Elfwin by Fowler Wright, First Edition (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition in red cloth, titled in black on spine, ruled in black on cover. London: George G. Harrap & Company (1930), 291 pages. Here is a great reading copy of this historical novel set in England. Wrinkled, soiled and faded boards with previous owner's 1932 inscription on f.f.e VG book block with clean text pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. stated first. dj shows minor wear, tear, chipping, rubbing, tape repair. pages tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. This book is in Near Fine condition and is missing the accompanying dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an inkstamped bookstore name and address inked on the bottom corner of the front pastedown page (for Acres of Books in Long Beach, CA). "Ethelfleda of Mercia sat the black Welsh pony which she had taken twelve months earlier from the King of Gwent, and looked across the frozen meadows at the stockaded gate of Derby, from which her army had been driven four times since morning. She had come there in the early dawn of the winter day, from the mass at which the abbot Theobald had blessed her troops, to observe, and by her presence to inspire, the expected victory." "Wright began writing science fiction in the 1920s. The book Science-Fiction: The Early Years describes Wright as "the major British writer of genre science fiction between Wells and the moderns". His first science fiction novel was The Amphibians (1924) , set in a future where humanity has been succeeded by the titular beings. His 1928 novel Deluge, about a flood which devastates Britain, was a success and was later adapted into a Hollywood film of the same title. The Island of Captain Sparrow (1928) was inspired by H. G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau. Wright's novel features a race of satyr-like beast men persecuted by humans.".

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Fairly clean tight text but boards a bit marked. Heavily cocked.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains previous owners incription/name on FFEP. No jacket. Rubbing to corners. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pre-publication / proof copy of the Harrap first edition. Signatures bound in grey wraps, with light staining and edgewear. Spine rolled forward, and a little concave; binding sound. Pages lightly toned, text unmarked.

Hardcover. First Printing. Harrap's Shilling Library No. 47. 291pp. Red cloth stamped in black on cover and spine. Mild slant to spine, light foxing to endpapers. About near fine in very good price-clipped dustjacket with chipping to edges. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. A UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The fragile, period wrapper on this copy is solid and intact. It is unclipped. The front panel is sound, showing gentle soiling as well as slight nicking to the spine corners. The spine is lightly soiled and is scuffed and nicked to the ends. The back panel is sound, showing gentle overall soiling and trivial bruising to the top and bottom edges. Looks solid in protective plastic. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are faded. The corners are sharp. The spine ends are gently bruised. The spine has faded. The pages are clean - the opening few pages are foxed. The closed page edges are sound - the top edge is a tad dusty. No dog-eared pages. The binding is solid - no cracked hinges. A nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.

291 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine, bright copy in a jacket with one piece of clear tape on verso at the top of the spine, closing a short tear. Spine slightly faded; slight use at extremities.

8vo. [8], 290, [2] pp. Black cloth, red lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, former ownership markings on endpapers), w/ d.j. wraparound Art Deco cover art by Arnold Hill (minor chipping head & foot of spine, some dustsoiling, edgewear), still VG/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this uncommon historical fantasy set against the backdrop of the Anglo-Saxon warrior Queen Aethelflaed's daughter, Elfwin, King Alfred's granddaughter, and niece of King Edward of Wessex, opening after Aethelflaed's capture of Derby in 917, after the deather of her husband King Aethelred, Lord of the Mercians.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in an attractive, price-clipped dustwrapper with an unobtrusive tear on the front panel and a little edgewear. Novel set among the medieval Saxon's, about Elfwin, the beautiful and tempestuous granddaughter of Alfred the Great, the hope of liberating her country. Nice jacket art.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Proof Copy of First Edition in stiff wrappers, over which is the color pictorial dust jacket. Shelf slant, small chip off of head of dj spine panel, another slightly larger off lower front spine corner; short tears on folds. Striking pictorial cover. A tale of early 10th Century England, the Anglo-Saxons vs. the Danish invaders. A very uncommon, ephemeral item. Book.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-291 [292: blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Historical novel set in ancient Britain. A fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket with touch of dust soiling and clipped price. A lovely copy and quite uncommon in this condition. (#96094).

First Edition. ELFWIN, Longmans, 1930, first American edition, near fine in just about vg dust-wrapper.