Roger Pringle Editor (9 results)

hardcover. Condition: As New. Like New. 1994; Newark; brown illustrated glossy paper dust jacket with white titles; dust jacket is in like new condition; previous owner's name on ffep; interior is clean with pen markings and underlining throughout; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 379 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Signed first edition hardback, 1980, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature of Donald Davie (noted poet and critic) to front endpaper; slight toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Signed.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Globe Playhouse Publications, London, 1977. Paperback. No 30 of a Limited-Edition of 1000 copies. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 51 pages. From the private library of poet, translator, academic and illustrator, Charles Tomlinson CBE. Spine uncreased. Covers show some signs of wear. Overall, the book is in a very good condition.…

[0-906418 05 4] 1980. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. xii, 149pp. 8vo. Small tear at front and other slight wear to the dj, otherwise clean and bright. Green boards with gilt title to spine, very clean and tight. There is a personal inscription by the author to the front free endpaper.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains an editorial by Pringle, a special Philip K. Dick section wth articles by Aldiss, Nicholls, Strick, Wingrove and Burden. The Profession of Science Fiction 30: The Way it Was by Williamson, Pamela Sargent by Elliot, SF in China by Yunji, letters from Goddard, Clute, Jenkins and Schlobin and the reviews include The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Dick, Friday by Heinlein, The Man Who had No Idea and Burn This by Thomas M. Disch and The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe. There is a trace of a price in pencil on the first page and the spine has some fading but otherwise clean and unamrked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. …

Number 513 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. 8vo (8 x 51/4 inches), softback; very good. Elisabeth Frink's copy inscribed to her & her husband by Sam Wanamaker "for Lis and Alex in memory of a lovely day Sam & Charlotte".

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st. First limited edition hardback (110/150), 1981, in marbled boards quarter bound in black buckram with gold blocked titles to spine and no jacket as issued. In overall fine condition. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor bright and clear throughout. Includes the publishers original order form flyer for this edition loosely inserted. Photographs available. Not an old library book.…

Limited edition, no. 23 of 120 copies, 8vo, 51, (1) pp. Original two tone buckram, slipcase with some mild sunning, otherwise fine. Containing 15 poems, and signed by 14 poets opposite the title, including Elizabeth Jennings, A.L. Rowse, John Wain, D.M. Thomas and John Montague. A loosely inserted note concerns Thomas Blackburn's death before copies were available for him to sign.…

Condition: Fine. First, Limited Edition. Royal 8vo, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (265 x 190 mm), 48 pp (unnumbered). Title page wood-engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Hand-set in Bell type and printed in dark brown and purple on Zerkall mould- made paper by the Whittington Press. Quarter-bound by Smith Settle & Company in black buckram and Whittington marbled paper-covered boards, gilt rules and spine titling; Colorplan Bokhara Red endpapers. Copy 81 of 350, as stated on the limitation page. [Butcher 59]. A finely produced private-press tribute volume issued in honour of Sir John Betjeman on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday. The anthology includes contributions by notable poets and writers including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Kingsley Amis, Elizabeth Jennings, and Gavin Ewart, among others, reflecting the wide affection and esteem in which Betjeman was held by his literary contemporaries. The combination of Bell type, Zerkall paper, and Miriam Macgregor's wood engraving gives the book a particularly handsome and tactile character, representative of the English private-press revival of the later twentieth century. Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) was one of Britain's most beloved twentieth-century poets, celebrated for his evocative verse on English architecture, suburbia, faith, and nostalgia. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1972, he also became a prominent champion of Victorian architecture and historic preservation through his broadcasting and conservation work. His accessible style and distinctive wit brought poetry to a broad public audience uncommon in his era. Miriam Macgregor (illustrator).…