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Published by Privately printed, 1924
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo. pamphlet in paper wraps in slipcase. Frontispiece portrait of Magnus. Condition: slipcase is splitting at seams & worn; minor soiling to paper wraps with small inked notation at top of front cover; else very good. 54 pages.
Published by Privately Printed, Florence, 1924
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 20 by 13 cm. 54 pp.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1925 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 66 Language: English Pages: 66.
Published by Privately Printed, 1924
Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Fair. ***please read*** no marks on text - cover is completely loose from the spine - pages are turning a light tan - in a plastic sleeve - my shelf location mag12.
Published by Privately Printed, [ Florence, Italy], 1925
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo, 54 pages, tan wrappers, uncut * unopened, lower right corner of top wrapper creased. Anecdotes with commentary. Magnus was Isadora Duncan's American manager, and later wrote fiction. Lawrence considered his memoir of Magnus, written in 1922, as "the best single piece of writing, as writing, that I have ever done." This is Douglas's thoughts about the friendship of DHL and MM. Frontispiece portrait of Magnus.
Published by [Florence] Privately Printed, 1924., 1924
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Small 8vo. Frontispiece b/w portrait photograph (of Magnus). Original stiff tan wrappers, upper wrapper printed red, uncut. Glassine dust jacket. Fine. 54 pages. Douglas's reply to the lengthy introduction Lawrence had written to "Memoirs of the Foreign Legion", by the American-born traveler/wanderer Maurice Magnus (see Roberts B14); his chief complaint being that Lawrence should have treated Magnus with more fairness. With pink order slip tipped on half title page, giving Douglas's address ("c/o T. Cook and Son"), Florence. Woolf A23. Printed by Tipografia Giuntina in Florence.
Published by Privately Printed, (Florence), 1924
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Printed buff wrappers. Price slip tipped-in at the front. An about very good copy with a few faint stains on the wrappers. *Woolf A23.*.
Published by Privately Printed, [Florence], 1924
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Frontispiece. Printed buff wrappers. About fine. *Woolf* A23.
Published by Privately Printed, 1924
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan stiff paper covers printed in red, binding sewn and glued, 54 pages, photo portrait frontispiece [loose at bottom of joint where tipped in]; the true First Edition with the appropriate points; price note on half-title page has been removed, light overall handling wear still VG+ condition or better.
Published by Privately Printed, 1925
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Tan stiff paper covers printed in red, binding sewn and glued, 54 pages, photo portrait frontispiece, the Second Printing / Edition with the appropriate points; price note on half-title page has been removed, light overall handling wear still VG+ condition or better.
Publication Date: 1925
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: very good. First. Thin 8vo, printed wrapprs. Privately Printed, 1925. With the pink Thos. Cook slip inserted.
Published by Privately Printed, [Florence], 1924
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Wraps. Condition: Fine. Printed brown wraps. 54 pp., with pink publisher's slip tipped-in. An exceptional copy of a rather fragile item Size: Small Octavo.
Published by Private printing, Florence, 1924
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
54 pp wraps, book plate of Carl Van Vechten, Near fine; Corner bumps, clean & bright.hardback.
Published by Privately Printed, 1924
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Frontispiece (illustrator). 1st Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail. Paypal accepted. Bookplate inside front cover. Limp tan covered wrappers printed in red. Neat name on half title.
Published by Privately Printed, Florence, 1924
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 54 pp covers lightly worn Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Published by Privately Printed, Syracuse, 1925
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition, second printing. A near fine copy in dark beige stiff card wrappers, as issued, with some light use. 8vo. 54 pp. Frontis portrait of Maurice Magnus. Norman Douglas's reply to D. H. Lawrence's vicious character attack on Maurice Magnus, in his introduction to Magnus', Memoirs Of The Foreign Legion By M.M. With An Introduction By D. H. Lawrence.
