John Waller Fraser (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in publisher's teal cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Trivial soiling to the edges of the text block. Ownership signature on the front free endpaper. In a very good unclipped dust jacket showing some light handling. 8vo. Pp. [6] 7-164.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good clean firm interior with white pages, no marks or inscriptions, contains a frontispiece illustration by Jon, also a few maps to rear of book, a little dulled to page block, very good clean firm boards; d/jacket of very good bright appearance mostly, showing light shelf wear including a small/faint watermark to lower spine, no tears, price-clipped neatly to inner flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Introduction by Lawrence Durrell. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. A fine, tight, clean book in a fine, unclipped, clean jacket. Errata slip laid in. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 254 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked. Note: See also listed 'From Oasis into Italy : War Poems and Diaries from Africa and Italy, 1940-1946'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Lawrence Durrell provides the Introduction to this fine account by Keith Douglas of the tank-fighting at Alamein and the offensive that finally drove the Germans out of Africa. Edited by John Waller, G.S. Fraser and J.C. Hall. Line drawings by the author, frontispiece photograph of him. An account of the tank fighting at Alamein and the offensive that finally drove the Germans out of Africa and into the sea. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean interior but for previous owner's bookplate at front free endpaper and with her penned inscription as to where she bought the book in 1974, minimal rubbing to extremities. Printed paper dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and rubbed edges. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Black-and-white illustrations by Keith Douglas. [8], 9-153 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book measures 24x16cm, 254pp, Limited to 100 numbered copies, Signed by Durrell, Victor Selwyn, John Waller, & Tambimuttu. Bound in original publishers brown cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. - First Edition - Signed by the Durrell, Selwyn, Waller & Tambimuttu - No. 43 of the first 100 numbered copies - Edges of covers lightly rubbed - Spine slightly cocked - Edges of text block heavily foxed and marked - Some internal foxing - Errata slip inside - Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly rubbed and faded w/ some minor foxing and corners and spine head bumped - Book ow/ solid, clean and bright in untorn wrapper - xxxiv/254 pages. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 3-164 p : ill, front. (port.), illus., plate (facsim.) ; 22 1/2 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Clipping from "The Listener" of June 21, 1962 containing a review of the book by Ted Hughes is laid in between pages 54 and 55. Slightly edge-worn and faded dust jacket with two or three small grubby marks. Small tear to lower edge of front jacket, near leading corner. Jacket spine ends are worn and a little bumped. Jacket leading corners are quite worn. Hardcover spine ends are a little bumped. Moderate wear to hardcover leading corners. Front pastedown is a little faded. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text is clear. AF. Used.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 3-164 p : ill, front. (port.), illus., plate (facsim.) ; 22 1/2 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback in good clean unmarked condition. Complete with unclipped dustjacket which has had some strategic repairs/reinforcement using sellotape and then covered in sticky-backed transparent film which has preserved it very well.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (faint spotting on page edges - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 164, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publication of 151 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the block of the book and on the first and last blank pages, little within the body of the book. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

London, 1951. XXI,151 pp. Cloth. Name on first end-paper. French-title browned. Spine discol.First edition. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Unclipped But Crossed Out Dust Jacket Tiny Tear Top Back, Tiny Damp Stain Spine Bottom. B/W Frontis Photograph Of Dougals. Index Of First Lines. 164 Pgs. Rare Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A charming early edition of a wry memoir from a war poet considered to be a great loss to literature, with an introduction by novelist Lawrence Durrell. A charming early edition of Alamein to Zem Zem, a wry memoir from the Western Desert Campaign, written by war poet and soldier Keith Douglas, with an introduction by British poet and author Lawrence Durrell, and edited by John Waller, G.S. Fraser, and J.C. Hall. Published by Faber and Faber in 1966, first published in 1946.In the publisher's original navy blue cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Contains a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations.An intriguing writer, rather than his memoir being sentimental like many other war poets, Douglas writes with a candid observation that critics have claimed as being cold while admirers consider it refreshing. Killed during the 1944 Invasion of Normandy, many consider Douglas to have been a great loss to literature. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with a couple of small faint marks to spine. Minor knocks to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is bright and clean with minimal edgewear. Very minor printing marks to rear flyleaf joint. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped Dust Jacket, Has Minor Edge Wear Top And Bottom Of Spine. No Markings, 153 Pgs Illustrated.A Fine Copy.

A pair of first editions in very good condition. Alamein to Zem Zem, Editions Poetry London:London, 1946. Strong card boards with orange cloth to spine. Small paper cutting of a review cellotaped to front pastedown; neat previous ownership inscription to front free; text block age toned as expected throughout; clean and unmarked. Alamein to Zem Zem, Faber and Faber: London, 1946. Blue cloth boards near fine; text block clean, crisp and unmarked. Original near very good clipped jacket just a little bumped to top and tail, age toned to lower and inside edges. With author's own line drawings and and an introduction by Lawrence Durrell. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…

First edition. pp xxii, 151. Two-page Editors' Preface. Reproductions of two ''airgraph'' poems by the author, the author's holograph manuscript of his last finished poem and his own cover design for his first projected collection. Dedicatory poem, Biographical Note and fifteen pages of notes at the rear by John Waller. Six full-page black and white illustrations.From the library of the poet Dannie Abse with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper.Free endpapers faintly tanned. Head and tail of spine a bit darkened. Very good indeed in the remains of the dustwrapper (the spine panel is missing).…