Doting by Green, First Edition (50 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. April 1952 Viking Press hardcover 1st US edition. No dj, soil/sunning on cover, two corners a little bumped, light tanning, a bit of soil on edge, else text clean, binding tight .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Good. - Octavo, light blue cloth. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed and the spine is a bit faded. Half-title, title, 251 & [1] pages. A previous owner's name is penned on the front endpaper. Good. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in like dustjacket, albeit with a somewhat faded spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Viking, 1952. First edition. A very good copy of Green's last novel in yellow cloth with dark red lettering on the spine and front panel, with rubbing throughout, a small tear at the top of the spine, with slight darkening at the spine and light rubbing throughout. The dustwrapper is faded at the spine with soiling which obscures the lettering and with a two-inch chip on the front panel. The bookplate of Harding LeMay, a Knopf editor and well-known playwright and author is attached to the front endpaper. Doting, told mostly in dialogue, is about a man, his wife, and the repercussions of their agreement to live semi-independent lives. London: Hogarth Press, 1952. First edition. A very good copy of Green's last novel in blue cloth a little faded at the spine and with slight edgewear at the extremities, tanning to the endpapers, and with a previous owner's signature on the endpaper, in a very good dustwrapper by Lynton Lamb, which is rubbed throughout and has a 1/4": chip at the top of the front panel near the spine and similar chips at the spine ends. Doting, told mostly in dialogue, is about a man, his wife, and the repercussions of their agreement to live semi-independent lives.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Minor Tears To Jacket. Protected With Mylar Cover. Very Excellent Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg spine faded lightly worn Dj. First Edition. A very nice copy in a dj that is spine faded, rubbed and soiled, but has very little edge wear and is not price clipped. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition/1st impression. Green cloth with gilt titles with one small mark on fep and some edge wear foxing without inscription in not price clipped dust jacket, which is now protected by a removable transparent wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Printing. a Fine copy in goldenrod textured paper covered boards, in a Good yellow dustwrapper, not price-clipped, but with usual fading to the spine panel, in addition to several large chips to read panel. 248pp. The ninth novel of this eccentric British novelist. Q17049.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 1st ed. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Original cloth but well read, label removed from front pastedown. (ac11).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Near fine in like jacket. Light green publisher's cloth bound with gold titling to spine. FFEP signed by previous owner, author John Metcalf. Front pastedown signed in pencil by Basil Drennan. Vibrant jacket is unclipped. Some minor wear at hinge and spine of spine. An attractive and tight copy. Brodart wrapped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by The Viking Press, 1952. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with tears to bottom of back panel and shelf/edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A late novel by Henry Green, one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century British fiction, known for his spare prose and sharp social observation. Doting explores themes of aging, desire, and emotional restraint within the structured world of postwar English society. With its understated style and psychological nuance, the novel reflects Green?s characteristic ability to reveal tension beneath seemingly ordinary lives. DETAILS: +++ Title: Doting +++ Author: Henry Green (1905?1973) +++ Date: 1952 +++ Edition: First American Edition +++ Publisher: The Viking Press, New York +++ Format: Hardcover with dust jacket CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS: +++ A late work in Green?s career, reflecting his mature narrative style +++ Focus on interpersonal relationships, aging, and emotional distance +++ Subtle, dialogue-driven prose with minimal exposition +++ Strong example of mid-century British literary fiction CONDITION: Very Good. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust jacket is price-clipped with spine fading, edge wear, a chip at the top rear panel, and interior edge tape repair. Historical Context ? Published in the postwar period, Doting reflects the shifting social landscape of mid-20th-century Britain, where class structures and personal relationships were undergoing quiet transformation. Henry Green, a contemporary of writers such as Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene, developed a reputation for his minimalist style and keen ear for dialogue. Though less commercially prominent than some of his peers, Green?s work has gained increasing critical recognition for its modernist tendencies and psychological depth. His novels remain influential among writers and scholars interested in understated narrative technique and the evolution of English fiction after World War II. Subjects: British literature, postwar fiction, Henry Green, modernist fiction, psychological fiction, 20th-century literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 252pp, pencilled owner's name on endpaper, slight foxing, text clean and sound, rebound in blue cloth, Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper top edges frayed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First USA edition first printing which pre-dates the British edition Octavo hardback. 248 pp. Near Very Good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket (spine titles faded now in protective transparent sleeve) Previous owner's name on front end paper.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG++. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. Dime sized chip to top of spine, affecting two letters in the author's last name; slight forward lean to book; 252pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards are worn and bumped, spine is cracked and end papers are foxed with a WH Smith 'Day-by-day' service bookplate. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with subtle toning to cloth and former owner's name on front free endpaper, in price-clipped dust jacket, faint vertical crease to spine panel. The British author's humorous final novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Topedge with a small bump, binding with a few faint stains and light wear to the spine ends and corners, very good in a spine-sunned about very good dust jacket with a 2" chipped tear at rear spine fold, light toning to the rear panel and flap folds, and a few other small chips and tears. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. A comedy of manners among five upper-class Londoners, told primarily through dialogue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American edition. Pages and board edges lightly age-toned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, very good in a good only foxed and soiled dust jacket with short nicks and tears on the extremities. A novel.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; [4], 252p ; 19cm. Subject; English fiction 20th century. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Small liquid splash mark on lower jacket cover. Jacket lightly chipped along edges. Slight offsetting to front and rear end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean contents.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; [4], 252p ; 19cm. Subject; English fiction 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). 1st Edition. Publisher's original green cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. Bump to head and tail of spine. Prior owner's name and date on fep. 252pp. Unclipped jacket. Some edgewear and minor loss. Designs by Lynton Lamb.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1952. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16156.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st UK Edition. 251 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. A small stained spot on the upper cover. 1ST UK EDITION. VG/- - Size: 5 x 7 1/2. Book.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. 1st American edition. Gifter's inscription on front endpage. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. From the collection of American book critic Michael Dirda. Dirda worked as a columnist for The Washington Post from 1978 to 2026 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for his criticism. He has authored two collections of literary criticism and several works on books and reading. (Relationships, Adultery, Psychological Fiction).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, this 1952 First edition hardback is in VG condition, with Good dust jacket (price clipped). Jacket is 90% present, with loss of about 1/2 cm top and bottom of spine; top and bottom edges are rubbed, and have nicks, and corners are worn; also has cellotape residue stains in bands across top and bottom about an inch in width. Board spines are slightly rubbed. Internally clean, except there are a few brown stains on pastedowns from the cellotape on the jacket; there is an inscription in ink on the FFEP.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Impression. A Very Good copy in dull sea-green cloth (mild darkening of extremities), in a Very Good brown dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with darkening to spine panel and tiny wear to points. 252pp. A novel of collateral infidelity in a marriage. Q21049.