Published by Privately Printed, 1924., 1924
Seller: Bookstand, Poole, United Kingdom
Orig tan printed wrapper.Pink paper T Cook advert. slip tipped-in to front. With portrait of Maurice Magnus. Uncut and unopened. A fine copy. 8vo. 54pp.
Published by Privately Printed, [Florence], 1924
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Frontispiece. Printed buff wrappers. First edition, with author's pink price slip tipped-in at the front. A couple of smudges on the front wrap, else near fine. *Woolf* A23.
Published by Privately Printed), (Syracuse, 1924
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Wraps. 8vo, Pp. 54. Uncut and unopened. Little stain on rear wrap. Tight copy. Cutler and Stiles p.36. First issue.
Publication Date: 1924
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Syracuse: Privately Printed 1924. Sm. 8vo. Orig. wrapper with red printed title to front cover. 54pp. With portrait. Uncut.
Published by Privately Printed, Florence
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
1924. (Pamphlet) Very good. 54pp. Frontispiece. Covers very lightly soiled. Book about D.H. Lawrence & Maurice Magnus. (Essays).
Published by Privately printed, Syracuse, NY, 1924
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very good- condition. English literature; 54p.; 19.8cm; original paper wrappers; front. portrait of Maurice Magnus 1876-1920; price note tipped in; D. H. Lawrence 1885-1930. Book.
Published by Privately Printed, None, 1924
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. An exceptional copy of Norman Douglas' response to D H Lawrence's attack on American traveller Maurice Magnus. The first edition, first impression of this privately printed work.A fantastic copy, which is in a fine condition. Uncommon for a copy of this work in such a lovely condition.With the tipped in price note and the acquisition details on a pink slip of paper as called for.Norman Douglas wrote this work as a reply to D.H Lawrence's attack on Maurice Magnus in his introduction to 'Memoirs of the Foreign Legion'. Douglas and Lawrence were both friends of Magnus, and Douglas was his literary executor. Lawrence's introduction to the memoir was used to sell the book, but Douglas felt he had maligned his dear friend. This feud between Douglas and Lawrence was long-running and this publication was the first foray into the public sphere of the voicing of Douglas' distaste. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.
Published by «Privately printed» [stampa: «Tipografia giuntina»],, 1924
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italy
Book First Edition
[Firenze], «Privately printed» [stampa: «Tipografia giuntina»], 1924 (ma: gennaio 1925), Prima edizione. Ottimo esemplare intonso (usuali segni di colla al dorso e margine del piatto posteriore, dovuti alla legatura artigianale); si tratta di quella che Cammarot e Reale chiamano una «falsa edizione» per via della lezione «But» alla riga 10 di pagina 11 (secondo lo stesso Douglas la prima tiratura era caratterizzata da un errore di stampa a pagina 11, dove si legge «Bnt» invece di «But»). Applicata all occhietto pecetta rosa che recita: «Price five shillings. Obtainalble from the Author, C/O T. COOK and SON, FLORENCE». Testo scritto in difesa di Maurice Magnus (suicidatosi nel 1920 a Malta), che aveva nominato Douglas esecutore testamentario delle sue opere prima che Lawrence, ignorando le indicazioni dell autore, pubblicasse «Memoirs of the Foreign Legion» di Magnus, l opera autobiografica sul suo periodo nella legione straniera francese per cui oggi è noto. Lawrence, attaccato da Douglas in quest opera, si difese l anno seguente con un articolo apparso sul «New Statesman» intitolato «The Late mr. Maurice Magnus». Domenico Cammarota e Teodoro Reale, Douglasiana, Bibliohaus, 2020, a30 (pagine 57-58) in 16°, brossura beige stampata in rosso, pp. 54 [2]; 1 ritratto fotografico di Maurice Magnus fuori testo. Prima edizione. Ottimo esemplare intonso (usuali segni di colla al dorso e margine del piatto posteriore, dovuti alla legatura artigianale); si tratta di quella che Cammarot e Reale chiamano una «falsa edizione» per via della lezione «But» alla riga 10 di pagina 11 (secondo lo stesso Douglas la prima tiratura era caratterizzata da un errore di stampa a pagina 11, dove si legge «Bnt» invece di «But»). Applicata all occhietto pecetta rosa che recita: «Price five shillings. Obtainalble from the Author, C/O T. COOK and SON, FLORENCE». brossura beige stampata in rosso,
Published by Privately printed, Florence:[1925],, 1925
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
8vo, 54pp, half-title, portrait frontis., t.e.g., orig. printed wrappers, bound in contemp. cloth with morocco title label blocked in gilt to spine. A practically fine copy.
