Troubles by Farrell, First Edition (29 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 12th printing. Features: Price on Product. Physical Info: 1.01" H x 8.01" L x 5.01" W (1.05 lbs) 480 pages. Price covers secure ship in padded w/proof polymer w/track #. Winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize, this darkly hilarious book about the Irish war for independence takes place in a crumbling hotel on Ireland's west coast, a place where madness and brutality have begun to reign. 1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiancée is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters: there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of "the troubles." Troubles is a hilarious and heartbreaking work by a modern master of the historical novel.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. xi, 459 pages 21 cm ; 1st printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A NF+ book in a NF+ dust jacket. First Edition/ First Printing of the Everyman's Library Classics edition. Book is clean, unmarked, tight and square. Jacket is fully intact, bright and clean with no markings or tears. A solid copy over all.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. first printing/fine hardback in fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Very fine first edition thus hardcover, red boards, gold lettering. Jacket very fine, no edge wear, not price-clipped. Introduction by John Sutherland. Anglo-Irish writer J.G. Farrell, who died at age forty-four in 1979, wrote two unforgettable novels about the imperial follies of the British. Both these novels won the Booker Prize. 680 pages. M06422.

Softcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Near Fine in wraps.

Condition: Gut. 1. 550 S. Bibliothek Exemplar! Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 840 Gebundene Ausgabe, Maße: 14.7 cm x 5.3 cm x 21.7 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine -/Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition, First Printing. Book has foxing on the edge of the pageblock. The dustjacket is Fine witth one small crease at the top right corner of the front flap and a small notation next to the price. Winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize, a one-time award for books written in 1970 which had not been considered for the regular Booker Prize because of timing issues. This prize was awarded 40 years after the fact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The 1983 re-issue of the 1970 book. First thus. Near fine dustjacket. Small price-clip (see photo) and a very small (3mm) rub to top of rear panel. Very clean and sharp. Protected in a removable sleeve. Very good book. Tight and square. No inscriptions. A little browned with age.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, first thus (reissue of 1970 true first edition), 1983. This book and dust jacket are in near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition. Fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket. Clean, bright, unmarked, and unread copy in clean dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, bright red topstain, in pictorial dust jacket by Wendell Minor retaining original price ($6.95); 445pp. Light shelf wear and spine lean, faint toning to verso of bottom jacket margins, else a Very Good or better, bright and sound copy. The first volume of the author's Empire Trilogy set during the Irish War of Independence. The work, considered one of Farrell's finest, was awarded the retroactive Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Minor stain to lower corner of front board near spine, 42 x 14mm. Fading to dye colour on top page edges. Some foxing to page edges. Some foxing to margins of dust-jacket. An 8mm tear to dust-jacket at head of rear joint. 4mm chip to dust-jacket at head of front flap fold. Front flap of dust-jacket has a rectangular yellow price sticker 22 x 12mm with price "$5.55" covering the original printed price of "45S net / IN UK ONLY / £2.25 net". Some rubbing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. Overall a nice copy.; 446 pages. Grey boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 128mm. Top page edges dyed red (faded). "In those days the Majestic was still standing in Kilnalough at the very end of a slim peninsula covered with dead pines leaning here and there at odd angles." - the opening sentence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A scarce, first edition hard cover of the first of Farrell's 'Trilogy'. Both hard cover and mylar-coated, clipped dust jacket are in very good condition. From the collection of Ann Stokes (potter), and Ian Angus, Ian, the former librarian at King's College, London, and deputy librarian at University College, London. Ownership pencilled to FEP. A gift dedication to a third party is penned to front pastedown, (persons unknown), and refers to pots selling in Schull, possibly Ann's pots? Scull is also very close to Bantry Bay, West Cork, the site of J.G. Farrell's death eight years later. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning, foxing and light wear to jacket. Jacket design by Bill Bottem, colours are true. Board corners are bumped, pageblock tanned and lightly foxed with tinted pageblock head. Within, pages are tightly bound, content unmarked. Please contact us for further details, or additional images. CN.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Good tight copy, pencil annotations inside rear cover, minor marks, old tape repairs to wrapper, wear to wrapper edges, not price clipped, small amount of ink annotations to rear inner flap. Owners ink signature inside, 'John Cronin' (professor) 'QUB 1970' a volume from his library.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in rare uncorrected proofs. Winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize for 1970, awarded in 2010. Rare Book Hub shows no copies in this state at auction in their entire database. A truly desirable item. Good condition with some toning and stains to cover, but very near fine internally. Small octavo, 446 pages with pictorial publisher's wraps. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Remarkable, brand New copy. Stated First American Edition. Protected by archival BrodArt cover. 446 pages; publisher's decorative red top pages, rough cut endpages. Book 1 of 3 from 'Empire Trilogy'.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Troubles' by J G Farrell. This book is published by Flamingo. Fontana. UK. 1984. Paperback. First in this edition. First published in 1970, 'Troubles' by J. G. Farrell is a book that was winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and then in 2010, awarded The Lost Man Booker Prize. 'Troubles', set in 1919 portrays the eroding of British Rule in Ireland with its setting in a once magnificant and decaying hotel. The struggle for Irish independence is about to explode. . The white areas of the cover are lightly dusty to areas otherwise very good with good edges and tips. Nice solid and complete spine. Contents: Age spotting to rear of covers and a few pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Please note: page 287 is knocked and creased at the bottom with an area of darkening but does not affect text. The book is, overall, a solid copy with lovely cover illustration by Glynn Boyd Harte.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 46pp. Grey boards lettered in gold at the spine and with the publisher's vibrant red top edge stain. In fine state. No dust wrapper. An excellent copy of the author's fourth novel, and the first instalment of his masterful 'Empire Trilogy', followed by 'The Siege of Krishnapur' (1973) and 'The Singapore Grip' (1978). Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and, much later, the Lost Man Booker Prize (which retrospectively makes Farrell the first author to win the Booker Prize more than once). Bafflingly uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition 1970 on title page, though preliminary page states 1971 and jacket flap has 8/71. Beige cloth, brick red block top-edge, tight binding. Jacket has edge wear, small tear and bottom of front flap fold, creasing to front flap, price clipped. Excellent copy of rare first edition.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 446pp., Nice copy of the scarce first US edition in like price-clipped dust jacket. States First American edition on verso of title-page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st U.S. edition of this elusive title, which won the "Lost Man Booker Prize" in 2010 Fine/near fine (front upper corner very lightly bumped, and some creasing in the front flap).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Beautiful stated American First Edition Hardback with dust jacket now in removable protective covering. This is an original review copy from the publishers Alfred A Knopf. Invitation slip from publisher to review included with the book. This book won the Faber Memorial Prize in 1970 and has subsequently gained the reputation of a modern classic. Farrell won the Booker Prize in 1973 for The Siege of Krishnapur and Troubles was awarded the Lost Booker Prize for 1970. Rare Collector's Item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). A review copy, with the publisher's review slip laid-in. 8vo. 46pp. Grey boards lettered in gold at the spine and with the publisher's vibrant red top edge stain. Fore edge and free endpapers lightly spotted. Neat name plate of National Trust libraries adviser John Fuggles to the head of the front pastedown (obscured by the wrapper flap). Very good indeed and housed in the original non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with just a trace of wear to several extremities, a little spotting to the flaps, and some internal spotting and staining. A super copy of the author's fourth novel, and the first instalment of his masterful 'Empire Trilogy', followed by 'The Siege of Krishnapur' (1973) and 'The Singapore Grip' (1978). Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and, much later, the Lost Man Booker Prize (which retrospectively makes Farrell the first author to win the Booker Prize more than once).

