Lynne Broome (10 results)

Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Broome Lynne (illustrator). First Edition. First edition in price-clipped dw. The book is page-edge foxed; Broome Lynne dw foxed, water-stained to rear panel and with slight chipping to head and tail. Mylar-protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. broome Lynne -- Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. very slight chipping at the head and tail of the spine section of the dust jacket, a 0.5 inch tear bottom left and top left of the front panel, and 0.3 inch tear at top right of rear panel. Illustrated and pages again by the artist, no other damage, no foxing, no annotations. A lovely little book. Interestingly, given that it is a 1st edition, the comment that the book has been translated into 12 foreign languages seems out of place. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: broome Lynne -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0254980.

1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy small octavo 205pp. , Light use o/w a nice copy with a perfect spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Lynne, Broome (illustrator). First American Edition. A criminal extravagance.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. 256 pages. A fine, clean book in a very good dust jacket which is not price clipped and is now protected in a removable film sleeve. No internal markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Broome Lynne, photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Ex library but only one stamp affeting copyright page and some scraped areas and old tape marks to ffep and pastedowns. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, folding crease affecting whole bottom half inch of jacket, some faint dints and scrapes to front jacket, but overall jacket very fresh and bright. Not price clipped (18s), no personal inscriptions, two contemporary reviews tipped in, some yellowing to page block, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age and ex library, in bright unfaded jacket. 145pp. Kenneth Peacock Tynan (1927-80), was an English theatre critic and writer. Initially making his mark as a critic at 'The Observer', he praised John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger' (1956) and encouraged the emerging wave of British theatrical talent. In 1963 Tynan was appointed the new National Theatre Company's literary manager. An opponent of theatre censorship, he was one of the earliest people to say 'fuck' on British television, during a live 1965 broadcast, despite a common misconception that he was the first. He was married to American author Elaine Dundy, but the marriage was put under strain by extra marital affairs and Tynan's predilections for sado-masochism, pornography, champagne socialism and alcohol. They divorced in 1964. Later in life he settled in California, where he resumed his writing career, dying of emphysema aged 53. This book reflects his twin obsessions with the theatre and bull-fighting. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Broome Lynne (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and rubbing to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, some slight yellowing to back jacket, not price clipped (16s), previous owner's stamp to top ffep, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 208pp. An autobiography of the extraordinary exploits of Vincent Charles Hitchcock (1927-76), the first British bullfighter in Spain. Vincent Hitchcock was for many years the only professional matador from England. He entertained crowds in the Spanish arena from 1949 up to the 1960s and killed more than 100 bulls during his career. He was tossed many times, repeatedly gored and almost lost his life on several occasions. His parents deplored his choice of profession and thankfully the world has moved on with regards to animal welfare. Vincent Hitchcock died in 1976 from cancer at the age of just 48. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Jacket design by Broome Lynne (illustrator). First printing. 239 pages. Condition of book is NEAR FINE; A very clean, tight copy. Condition of dust jacket is VERY GOOD; Rear cover lightly soiled, not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Broome Lynne (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Second impression in the same year as the first. Black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering and rose in red. Very good dustwrapper with small loss at head and a small piece on back cover. A little offset to FFEP from dustwrapper. Cover art by Broome Lynne. Not price clipped (15/-) From the library of Jennie Melville alias Gwendoline Butler, the crime writer. With her visiting card and letter card laid in. Small octavo, 182 pages,250g.

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Broome-Lynne (illustrator). First Edition. A set of the "Dance to the Music of Time" series, including a signed letter from the author, which has been taped into "A Buyer's Market", itself a first edition from 1952. This copy has a gift inscription from Bowden Broadwater to Pamela Anne King. The letter is addressed to Mrs LeRoy King of Rhode Island. The book is in VG condition with minor rubbing at spine ends and minor foxing freckes to the fore-edge. The Dust Jacket is also VG, a later issue with decimal price so from the early 1970's. Of the rest of the set, A Question of Upbringing and The Acceptance World are later 1970's printings in Near Fine cond. with Near Fine dust jackets. At Lady Molly's is 1957 first in VG+ cond with Good DJ (Staining to rear panel, unclipped), Casanova's Chinese Restaurant is 1960 first VG in Fair DJ (staining to underneath, splash-spots, cut down in size by 2mm, age darkened and edgeworn.), The Kindly Ones, 1962 1st ed in Near Fine cond. with later 1970's near fine DJ with decimal price. The Valley of Bones, 1973 reprint in good only condition (splashes to fore-edge) with price-clipped DJ otherwise Near Fine in protective sleeve. The Soldier's Art, 1966 1st ed, VG+ with gift inscription and faint cup-ring to front panel, minor splash-marks to text block edges, in VG DJ, uncliped in clear protective sleeve. The Military Philosophers, 1968 first, Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped DJ. Books Do Furnish a Room, 1971 Near Fine in Near fine unclipped DJ. Temporary Kings, 1973 1st, VG+ in VG unclipped DJ. Hearing Secret Harmonies, 1975 Near Fine 1st in Near Fine unclipped DJ. Overall a pleasing set with shelf-appeal and that excellent letter kept with the book by the original owner and from an early period in the writing of these novels. Size: 12mo. Signed by Author.