Published by Privately Printed, [Florence], 1924
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Third edition. Small octavo. Frontispiece. Printed buff wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by Douglas to Amedeo Maiuri, an Italian archaeologist, noted for his archaeological work at Pompeii: "For Amedeo from Norman, with every good wish. There is a fuller version of this in my Experiments. Capri 1950." Woolf A23.
Published by Norman Douglas / Privately Printed, Florence, 1924
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Tan textured paper wraps, with titles in red to front, in quarter bound black cloth over grey paper boards chemise & slipcase. SIGNED by author, without further inscription, on half-title page. Slight wear to edges of spine. Corners of slipcase and spine of chemise also lightly worn. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat --a sound and handsome, well-preserved copy. Pink availability slip tipped to half-title page. Frontispiece of Maurice Magnus. 54pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Published by Privately Printed,, Florence,, 1925
Condition: Very Good. Wraps. Small 8vo. Frontispiece b/w portrait photograph (of Magnus). Original stiff tan wrappers, upper wrapper printed red, uncut. Faint handling wear; VG.54 pages. Douglas's reply to the lengthy introduction Lawrence had written to "Memoirs of the Foreign Legion", by the American-born traveller/wanderer Maurice Magnus his chief complaint being that Lawrence should have treated Magnus with more fairness. With pink order slip tipped on half title page, giving Douglas's address ("c/o T. Cook and Son") and stating copies were obtainable from the author, price 5 shillings. From the library of the British novelist and poet Barry Cole (1936 - 2014) with his ownership signature under the pink slip. Also an earlier note in pencil 'Forwarded at the request of Mr Reginald Turner' that appears to be in Turner's hand. This is "Reggie Turner' gay novelist and aesthete friend of Wilde (and Norman Douglas) living in exile in Florence at the time.
Published by Privately Printed, London, 1925
Signed
Paperback. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A signed presentation copy of Norman Douglas's response to D.H. Lawrence's attack on American travel writer Maurice Magnus, including a signed letter from Douglas to sculptor John Tweed. Flat signed to the title page 'to his friend John Tweed from Norman Douglas, October 1925'. Loosely inserted is a signed letter from Douglas to Tweed, a prominent Scottish sculptor, bearing the same date, in which Douglas states 'you have probably forgotten my existence, but if you ever come here again, I will try to remind you of it'. He discusses his son, Archie, who he claims is 'interested himself in the marble industry with a view to taking it up seriously'. He closes the letter with a post script referring to this work, 'he is bringing you a little pamphlet of mine, which has done rather well so far!'.With a tipped in price slip to the half title, as called for.Norman Douglas wrote this work as a reply to D.H Lawrence's attack on Maurice Magnus in his introduction to 'Memoirs of the Foreign Legion'. Douglas and Lawrence were both friends of Magnus, and Douglas was his literary executor. Lawrence's introduction to the memoir was used to sell the book, but Douglas felt he had maligned his dear friend. This feud between Douglas and Lawrence was long-running and this publication was the first of Douglas's public airings of feuds. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Handling marks to wraps, and discolouration to back strip. Front wrap detaching to head and tail. Tipped in slip to half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, but generally clean and bright. With a loosely inserted letter. Good. signed by author. book.