Corby Herbert (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Spine is cocked. Ink spot on front cover. ; Approx. 6" wide by 8 7/8". ; 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 96 pages. Poems on the thoughts of a British ex-pat living in Africa. A clean and sound book with a dust wrapper which shows some signs of handling. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 5.5"x8.5".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 89 poems set in , mainly, Bangkok.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. No date circa 1947 Brown cloth. 64pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine assumed 1971 first edition of 95 pages is tight, bright, and clean, free of markings. Dust jacket also near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Spine split, piece missing; dustwrapper very frayed and torn. Poems of life in the R.A.F. sbd.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Glassine. Light wear to glassine jacket. Book as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Contains poems which reflect the prejudices and beliefs held by British expatriates who have spent many years in West Africa. Item Type: Book. Category: Poetry; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 013714.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book measures 19x13cm, 77pp. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with title lettering and design on boards. Cloth rubbed on head and tail of spine. Binding in good firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, abrasion wear on edges with some loss, light dust/dirt marking. Jacket in good condition. Internally, pages clean. A very good clean copy.

Card Covers. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Aged appearance to DJ, diagonal crease to front cover. ; Some pages uncut. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pages; Signed by author and dated on ffep. Maroon card with red cloth spine, pages rough cut. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 94. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered gilt on spine. From the Gary E Prouk collection of Fortune Press books. In D'Arch Smith (R.A. Caton & The Fortune Press): 133. Poems describe the Bangkok scene. Fine in repaired, very slightly used, very good dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Hampdens Going Over by Herbert Corby, 1945. R.A.F. Poems. 1st edition.Publisher: Editions Poetry, London.Binding: hardback cloth.Description / Condition: Edge wear, tears and browning to jacket. Shelf wear/browning to boards with tear to top spine edge. Gift inscription to inner board. Light foxing to pages.Please see pictures for further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Front hinge slightly cracked. Small tears to dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. light edgewear to spine-sunned dustjacket, signed/inscribed by the Author on ffep, hinges weak, unmarked, 52pp, VG/VG. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author: "To my good friend and fellow poet, Arnold Vincent Bowen, with best wishes Herbert Corby, June 1947". Slim 8vo. 64pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. Boards a little rubbed at some extremities. A hint of sporadic spotting, else a very bright copy in quite striking clipped and re-priced dust wrapper, a little marked and tanned. Seventy-three Second World War poems. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. Octavo. 77 pages. Decorated boards. The author's first book, containing fifty-three poems, most of which derive from the author's experiences in the wartime RAF. Head of spine chipped. Very good indeed in in very good indeed dustwrapper with a few small chips to top edge.