Porteous Clark (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The cover is white with raised, brown lettering. Four chapters; b/w photos; blue figures. The book has laid on something that left a light printing of handwriting on the back board. Scans e-mailed upon request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Very good condition. This is a 12 pages special edition newspaper containing all Elvis Presley stories and pictures published in a five day period. Newspaper is folded in half and has a sharp vertical crease.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1948. A Good+ copy lacking dust jacket. 8vo., 192 pp., bound in publishers red cloth. Spine is faded, wear and soling to cloth. End pages toned, text edges soiled. Text is unmarked, binding is solid.

A first edition, first impression of South Wind Blows, published in New York in 1948, representing Clark Porteous' contribution to post-war American literary fiction. Issued by Current Books, Inc. under the A. A. Wyn imprint, the novel reflects the period's interest in psychologically driven narrative and socially conscious themes. Offered here in notably fine internal condition, this is an attractive surviving example of a comparatively uncommon mid-twentieth-century first edition. South Wind Blows, by Clark Porteous. Published by Current Books, Inc. / A.A. Wyn, New York, 1948 first edition, first impression. A fine red cloth hardback with printed title to spine. Housed in a good dustjacket with some wear to extremities and some small losses to upper and lower edges. Some rubbing and light soiling. The jacket now housed in removable, clear, protective plastic. Text is clean and bright throughout. All soundly bound. No spotting at all. Text in English. 192pp. Dimensions: approx 209mm high x 148mm wide x 25mm deep. Weight: approximately 338g (unpacked).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, with no additional printings. Inscribed by the author to a fellow Memphian. Good in red cloth. The front endpapers are quite tanned from a newspaper clipping. A little spotting to top edge. Book square, binding bright. Unclipped jacket also is tanned on the front flap from the same clipping. Trivial chippings at spine ends. Spine a little faded. 2" slender chipping along rear spine fold. A few minor spots to front cover. Rear panel tanned. Despite these details, still a pleasing copy overall. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardcover; Hardcover in dust jacket. Red cloth boards are damp stained at spine and gutter ends and edges. Title on spine in black. Paste-downs and endpapers are foxed and soiled. Text pages are clean. Color illustrated dust jacket shows soil, edge wear and short tears. Looks good in protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect yor purchase.; 8VO; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DJ. BROWNING TO FEP.