Snapdragon, First Edition (32 results)

Condition: NEAR FINE. First US printing, a trade paperback original. Biography for young adults of this English theologian, poet and historian, who converted to Catholicism in 1845, eventually becoming a Cardinal in 1879 and in 2019 he was canonized as a saint. Originally published in the UK in 1968. Illustrated with drawings by Hugh Marshall. 192 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. A crisp, clean, tightly bound hardcover copy appearing unread, presenting light shelf wear only. ; 7.72 X 1.1 X 10.03 inches; 312 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. G-. Former owner's name and blacked out book plate on front endpaper. Offsetting of Dust Jacket on front endpaper. Text has some minor foxing.

hardcover. 1st. 8vo, 235 pp., Includes the following stories: The Pit by Gwyn Jones, The Spectre Bridegroom by Washington Irving, The Island by Karel and Josef Capek, An Episode of the Terror by Honore de Balzac, Blind Love by Laurence Housman, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Flower by Vsevolod Garshin, The Wax Madonna by Luigi Pirandello, Clarimonde by Theophile Gautier & The Sea Monster by Gerhart Hauptmann Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Arthur Barker Ltd., London, 1955. First Edition burgandy cloth Hardcover with DJ, 235 pp. A "new" collection of "strange and curious stories" by Gautier, Gwyn Jones, Blazac, L. Housman, Hauptmann, Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Pirandello, and others, very few of which have appeared in previous anthologies. The DJ of this copy has one of those old Brodard mylar protectors that has apparently shrunk a bit causing some waves and crinkles in the underlying DJ. The back free endpaper is stuck to the back cover; bottom of front DJ flap is clipped; my name and date/place of purchase in tiny writting at top of ffep. Otherwise, book itself is fine.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Anthology] Savill, Mervyn (editor). Snapdragon: A Collection of Queer Stories. London: Arthur Barker Limited, [1955]. First edition. Octavo, 235 pp. Original red cloth stamped in black. Top front corner bumped, else a fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket. #1078. $15. Ten weird stories: an interesting assortment of the well- and lesser-known, with an emphasis on internationality, collecting specimens from Britain, America, Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Czechoslovakia.

Condition: New. 2020. 01st Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust. First Edition. Slight shelfwear. ; With plates. Extraordinary photographic memoir of the 2nd World War, with written diary of Phil Stern, a young man at the time. ; 19.7x24.9x2.8 cm; 312 pages.

first edition. very good -fine burgundy binding with greenish lettering, slightly faded spine.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. (horror, ghost stories, anthology).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. B/w Engravings by Charles Keene (illustrator). 1st. full page w/two engravings, scenes of celebration activities in the Jubilee year for Queen Victoria. one page, suitable for framing.

hardcover. 12mo. from front flap: "Owing to the unqualified success of Perturbed Spirits, we feel that there is a constant interest in strange and curious stories. In this volume we are giving a selection which includes many famous names--Gautier, Balzac, Hauptmann, Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Pirandello, etc. Very few of these have appeared in previous anthologies and we hope that the choice and the material will be appreciated." #04550. Very Good: Book VG+ clean, square, tight, unmarked Very Good: DJ VG- touch of corner and edge wear, NOT clipped.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects ten stories. "Interesting selection of 'strange and curious stories,' many European; authors include Karl and Josef Capek, Luigi Pirandello and Gerhart Hauptmann." - Robert Knowlton. DAW ink-stamp on rear free endpaper, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#4442).

Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects ten stories. "Interesting selection of 'strange and curious stories,' many European; authors include Karl and Josef Capek, Luigi Pirandello and Gerhart Hauptmann." - Robert Knowlton. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#115091).

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Stories by Irving, Balzac, Hawthorne, and others. Burgundy cloth, lettered and decorated black. Green pictorial dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. first printing. Collects ten stories by Washington Irving, Karel Capek, Balzac, Housman, N. Hawthorne and others. Fine in very good dust jacket with some edge wear and a few short tears with creases. A very nice copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First Edition. London: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1955. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Very clean burgundy cloth boards with small dragon decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. Hint of lightest wear at base of spine, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 235 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with slight wear at top and bottom spine edge, a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A collection of strange and curious stories by such famous names at Gautier, Blazac, Hauptmann, Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Pirandello, etc. Very few of these have appeared in previous anthologies. 8vo. Short Stories.

