door', 'Wainwright Home', 'Fat Woman Sleeping in a Wood', 'Touchett's Party', 'The War Breaks Out', 'Velvet', 'The Fire in the Wood', 'A Dream of Vestals', 'Fear', 'Cupids from a Wedgwood Jar from a Bartolozzi Print from a Drawing by Lady Di Beauclerk', 'Memories of a Vanished Period', 'Man in a Garden', 'A Morning with the Versatile Peer, Lord Berners, in the "Ancient Seat of Learning" ', 'A Mews Flat in the Country', 'A Lunch Appointment', 'Reading my First Review-in Spring', 'Brave and Cruel', 'In the Vast House', 'John Trevor', 'Full Circle', 'Roger Saw the Man', 'The Cottage After Dark', 'Roger Lay on the Cliff', 'Weekend', 'Amy Lechworth', 'Lady Gertrude', 'Constance, Lady Willet', 'Anna Dillon', 'Alex Fairburn', 'The Hateful Word', 'The Diamond Badge', 'When I Lie Awake', 'In the Autumn Weather', 'The Secret Life', 'The Window', 'Two Cows', 'A Postscript', End-notes, Bibliography. REVIEWS: 'James Methuen-Campbell, the editor of this new and definitive collection of [Welch's] short stories and other writings, wrote a biography of Welch in 2002 which did much to establish his reputation as an artist.' Ian Irvine, Independent on Sunday 'Edited by Welch' Language: eng. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # WFTB #081
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