Beswick Eardley (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [solid reading copy, but that's about it: worn/bumped at top and bottom corners (boards exposed), several deteriorated spots on spine cloth, etc.] INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "To 'Fraulein' / at Black [Torkey?] / from / Eardley Beswick / Xmas '38." Novel set in and around Lancashire, England, with the action taking place before, during and after World War I. It's in rough enough condition that I probably wouldn't offer it for sale but for the authorial inscription -- I mean, it just might be the only extant Eardley Beswick signature! Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Doris Boulton(Engraver) (illustrator). First Edition. Hundreds and Thousands by Eardley Beswick (First Edition) A firm copy with mild wear to spine edges and corners. Minor wrinkling to cloth. Light offset tanning to endpapers. No jacket present. No publication date stated. With wood engravings by Doris Boulton. Black cloth with spine stamped gilt. 285 pp. Hubin Listed. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition. 372 pages. This is a substantial well written novel set in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Original red cloth gilt hardback binding, darkening very slightly on the spine. There is slight foxing of the preliminaries and the tidy remains of a label on the rear paste down. A pleasing tight copy of this quite scarce title. Very Good. In transparent removable dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. (no dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn copy, light bumping at several corners, slight exposure of board at bottom front corner, some soiling to edges of text block, gilt lettering on spine and front cover rubbed but still readable; an ex-library book, with label remnants on spine and pocket remnant on front pastedown; descriptive text from dust jacket glued to ffep]. "This vital novel has for its subject the insecurity of life in a machine age economy, though it is in no sense a 'thesis novel.'" (Well, that's a relief.) The book's setting is a large engineering firm in the English Midlands that's struggling to survive the depredations of the Depression. The New York Times gave it a featured review, opining that it "can stand honest comparison with the best of its order." ReadInk specializes in the works of Eardley Beswick -- nah, just kidding, but we do currently have two of his books for sale, and how many booksellers can make that claim?

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor DW. Youngman Carter (DW) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Clean text pages but covers are a slightly marked, Spine ends are a bit worn.VERY WORN dustwrapper is laid down on backing paper and has INCH WIDE SCAR across base of spine. The colourful images of houses and chimneys on spine and front cover present fairly well. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

LeatherBound. Condition: 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: 378. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1933 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: 378.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Doris Boulton(Engraver) (illustrator). First Edition. Hundreds and Thousands: Tales by Eardley Beswick (First Edition) A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Not price-clipped. A bright pictorial jacket. Shallow chips to edges. Mild soiling to rear panel and flap folds. In clear protective cover. No publication date given. With wood engravings by Doris Boulton. Black cloth with spine stamped gilt. Top edge stained black; 285 pp. Hubin Listed. BOOK.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First American Edition. 8vo. Pp. 364. Bound in bright red cloth with gilt lettering and rules stamped on front board and spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, edges worn and rubbed, light chipping at head and tail of spine, spine faded and with an old one-inch tape repair on verso. The dust jacket served its role well, preserving a cloth binding that remains notably bright. First American edition of Beswick's first novel. The superb art-deco dust jacket presents proles as threatened by the gnashing teeth of industrialization. Dust jacket illustrator uncredited. However, it mimics (or vice versa) the dust jacket for Frank Tilsley's The Plebeian's Progress, which also depicts diminished workers negotiating gear teeth.Perhaps the worst of the Great Depression was factory owners miniaturizing workers and then forcing them to run on the teeth of gears. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve. .

First Edition. 'An enthralling novel of the human cogwheels in modern business'. Author's first book. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket.

London, Grayson and Grayson, 1933, 1st ed., 364 pag., original gilt blue cloth with (unclipped) dustjacket and belly-band. = Rare first edition in original dustjacket with belly-band recommendation by the Book Society and with autograph dedication signed. Dustjacket frayed and slightly darkened; strengthened on front-flap fold-ends with sellotape on inside; mounted label on front pastedown. Fine copy of a scarce title (no copies of this first edition istedn online at the time of cataloguing). From the blog Ëardley Beswick" by Steve Holland (2015)): "Eardley Beswick.