Barbarians Gate, First Edition (15 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Thus. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition paperback with full number line. Book in good condition. Few creases in front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First harperperennial edition with full number line , flat uncreased spine, appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in Fine Jacket. Inscribed by author. 1st Edition. American Politics. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers, a paperback. With new epilogue. Pages light brown. Cover clean.

first edition [left book club] 221pp VG (usual red paper boards,sl.sunned spine,minor bumps to extrems., eps and edges sl.foxed).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Name on front free endpaper. 'Left Book Club Edition.'.

Pink paper over boards, printed in black. Foreword by the author. Spine very slightly cocked, darkening at spine, text block uniformly tanned as a result of the poor quality of the paper, crown of spine rubbed, else a good copy. First edition of this book in this format and binding. The second of Woolf's political essays written during Europe's tumultuous 1930s. The directors and the publisher of the Left Book Club, whose titles state on their covers: NOT FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC, were uncertain about publishing this book to their club members. It was the first of their titles to openly criticize the Soviet Union, and Stalin particularly, through Woolf's condemnation of the Soviet regime's autocratic suppression of intellectuals and personal freedom. In Woolf's foreword he states in full: "This book was written before the conclusion of the treaty between Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany and before the outbreak of war. Its general argument and conclusions seem to me to be confirmed by these events and I have therefore left the text exactly as it was written, even though in some sentences present tenses have now become past, Presidents ex-Presidents, and the probabilities certainties." Eighty-four years on Woolf's warnings continue to ring true.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 221pp. Original red boards. There is some rubbing of the binding, and the contents are tanned; overall, this book is in good condition.

First edition. The Left Book Club Edition. Left Book Club subscription leaflet laid in. 221p. Pages slightly browned at edges, Small mark to front cover, spine slightly sunned, otherwise V.g.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 306 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine off-white with black and red lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Exterior has slight wear including mild age toning, faint soiling and slight edge wear. Previous bookshop's sticker residue to the front flap. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning and light edge wear. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges and slight sticker residue offsetting to the front end paper. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column X. 1406190. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st UK Edition. "Left Book Club Edition, Not For Sale To The Public" noted on cover. 221 pages in good condition. Slightly yellowed at edges. Red paper cover with black titles in good condition. Spine lightly faded. GOOD+. Book.

Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Victor Gollancz's First UK Trade Edition published 1939. Not to be confused with the more commonly found 'Left Book Club' softcover edition published the same year. Bloomsbury Scholar, PETER STANSKY'S copy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper Peter D L [David Lyman] Stansky and dated Cambridge 1953. 8vo. 221 pp. He co-wrote an engaging biography on Leonard Woolf entitled" Leonard Woolf Bloomsbury Socialist with Fred Leventhal. A very good copy in black covered boards, black with gilt titles to the spine.Dust jacket slightly browned on the spine, a little soiling and edge wear. 'Two weeks post-Munich Victor Gollancz wrote Leonard Woolf that tolerance, the open mind and freedom of thought were endangered and invited him to write a book with a title along the lines of, The Defence Of Western Civilization. On May 9, 1939, Leonard Woolf submitted his manuscript, Barbarians At The Gate". Luedeking & Edmonds A32a.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with dark blue spine lettering. Offsetting to both sets of end-papers, a thin patch of darkening at the very tip of the spine matching a thin strip of wear in the dust wrapper and a dusty top edge. Overall, a VG+ copy. In the RARE VG+ first state dustwrapper priced 6/- net to the spine (as called for). The fragile Gollancz yellow dustwrapper has a touch of wear/very slight loss at the spine ends and is lightly browned to the spine (as is often the case). A 1930's analysis of the 1930's European political situation. NB: Not to be confused with the more commonly found Left Book Club softcover edition. Photographs/scans available upon request.

James Garner's original shooting script for the film in which he starred, Barbarians at the Gate. Quarto, bound in the original binder, with Garner's embossed name in gilt to the front panel. Lengthily signed by both authors on the title page, "I loved Larry Gelbart. Wish I'd loved his script! Bryan" and by co-author Helyar, "Recognize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned. John Helyar." Barbarians at the Gate was directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart, based on the 1989 book of the same name by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The film stars James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, and Peter Riegert. It tells the true story of F. Ross Johnson, who was the president and CEO of RJR Nabisco. The film earned nine nominations at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. It also won Best Miniseries or Television Film and Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for Garner at the 51st Golden Globe Awards. From the library of James Garner, with a signed note from his daughter laid in. The ultimate story of greed and glory, Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of finance in the 1980s. "It's hard to imagine a better story and it's hard to imagine a better account" (Chicago Tribune). Made into the film directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart. It stars James Garner as F. Ross Johnson, the CEO of RJR Nabisco, Jonathan Pryce as Henry Kravis, his chief rival for the company and Fred Thompson as James Robinson III, the CEO of American Express.