Green Thoughts by Collier John (28 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales by John Collier Erle Korshak's Copy Cover creased softly, tears to spine bottom. Armed Services Edition. First thus. 5.5 x 4 inches. Pictorial wraps. From the library of publisher Erle Melvin Korshak. BOOK.

Paperback. 871 very good -fine, fold rubbing, corner crease PBO. paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Tartarus 1st thus ed, 2016 in DJ. DJ and volume in almost as new state. Dispatched from Hove UK. Outside UK orders incur surcharge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, no dj - from a private collection -.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No. 182 of 550 copies, limited edition signed by the author. Frontis illustration by Edward Wolfe. Tipped in slip on title page says "Furnival Books are now published by Joiner & Steele, LTD." Former owner bookplate to pastedown. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. F/F dj; now in archival Brodart. An unread copy. This new collection from Tartarus collects twenty-six Collier gems.

Edward Wolfe (illustrator). First edition, limited issue. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe, foreword by Osbert Sitwell. Number 24 of 550 copies SIGNED BY COLLIER. The story of a man-eating orchid surmised by some to be the basis for the 1960 film of THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Small 4to gilt-stamped brown cloth; top edge gilt; publisher's notice tipped to title page stating the "Furnival" books are now published by Joiner & Steele but retain the William Jackson imprint so as to be "typographically uniform." Good or better with covers somewhat darkened, gilt spine lettering a bit dulled and two small circular sticker shadows on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, has a mild lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, faint smudging to the fore edge of the text block, a touch of very minor smoke odor to the pages, and horizontal creasing extending from the fore edge of about 15 pages that likely occurred during binding. Overall, this is a solid, sharp and bright, Very Good copy in an unclipped, Very Good+ dust jacket, which has a touch of rubbing with some faint smudging, and is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Limited edition. 1/550. 4to. 56pp. Tan cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Signed by author on limitation page. Frontispiece of a b/w reproduction of a drawing by Edward Wolfe. Captivating short horror story by Collier. Foreword by Osbert Sitwell. With original tipped-in publisher's leaf at title-page. Parts of torn glassine and flaps from original dust wrapper laid-in. Heavy staining on boards, otherwise in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Osbert Sitwell(Foreword) Edward Wolfe(Frontispiece Illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition. Green Thoughts by John Collier (Limited Edition, Signed) Bright textblock. Wear and soiling to covers. Minor foxing to pastedowns and free endpapers. No jacket present. First Edition. This is #192 of 550 numbered copies signed and numbered by the Author, of which 500 were offered for sale. Title page states William Jackson as the publisher, over this is a tipped-in slip which reads, "The Furnival Books are now published by Joiner & Steele, Ltd." Black line frontispiece. Light brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and cover. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. - Limited Edition of 550 copies signed by the author of which 500 were for sale, this being number 36 - Number 12 of the Furnival Books - Bound in bloth w/ gilt lettering to upper board and spine - Covers slightly worn and toned - Top edge of text block gilt edges, fore-edge and bottom slightly foxed - Endpapers foxed - Publisher's leaf tipped in at title-page - In an untorn, loose protective glassine cover - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - 56 pages.

Edward Wolfe (illustrator). 56 Pp. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe Foreword by Osbert Sitwell. Being No. 12 of the Furnival Books. Errata slip tipped in at title page explaining publisherchange Cloth faded and sunned, interior very good Brown cloth with gilt titles & spine #108 of a ltd edition of 500 copies, signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Osbert Sitwell(Foreword) (illustrator). First Edition. Green Thoughts by John Collier (Limited Edition) Signed Moderate wear to spine edges and corner tips. Mild toning to the cloth. Bright gilt to spine and cover. [1932] First Edition. Limited. 293 of 550 numbered copies signed by the Author, of which 500 were offered for sale. Title page states William Jackson as the publisher, over this is a tipped-in slip with "The Furnival Books are now published by Joiner & Steele, Ltd." Light brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and cover. BOOK.

