Interesting Topic by William Cooper (31 results)

Condition: Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 252 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1962. First edition thus. 252 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Penguin printing. Light creases to the spine. Old price sticker on the cover. A few dog-eared pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Some shelfwear to exterior, but contents are otherwise tight and clean, with no inscriptions and no foxing to text. Tanned pages. 253pp. (11x18cm). Please contact us for any more information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd printing. Very Good HC in Good DJ. Dark blue boards, gilt letters. Clean covers and spine; tightly bound; light foxing on end papers; clean interior. DJ is scuffed; foxed/age darkened on back cover; few small chips at spine head. 12mo, 252 pp. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Penguin edition, 1962. Orange penguin No 1687. Cover design by Quentin Blake. Page edges tanned but no inscriptions. Quentin Blake (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 1953. First Edition. 252 pages. Green dust jacket over blue cloth. 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. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Edgeworn. First Edition. Inscritpion dated 1953 on FEP. Some foxing.

Paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A superb copy, unmarked and unclipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Good+ Hardback without dust jacket. Sunned on spine. Some brown speckling on inner boards, end papers & prelims. Clean text. 252p. Used.

1st Penguin Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 252, [1] p. ; 18 cm. Subjects: English fiction 20th century.English Literature Fiction 20th Century. Cooper, William. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. paperback, slight browning, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, slingle slight crease on spine, Very Good condition.

first edition 252pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.shelf wear,owner's inscr.and bookplate to ffep,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned,sl.chipping to extrems.).

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Notes; "Penguin book 1687." 1 Kg.

1st Penguin Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 252, [1] p. ; 18 cm. Subjects: English fiction 20th century.English Literature Fiction 20th Century. Cooper, William. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Vintage Penguin First Edition. #1687. The Ever-Interesting Topic in the Penguin edition is William Cooperâs wry, observant novel about the tangled personal and professional lives of a group of mid-century academics, using their romantic missteps, intellectual rivalries and everyday compromises to explore how clever people can be hopelessly muddled when dealing with their own emotions.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Notes; "Penguin book 1687." 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1962 First Penguin Edition - Will be sent Royal Mail 1st Class Priority Post.

Paperback. Condition: VG. 1st Thus. ( anr 2 copies, VG ) ( anr copy, VG- £3.50 ).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Owner name on front fly, slight foxing on endpapers and topedge, bumping on the front board, very good in a very good dust jacket with toning on the spine and rear panel, and interior offsetting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good copy of the first edition. No dw.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1962 Penguin Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with wonderful cover design by Quentin Blake as shown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 256pp. In royal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. 12mo. Strong and clean boards, small indentation on lower edge, a little rounded at spine ends. Upper text block edge a little dust dulled. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original bright and clean dust jacket, very slightly bruised at spine ends, shelf wear visible on verso. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A book about the masters at a public school, this is a problem novel. Full of Humour, zestful and dramatic, it challenges the reader to ask if they could have done better if they'd been there.…

Condition: Usado - Bueno. Usado - Bueno.

Condition: Usado - Bueno. Usado - Bueno.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 252 pp. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper with slight age darkening to spine, not price clipped 12s 6d, without any tears of chips. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A smart selection of Penguin Book paperbacks, including works from Anthony Carson, Joanna Jones and William Cooper. A charming selection of Penguin Books paperback titles, comprising works first published from 1950-1960.Including Roger Longrigg's first novel, John Bowen's novel about a 200-year flood (adapted into a play in 1966) and an anecdotal story following the life of a Victorian district nurse by Joanna Jones.In the the original classic orange Penguin covers, with illustrations to the fronts.The entirety of this set includes the following titles:No. 1527 'Scenes from Provincial Life' by William Cooper (1961, orig. published 1950)No. 1592 'Nurse is a Neighbour' by Joanna Jones (1961), orig. published 1958)No. 1634 'After the Rain' by John Bowen (1961, orig. published 1958)No. 1676 'A High-Pitched Buzz' by Roger Longrigg (1962, orig. published 1956)No. 1847 'A Rose by Any Other Name' by Anthony Carson (1962, orig. published 1960)No. 1687 'The Ever-Interesting Topic' by William Cooper (1962, orig. published 1953) In the publisher's original paperback. Externally, smart. With rubbing and marks to the extremities. Sunning to the spines, with paper coming away to the spine tails of 'Nurse' and 'After the Rain'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned (as is common with these editions), however generally clean throughout. With damp slightly affecting the pages of 'After the Rain'. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper of 'High-Pitched Buzz'. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…