Statement Against Corpses by Johnson (10 results)

First edition, octavo, black heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, VG (some foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, occasional foxing) in d/w, VG- (some tanning & soiling, 1cm closed tear to rear lower edge, light creasing).

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo 204p., With nine stories by Johnson & five by Ghose. Very nice copy in very good unclipped dust jacket with chip to front panel.

204pp. 8vo. Original boards in lightly rubbed dustwrapper, small blind tear on upper cover. Foxing to upper edge. Bookseller's stamp on rfe A very good copy. First edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Some discolouration to spine.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart, first edition copy of this short story collection by Bryan Stanley Johnson and Zulfikar Ghose, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition of this work.Comprising of fourteen stories total. There is a stark contrast between the work of the two authors, with Johnson's setting in England and Ghose in the Indian countryside. With tales capturing wartime childhood, the plight of pop idols and much more. The preface notes that this volume represents 'a joint attempt to affirm the importance of the short story as a literary form. it is also an attempt, and a successful one, to entertain at all levels.' In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a touch of bumping to the head of the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart, with some shelf wear and light edgewear, and sunning to the spine. A few light marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

First edition. Original cloth, dustwrapper. A near fine copy, text block edges slightly spotted, clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine lightly spine-faded dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. SIGNED, with best wishes, by the authors to ffep, last 4 pages of book have tanning block; growing fainter as pages turn back, dw has smll closed tear to top edge rear, sl fraying to head of spine, corners sl rubbed, with iny chip to some, age toning to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very slightly spine-toned, still fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Ghose on the titlepage: "To Burt & Koby, with love, Zulfikar Ghose.".

First edition. 8vo., original black cloth, dust jacket. London, Constable. Signed by the author on the title page. A near fine copy in dust jacket.

First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt title to spine, dust jacket. London, Constable. Inscribed by B.S. Johnson to front free endpaper, 'For John: Bryan', and additionally signed by both authors on the title page. From the library of Orwell scholar and former UCL deputy librarian Ian Angus, with his neat pencilled ownership to the upper pastedown. Angus was the co-editor of Orwell's Collected Journalism, Essays and Letters published in 1968 and also later contributed to editing the enormous 20-volume edition of Orwell's Complete Works published 1997-8. A very good copy overall, jacket rubbed with small tape repair to verso, spine panel slightly discoloured, foxing to fore edge. .