the hogarth press 40 william iv street london wc2n 4df (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Vanessa Bell [Dustwrapper design] (illustrator). 5th or later Edition. An ex-library copy of this later edition, published in 1979. The book was first published in 1946, with further printings appearing in 1951 and 1964. Dustwrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. ***Very good in light-grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright having been protected by the dustwrapper. Boards clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Bottom edge of front board also slightly creased. Corners sharp. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Small 'B' printed onto the top edge of the page block, which is otherwise clean. Internally the book is also very good, but has the following library marks and paperwork: Library lending sheet and barcode to the front free endpaper; off-setting from barcode affecting the next couple of pages; library acquisition stamp to printer's page; blank white sticker to the rear pastedown. Beside these library marks and insertions, the interior pages are nice and clean, with just a small light stain affecting the last few pages. No foxing. No tears or creases. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, with the attractive original design by Vanessa Bell to the front panel. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £5.50 net. The dustwrapper is complete, without any chips or tears - just slight offsetting from a library label to the bottom of the spine [now removed]. The cream areas of the dustwrapper are nice and clean. Dustwrapper bright. ***205 mm x135 mm. 208 pages. ***'This novel tells the story of a man who came back from prison to find everything the same - and at the same time different. "He has a quiet sureness of touch often lacking in his contemporaries. This is a tale unfolded with subtlety and economy of words." - News Review [Quote and review quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***An ex-library copy of a later edition of "Back" by Henry Green, which was originally published just after World War Two. A nice reading copy of a book which is quite elusive in the dustwrapper. ***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.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the first UK paperback edition, published by The Hogarth Press in 1984. This edition was preceded in the UK by a hardback edition, published by Chatto & Windus in 1983. ***Very good in glossy card covers. The covers are bright and clean, with no fading - just slight creasing and rubbing at the extremities. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. No reading creases. Internally also very good, with a neat ownership inscription at the top of the first printed page. Please note, another previous owner has written some reading notes in pencil on the inside of the back cover. Pages clean with no internal foxing. No creases or tears. Spine tight. No dustwrapper (as issued). ***287 pages plus four pages of publisher's adverts at the back of the book. 197mm x 130mm. ***Contents: Publisher's Note, North & South, Questions of Travel, Uncollected Work (1969), Geography III, New Poems (1979), Uncollected Poems, Poems Written in Youth, Translations, Indexes. ***'Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 - October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976. Dwight Garner argued in 2018 that she was perhaps "the most purely gifted poet of the 20th century". For a major American poet, Bishop published very sparingly. Her first book, "North & South", was first published in 1946 and won the Houghton Mifflin Prize for poetry. But she did not publish a follow-up until nine years later. That volume, titled Poems: "North & South - A Cold Spring", first published in 1955, included her first book, plus the 18 new poems that constituted the new "Cold Spring" section. Bishop won the Pulitzer Prize for this book in 1956. Then there was another long wait before her next volume, "Questions of Travel", in 1965, which included one of her short stories "In the Village". Bishop's next major publication was "The Complete Poems" (1969), which included eight new poems and won a National Book Award. The last new book of poems to appear in her lifetime, "Geography III" (1977) included frequently anthologized poems like "In the Waiting Room" and "One Art". This book led to Bishop's being the first American and the first woman to be awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Bishop's "The Complete Poems, 1927-1979" was published posthumously in 1983.' (Wiki) ***A first impression of the first UK paperback edition of the "Complete Poems" of Elizabeth Bishop, in nice original condition. An uncommon book 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: Near Fine. Leonard Rosoman [Dustwrapper design] (illustrator). 5th or later Edition. A later edition, published in 1978. The book was first published in 1943, with further printings appearing three times in that year, 1950, 1951 and 1965. Dustwrapper designed by Leonard Rosoman. ***Very good in light-brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright having been protected by the dustwrapper. Boards clean with just some very light marks to the back board. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. No bumps or tears to the cloth. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Pages clean with no foxing. The book would be described as near fine, but for a small closed tear at the top edge of the rear free endpaper. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, with the attractive original design by Leonard Rosoman to the front panel. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £4.25 net. The dustwrapper is complete, without any chips or tears - just light browning to the cream areas. Dustwrapper bright. ***205 mm x135 mm. 196 pages. ***'One of Mr. Green's most celebrated novels, "Caught" is set in the uneasy year that opened the war and was ended by the Blitz. Its characters are the men who form the crew of a sub-station of the London Fire Force, and their womenfolk. Henry Green was born in 1905 and spent his youth in his family home in the West Country. After Eton and Oxford he worked with his father in an engineering company, but pursued a parallel career as a novelist. Recently John Updike wrote: "His novels made more of a stylistic impact upon me than those of any other writer living or dead."' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***A later edition of "Caught" by Henry Green, which was originally published during World War Two. Of interest to collectors of the work of Henry Green and the Hogarth Press. ***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.