Limping Wolf by Portwin E T (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. . A werewolf story, no dust jacket.

Condition: Fair. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

"A New Kind of Thriller". A werewolf prowls the vicinity of an isolated English country estate. Pp.140, has worm damage to lower inner margins occasionally touching edge of text, owner's name to front free endpaper. Red cloth, title to front and spine. Scarce. Fair.** E.T.Portwin (1912-2006) UK publisher and author, born Portwine (name changed legally), who sometimes wrote as by Elizabeth Portwin, his wife's name; as he normally signed his books E T Portwin, some confusion ensued". (SFE).

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 140 pages. Undated. Illustrated jacket by Jas E McConnell over red cloth with navy blue lettering to front and spine. A B&W illustrated frontispiece after the contents page. In which a werewolf wreaks havoc (as they so often do), in this instance on an English country estate. Pages have slight foxing and minor thumbing. Tanning is extremely heavy to some sections but not others due to variable paper quality. Pen inscription to FEP. Mild bubbling to rear pastedown. Block edges very foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Minor rubbing. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket (price 5. net) has edgewear, chips, minor tears and creases. Tiny loss to front panel. Rather rubbed and marked (esp. rear panel). Some red rub marks from cloth to jacket underside. Small hole to spine. Flaps slightly foxed; minor pencil marks to front flap.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. Jas E McConnell (DW) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Grey endpapers. Title and contents page followed by bw frontispiece. Main text (1)-140 pages. Red cloth lettered in black on spine and front cover. Pictorial DW is priced 5/- net. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT sections of text have noticeably browned. Clean DW has minor edge loss and is a little worn. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. The Limping Wolf by E.T. Portwin (First Edition) Scarce A firm copy with mild wear to spine edges and corners. Minor dampening to lower spine. Tanning to some pages. Not price-clipped. 5/- Net. A bright pictorial jacket. Chips to edges and tear to front flap fold. Soiling to spine and rear cover. In clear protective cover. No publication date given [1946]. Red cloth with navy lettering; green endpapers. 140 pp. Illustrated. An extremely scarce book. BOOK.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-140, inserted frontispiece, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A werewolf prowls the vicinity of an isolated English country estate. E. T. Thomas (1912-1907), writer, journalist, publisher, also wrote (mostly children's books and women's fiction) as "Elizabeth Portwin." Not in Bleiler (1949; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). See Tuck (1978), p. 353. A very good copy in very good 5/- pictorial dust jacket with wear at edges, shallow chip from upper spine end and dust soiling to spine and rear panels. COPAC reports 2 copies; OCLC adds 4 copies. A very scarce book. (#170330).