Bower Shore (7 results)

Condition: Good. 1938. First Edition. 63 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Very Good. Very good condition paperback with minimal wear, not price-clipped. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings, 106pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Jean Cocteau "Talent, Genius And Inspiration" / Feodor Chaliapin "Life Behind Aer: A Romantic In The Making" / Kirk Bond "Film As Literature" / Oswell Blakeston "Books, Movies And The Hyphen" / Norman Marshall "Music In The Talkies" / Oliver Baldwin "The Fatuity Of British Films" / Philip Lindsay "Filming England's History" / Charles Davy "Films Of The Month: 'Don Quixote' and 'Employees' Entrance" / Clifford Bower-Shore "Jean Cocteau".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition ( 'First Published March, 1933' ). Part of 'The Fen Series No. 1.' From the front flap (the covers have French Flaps) 'This is the first Appreciation of the great "Artist in Biography" that has appeared since his death in January 1932. Written critically and authoritatively, and illustrated by extracts from his finest pros, the Essay will appeal equally to those who seek an Introduction to Lytton Strachey, and those to whom his works are already well known.' The book runs 106 pages. The book is quite rare. In fact, once listed, this will be the Only Non-Library copy for sale anywhere on the Internet. You can see the covers in the photos. They are very clean there is a 3/4" tear off the bottom edge of the front cover just adjacent to the spine and there is tiny loss at both the top and bottom edge of the spine. The one at the top edge does not reach the lettering. There are also a few little nicks or scratches on the rear cover. The edges and corners look very good. The book is pretty decently bound. I'm not finding any cracks or spaces between any of the facing pages. The covers are solidly bound. As a reference the covers have French flaps. There fairly wide. The rear one is in excellent shape. It advertises the 'First Titles' of the Fen Series: Lytton Strachey: an Essay, Conquest Of Nerves, and Hypnotism Explained. It states that there are ; Other Titles In Preparation.' The front flap is clipped at the bottom corner and if there was a price there it is gone. The interior the book is in very good condition. The pages are very clean. Scrolling through, I didn't see any soiling. There aren't any conspicuous creases. There are no markings. There are no attachments. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. 'Giles Lytton Strachey was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His biography Queen Victoria was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.'.

Paperback. Condition: Good. E.O. Hoppe (cover photo) (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 269-318. Features: Cover photo of Mr. H.M. Tomlinson; Nice illustrated ad for John Buchan and his new novel Castle Gay; H.M. Tomlinson; Charles Lamb; Edward John Trelawny; Sir Arthur Pinero; Biographies of the Moment; Bookman Gallery - Frank Kendon; Ambrose Bierce; Coronets and Hearts; The Trail of the Criminal; and much more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. Slight offsetting on endpapers from jacket flaps, else fine in fine dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this scarce essay on the well-known biographer and writer, Lytton Strachey. A scarce first edition copy of this literary criticism on popular biographer and writer Lytton Strachey, by Clifford Bower-Shore.Illustrated by extracts from Strachey's finest prose, this is the perfect introduction to the author's work, as well as a fascinating insight to those who already know him.Lytton Strachey was an English writer and critic, awarded with the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1921 for his biographyQueen Victoria.He is best known for establishing a new form of biography, to which he introduced a psychological insight. This book is the first appreciation to his work since his death in 1932 and the first in the 'Fen series,' which is stated in the rear wrap has three titles and "other titles in preparation."In the publisher's original and unclipped green paper wraps. In the publisher's original unclipped green paper wraps. Externally, very smart with minor shelfwear. Spine is slightly age toned. Internally, firmly bound. Faint spotting to first and last few leaves, as well as edges, affecting the odd page. Otherwise, pages are generally clean. Very Good Indeed. book.