Alan Kennington (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first priniting of this collection of stories and articles. The pinup "Love at Rhumba Number" by Al Moore is intact. The F. Scott Fitzgerald story "Three Hours Between Planes" is a reissue originally published by Esquire in 1941. The "Fearful Ones" by Jack Iams and "Unholy Woman" by James Warner Bellah are original stories. A 1/2-inch sticker scar to the front cover. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, small tears and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1955. first published. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with faded lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Book has a slight forward lean.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 223pp.

This is a file copy stored by Robert Hale on publication and is unread. some rubbing and damage to cover due to storage. please see pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A near fine first edition copy, just faint toning in endpapers. Dust jacket is intact and bright, tiny edge tears.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1951. Moderate general wear. Jacket has edge wear, short tears, missing chips. 181 pages. 6617.

Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Acceptable undated hardcover copy, assumed first edition, with acceptable-to-poor dustjacket. Several creases and tears to dustjacket edges with some loss to front panel. 2cm tear to the foot of the spine, with the cloth lifting slightly from the textblock. Light foxing to textblock edge and endpapers, otherwise contents are clear and unmarked. A good reading copy of this scarce title.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Undated, "published in complete authority with the authorized economy standards" so 1942-49. Bottle green cloth boards, a minor damp mark to rear, spine is sunned. Text is evenly tanned, otherwise in crisp clean condition. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No date, circa 1950s? Original pictorial dustjacket slightly chipped, but generally VG. Blue cloth VG. Pages clean & tight. No inscriptions. 223 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st Edition Hardback, d/j now in protective cover, original price cut, small piece missing from top of spine, small tear on back cover, nicked, bumped and scuffed. Internally good.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Not dated but perhaps about 1948. Very clean tight text in covers which are sound but cocked and marked.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Tear to edge of final page, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine and rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 192pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. (Some browning to half-title page & final text page.) External cloth is clean & stong binding. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.

First U.S. edition. Octavo, Hardcover. A novel of mystery and suspense. Near fine, a little dustiness to edges in a near fine dust jacket, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, small closed tear to upper rear panel. (7946).

Original autograph signature of British author Alan Kennington in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4Ó x 2Ó piece of paper. Inscribed: ÒWith all the best wishes of the author, Alan Kennington.Ó Fine. Alan Kennington also wrote under the pseudonym Alan Grant and is the author of ÔChange Partners,Õ ÔFritzi,Õ ÔTo the Manor BornÕ (a play), ÔMurder M.A.,Õ ÔYoung Man with a Scythe,Õ ÔThe Lost One,Õ etc.

[NONE] 1907, 1st priinting. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 11+. 8vo. 7 poems, bound by The Roycrofters. Hand stitched, red silk ribbon. Bound in yapped brown card wrappers, separated, but present; otherwise unmarked, clean and bright. Green title stamped to front, signed to dedication page. A lovely copy printed in March of 1907. Bagged and boarded to preserve. Pseudonym of Alan Kennington.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. none. 288p., former owner's sign on flyleaf., Top and bottom of spine bumped and a little worn, spine faded, Internally in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Undated c1948. Hardback copy in red boards with black lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 176pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions. Wear and missing sections to dustjacket. (9/2).

Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 142 pp. 40 mm crop across top of front end paper. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper with shallow rubs to spine tips and corners, not price clipped 8s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original brown cloth, lettered in white to the spine. 8vo - 176 pp. In a nice clean and bright example of the dust jacket, showing only minor edge-wear. Kennington was basically a writer of thrillers. This volume combines both elements of an espionage thriller with comic elements. Set during World War II, the focus of the action concerns the protection of a nearby dam. 8'6 price present on the inside jacket flap. Fine / Near Fine.