harvill an imprint of harpercollins publishers london (9 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Diego Rivera (Cover Illustration) (illustrator). 5th Printing. 542 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased spine, front and back covers. Small stains on fore edge.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition Softback, Later Print Run. 321 pages. Pictorial softback covers, light wear/tiny creases to covers'corners, light wear to spine-ends. Page-edges are a little yellowed o/w pages very clean and sound.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 310 pages. Writers reviewed are Y.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, Marcekl Proust, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Frank Kafka. Light yellowing to page-edges, light/moderate wear to covers' corners and spine-ends o/w in very clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with slight wear top of spine , few small enclosed tears and rub to middle of front cover. By the time of his tragically early death, Raymond Carver was acknowledged as one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation. "No Heroics, Please" brings together in one volume the uncollected writings of Raymond Carver. It includes his first published story, "Furious Seasons" and other early stories. This volume is essential reading for those who have come to value Carver as essayist, poet, and master of the short story. 239 pages with notes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. 'The Game of Chess', a masterpiece by the 15th century Flemish artist Pieter van Huys, comes on to the art market in Madrid. But, before it goes to auction a gifted young picture restorer is given the task of cleaning it. She is disconcerted to find under a layer of paint the words "Who killed the Knight?" ? A chess player by working backward from the game depicted , identifies one noble player, who had met a violent death, now there are more deaths, including the ex lover of the restorer. Accident? Murder? Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa Rubbing of the back strip edges and of the book corners and there is a bump to the lower left-hand corner of the front panel. Tanning and scattered fine foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Second Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 294, [2] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Spain; ISBN: 0002712946. ISBN/EAN: 9780002712941. Inventory No: 0128533.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the first UK paperback edition of this collection, with the number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the printer's page. The book was first published the previous year as a hardback by Harvill Press, and preceded the first American publication which was a paperback original. Edited by William L. Stull, with a Foreword by Tess Gallagher. ***Very good in glossy illustrated card covers. Indentation crease to the front cover affecting the first couple of pages. Indentation mark to the back cover. Corners of covers slightly rubbed and creased. Small crease and tear to the top of the spine. Edges of covers slightly rubbed and creased but no reading creases to the spine. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. No foxing to the pages. Pages clean and bright. Top corners of the first few pages slightly creased. No tears. Spine tight. ***239 pages. 216mm x 135mm. ***Contents - Early Stories: Furious Seasons, The Hair, The Aficionados, Poseidon and Company, Bright Red Apples, Fragment of a Novel: From The Augustine Notebooks, Poems, Occasions, Introductions, Book Reviews, An Essay and a Meditation, Notes. ***'By the time of his tragically early death, Raymond Carver was acknowledged as one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation. "No Heroics, Please," edited by William Stull, and with a Foreword by Tess Gallagher, brings together in one volume his uncollected writings. It includes Carver's first published story and other pieces from the 1971 collection "Furious Seasons"; a fragment of a novel; a substantial number of poems; short pieces on the circumstances in which certain poems and stories were written; essays on the American short story; reviews of works by his contemporaries, including Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, Richard Ford, Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane; and the two last prose pieces he wrote, and essay on "Friendship" and a "Meditation on a line from Saint Teresa"'. (Quote taken from the back cover) ***A first impression of the first UK paperback edition, published as a paperback original (preceded by a hardcover issue the previous year). A very nice reading copy of this Raymond Carver collection. Quite uncommon in this edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the true first UK edition of this collection, and the only hardcover edition, with the number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the printer's page. The book was only published in the USA as a paperback original. Edited by William L. Stull, with a Foreword by Tess Gallagher. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine uncreased. Slight creasing to the top edge of the front board. No reading creases to the spine. Corners sharp. Edges of text-block clean - just slightly marked on the top edge. Internally the book is also very good, with no inscriptions. No marks or annotations. No creases or tears. Printed on nice quality thick paper. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour-printed typographical dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of £13.99 net. The dustwrapper is virtually complete, with no significant chips or tears, just a slight area of loss at the top edge of the back panel. Slight rubbing or creasing at the edges. Very slight marks to the cream border areas of the back panel. The bright orange colour is unfaded even on the spine. ***239 pages. 224mm x 145mm. ***Contents - Early Stories: Furious Seasons, The Hair, The Aficionados, Poseidon and Company, Bright Red Apples, Fragment of a Novel: From The Augustine Notebooks, Poems, Occasions, Introductions, Book Reviews, An Essay and a Meditation, Notes. ***'By the time of his tragically early death, Raymond Carver was acknowledged as one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation. "No Heroics, Please" brings together in one volume the uncollected writings of Raymond Carver. It includes his first published story, "Furious Seasons" and other early stories; a fragment of a novel; a substantial number of poems; short pieces on the circumstances in which certain poems and stories were written; essays on the American short story; reviews of works by his contemporaries, including Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, Richard Ford, Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane; and his last essay, "Friendship", about a London reunion with Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff. "No Heroics, Please" is essential reading for those who have come to value Carver as essayist, poet, and master of the short story'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A first impression of the true first UK edition, in very good condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Teeny white spot to rear cover to an otherwise clean red cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: moderate foxings. Tiny bumping to three of the boards corner tips. Head ffep: small name/date and short white twink / whiting. Clean contents. Binding is VG+ albeit ever so slightly cocked. 225p Dj: mild rubbing and light few only scratches. Paperthin creasing to head of spine. Very faint small touch of yellowing to flaps top margins Inside top edge and flaps spine with old tape, no tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the true first UK edition of this collection, and the only hardcover edition, with the number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the printer's page. The book was only published in the USA as a paperback original. Edited by William L. Stull, with a Foreword by Tess Gallagher. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine uncreased. No reading creases to the spine. Corners sharp. Edges of text-block perfectly clean. Internally the book is also near fine, with no inscriptions. No marks or annotations. No creases or tears. Printed on nice quality thick paper. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-printed typographical dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of £13.99 net, but has a £7.99 re-price sticker over. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips or tears, and virtually no rubbing or creasing at the edges. Just very slight marks to the cream border areas of the back panel. The bright orange colour is unfaded even on the spine. ***239 pages. 224mm x 145mm. ***Contents - Early Stories: Furious Seasons, The Hair, The Aficionados, Poseidon and Company, Bright Red Apples, Fragment of a Novel: From The Augustine Notebooks, Poems, Occasions, Introductions, Book Reviews, An Essay and a Meditation, Notes. ***'By the time of his tragically early death, Raymond Carver was acknowledged as one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation. "No Heroics, Please" brings together in one volume the uncollected writings of Raymond Carver. It includes his first published story, "Furious Seasons" and other early stories; a fragment of a novel; a substantial number of poems; short pieces on the circumstances in which certain poems and stories were written; essays on the American short story; reviews of works by his contemporaries, including Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, Richard Ford, Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane; and his last essay, "Friendship", about a London reunion with Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff. "No Heroics, Please" is essential reading for those who have come to value Carver as essayist, poet, and master of the short story'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A first impression of the true first UK edition, in near fine collector's condition. A very nice example of this Raymond Carver collection. Quite uncommon in this condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.