Published by Octopus Books Limited, 1979
ISBN 10: 0706410009 ISBN 13: 9780706410006
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gillian Zeiner (illustrator).
Published by Octopus Books Limited, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0706410009 ISBN 13: 9780706410006
Seller: Trish's Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gillian Zeiner (illustrator). Authors inlcude: Collette, Evelyn Waugh, Tennessee Williams, Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Published by Octopust Books Limited, London, 1980
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Hard Back. Condition: Good +. Malcolm Barter (illustrator). Illustrated endpapers have been painted in with silver ink that has bled through. Title page has vertical creases. Covers show some edge wear particularly at the spine. Otherwise very striaght tight and clean book. 22 stories on 263 pages plus acknowledgements. Laminated Pictoral Boards. Fine. Reprint. Anthology with a list of famous authors including, Edgar Alan Poe, John Buchan, Charles Dickens, Jack London, Lawrence Durrell, P.G Wodehouse, Thomas Hardy and Roald Dahl. Action-filled adventures and death defying stunts. Printed in Czechoslovakia.
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Some wear to boards. No dust-wrapper. No publication date. Photograph available on request.
Published by Octopus, 1979
Seller: Sperry Books, Rollinsford, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 27 stories by some of world's greatest novelists, lightly fading blue cloth cover, good dust jacket, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.
Published by Octopus Bks., London, Great Britain, 1980
ISBN 10: 0706411749 ISBN 13: 9780706411744
Seller: arbour books, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Decorative Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Malcolm Barter (illustrator). 1st Thus. Collectible. To view other titles by this author enter the kewords; Bland or Short Stories. The book is in excellent condition with minor wear o/w tight clean and square.
Published by Octopus Books, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0706410009 ISBN 13: 9780706410006
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gillian Zeiner; (illustrator). First Edition. 352 pp. Blue cloth with a gilt pictorial on the front panel; lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated endpapers. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Gillian Zeiner. This anthology contains: Gigi and Gaston by Colette; The Princess Walter de la Mare; The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov; The Ugly Duckling by Frank O'Connor; Daniel with Guitar by Anthea Courtenay; The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde; On Guard by Evelyn Waugh; The Return by Charlotte Bronte; The Field of Blue Children by Tennessee Williams; The Mysterious Domain by Alain-Fournier; Mabel by W. Somerset Maugham; The Island by Shelagh Macdonald; The Right One by henry James; How Love Came to Big Joe Portagee by John Steinbeck; The Boy on the Hill by Brian Hayles; Lady Catherine's Mistake by Jane Austen; Sasha by Virginia Woolf; The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson; Ariadne on Naxos by Iain Finlayson; The Higher Pragmatism by O. Henry; The Wings of Morning by Helen Waddell; The Prophetic Pictures by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Guys and Dolls or The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown by Damon Runyon; Cherry by Ann Lawrence; Gatsby's Request by F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Spectre Bridegroom by Wasington Irving; and Right at Last by Mrs Gaskell. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Ambit, 1983
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. 2 James Laughlin Poems 11 Katherine Xavier Poems Laura Knight Drawings 22 Felicity Napier Poems 23 Elizabeth Pyle Drawings 27 N. S. Thompson Pasolini Poems Mark Foreman Portrait 30 Tina Fulker Entry Form Christine Tongue Drawing 32 Ewart Milne Jacob's Ladder Maybe 33 Chris Garnham Images 41 Robert Angus Poems 47 Nicki Jackowska The Road to Ore Clare Jarrett Drawings 56 Philip Crick An Angel Arrives 57 Peter Bland Poems 58 Alasdair Paterson The Floating World 60 Lomas / Ewart / Curry / Bax Reviews 69 Edwin Morgan Goddesses 70 Allen Jones Sculptured Paintings 75 Herbert Lomas Poems 78 J. New Six Pieces Mark Foreman Drawing 82 Harry Fainlight Last Poem 83 Hume Cronyn Poems Karen Caldicott Drawing 88 Dave Calder Poems 89 Tony Dash Apology 91 Gavin Ewart Poems Michael Foreman / Ralph Steadman 96 Ron Sandford Gavin Ewart.
Published by OCTOPUS BOOKS, LONDON, 1981
ISBN 10: 0706411749 ISBN 13: 9780706411744
Seller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS, THETFORD, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. MALCOLM BARTER (illustrator). REPRINT. Hard cover. Illustrated boards. Surface wear on board edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Short story collection. Includes the Ambrose Bierce short story 'An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge'(which was made into a memorable short film, given wide exposure by being screened as part of the original Twilight Zone series).
Published by OCTOPUS BOOKS, LONDON, 1979
ISBN 10: 0706410009 ISBN 13: 9780706410006
Seller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS, THETFORD, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. GILLIAN XEINER (illustrator). First Edition. Hard cover with dust jacket. An anthology of romantic short stories and extracts from novels. Authors include Colette, Evelyn Waugh, Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Oscar Wilde. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Blue boards with a gilt design on the front board. Black and white text illustrations. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: TSA2.