First edition. Octavo, boards. Collects twenty-six stories. Limited to 300 copies. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. (33568).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Small 4to. pp 56. Original publisher's beige buckram, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe and a foreword by Osbert Sitwell. Limited edition of 550 numbered copies, this being no. 37, signed by John Collier. Very faint discolouration to cloth, otherwise sound, very good. Decent copy. Signedes.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Edward Wolfe (illustrator). A signed limited edition short story by John Collier, following the exploits of a man-eating plant. A limited edition of five hundred and fifty copies, of which five hundred were for sale, this copy is numbered fifty nine.Signed by the author to the limitation leaf.A short story by John Collier, an entertaining and clever tale featuring a man-eating plant, which is thought to have inspired 'Little Shop of Horrors'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, by Edward Wolfe.With a foreword by Osbert Sitwell.Number 12 in the Furnival Books series. Slip tipped in before the title page stating that this series 'are now published by Joiner & Steele.the name 'William Jackson (Books) LTD' has been retained on the title-page'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light marks to the boards, heavier to the front board. Very light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Condition: Very Good. Book number 292 of 550 (only 500 of which were for sale) printed at the Chiswick Press. Illustrated frontispiece by Edward Wolfe. Foreword by Osbert Sitwell. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Gilt top edge. Slight foxing to endpapers and fading/markings on boards. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper dated February 1941.; Signed by Author. In a protective mylar cover. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Liimited Edition. Chiswick Press Limited edition #147/550 copies being #13 of the Furnival Books signed and numbered by the author,56pp. bound in brown cloth lettered in gilt with top edge gilt, frontispiece by Edward Wolfe and a foreword by Osbert Sitwell. With new publisher overlay inserted at title page. A very good copy with mild sunning to rear cover and slight waterstain to top cover. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Frontis by Edward Wolfe and foreword by Osbert Sitwell. #12 of the Furnival Books. London 1932 first edition. William Jackson. 56p. **Signed by Collier. Copy #109 of 550. Hardcover. Tall8vo. Cover spotted and stained. Hinges tight. Text largely clean-a few spots. A tiny bit top right corner of both frontis and titlepage torn off. Good.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-56 [57: printer's imprint] [58-60: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Edward Wolfe, original tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g. First edition. Limited to 550 numbered copies signed by Collier. This short horror story is among Collier's most highly regarded tales. "A very amusing little horror story." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 395. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-83. Bleiler (1978), p. 46. Reginald 03185. Some age-darkening to cloth, a near fine, bright copy. (#9843).

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Limited. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe and a Foreword by Osbert Sitwell. 56pp., cloth. London: William Jackson, 1932. Limited Edition. No. 156 of 550 signed copies. Being No. 12 of the Furnival Books.

No. 12 of the Furnival Books. One of 550 signed by the author. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe. 56 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Tan buckram. Spine and spots on boards darkened, else Near Fine Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe. 56 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo No. 12 of the Furnival Books. One of 550 signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. FIRST TARTARUS PRESS EDITION. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 9 + 293 PAGES. AN EXCELLENT AS NEW COPY THAT APPEARS UNREAD. A HIGH QUALITY PUBLICATION BY THE TARTARUS PRESS WITH THE ORIGINAL JACKET. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Wolfe, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published in 1932; Chiswick Press is noted as the publisher on the limitation page. The title page declares the publisher William Jackson, and an errata overlay indicates that the Furnival Books ( of which this is number 12, are now published by the firm of Joiner and Steele - at the same address as William Jackson. )The limited edition of five hundred copies for sale ( out of a total of five hundred and fifty - this being copy number 212 .) Signed by both Collier and Edward Wolfe who creates the frontispiece as well as the tailpiece. Forward by Osbert Sitwell. Bound in publisher's original olive colored cloth, lettered in gold. Top edge gilt. A very good copy with some darkening to the cloth and a touch of extremity wear. Copies signed by both author and artist were apparently not the standard practice; we have been unable to identify another copy signed by both Collier and Wolfe. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Osbert Sitwell(Foreword) (illustrator). First Edition. Green Thoughts by John Collier (Limited Edition) Signed Erle Korshak's Copy A firm copy with tanned cloth and some wear to corners. Protective clear cover. Lacking the glassine wrapper. [1932] First Edition. Limited. One of 550 numbered copies signed by the Author, of which 500 were offered for sale. Title page states William Jackson as the publisher, over this is a tipped-in slip with "The Furnival Books are now published by Joiner & Steele, Ltd." Light brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and cover. BOOK.

1932 1ST VG NO D/W SIGNED LTD EDITION OF 550 OF WHICH THIS IS No 4.