Carnival by Prokosch (28 results)

Condition: Very Good. . Galley Proofs in envelope. Envelope is Very Good. (Literature, Poetry, Poems).

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Poor dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Owner's name and short gifter's inscription on front endpage. In protective mylar cover. (poetry ).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 50 pp , quarter black cloth with gilt title, decorative paper to sides. Spine ends and corners scuffed, covers a little sunned, neat inscription to ffep, pages clean and firmly held.

cloth, dust jacket. slim 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 53, (1) pages. First American edition. Twenty-three poems, with table of contents. A book of poetry by this author collected for his literary piracies. Fine in fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1938, 50 pp FOXING INSIDE COVER & 1ST TWO BLANK PAGES + INSIDE BACK COVER & PRECEDING BLANK PAGE; TEAR TO DJ, TOP OF SPINE; OTHERWISE, BOOK APPEARS UNREAD, TIGHT, WITH NO ISSUES TO PAGES WITH POETRY; ALSO HAS MYLAR COVER; SHIP FREE, MEDIA MAIL, USA.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Spine a touch faded, some spotting on endpapers, else very good in a good only price-clipped dustwrapper with some loss of the spine and rear panel, internal tape repair. Poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Stated First Edition. Red cloth boards, sharp and square, sun fade to spine and edges. Book firm in binding, 53 pages, unread. Gift inscription on free front endpaper. Else -- Free of any markings, not ex-library.; linches; 53 pages.

Condition: VG/GOOD. FINE text. 8vo 50pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, as stated. 6 x 9 1/2 in. 53 pp. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Stated first on copyright pg. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor edge wear, covers have several small spots and are partially sunned. Spine sunned with lettering toned. Binding tight and text bright and unmarked, with brief gift message on ffep. Poetry. RGR.

slim 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards. (viii), 50, (2) pages. First edition. Twenty-three poems, with table of contents. Illustrated with woodcut on title page. A book of poetry by this author collected for his literary piracies. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Near fine. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed patterned boards. Spine slightly marked, tiny hole in backstrip.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo. Condition: DJ price-clipped with small stain to fore-edge of rear panel at flap; small stain to rear cover cloth at fore-edge; else NF/NF. 53 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in an about Very good dustwrapper.

First Edition: Hardback, black spine, gold tiles, coloured decorative bds., 150 x 225 mm., 400 g., 50 pp., previous owner's name on ffep., light shelf wear, no dw., VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1938. Signed by Author on blank page with Presentation notation, with date + place. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Notch off of spine. Inscribed by Author to Derek Verschoyle, publisher. 50 pages. 6493.

1938. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 50pp. Decorated cover. Previous owner's name, light spine wear at top and bottom. (Poetry).

1st edition 1/4 cloth Near Fine octavo 50pp., Some uneven fading to patterned boards o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed copy of the second collection of poems--lyrical, formal, rather mannered--by the prolific but largely forgotten author of such novels as The Asiatics and The Seven Who Fled. First edition. Octavo (6 x 8.75 in.); 50pp.; patterened- paper boards backed with black cloth. Signed and inscribed by Prokosch on the front free endpaper. Near fine, with light shelfwear and some very minor splitting to the board paper at the corners. In a good only jacket with chips, splash marks, and an internally tape-repaired closed tear at head of front panel. Original "5s. net" price still present at base of front flap. Signed by Author(s).

53 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. 1938 ink gift inscription; cloth slightly sunned; tight and sound in a stained and tanned jacket with a few small chips and the beginning of splitting along the front joint.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 53pp. Straight, tight, and unmarked - a Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap); well-preserved but the spine panel a shade darkened, Very Good. Prokosch's second collection of poems, preceded by his critically acclaimed novels The Asiatics and The Seven Who Fled.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this poetry anthology by the noted American author Frederick Prokosch. The first edition.An anthology collecting together thirty-three brilliant poems by Frederic Prokosch, an American author known for writing across many genres.Including, 'Evening', 'New Year's Eve', 'The Captive', 'The Balcony', 'Bathers', and more.Without the original dust wrapper. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart, with light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. 1st edition. Binding is Cloth.

1938. Chatto & Windus. Hardback. Book - VG. DJ - Fair/Good, spine darkened.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Black cloth in slipcase. #12/55 Copies Signed by Prokosch. A Sheet of the original manuscript bound in as well.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition, Limited Edition. Black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; 8vo; pp. [4], vi, 53. Number 9 from a limited edition of 55 copies, signed by the author on the limitation page, and including a bound-in leaf from the original manuscript (this copy, "Ode"). Spine sunned (though gilt remains bright); faint dampstain along bottom edge of boards and prelims, with slight wrinkle throughout text block, but nowhere affecting the text itself. Sold as is.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1938. SIGNED by Prokosch on half title page. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 50 pp., bound in publishers black cloth and decorative paper with tan dust jacket, 5s. NET. Very minor signs of shelf wear to jacket, text is unmarked with sound binding. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Frederic Prokosch (May 17, 1906 - June 2, 1989) was an American writer, known for his novels, poetry, memoirs and criticism.

First English Edition. Fine copy in soiled, worn and chipped dust-wrapper. Inscribed on the fly-leaf: "For Michael Roberts with gratitude & admiration from the author Cambridge May 12 1938".