3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (dark green/red/navy blue respectively), sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, in custom-made slip-cases, a splendid set ideal as a gift or for presentation. Farrell's acclaimed trilogy chronicles the painful decline of the British Empire through satire and allegory. The trilogy comprises: Troubles (1970); The Siege of Krishnapur (1973); The Singapore Grip (1978). The first volume won the Lost Man Booker Prize 2010; the second volume won the Booker Prize 1973. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Troubles by J. G. Farrell (Jonathan Cape 1970). A nice copy of a rare first edition book. Correct first printing. Winner of the "Lost" Booker Prize for books published in 1970. Near Fine book with no flaws. No writing or marks. One of the best copies of this book ever seen. Very Good jacket with very mild rubbing to most edges and a small area of loss to the base of the spine. Not price clipped. Looks nice in its protective cover. The Lost Booker Prize: In 2010 a special award was organised for books published in 1970 as they had not been eligible for the Booker Prize (until 1970 the prize was awarded to books published in the previous year, while from 1971 onwards it was awarded to books published the same year as the award). Judges selected a shortlist and J. G. Farrell won the overall prize for 'Troubles' following a public vote. Please see Firsteds for more rare J. G. Farrell books.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; internally fine; publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, corners slightly bumped, with the price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botton, spine slightly tanned, a few chips to spine ends and extremities, slightly rubbed, else very good. The winner of the so-called 'lost' Booker Prize, a special edition of the Booker Prize awarded after a decisive public vote in 2010 due to books published in 1970 being previously excluded for what would have been their eligible year following a rule alteration. Until 1970 the prize was awarded to books published in the previous year, while from 1971 onwards it was awarded to books published the same year as the award. Troubles is the first instalment in Farrell's acclaimed 'Empire Trilogy', preceding The Siege of Krishnapur (winner of the 1973 Booker Prize) and The Singapore Grip.