1st ed. Binding tight; minor fading on spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but a little worn at edges; dj protected in removable clear film Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Earle K. Bergey (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, pictorial cover by Earle K. Bergey. With some wear and creasing to cover.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Boards are clean and unmarked. Tops of page edges browned with some light spotting. File copy stamp and date to the front free endpaper but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Jacket has some surface and edge rubbing with creasing at the top and bottom of the spine and discolouration to the rear panel. First printing.

214pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a little sunned and creased down backstrip. Corners of middle pages bent. Canted, otherwise a very good copy. Detective fiction. First edition.

Condition: Good. 8vo., 235 pp., Very Good, Maroon Cloth; sun-staining, rubbing, minor stains, & edge wear on boards; some staining on end papers & edges of text block; pencil scribbles on end papers; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle. First Edition. Mylar Jacket.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. arthur barker, 1955, edge creasing, couple closed tears, internal tape, fine in very good + dust jacket.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered black on spine. Illustrations by Hugh Marshall. Neat name on front endpaper, otherwise very good plus in very good dust jacket. Decent copy.

.Pp. Condition: Befriedigend. 1. Aufl. 127 S. : zahlr. Ill. ; 19 cm, 380 g - Einband am oberen Rücken mit einer kleinen Beschädigung und kleinen Druckstellen, sonst sauberes Buch in gutem Zustand: innen sehr gut, Bindung fest, Seiten hell und sauber, keinerlei Eintragungen oder Unterstreichungen (siehe auch meine Fotos) [Ma] --- Rückentext: In alltäglichen Augenblicken verbirgt sich Schönheit. Aber wie viele kostbare Momente nehmen wir wirklich wahr? Dieser Bildband lädt ein, zur Ruhe zu kommen, inmitten des Alltags die Schönheit der vermeintlich kleinen Dinge zu entdecken. Und Gottes Spuren darin mehr und mehr zu erkennen. Die wundervollen Fotos aus dem Innenteil des Bildbandes stammen von der Autorin selbst. E Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 380.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 166 pages including ads front/rear .Condition: Decorative Paperback binding Good, edge tear front & rear, rear also an edge tear repaired, with almost invisible tape, spine very good except 2.5 cm loss top. Contents mostly very good, clean & tight, a couple of edge tears, some corner tip folds, the odd minor pencil inscription. Size approx 18.5 x 25cm high. Snapdragon Magazine was the Norwich Hospitals Annual which was issued under the auspices of the Board of Management of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. The magazine features art, literature, a few photos and fun alongside written accounts of life on the wards and many ads for local business.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 178 pages including ads front/rear .Condition: Decorative Paperback binding mostly Very Good, pencil drawing front/rear, some edge wear, tiny loss, spine very good except 1cm loss base. Contents mostly very good, clean & tight, some corner tip folds, the odd minor mark. Size approx 18.5 x 25cm high. Snapdragon Magazine was the Norwich Hospitals Annual which was issued under the auspices of the Board of Management of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. The magazine features art, literature, a few photos and fun alongside written accounts of life on the wards and many ads for local business.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Dark green boards with yellow lettering on spine. Boards and spine are well rubbed and thumbed. Head and tail of spine bumped. Binding neat. Some discolouration and foxing of pastedowns and free endpapers. Page edges are discoloured, well thumbed and lightly foxed. Else book is in good condition. Dust wrapper is well discoloured and creased. Spine is faded. Edges are showing heavy wear and tear. Lovingly thumbed and rubbed. Small pieces missing from head and tail of spine. Some tears along edges, else in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 64. Paperback. Here are port city poems, translated by a port city poet, the lines to-ing and fro-ing across the North Sea highway. Translated from the German by Ken Cockburn. ISBN: 1905821212 Fine.

8° , gebundene Ausgabe, Erste Auflage,. 223 Seiten, Das Buch ist in einem sehr guten Zustand. 9783956403866 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 649.