Edited Anthony Thwaite (47 results)

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Hardcover. DJ shows light user wear with scuffing/bumping along edges and at corners; DJ spine color is faded; 1" tear on DJ at rear bottom edge; DJ in mylar protector. ; Includes over 700 letters to no more than fifty recipients, dating from Larkin's late teens until close to his death at the age of sixty-three. ; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2"; 791 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

Softbound. Condition: Good. Royal octavo, paper covers, 96 pp., yellowed paper Articles are "The Luftmensch (a story)," Clive Sinclair, "Euro-Communism at its Spanish Turning Point: a Conversation," Manuel Azcarate, George Urban, "Hindu Spirituality," Nirad C. Chaudhuri, "The Psycho-Historians," Michael Shepherd, "On Britain's Decline," Ronald Butt, "Scandalizing Samuel Beckett," Martin Esslin, "The Detached Anarchist," Benedict Nightengale, "Fascination of What's Difficult," Alan Brownjohn, "Mishan Accomplished," William Letwin, "Talking to South Africans," Laurence Lerner, "Re-reading Hannah Arendt," Walter Lacqueur, "Arguments (New & Old) About the Hiss Case," Eric Jacobs, Margaret Stern, Allen Weinstein, Hope Hale Davis, Sidney Hook.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 97 pages. It contains Daniel (Byatt), Hegel's Last Secrets (Gellner), Beyond the Bridge (Shuttle), among other works.

First edition As new and bright pictorial stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. First printing.

First edition Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Gift quality and handsome all around.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. revised edition. 368 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. Contributors include: Martin Amis / Olaf Ihlau / Peter Schmid / Raymond Aron / David Martin / Ferdinand Mount.

paperback. Condition: near fine. 7 x 9 3/4" 96 pages. Magic and Shakespeare Frances Yates, Ibsen John Weightman, Paul Theroux story, Hans Higert & Theo Sommer Letter from Peru, George Steiner at the Turner Exhibition, Robert Melville on Augustus John, George Feaver Vine Deloria Jr. 'Rousseau and the Indians', Dr. Heinz Kiosk a Simple profile by Michael Wharton and more.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Index. 791pp. Few light spots to to-edge, V.g in dustwrapper slightly edge-worn with few creases, rubbing and minor nicks.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Penguin Poets series - Penguin Catalogue No. D77 - published as a paperback original (PBO) in May 1964, and reprinted in 1966 (twice), 1970 and 1972. With an Introduction by Geoffrey Bownas. ***Very good in colour illustrated card covers. ***Please note that the covers have been laminated - as such, they don't have any of the usual edge wear and rubbing commensurate with age and handling. No creasing or tears. Page block edges foxed. Spine clean. No reading creases. Internally also very good, with the original owner's ink stamp on the half-title page and rear endpaper. No other inscriptions or annotations. There is some sporadic foxing and the paper stock has lightly tanned with age. No creases or tears. Spine tight. Covers bright. ***180mm x 108mm. 243 pages including comprehensive Notes and an Index of Poets at the back of the book. ***Contents: Primitive Poetry and the Nara Period (to A.D. 794), Heian Period ((794-1185), Kamakura and Muromachi Periods (1185-1603), Edo Period (1603-1868), Modern (from 1868). ***A later fifth printing of the true first edition, published as a paperback original, in its original card covers which have been laminated by the original owner - Rickmansworth Grammar School. A good reading copy of one of the less common titles in the series. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Wrappers. 96pp. Slight staining, toning, and edgewear else very good. Contributions from Stephen Hearst, Michael Howard, Douglas Dunn, and John Harvey.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 96pp. Black and white illustrations. Staining and toning else very good. Contributions by Maurice Cranston, P.H. Lehmann, and Leszek Kolakowski.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Wrappers. 96pp. Black and white illustrations. Some staining, toning, and edgwear else very good. Contributions from Michael Thompson, Roy Fuller, Kenneth Minogue, J.B. Kelly, and Sebastian Haffner.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full maroon cloth boards. Tears on worn dust jacket. 792 pages. 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In tidy condition with a slightly chipped dust jacket, contents clean, first edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pictorial Hardback with matching dustjacket. The front board is a little bumped otherwise in very good condition. The dustjacket is in very good condition and protected by a removeable Mylar cover. Price-clipped. A collection of stories and verse for children. Lovely black and white illustrations plus some colour photography. 170 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inch long closed tear to top edge of rear D/J.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Single issue. Octavo. 96pp. Pages age-toned, near fine. Magazine containing stories, poetry, books, and more. "The Teddy-Bears Picnic" by William Trevor, "Planning for Miracles" by Ann Crittendon, "A Danger to Peace. *Crazy Wars*" by Richard Burr, and more. Contributions by P.D. Henderson, Kenneth Minogue, William Letwin, Jean-Francois Revel, Elie Kedourie, Leopold Labedz, Peter Porter, Martin Stokes, John Fuller, Neil Curry, Ferdinand Mount, Esmond Wright, David Marquand, Anthony Hartley, Elisabeth Heisenberg, Gregory Jaynes.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 96pp. Black and white illustrations. Toning else near fine. A conversation with Milovan Djilas.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 104pp. Toning and edgewear else very good. Includes, "Richard Lowenthal, "What has Happened to the Revolution in Our Times?" and "The Crisis in Law & Order.".

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 96pp. Black and white illustrations. Toning and slight edgewear else near fine. Contributions by Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Walter Laqueur, and Clive Sinclair.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 96pp. Black and white illustrations. Slight toning else near fine. Contributions by Theodore Draper, Luigi Barzini, Stephen Toulmin, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 96pp. Black and white illustrations. Toning else near fine. Contributions by David Martin, Colin Welch, Martin Esslin, and David Owen.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 2010 near fine hardback, light browning to page edges, in a near fine wrapper, spine lightly sunned. No inscription. Not price clipped. 475 pages with index. 2 Appendices.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. XLVI, No. 5. Small quarto. 96pp. Near fine wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print (number line on copyright page 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Hardback copy in burgundy boards with old gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 475pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (17/1).

Paper. Condition: Fine. Very fine paperback copy. xiii, 218pp. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 96 pages illustrated. VG Very good with no previous ownerhip markings and no creases. A magazine of Books & writers. Includes articles The Last Throw (VS Pritchett), Foreign Aid, Forever? (PT Bauer), The T-Group (JP Ward).