Escape by Osbert Sitwell (59 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No marks in text. Not a library book. Ships today in a cardboard enclosure. Shelf B.

paperback. Condition: Good. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st thus (1984). 340pp. VG clean copy.

Condition: Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 339 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. …

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, no jacket. Patterned endpapers. Minor age-toned spotting to the closed edges and pre-lims, the binding tight, the text unmarked, Illustrated, xv + 339pp.

hardcover. Condition: good. Frontispiece and other black-and-white photos. 340 pages, 8vo, green cloth with gilt-stamped spine (crease on front; covers bowed). London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1939. A good copy with a tight, clean interior.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition paperback no DJ pictorial cover. 305 pages. There is foxing on the end papers and on edge of pages. Top of spine split a little bit. a Great Pan Double-Volume. Pages are browning with age but are tight bound.

VERY GOOD condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition paperback no DJ. Front cover is decorated with two chinese dancers, orange background. 305 pages. A Great Pan Double-Volume. Pages are browning.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1949. Reprinted. 339 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Pictorial endpapers. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned. …

322pp. Illustrated in black and white 2nd printing so stated Top fore corner bumped, VERY light cover soil, endpaper gutters stained from glue beneath, else clean tight bright copy: VG/VG- edge rubbed dj (small edge tears, price-clipped).

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very good +. Paperback First. Card wraps. xv, 340. b&w illus. Spine faded, else limited signs of use only, a very sound, firm copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (lacks dust jacket). It has been Signed by Osbert Sitwell on a limitation page from another of his books ("The Collected Satires and Poems Of Osbert Sitwell)") This limitation page has been atached to the front endpaper. Signed by the Author.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Tears, scuffing and creases on cover and spine. Top corners of the last few and base corners of the last couple of pages are creased.

Condition: Good. Vintage paperback in good condition, with some light shelfwear.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved dust wrapper that has faded in part to the spine and has one or two closed edge chips, the text is clean and unmarked, b&w illustrations, xv + 340pp.

Cloth. Condition: Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First. Escape With Me!: An Oriental Sketch-book by Osbert Sitwell.Hardback, 1939, first edition, with black and white illustrations, published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd, London, 340 pages.Octavo/8vo (6" x 9") with green cloth boards and spine and patterned green and white dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn, with tears and chips as well as marking, foxing and scuffing. Boards are a bit marked but have largely retained their colour. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding reasonably firm though a bit strained at rear inner hinge. Browning and some foxing to page edges but generally clean. Pictorial endpapers, a bit marked. Several pages to rear a bit foxed, one a bit creased. Page surfaces quite clean, the odd bit of marking or foxing here and there but no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information. 340 pp.…

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

1st thus. Condition: vg+. 1st Pan GP8 1948 edition paperback vg+ condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed. Faint damp-stain to fore-edge with text unaffected. Lining papers faintly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xv, 339 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Illustrated lining papers. Subjects; China -- Description and travel -- 20th century. Indochina -- Description and travel -- 20th century. Cambodia -- Description and travel -- 20th century. Beijing (China) -- Description and travel. Angkor (Extinct city) -- Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Good. Vintage paperback in good condition, with some light shelfwear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Good tight condition, foxing on fore edge, illustrated, green boards, some soiling/faded, corners bumped.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed. Faint damp-stain to fore-edge with text unaffected. Lining papers faintly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xv, 339 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Illustrated lining papers. Subjects; China -- Description and travel -- 20th century. Indochina -- Description and travel -- 20th century. Cambodia -- Description and travel -- 20th century. Beijing (China) -- Description and travel. Angkor (Extinct city) -- Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition, second printing (so stated; "September 1940"). Large 8vo. Frontispiece and 15 b/w halftone photographs. Dust jacket (price clipped; spine slightly darkened). Very good. 322 pages. Bookplate of J.H. Millburn, M.D. on the front pastedown. Account of his visit to Cambodia and China Fifoot 0A29B states 360 pages (in error?).…