Editor Peter Quennell (124 results)

1st printing of 1st US edition. Fine trade hard cover book/ closed tear otherwise good+ price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER WITH NO DJ. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. Writing inside.Rear hinge cracked. (Poetry, Poems, English Poetry).

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Red cloth binding. Clean pages with the normal library markings and attachments. The spine has some fading. Volume I only.

Paper Back. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Pink cloth covered boards with slightly bumped corners. Original DJ with light edgewear, wrapped in protective plastic sheath. Binding sound. Text clean. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Pictorical eps. Very nice copy of this book. ; 9.80 X 7.40 X 1.40 inches; 216 pages.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The book and contents are clean and tight. There are some light penciled markings in the margin of some pages. The dust jacket has some wear on the lower rear edge.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First U.S. Edition. 139 pp, b/w photos, the book and contents are very clean and tight, dust jacket has some edge rubbing, a very usable book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. 1st US edition. (authors, russian).

Hardback. Condition: Fair. B/W Illus (illustrator). A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frontis (illustrator). 1st. First American Edition; dj w/clipped price; owner's name; 265 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition in tangerine boards has minor shelf-wear, minor wear to corners and spine top and bottom, tight and unmarked. Clipped jacket in new mylar cover has slightly sunned spine, minor edge-wear, slightly stained back cover. A solid copy, not ex-library.

Soft cover. Condition: Almost Like New. First Softcover Edition. Softcover book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Paperback. Condition: near fine trade paperback. 1st printing. Well-edited version of Mayhew's fascinating first-person investigation and account of the poor and illegal in Victorian London.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 360pp, b/w frontis, 11 b/w illustrations, dustjacket rubbed & repaired with sellotape, a good copy. A new version of Mayhews London Labour & The London Poor with a new introduction. 600 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Third Printing. Corners are bumped. Endpapers have some foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. revised edition; dj w/lite wear only, unclipped price, in mylar; maroon c e/gilt sp;ine titles; slight toning; 256 clean, unmarked pages/index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. 1st US printing; 216 clean, unmarked pages; decorative end papers; dj w/some chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; decorative end papers; "In this centenary tribute, the complex genius of Marcel Proust is discussed from many different angles." Contents include The Making of a Novel by Philip Kolb, The Faubourg Saint-Germain by Marcel Schneider, Bergotte by Elizabeth Bowen, The World of Fashion by Peter Quennell, Proust and Cocteau: A Note by Francis Steegmuller, etc. 2nd Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. First American Edition; 216 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; decorative end papers; "In this centenary tribute, the complex genius of Marcel Proust is discussed from many different angles." Contents include The Making of a Novel by Philip Kolb, The Faubourg Saint-Germain by Marcel Schneider, Bergotte by Elizabeth Bowen, The World of Fashion by Peter Quennell, Proust and Cocteau: A Note by Francis Steegmuller, etc.

Flex Binding. Condition: Very Good. Fronspiece (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red leather binding with gold print on spine and blind-stamped edge line on front cover. Silk marker ribbon.Grey & white logo wallpaper pattern endpapers. Only defect is light colored water stain in bottom 3" of crease for first 20 pages.Very sound and otherwise unmarked. 703 pages. Slipcase is very good with light wear at spine ends and corner tips.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. B/W Illus (illustrator). Library withdrawal with clean unmarked text in tight binding and with laminated dust jacket. Surface tear to rear endpaper from pocket removal, but otherwise a quite decent reading copy. Features commentary from 10 significant writers.; 9.8 X 7.6 X 1.5 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Illus (illustrator). dj w/clipped price, in mylar; 592 clean, unmarked pages; Selections from Henry Mayhew's LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR, first published in 1851. A fascinating look at English Victorian life, urban conditions, and employment; ownr's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. J. M. W. Turner; (illustrator). First Edition. 188 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates; the dustjacket features Music Party, Petworth by J. M. W. Turner, courtesy of the Tate Gallery, London. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; small ink marks on the rear pastedown; no other interior markings. This story collection contains: Tahel Varnhagen - Tragic Muse of the Romantics by Hilde Spiel; Lady Blessington - A Literary Club for Editors by Prudence Hannay; Lady Holland - An Elite English Circle by Prudence Hannay; Fanny von Arnstein - Open House in Vienna by Hilde Spiel; Madame Recamier - A Romantic French Salon by Cynthia Gladwyn; Madame de Girardin - The Tenth Muse by Joanna Richardson; Madame de Lieven - A Russian in Paris by Peter Quennell; Speranza - A Leaning Tower of Courage by Victoria Glendinning; Lady Desborough - The Souls of London by Max Egremont; Mabel Dodge - Evenings in New York by Robert A. Rosenstone; Salka Viertel - Sundays in Mabery Road by Bruce Cook; Karel Capek - The Friday Group in Prague by Joseph Wechsberg; and Lady Cunard - A Celebrated London Hostess by Harold Acton. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. iv + 139 pp, stated First U.S. Edition, with full number line. 12 unpaginated b&w pictures - photos, Introduction, 10 essays by contributors (Hannah Green, Martin Amis, Dmitri Nabokov, John Bayley, and others), Bibliography of VN's major works. 6.5" x 9.6" gray cloth backed & pale gray papered boards, in price-clipped DJ in acetate protector. DJ with crease & wrinkle across the fr bottom Size: Slim Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ. Newsweek 1971 Fine/Fine DJ Like New Brown cloth with with gilded drawing on front and gilded lettering on spine. Bright glossy mostly color photo illustrated pages with some black and white photos. 172 pages. Bright glossy red dust jacket. LARGE HEAVY ITEM 2.68 Pounds. Size: 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 3/4 inches. No Exp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Third printing. Water damage to jacket back. Cloth seems unaffected. Chipping. Pages clean. Binding good.