Schiff Violet (8 results)

TPB. G TRADE-PAPERBACK. **GROVE PRESS 1953 EDITION** 1st American Paperback edition. Outwardly worn and somewhat stained; edges of covers worn with a couple of chips. Also square & tight; pages Very Good & unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket is heavily rubbed, with small abrasions and edge wear. Faint browning of book cover spine. Foxing on top edge of book and endpages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing in this translation. A firm clean copy in original textured boards.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First UK Edition. First UK/English edition, hardcover, has a lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, slight sunning to the spine and head, and shallow bowing to the covers. Otherwise, this is a solid, Very Good copy in an unclipped, Good+ dust jacket, which has bumps with chips and creasing to the spine ends and corners, wear with short tears to the edges, a small chip over the front hinge, and sunning to the spine and edges. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.…

Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.; Modern Romance Classics; 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 Inches; 214 pages.

First Edition. Pp. xiv+272(last blank), 8 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. blue/grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards, both fore-edges bumped above the bottom fore-corner; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, small split near bottom fore-corners; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, light nick to fore-edges of leaves near bottom fore-corners; Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 2013. First edition. *'Sydney and Violet Schiff were ubiquitous, almost Zelig-like figures in the most important literary movement of the twentieth century. Their friendships among the elite of the modernist writers were remarkable, and their extensive correspondence with T. S. Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Proust, and many others strongly suggests both intimacy and intellectual equality. Leading critics of the day considered Sydney, writing as Stephen Hudson, to be in the same literary league as Joyce, Eliot, and D. H. Lawrence' [wrapper blurb]. …

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 206. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered silver on spine. Signed by the translator, Violet Schiff (who used her husband's pseudonym, 'Hudson') on the front endpaper, almost certainly presented to the British painter, John Nash (18931977) who she corresponded with, "For John Nash, from Violet Schiff - March 1951 - I hope you will read and enjoy this book." Very good in very good dust jacket. Decent copy.…