First Edition Thus (151 results)

Condition: New. Hische, Jessica (illustrator).

Condition: New. Hische, Jessica (illustrator).

Condition: New. Hische, Jessica (illustrator).

Magazine. Condition: Good. Good condition. Cover shelf wear. Clean inside.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS - This is a clean and tight version of Shakespeare's play with notes and revised script by Kenneth Branagh. Many photographs of the cast on location. One former owner blind stamp on the half title.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of this handsome issue of four action packed Biggles novels. Here is an opportunity to recapture the age of goodies and baddies. Simpler times! This is a stiff card covered first edition thus. It's been read but with care, no owner marks, no turned down corners. Slight creasing to the cover, but that's because this is a large publication.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. A micro book; really small and meant to be so. It is, like many small things, cute and disarming. And you guessed right; it is worth the attention of readers who know how to distinguish size from content. This little volume speaks in a big voice. New first edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A great novel by a superb English writer. This is also worth reading for the introduction, specially written for this edition, by A N Wilson. Clean and tight paperback which belies its age.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Petrus Borel (1809-1859), known as "The Lycanthrope" was one of the most intriguing figures of the Romantic movement and that group of writers who were part of the frénétique school of literature, which revelled in excesses, dark themes, and ghoulish situations. Praised by many great names, including Théophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Tristan Tzara and André Breton, the eccentric Borel, though primarily known for his verse and his immoral tales, also wrote a good many bizarre pieces for various periodicals, one of the most interesting of these being The Treasure of the Arcueil Cavern, appearing here for the first time in English, in a superb translation by Colin Boswell, suitably enhanced by scholarly footnotes. The main theme of the novella is, as the title states, hidden treasure and as we are told in the story, "nothing is more attractive to the human mind than the story of riches mysteriously hidden underground." He refers in the story to the widespread belief that the Moors, as they retreated from Spain, had left behind hidden treasure. In England there is a widespread belief that in 1216 the baggage train containing the treasure of Bad King John, whilst crossing the estuary on the east coast known as The Wash, had been engulfed by the incoming tide. More than eight hundred years later people are still hoping to find this treasure and there is at least one person who thinks they know where it is.Included in the present volume is a second piece, "Gottfried Wolfgang", a delicious conte cruel which also appears here for the first time in English. NEW & UNREAD.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine takes the age of this paperback into account; 1983. Marilyn French's brilliant introduction and the publisher - Virago - took advantage of the renewed interest in the great Edith Wharton. This has slight flaw; a former owner's neat signature and blind stamp. But apart from that it is a nice firm binding and the text block is tight. It is a first edition thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING THUS-NO DATE BUT NO LATER PRINTING.CIRCA 1900.GOOD+ HARDBACK 468 PAGES.INCLUDES PREFACE/LIFE OF IZAAC WALTON/SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER/THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY BY WALTON/WALTON TO THE READER/COMMENDARY VERSES/PART 1 & PART 2 OF TEXT WITH EACH CHAPTER HAVING EDITORIAL APPENDIX.43.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a new and unread first edition thus - a reissue of the earlier issue. Clean and tight and unread. Perfect protected jacket. Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A first impression of this Modern Library edition, and a major novel from this superb writer. Clean and unread looking hardback in a brilliant jacket. A very handsome first edition thus of this great novel. With elegant typography, grey cloth binding, fine acid free paper. All this care means these serious and elegant editions, especially in their first printings, are now collected in their own right. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The jacket has two short tears that are not readily apparent, but that his why the book - unread and new looking, rated AS NEW - and the jacket only makes it to Very Good. This is the first printing in this marvellous edition of an outstanding novel. Great typography, fine acid proof paper, a unique chronology and an introduction by David Lodge.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Evelyn Waugh said, of William Gerhardie, 'I have talent. He has genius.' This is in full evidence in Futility. With a preface by Edith Wharton, and raves from H. G. Wells, Graham Greene and others, Futility made the author a star. He was compared to Chekov and Neversink has reissued this novel so you can make up your own mind. New and unread looking first edition thus.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The 49th Persephone book was this smashing novel, about an architect. Helen Ashton is typical of the rediscoveries made by this superb series. Apart from being elegantly presented this publisher has resurrected interest in forgotten women writers. The attractive endpapers of this issue were taken from a 1930s woodblock print. There are no faults with this copy, no owner names or annotations, just a good clean first edition issued with French flaps in the house style of this publishing company. No wonder there are eager collectors who relish this imprint, especially in First Printings as this copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST PRINTING of this large format Faber paperback. The only flaw is a neat former owner's signature (That's me, placed there long before I started to sell books!) and a very nice blind stamp (Also me!) This great compilation is edited by the great Edward Mendelson.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sensitive and meticulous drawings by Frederick Marns make this a most distinguished tribute to Thomas Hardy. Clean and tight, protected perfect jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated Edition. This is the first edition of the revised issue by this distinguished publisher. It is issued in a Fine slipcase. New and unread looking.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. SPECIAL Hatchards edition with a unique jacket and endpapers. First edition thus. This is the 'FAVOURITE NOVELLA' selected by Hatchards to celebrate 200 years of the bookshop's existence. It is becoming scarce - especially in this new and unread condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is the first edition thus of this great novel in the distinctive livery of Virago and with the superb A. S. Byatt introduction. Clean and tight and the only flaw - if it is a flaw - is a former owner's discreet blind stamp on the title page.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Gorgeous edition in the Persephone livery, which means the growing number of collectors will be delighted with this. Clean and tight and unread. Issued with French flaps. Perfect Persephone.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Remarkable, humane and poignant, the writer of All Quiet On The Western Front gives us a wonderful evocation of New York. Perfect hardback first edition, in a perfect protected jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. A first edition thus, issued with a different jacket painting to subsequent printings. Hard to find in such a collectable condition. Introduction unique to this edition by Polly Devlin. Owner signature, quite neat, and a discreet blind stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. AS NEW FIRST EDITION THUS. A superb survey, copiously illustrated. As a reference this is surely unmatched. Perfect copy, as issued, without a jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean and tightly bound. Beautiful two colour binding. Neat former owner signature and his attractive blind stamp are the only flaws to the book. Otherwise, if it has been read it has been carefully read. The jacket has white areas which have some scruffy signs, but it is unclipped and now protected. A book hard to find in this collectable state. Not ex library. No turned down corners. This is a handsome production by Little Brown. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A remarkable and stunning cover painting by Brockhurst, one of the most neglected masters of 20th Century art. Which might sound irrelevant to the contents of the book, but it really is striking and it adds to the pleasure of the writing. The author received high praise for this novel, which was sexy and uninhibited for any book published in the 30s. The author never recovered after her husband died in a boating accident and she killed herself. Given the elegant prose style of this outstanding book, that is our loss. A fine writer from the first half of the 20th Century. First edition thus, with one tiny flaw, if it is a flaw; a former owner's blind stamp, which is hardly visible. This clean tight large-format softback book is part of the Virago series of neglected women writers. There is an exclusive introduction by Polly Devlin.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Special Edition. The Penguin Drop Caps collection was designed in America and it has proved to be enormously popular with collectors. Each of the 26 books has been issued in hardback with an exclusive presentation design, colour keyed, with sprayed page edges. What is particularly hard to find is a FIRST PRINTING of the titles, especially in the UK. This is a FIRST PRINTING. NEW and UNREAD. Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Raymond Hawthorne (illustrator). 1st Edition, Special Edition. An elegant Folio Society issue with fine typography, elegant design, and on acid proof paper. Superb as new condition with a charming Folio invoice statement loose laid. Rightly regarded as a classic history, this is hugely entertaining.