Faults by David Low: First Edition (21 results)

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Fine dark red cloth hardcover with gilt titles, no inscriptions or marks. Near fine dust jacket which has been price clipped and reserved in a removable clear plastic sleeve. Introduction by Graham Greene. An autobiographical account of running a second-hand bookshop in Charing Cross Road in the middle of last century. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvii 118 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. pp.xviii+118. 21.5cm. Frontispiece. 15 black and white illustrations. List of the booksellers mentioned in the text, including so many of those well-known before WWII and in the decades following. hard cover in dust jacket. A fine clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. 118 pp. Near fine in like jacket. Rust cloth with gilt titling on spine. Red topstain to block. Sharp, unclipped jacket. Minor sunning to jacket spine. A tight, clean, and attractive copy. Wrapped in a mylar cover.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Price-clipped. Physical description; xvii, 118, [9]p. : ill., ports. ; 23cm. Subjects; Booksellers and bookselling England History 20th century. Antiquarian booksellers England History 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback first edition in fine condition, no dust jacket, dark red cloth boards, silver lettering on spine, signed by author on half title, no other signs of previous ownership. (Book ref. 9202). Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Price-clipped. Physical description; xvii, 118, [9]p. : ill., ports. ; 23cm. Subjects; Booksellers and bookselling England History 20th century. Antiquarian booksellers England History 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in very good condition bound in burgundy cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square.This copy is 'ex libris' with usual stamp covered with a bookplate to the title page The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition and has been covered with removable clear protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. David Low was the bookseller's bookseller, with his shop in London's Cecil Court - and this book is his quixotic memories of his life. It is also a rich history of bookstores in long-gone London and England and the British Isles. It has a wonderful 5-page introduction by his friend, Graham Greene. Although many of the bookshops that the author describes areno more (probably as a result of the growth in internet bookselling, these reminiscences will be enjoyed by book collectors and readers everywhere. Ref EEE 3.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED. Physical description; xvii,118,[9]p. : ill., ports. ; 23cm. Subject; Booksellers Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED. Physical description; xvii,118,[9]p. : ill., ports. ; 23cm. Subject; Booksellers Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. 1 Kg.

17+118pp, plates, INTRODUCTION BY GRAHAM GREENE : almost half a century of book dealing with descriptions of bookshops and dealers in the U.K. in the middle of last century; vg vg dw SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tehran, The Amate Press, 1973. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A bookseller's memories. Signed & Inscribed. Price-clipped, bookplate. Very Good. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 'with all faults' ~ by David Low - Bookseller, 17 Cecil Court; pub by Amate Press 1973; with jacket, 8vo, 136pps + 6pps of b&w photos; jacket is a little dust marked, book in vg condition - a very nice clean copy.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed and inscribed. Physical description; xvii, 118, [9] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Introduction by Graham Greene. Distributed by David Low Booksellers Ltd. Includes index. Subjects; Booksellers Great Britain Correspondence. Booksellers and bookselling England History 20th century. Antiquarian booksellers Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed and inscribed. Physical description; xvii, 118, [9] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Introduction by Graham Greene. Distributed by David Low Booksellers Ltd. Includes index. Subjects; Booksellers Great Britain Correspondence. Booksellers and bookselling England History 20th century. Antiquarian booksellers Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. VG DW. 1st Edition. Signed by the Author "David Low September 1976" on the half-title page. Dark red cloth, gilt. Top edge red. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Illustrated Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine browned. In a loose polythene protector. Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. xvii, 118 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Short closed tear to front panel and spotting to rear panel. Internally clean. Recollections of booksellers in London, England, Scotland, Ireland and France. Introduction by Graham Greene. 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition 1973, Inscribed by the author to flyleaf, Introduction by Graham Greene, Pages clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket price clipped. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, 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.…

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED COPY 8vo. red/brown cloth, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 118pp., Indexed, with b/w illustrations including a wash drawing by Hanslip Fletcher as frontispiece. Ink inscription by the Author to half-title reads 'mea culpa' David Low. No other markings or inscriptions. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 48) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition, Inscribed by author to half title. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Pages clean and bright, no markings. A near fine copy. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, 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.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of David Low's humorous memoir. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of this work.Inscribed to the half title 'but may they give some fun, let alone nostalgie, to Eddie Cass this Christmas, sincerely David Low 12.12.82'.With the blind stamp of Edward Fletcher Cass, a British miner, banker and authority on Lancashire folklore, industrial archaeology and the arts, to the half title.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated, complete.Introduction from Graham Greene. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Blind stamp to front free endpaper, inscription to half title. Dust wrapper back strip a touch age toned towards tail, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

FIRST EDITION, pp.xviii,118; 16 illustrations; a very good in pictorial dust-wrapper; inscribed on half-title 'mea culpa' nevertheless Hopefully! and sincerely David Low.' Two typed letters, signed, from Low to his customer Elizabeth Short in Canberra, discussing various aspects of the book and other book-selling reminiscences, in 1981. PRESENTATION COPY Memoir Bookselling.…