Braby Ion (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Condition of this First Edition is VERY GOOD. DJ is GOOD, with a few nicks and rubs. Only negative in the book (and the reason for this very low price) is that on the fep, the top corner has been removed, apparently as a previous owner removed his name. O/W, a very nice copy.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Gray cloth hardcover with dust jacket, 352 pages. Book in very good condition; dust jacket worn around the edges. Novel of the fall of Berlin and birth of a new epoch as seen through the eyes of a young woman with faith in the inherent decency of people.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1951. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/very good. First Edition in original unclipped jacket. Clean pale gray cloth textured boards with red lettering on spine. Hint of surface wear to top and bottom spine edge, no fraying, corners are sharp. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean (slight dust-speckling to top edges). Small previous owner last name at top edge of front free endpaper. Very light foxing to endpapers. 352 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), has very shallow chipping at top and bottom spine corners, a few short closed edge tears, very light foxing to rear white panel and inside flaps. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel by an English author of that agony of an epoch, the fall of Berlin; and of the birth of a new one which followed with the occupation of the city by the Red Army.

Hard Cover with Jacket. Condition: Near Fine (Book Condition). Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine ( Jacket Condition). First Edition. A very nice copy. Tanning to pages. Sunning and chipping to jacket. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Hard Cover with Jacket. Condition: Near Fine (Book Condition). Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine ( Jacket Condition). First Edition. A very nice copy. Tanning to pages. Sunning and chipping to jacket. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Condition: Good. 1951. First Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Minor tanning to otherwise clear pages. More prominent foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible rubbing, sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition, Grey binding with red triangle design with author's initials on front cover. Red title, author and publisher on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners of binding lightly rubbed. 352pp. Content clean, bright and sound.This book may require additional postage. Photos available on request.

Hard Cover. First Edition. Near fine plus book in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustration by Dorothea Braby. British author's first novel.

Braby, Ion. The flower in the gutter. First edition, inscribed by the author to ffep. London: Michael Josep, 1951. Hardback, Good, no dustjacket. Grey cloth, sunned to edges, tanned to spine, bumped to corners, with small marks and blemishes. Light damage to top of spine. Binding firm. Light tanning to endpapers. 320pp., contents clean and bright. "As a documentary of the last days of the old Berlin, or the first somewhat unreal weeks of Russian administration, his report is acceptable, in spots even convincing. Yet he gives neither his heroine nor his other characters any depth. In a sort of cheerful sleep- walker fashion, Veronika goes through experiences which would leave the most strong- willed person dazed for weeks. One waits in vain for the main story, the pivotal point: it's rather like listening to an overture, without the three-act opera it was supposed to introduce" (New York Times review). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. 1st Edition. VG++/VG++. 1st Edition. Powerful drama of a young widow in Berlin, set in 1945 during the Allied occupation, as a demoralised and defeated people try to pick up the threads of life amid the ruins of t he city. Jacket by Dorothea Braby. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. BOOK:- Crushing and fade on the spine head and heel. Gilt spine titles show some tarnish. Small bookseller's label sticker at bottom right of front pastedown. JACKET:- Intact, with price. Slight tattering of the spine head. Two small chips on spine heel. No titles are affected. "V" wear on the flap hinge corners. Several closed edge-tears, on spine front hinge top (2cm); rear panel top edge (3mm and 8mm), front panel top edge (2mm); front panel bottom edge (2mm). Jacket illustration is intact, bright, and very striking. Scan on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Fine in attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a couple short tears and small stains on the rear panel.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition copy. No dust jacket, spine faded and pages lightly tanned with foxing. Structurally sound.

Grey hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket and protective cover. Jacket edge darkened. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 320pp.