Simon Dare, First Edition (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Black Cloth, 176 Pages. A Complete Book; Front And Rear Hinges Cracked But Still Holding, Covers Rather Worn. Not Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A rare and unread vintage romance story. Black titling to rust colored cloth binding. A few faint string marks to the spine and edges. Shadow area along the rim of the rear cover. The jacket is bright and clean with fraying to the spine tips, short tear to the rear. Priced at 8s. 6.p on the inner flap. Size: 5" + 8" (13.0 + 20.0).

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Gently faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Pages lightly age-tanned; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Blue boards with black titles to the spine; Measures 7½" x 4¾" (0.4 kg); pp 192; Publishing date unstated, dated from references. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #175677 ||.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Sunned spine Ring mark of a cup and three small spillage stains on front cover browned front endpage Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 192pp. In blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Cloth a little shelf worn, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Volume has slight lean. Some spotting on text block edges and endpapers. Simon Dare was one of the pen names of Marjorie Huxtable, a prolific and popular author in the first half of the 20th century who also wrote under the name Marjorie Stewart. This is one of her harder to find titles.

1st edition. 40pp. A little faint foxing; slight discolouration to blue cloth on spine, with dull gilt Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus. This is No. 135 in the series which LATER became Arrow books. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. One of the scarcer novels from Dare's extensive output, now very hard to find in any condition, let alone with d/j as here. Minor marking to edge of block, but this not intruding onto pages which are clean and bright throughout. No inscriptions. Smart brown boards with crisp black titling. Good unclipped d/j a little worn to edges, with publisher's repricing sticker to spine, now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 288pp+ 24pp publisher's list.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lust for money in wartime London (and surrounding country) and the realisation that there may be more to life is the theme of this novel from the prolific Dare. In VG+ internal order, with pages clean and bright. No inscriptions. Black cloth is heavily marked to leading edges, font and rear, hence 'good' classification overall. This hidden of course, by VG unclipped d/j with its stylish colour illustration. 12mo. 176pp.

Pale Green Cloth Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Presumed First Edition. Novel in the form of a diary of three years in the life of a girl who married the wrong man. Scarce copy of this title by a prolific author. 223pp. Green lettering and border design to all pages. Some bumping to spine and corners, marking to page edges and top edges dusty, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Edge tears on jacket and marked.Previous ownership inscription.Tanning.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 199 pages (complete). A fine example of 1950s chick-lit! In very good, amiable condition. The dustjacket is enclosed in a clear cellophane protective jacket. The cover is sweet-mannered and coyly romantic. It has some light wear. The board cover is placid. Inside, the contents are in very good condition. They are kind, clean, clear, tidy, neat and pleasurable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1952 hardcover with dust jacket. 1st edition. The book is in very good condition. clean, square and tight. slightly cocked. prev owners name on ffep, corners sharp not bumped. The price clipped dust jacket is also very good condition. clean and bright. chipped and bumped to extremities. See photos. Postage quoted covers Fedex courier delivery.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. none (illustrator). First edition. A lovely first edition copy of this morally driven novel Give Fools Their Gold, by Simon Dare. A first edition copy of Give Fools Their Gold by Simon Dare.Set in a small country village during the second world war, the novel follows heroine Toni and how she comes to learn the difficult lesson that money isn't everything.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. With a gift inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1947. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is lovely with some light marks to the rear wrap and a small tear to the head and tail of the front joint. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. Three very scarce novels featuring romance and exciting battles of the sexes. Three volumes. This set includes: Lords and Masters, 1936. First edition. While men arrange the affairs of the world, women sit back and watch. However, things do not invariably turn out to perfection with only men in charge. Written by Archibald Gordon Macdonell, a Scottish writer, journalist, and broadcaster. The Shadow Market, 1938. Dated from the British Library. Julie wants a home and a baby, Jeremy wants fame as a playwright. They have nothing in common but their love for one another. Written by Netta Muskett, a prolific British romance novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym of Anne Hill. Shadow Over the Plains, 1939. Dated from the British Library. A wager between Eve Jarvis and her lovely, gentle secretary unfolds all because of one man who both despises and distrusts the opposite sex. Written by Simon Dare, a British novelist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. The odd mark to the board. The front board of The Shadow Market is lightly cocked. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping. Sunning to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

First Edition. "A group of attractive, intelligent, modern people, at the end of love. For one reason or another, parting has come: to Lois because Nick had violated her trust once too often; to Nick because the pagan in him escaped the confines of his real love for Lois; to Eileen because her sister was going to have a baby and that sister was the wife of the man whose heart was Eileen's. They are all convinced there can never be love for them again." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends, dime sized chip at lower rear flap corner.